
	27 May, Central London
	Grange Holborn, Southampton Row

		Keynote: Seb Bishop President of MIVA Inc. and star of Channel 4s Millionaire’s Mission

		Local entrepreneur: Sarah McVittie CEO, Texperts

Business networking event in Central London

Don’t miss the startupslive Central London business event.

Interact with our guest entrepreneurs and advisers during the lively panel debate. And meet, mingle, have a drink and enjoy networking with 120 like-minded business start-ups. Join us for a truly inspirational evening.

Speaking in Central London are:

		Keynote: Seb Bishop President of MIVA Inc. and star of Channel 4s Millionaire’s Mission

		Find out, how at the age of 26, Seb Bishop founded Espotting, the company that pioneered Pay-Per-Click Advertising and search marketing in the UK. Not only a successful entrepreneur, Seb Bishop is recognisable from the Channel 4 project Millionaire’s Mission, which looked at whether Western entrepreneurial skills can help bring sustainable relief from poverty to communities in Uganda

		Local entrepreneur: Sarah McVittie CEO, Texperts

		Discover how Sarah McVittie, the entrepreneur behind the creation of Texperts (previously known as 82ASK) built up her business, secured equity finance in the form of Angel investment and entered agreements to operate its service across all UK mobile networks

		Chairperson: Dominic Di-Natale Financial journalist, BBC

		Dominic Di-Natale is an established financial journalist, with successful 18-year career at daily national newspapers and international news organisations. He has covered business and economics for The BBC, Sky News, Financial Times, Bloomberg and The Daily Telegraph.

The Inspirational Programme


	6.30pm	Event registration opens



	6.30 - 7.15pm	Networking
		Your chance to network with 120 business start-ups and make new contacts



	7.15 - 7.20pm	Welcome from startups.co.uk



	7.20 - 7.40pm	Local entrepreneur, Sarah McVittie is interviewed by Dominic Di-Natale



	7.40 - 8.10pm	Business service debate – find out about relevant business services available from Barclays, BT and Microsoft



	8.10 - 8.40pm	Keynote: Seb Bishop



	8.40 - 9.00pm	Question and answer session – your chance to question the entrepreneurs and advisers on the panel



	9.00 - 9.30pm	Networking and prize draws – complete your evaluation form and you could win one of three fantastic prizes >



	9.30pm	Close