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Building a high-growth startup and looking for investment?

Then learn how to do it (and what not to do) from heroically successful Edinburgh entrepreneur Pete Higgins Founder and CEO of Uwi Technologies Ltd at our Working Lunch on the 10th March.


According to Paul Graham, founder of incubator Y Combinator,“Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup. The hardest part is making something people want... But the second biggest cause of death is probably the difficulty of raising money. Fundraising is brutal.”

In one hour, this Working Lunch will enable you to:

- Understand the basic success criteria necessary to attract investors
- Discover what mistakes to avoid
- Identify guiding principles to increase your chances of success
- Establish your own path to significant investment


In order to achieve this, Pete Higgins, will be sharing his tumultuous journey from concept stage through to eventually raising £1.5 Million of investment (which included £150,000 in one weekend).

Working Lunch Agenda: (bring a sandwich)

12:00 Networking

12:30 Pete Higgins - How to raise £1.5 million investment

1:30 Networking

2:30 Close

Attendance is limited to 20 Edinburgh Entrepreneurs, so if you want to benefit, book in ASAP to avoid being disappointed.

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This is an exclusive event because its purpose is to bring like-minded people in the Scottish startup community of Founders, Hackers and Entrepreneurs together to empower and inspire each others success with pragmatic discussions and activities inspired by the thinking of the lean startup pioneers Steve Blank, Eric Ries and Ash Maurya.

This experience is different from anything else available in Scotland because not only are we practicing the cutting edge Lean Startup principles but we believe no one is better qualified than entrepreneurs who are personally 'in the growth hacking trenches' to inspire and guide you to success; to recommend resources and answer questions on the most riskiest areas of your startup. Talk to any seasoned entrepreneur and they'll tell you "Don't go it alone; find people you can confide in".

The groups objectives are to:

Learn and apply the most effective Lean Startup principles
Learn from each other's experiences
Develop relationships with like-minded entrepreneurs
Focus on specific startup challenges i.e. validation, traction, funding etc
Tap into each other's knowledge, resources and networks
Set goals and encourage accountability
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The Meetup is kindly sponsored by MMS Edinburgh at Quartermile One

Bring your lunch...