Sessions at Digital Shoreditch Festival 2012 matching your filters Capital

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• Taking the pulse of investment in the UK Digital Media space

  by Damian Ryan

  Mediaventura conducted a survey of close to 1000 institutional investors (VC's, Family Offices, Private investors) to take the pulse of the market in terms of key trends for investment the UK digital media sector. Mediaventura would like to share this feedback with business owners and entrepreneurs keen to grow their business and take the right steps towards a capital raise and becoming investment ready.

  Questions answered :
  What are the hot areas investors are looking at? Where is the money? How do you value a business in the digital media sector? How does the UK compare with other global markets? Key challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for investment? What are the top tips for becoming investment ready? What are the pros and cons of selling my business? What deal structures exist and how do I know what's right for my business?

  • Business
  • Funding
  • Startups

  At 11:13am to 11:16am, Thursday 24th May

  In Digital Shoreditch Big Top

• Making best use of your Information Assets

  by Bill Mayon-White

  Calling Creatives and Business Owners:

  Do justice to yourself!
  Take care of your team!

  Identifying, retaining and capitalising on your Intellectual Assets (IA).

  For creatives, designers, artists and business owners in SMEs and micro
  businesses.

  Presenter: Bill Mayon-White, Contromex Business Services Limited and
  London School of Economics.

  All of us face a range of dilemmas and challenges over the management and control
  of our Intellectual Assets (IA) and our Intellectual Property (IP) sooner or later.
  Sadly, most of us delay dealing with these challenges only to find out that we have
  lost out, big time, further down the road.

  This brief overview will examine some of the challenges of IA and IP identification
  and management.

  Coverage will include:

  1. An introduction the “Co-petition Dilemma” – How can I partner with other
  businesses without losing control of my IP?

  2. Working with a typology of for Information Assets: Human, Relational and
  Structural Capital.

  3. Benchmarking your IA management against other firms, and “best of breed”.

  4. The session will also touch on Copyright, Brands, Trademarks and Patents,
  and some does and don’ts around the use of Creative Commons, Open
  Source and digital copyright.

  Whether you are a start up or a “mature” business we know you will have some
  questions on “How should I best manage my Intellectual Assets?”

  So come along and join us for Digital Shoreditch 2012.

  • Business
  • Funding
  • Startups

  At 4:15pm to 4:30pm, Thursday 24th May

  In Digital Shoreditch Big Top