Supporting entrepreneurs in the UK

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FOR UPCOMING

EVENTS

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The UK’s digital economy is growing at around 10% each year, and it will account for 10% of our GDP by 2016 - Technology Strategy Board

“Insight into the start-up world @IBM #RestlessReinvention #shoreditch”@MHalbryt

“Listening to some real nuggets of wisdom from @amit_pau @Encountry at IBM Restless Innnovation 'David & Goliath must dance'”@DParkerIIP

IBM Global EntrepreneurIBM has engaged with more than 2,000 startups through our Global Entrepreneur Program, which launched in 2010.

Helping entrepreneurs succeed with support and resources:

• No charge software• Software through the cloud• Events to help entrepreneurs succeed• IBM relationship managers• Exposure for their company

“In the IBM and Watson Mobile Developer Challenge… IBM allocated £150m to early stage companies, in a perfect example of Goliaths dancing with Davids.” Amit Pau, in www.entrepreneurcountry.com

BlueMix – helping developers create and deploy their dream apps. Fast.

• Single solution online environment

- enterprise-grade- open-standards- cloud-based

• Features instant resources and infrastructure

• Platform for building, managing and running apps of all types (web, mobile, big data, new smart devices)

Capabilities include:

• Java

• Mobile backend development

• Application monitoring

• Supports node.js

Learn how to create a mobile app quickly using IBM BlueMix!

“With access to #Softlayer #Bluemix cost of starting tech business is falling drastically and dramatically” @amit_pau #RestlessReinvention”@SimonARBaker

“#IBMCloud and #IBMGEP enabled and helped #ClearReturns to become enterprise ready @brockvicky #RestlessReinvention #ShoreditchWorks”@SimonARBaker

“Great event today. Well done @IBM for supporting #london #startups #RestlessReinvention”@MHalbryt

London tech sector accounts for 27% of job growth

London tech sector provides

IBM Watch this SpaceProviding entrepreneurs with the perfect physical space to

develop and grow their business

Supporting entrepreneurs around the world

Providing entrepreneurs with the perfect online space to develop and grow their business

• Investing in the startup community

• Teaming up with Shoreditch Works to provide the perfect space for tech startups to get together

• The Village Hall is ideally located in the heart of London’s Tech City Cluster

• Programme of events exclusively for startups

• Collaboration with the IBM Innovation Centre and the IBM Hursley Lab

• Helping to drive the UK’s digital economy

• Enabling entrepreneurs to share knowledge and harness IBM expertise on the topics that are driving a new era of innovation:

- Cloud - Mobile - Internet of Things - Cognitive Computing

The internet economy accounts for around 8.3% GDP and is expected to hit 12.4% by 2016

Cloud applications built on BlueMix will:

1. Enable rapid application service development and time to market 2. Accelerate exploration of new workloads – social, mobile, big data 3. Enable application services for the API Economy4. Help establish a new channel to market through others including your service 5. Reduce IT overhead for application and infrastructure provisioning

IBM RESTLESS REINVENTION Engaging with the startup community to grow

innovative, successful businesses