🦾 Founders Meetup, AI Product Brain, Getting AI into production while the ground keeps moving
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📅 Events
🔥 21/04, 18:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Founders Meetup Join tactical fireside chats with experienced entrepreneurs plus speed networking, community shoutouts, and drinks to wrap up MORE INFO
🤖 21/04, 17:30, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Build your Product Brain using AI Use AI to cut through product overwhelm by joining this hands-on workshop to build your own “product brain,” uncover insights, and make sharper, more confident decisions. MORE INFO
💬 21/04, 17:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Blockchain Scotland Meetup Join us at the Bayes Centre for networking and three upcoming talks MORE INFO
🔗 22/04, 12:00, 🗺️ Virtual: Beyond the Runway: What No One Tells Founders About Insolvency A founder-led session creating space for honest conversations about financial pressure, insolvency, and navigating tough business decisions with support from those who’ve been through it. MORE INFO
☕ 23/04, 09:00 , 🗺️ Edinburgh: Edinburgh Professionals Quarterly Networking A relaxed networking meetup for local professionals and founders to connect, with guided activities, great conversations, and breakfast on us from Barclays Eagle Labs. MORE INFO
☕ 23/04, 09:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Creating Clarity: Finding your next step into business A relaxed workshop to help you explore business support options, gain clarity on your next steps, and connect with others in a supportive space. MORE INFO
📄 23/04, 12:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh & Virtual: Term Sheets - What you’re really agreeing to and why it matters A practical session helping founders confidently navigate term sheets, understand key clauses, and avoid costly mistakes before and during fundraising. MORE INFO
☕ 23/04, 18:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Building Tomoro x AI Demo Night: Getting AI to Production While the Ground Keeps Moving Most teams are still catching up to last week’s release instead of adapting. This is for engineers and product leads building real systems in real organisations, where the models keep changing, the enterprise won’t, and shipping still has to happen on time. MORE INFO
☕ 24/04, 09:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Founder Friday Coworking A focused coworking day for founders and execs to connect, share ideas, and build alongside like-minded peers in a relaxed, energising space. MORE INFO
💻 28/04, 17:30, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Tech Meetup a monthly, no-pressure space for Scotland’s tech community to connect, share ideas, enjoy peer-led talks, and grab pizza and drinks. MORE INFO
💻 28/04, 11:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Co-Work Club Edinburgh Escape the home office with this flexible coworking day at YOTEL, offering unlimited coffee, pastries, a stylish workspace, and relaxed networking with like-minded professionals. MORE INFO
🍄 29/04, 18:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: People, Planet, Pint presents Bunker to Table discover how an Edinburgh nuclear bunker became a mushroom-growing space, with producer and chef Christopher Valentine-Allan sharing practical insights and community-led ideas. MORE INFO
🧠 29/04, 18:15, 🗺️ Edinburgh: The Real Teal: A New Management Paradigm? Join this interactive workshop to explore human-centred ways of working, with practical tools to build more autonomy, clarity, and less hierarchy in organisations. MORE INFO
🏭 30/04, 9:00 am, 🗺️ Hawick: Reimagined SMAS Business Improvement Academy, Hawick Join this LCS-accredited 10-day Business Improvement Academy to build Lean expertise, deliver real impact projects, and drive lasting productivity and leadership across your organisation. MORE INFO
💳 FSTech Summit: On April 30th, a one-day Edinburgh conference bringing together finance and tech leaders for “talks, panels, and networking on AI, blockchain, payments, and the future of financial services”. Details Here
☕️ Unfiltered Series: Open to everyone, join CodeBase to connect with members of the local tech community. Come for a coffee, networking, & build connections!
☕ 06/05, 08:30 🗺️ Aberdeen: MORE INFO
☕ 06/05, 08:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: MORE INFO
☕ 07/05, 09:00 🗺️ Glasgow: MORE INFO
☕ 05/05, 09:00 🗺️ Inverness: MORE INFO
🍽️ 11/05, 12:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: U.S Expansion Founders Lunch feat. Wilson Sonsini An exclusive founder lunch for Scottish startup leaders to share insights and get practical advice on US expansion, hiring, and fundraising from experienced experts. MORE INFO
💡 Fast Forward: Data, Digital & AI A one-day conference on 2 June with the University of Edinburgh exploring data, digital, and AI through talks, workshops, and cross-sector collaboration. “Connect with researchers, industry, and public sector partners to share ideas and explore real-world applications”. Details here
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