Leicester Startups World Tour: Chris Heivly - Techstars, MapQuest & more

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The Leicester Startups World Tour: bringing you the worlds best, most innovative startups and founders. Into your home, via Zoom. For Free.

<h2>Chris Heivly</h2>Chris is a speaker, investor, mentor, and startup founder. Chris is one of the global experts when it comes to building great startups, and we&#x27;re very lucky to have him share his experience with the Leicester community. Join us for up to an hour of live Q&amp;A, and ask your own startup questions to one of the big names in startups.Chris CV:One of the Co-Founders of MapQuest - which sold to AOL for $1.2billion. Managing Director of 77 Capital, a $25m Venture Fund. CEO, COO or President of various companies ranging from $200k to $20m in size. One of two Managing Directors of The Startup Factory (35 investments across 7 cohorts), founder and MC of the Big Top Reverse Job Fair and an international writer and speaker waxing poetic around startups and startup communities. He wrote &quot;Build the Fort&quot;, his much-anticipated book about how to take the lessons you learned as a 10-year old and ideas on applying those lessons to starting anything.He&#x27;s currently Entrepreneur in Residence @ Techstars. Techstars is an American seed accelerator founded in 2006 in Boulder, Colorado. As of 2019, the company had accepted over 1,600 companies into its programs with a combined market capitalization of $18.2billion. Less than 1% of applicants are accepted on top the programme. Chris helps community leaders around the world grow their startup community - including Leicester Startups!Perfect for hump day!This event is open to all.

_____The event will be held on Zoom - the link will come in your registration confirmation email. See you online!_____Leicester Startups is a community and coworking space where existing and aspiring startup entrepreneurs help each other. Get involved and learn about all the upcoming events to help you start and grow a business at <a href="http://www.leicesterstartups.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.leicesterstartups.com</a>

Our Supporters:_____The LLEP is a strategic body established to drive forward regeneration and growth of the local economy. The LLEP works with partners and Government to set out key investment priorities for Leicester &amp; Leicestershire. It also invests funding and aligns partner resources through its investments and it influences and drives activities that ensure positive outcomes for the local economy. To find out more, <a href="http://www.llep.org.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">visit us</a>. _____University of Leicester – <a href="https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/development/innovation-hub" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Leicester Innovation Hub</a> (LIH) – The LIH works closely with industry and start-ups to accelerate innovation by turning great research and business ideas into innovative products or services through free or subsidised innovation support._____De Montfort University – <a href="https://www.dmu.ac.uk/business/startups-room-hire-office-space/the-innovation-centre/index.aspx" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DMU Innovation Centre</a> (IC) - The IC supports start-up businesses, freelancers and future entrepreneurs. Located in the heart of Leicester City Centre on the De Montfort University Campus, the IC offers work, meeting &amp; event space, plus innovation events and workshops_____Leicester City Council - <a href="http://www.lcbdepot.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LCB Depot</a> – Leicester’s creative hub, at the heart of the city’s cultural quarter since 2004. LCB Depot offers workspace and studios for creatives, artists and designer-makers, meeting rooms, café and social and a variety of networking events and leads on city-wide creative initiatives and campaigns such as Design Season. _____Cooperative and Social Development Agency (<a href="https://case.coop/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CASE</a>) - CASE aims to grow the impact of the co-operative and social enterprise, and can help you decide if those business models are right for you. Established in 1982, CASE is itself an employee owned co-operative and has helped establish many other successful co-operatives, social enterprises and community businesses in the East Midlands

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