AES Question Time - Launching an Audio Startup
Event Information
Description
AES Question Time - Launching an Audio Startup
Doors 19:00 for a 19:30 start.
The AES London Committee present a discussion exploring issues surrounding launching an audio related startup company. Chaired by Phelan Kane (Chair of the AES London Regional Committee), the aim is to create a dynamic forum that features free flowing discussion and debate with contribution from panel and audience members alike.
The purpose of this lecture is to explore the process of launching an audio related startup company. The event aims to deliver a discussion surrounding the processes involved in launching an audio related startup, the rewards offered, pitfalls to avoid and suggested best practices to engage in to successfully create a company with a robust ‘going concern’.
Topics:
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What processes are essential in bringing an existing idea to launch?
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What could be considered to be the most challenging aspects of launching an audio related startup?
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What are the most common pitfalls experienced by fledging audio related startups?
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What role does investment play in launching an audio related startup and at what point may it be necessary?
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At what point should the employment of staff be considered?
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How can growth be managed to maximize longevity?
Panel Members:
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Charlie Slee – Managing Director, Big Bear Audio
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Selina Parmar – Talent and People Manager, Founders Factory
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Jon Eades – Director and Co-Founder, The Rattle
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Sarah Yule - Director of Channel Sales, ROLI
The event will be followed by a social at The Yorkshire Grey on Langham Street.
Organiser AES British Section
Organiser of AES Question Time - Launching an Audio Startup
About the AES
The Audio Engineering Society is the foremost international organisation dedicated to the increasingly wide field of audio engineering.
In the sixty years since it was founded, it has provided the industry with a world-wide framework for the advancement of both the science and the art of audio.
Mission Statement
The Audio Engineering Society was formed with the purpose of uniting persons performing professional services in the audio engineering field and its allied arts, of collecting, collating and disseminating scientific knowledge in the field of audio engineering and its allied arts, of advancing such science in both theoretical and practical applications, of preparing, publishing and distributing literature and periodicals relative to the foregoing purposes and policies.
