The Dreamstake Academy has been launched with the mission to provide teaching and guidance of the highest academic level to startup leaders on a range of relevant topics. It is designed to complement the capabilities of startup teams by providing expert knowledge. 

Dreamstake Academy is FREE if you have a startup profile on Dreamstake

Course Overview:

Startup Companies fall short of achieving their aspirations for many reasons. Sometimes it’s because the product sounds great on paper, but the reality is that there’s just no market for that “can’t fail, everyone wants it” brilliant idea. In some scenarios, it’s because the delivery of the product got out of control, ran out of money, requirements changed too often or a killer risk was never managed. In others, it’s because there simply was no disciplined approach to approving, initiating, executing, controlling, closing and measuring the outcomes of a project.

This workshop will demonstrate ways in which you can improve your chances of success through best practice project management in the delivery of your product through a project. In the workshop you’ll have the chance to listen to the theory, put the theory into practice and to discuss issues that you’re facing in your own projects. [read more]

Come and join us at Google Campus and meet some of the UK’s up and coming startups. We will be showcasing 10 -15 of the hottest startups in a mini-exhibition. This will be followed by the next round of Startup Stories!

We will feature five startups in a quick-fire session with an opportunity to cross examine them and find out the secret of startup success.

We would like to say special thanks to our friends and sponsors Russel Cooke and Rackspace for making this event happen!  [read more]

Course Overview & Benefits:

This course will showcase the basics of recruiting for a technology startup. Analysing the importance of the team, the characteristics to look for in a candidate, where and how to look for talents are just few of the topics that will be debated.

The course will increase your knowledge about the recruitment process and how to build a successful team. [read more]

About Startup Academy:

The Dreamstake Academy has been launched with the mission to provide teaching and guidance of the highest academic level to startup leaders on a range of relevant topics. It is designed to complement the capabilities of startup teams by providing expert knowledge.

Course Overview&Benefits:

This course will provide a background to intellectual property (IP) issues for start-ups.

The course will explain how founders can develop and protect their IP to obtain growth, investment, and trade sale of their business. The course will include examples of businesses that have used IP to maximise their acquisition value. [read more]

About Startup Academy:

The Dreamstake Academy has been launched with the mission to provide teaching and guidance of the highest academic level to startup leaders on a range of relevant topics. It is designed to complement the capabilities of startup teams by providing expert knowledge.

Course Overview:

"Because the purpose of business is to create and keep a customer, the business enterprise has two and only two basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs. Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of the business." - Peter Drucker  

‘The Lean, Bootstrapped Guide to Marketing’ will provide a whistle-stop tour of some of the key principles and practices for marketing in the new age. It will look at marketing through the lens of the Lean Startup rather than the corporate brand: how to seed, develop and retain a unique and compelling customer experience in an age where customers are more aware, savvy, empowered and connected than ever before. Further, it will look at how to use and maximize the most valuable resource available to today’s marketer, existing customers, to create advocates, evangelists and raving fans.

Marketing is no longer a siloed function but a pervasive mindset that needs to be embraced by the organisation as a whole; it is an enabler, not a cost-center. Marketing drives growth. [read more]

We are continuing the tradition of Startup Stories - a major opportunity to learn from founders - how to create a successful startup and avoid the obvious mistakes.

Several startup founders will present their story in a quick-fire session with an opportunity to cross examine them and find out the secret of startup success.

So please join us at the amazing Google Campus for some useful startup tips shared over a few drinks. [read more]

By understanding the basic rules of startup funding, entrepreneurs can radically increase their chances of success. In this event we will explain the pros and cons of the most popular funding models for startups.

We will have an impressive line-up of experts representing each of the funding options available to early stage business founders. [read more]