85 Broads is a network of trailblazing, visionary women who aspire to use their talent and leadership savvy to affect professional, educational, economic, and cultural change for all women globally.

AngelNews is the leading online news service for the investment market, especially for business angels, venture capitalists and the companies that they invest in. On the AngelNews website, companies can sign up to create a free profile featuring their logo, company description and contact details, as well as upload news, developments and press releases to their page so that investors can read about what they are up to.

Ignite your startup by enrolling in Microsoft® BizSpark™, a new global program designed to accelerate the success of early stage Startups. BizSpark provides fast, easy access to current full-featured Microsoft development tools and production licenses of server products; professional technical support from Microsoft; and connections to a global community of business experts who can help guide you through the hurdles of growing your business. Eligibility requirements are minimal: If you're a privately held company building a software-based product or service (even using open source code), in business for fewer than three years, and with less than USD$1M in annual revenue, you're in!

To join BizSpark, you must be sponsored by a BizSpark Network Partner, such as Astia. You’ll find more program details here www.microsoftstartupzone.com . When you’re ready to sign up, contact info@astia.org about sponsorship and get your enrollment code.

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As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world to change lives and transform organisations.

Make Your Mark is the campaign to give people in the UK the confidence, skills and ambition to be enterprising - to have ideas and make them happen.

At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them.

The National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs (NACUE) is a national organisation that stimulates university enterprise by supporting and representing university enterprise societies and student entrepreneurs across the United Kingdom. Since its founding in December 2008, NACUE already engages over 40 university enterprise societies across the country - representing in excess of 20,000 university students interested in entrepreneurship.

NACUE aims to:

    * support the sustainable development of university enterprise societies and student ventures;
    * inspire, educate and train university enterprise society leaders and student entrepreneurs;
    * connect university enterprise leaders and student entrepreneurs online and in person; and,
    * advocate for the increased support of student enterprise, both in individual universities and at a national level.

NACUE will be implementing a range of programmes, events and online resources in the coming few months that will give long term support to enterprise society leaders and student entrepreneurs. By opening communication channels, facilitating the development of new societies and providing cutting-edge national programming, NACUE enables individual societies to become more ambitious and have access to more resources; thus, accelerating their unique development. The resulting benefits will trickle down to individual members, inspire them on a personal level, and perpetuate the growth of entrepreneurship across the Country.

Nature Publishing Group publishes journals and online databases across the life, physical and applied sciences and, most recently, clinical medicine. Content encompasses daily news from award-winning journalists, expert opinion and practical methodology, and more high impact research and reviews than any science publisher. Over 30 journals are published in association with prestigious academic societies.

Launched in February 2003, Oxford Entrepreneurs is the largest student society at Oxford University and has now become the largest free business and entrepreneurship society in Europe with over 4500 members. The network includes undergraduates, graduates, MBA students, active alumni, and external members.

TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, California, USA. Although its birth name, The Indus Entrepreneurs, signifies the ethnic South Asian or Indus roots of the founders, TiE stands for Talent, Ideas and Enterprise. It is an open and inclusive organization that has rapidly grown to more than forty five chapters in ten countries. TiE endeavors to cultivate and nurture the ecosystems of entrepreneurship and free-market economies everywhere, as it sees this to be the single most powerful instrument of prosperity.

The UKRC for Women in science, engineering or technology works to significantly improve the participation and position of women in science, engineering and technology occupations in industry, research, academia and public service to benefit the future productivity of the UK and the lifetime earnings and career aspirations of women. It is the UK’s leading Centre providing information and advisory services to employers and organisations in the SET sectors and supporting women entering, returning and progressing in these fields.

The mission of UKSPA is to be the authoritative body on the planning, development and the creation of Science Parks that are facilitating the development and management of innovative, high growth, knowledge-based organisations.

w2wlink.com is the premier community dedicated to professional women, helping you get to where you’re going – faster. We provide you expert knowledge, tools to overcome obstacles, and connection with others in our online groups. 

Our aim is to be a catalyst for change and to double the percentage of female entrepreneurs in the UK over the next 20 years.

The Women's Enterprise Task Force (WETF) is a national body championing women's enterprise.  It was set up by Gordon Brown to increase the quantity, scalability and success of women-owned businesses in the UK.

The 2009 Summit will take place on the 20th March at Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London.  We have speakers ranging from the European Chairman of Microsoft, Jan Muehlfeit and the Founder of Sustainability, John Elkington to major private equity investors in Africa.