London
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OpenCo is a new format of event and media platform – a conference turned inside out as it happens in the offices of the start-ups not in a conference centre. OpenCo was founded by John Battelle (founding editor of WIRED magazine) in San Francisco during October 2012 as a part of the mayor, Ed Lee’s, innovation week. It was so successful we ran events in other US cities (New York and Detroit) as well as our London in 2013.
This year the event takes place in 8 cities: London, NY, SF, Silicon Valley, Boulder, Detroit, Amsterdam and LA.
At the London event 55 companies (HostCo’s) opened their doors for 45 minutes including Google, Spotify, MindCandy, Yammer, YouTube, Holition, Method, Central St. Martins and the general public (>1500 people, ranging from senior business leaders to young people seeking careers in the sector) came in to hear the leaders talk, to experience a “behind the curtain” view.
The HostCo’s got the opportunity to put a face to their brand and tell their story, the audience got to see how these companies really look from the inside and got exclusive previews of new projects, and the London community benefited as it opened itself to larger audience and helped strengthen connections internally and externally.
Please visit our website and register on our schedule to see London’s most innvoative companies from the inside! http://ldn-schedule.openco.us/