Andrew is currently studying for his Masters at Manchester University, in addition to running a Student Urban Fashion Brand – PieBoy clothing – He is also the Vice-President of Manchester Entrepreneurs – an organisation he hopes inspires and supports up and coming entrepreneurs in Manchester. Andrew was recently accepted to the Entrepreneur First program, a [...]
I’ve been trying to get hold of her, like forever, a few weeks ago she was at the Natural and Organic show in london and quickly apologised that she was all tied up and was too busy and couldn’t do the interview. Running a startup can be like that, especially when you are the only [...]
Hot on the heals of the top 20 entrepreneurs to watch, here are my top 20 UK Startups to watch in 2012. Their really are some great companies coming out of the UK right now and these 20 are no different. Pay As U Gym Founders: Jamie Ward, Mike Blake, Neil Harmsworth Gym memberships [...]
Each year we take a look at the young entrepreneurs, based in the UK, who we think are set to have a great year, you can see our 2011 list here, and this year is no different. So here are 20 entrepreneurs, founders and co founders, who you may want to watch in [...]
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17 May 2012
The workplace has changed, and dress codes are increasingly open to interpretation by employers. In the fluctuating expectations of the modern working environment, is the traditional approach to ‘suiting and booting’ still relevant? It seems everywhere you look, hoodied billionaires are directing companies with their trainers up on the Chesterfield. The imagery of capitalist power [...]
16 May 2012
How does a mother start and grow her business into a successful company while raising three boys? I caught up with Cary Marsh, CEO and founder of Mydeo as she talks me through her journey as an entrepreneur, her background, growing her business and raising three boys. Hi Cary, How are you doing, great to [...]
10 May 2012
Jakub Krzych is the co-founder of AdTaily and just recently stepped down from his day-to-day role in the company where he now serves as a Supervisory Board Member and a minority shareholder. I recently caught up with him to find out more about his background before Adtaily, his early days at Adtaily, getting investors onboard, [...]
10 May 2012
Until recently, many of you were probably stuck using paypal and If you were using paypal – you were stuck. I recently caught up with 1/3 of the Gocardless team, Matt Robinson who explains to me why the Gocardless team are focused on making online payment struggles a thing of the past. Hi Matt, how [...]
08 May 2012
Alistair Crane and Jamie True graciously turned down $10 million of seed funding in the early stages of building their startup. Alistair explains “We framed the offer letter from the bidder and it sits in one of our toilets in our U.K. headquarters”. The pair wanted to remain in complete control of their business, whilst [...]
08 May 2012
Describing itself as ‘the Facebook for people who haven’t met yet’, members share over 8 million interactions every day, with Global Personals gaining a new member every six seconds. The business creates a platform for thousands of online dating sites to be built, the majority of which are privately owned and managed by website owners. [...]
04 May 2012
Gott Technical Services, a company based in the North East of England will be hoping to maintain its position as one of the market leaders in motor equipment suppliers this year. I recently caught up with director, Ian Gott as we spoke about how he got involved in the business and how he has managed [...]
01 May 2012
Searchmetrics is an business intelligence company which provides search and social analytics software to support search marketers across the globe. The company provide clients with softwares which delivers data to help them analyse, track, measure and improve their marketing campaigns and to automate a variety of processes so they can work more efficiently. I caught [...]
30 April 2012
Mitesh Patel is the Founder and Managing Director of Fifosys, a company he started 10 years ago after completing a Masters in Computer Science at University of Hertfordshire. Fifosys delivers IT support and solutions to clients from a wide range of sectors based all over the world, their key services include cloud computing along with [...]
30 April 2012
With the emphasis now placed on branding, many companies are investing tens of thousands on cross-platform marketing initiatives. These deep pockets often edge out the smaller competition. But if you look closely, they’re compensating for quality with quantity. As you’ll see in the ten examples included below, many startups are using the opportunity to innovate [...]
