July 2011

Monthly Archives: July 2011

Twenty-three years old Gregor Mackintosh is the founder of Mackintosh of Glendaveny. Greg started the company in April 2009. Mackintosh of Glendaveny produces cold pressed rapeseed oil from Gregor’s Read More...

Connecting long distance lovers with Pillow Talk – Joanna Montgomery of Little Riot Start-Ups

If you’re still wondering what pillow talk is all about. Here you go: Pillow talk is a product that aims to connect long distance lovers. Each person has a pillow for their bed and a sensor whic Read More...

Glenn Shoosmith has the BookingBug Companies

Glenn Shoosmith is the founder and CEO of BookingBug, an online booking and reservation system for small businesses. Companies can use the system to share availability of services with it’s cust Read More...

Rebecca Holder – Selling handmade craft online with The Emporium Oundle Start-Ups

Rebecca Holder, a graduate with a first class honours degree in illustration and animation from Coventry University decided it was time to turn her skills into a job for herself after spending months Read More...

Leeds University Business School graduates making shopping social with Shopow Start-Ups

Two Leeds University Business School graduates Kevin Flood and Mike Harty recently launched a shopping search engine that aggregates thousands of retailers and products across all areas of consumer go Read More...

The new way to dine in – Introducing FOODHOST Start-Ups

A young entrepreneur, 23, is launching a new web based company called FOODHOST this summer. The twenty-three years old who has a background in marketing and journalism graduated from the University tw Read More...

Catherine cook Sells MyYearbook for $100 Million Be Inspired

Catherine Cook, founder of MyYearbook sold her company today for $100 million. The news broke when the buyer, a publicly-traded Latino social network, Quepasa announced the acquisition. The deal is sa Read More...

Sola awards is back! “London Community Oscars” Nominations are open Be Inspired

If you were at last year’s award held at the Indigo o2, i’m sure you would be as excited as i am for this year’s SOLA. Now in its third year, the hugely anticipated Spirit of London Read More...

Failing To Plan, Is Planning To Fail Entrepreneurship

This post was written by Martin Povey who has his own marketing and business coaching company. He has worked with many entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises, looking at business strategy and Read More...

Being A Young Entrepreneur Be Inspired

The amount of startups founded by a young entrepreneur under the age of 20 is rapidly on the rise. The latest teenage generation are the first too have grown up with the internet, and with the ease of Read More...

Adzuna.co.uk secures £300k investment to transform the way people search for jobs Entrepreneurs

Today saw the launch of Adzuna, a job search engine that aggregates the latest job ads in real time and also leverages the power of your social networks to get you ahead of the competition. The compan Read More...

TechHub founder Elizabeth Varley: Bringing together the start-up tech community, 1 Year In! Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur Elizabeth Varley is the founder and CEO of TechHub, a physical space for technology startups. Currently based in the emerging tech startup scene of Old Street/Shoreditch area also known a Read More...

Entrepreneurial Advice from Billionaires Be Inspired

Business advice from billionaires Sheldon Adelson, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Charlie Munger, Donald Trump, Warren Buffet, Jim Pattison, Charles Koch and Sunil Mittal. Read More...

Careeta Robert-Green, Born with a GIFT Be Inspired

Careeta Robert-Green is a young UK entrepreneur who graduated with a sociology degree from Kingston Uni. After uni she trained as a life coach, becoming one of the UK’s youngest certified Life Coach Read More...