October 2011

Monthly Archives: October 2011

Interview with Morgen Newman of IdeaPaint Interviews

Last week, I had the opportunity of Interviewing Morgen Newman of IdeaPaint. Morgen is currently the VP of International Sales, helping the company establish distribution in more than 20 countries glo Read More...

Josh Buckley – From London to San Francisco Start-Ups

The age barrier for starting businesses online keeps getting lower and as you might have seen from our profiles on young entrepreneurs it doesn’t look like it’s stopping anytime soon which is a go Read More...

The Maloney’s go from software startup to costume craze, how a test turned into a million dollar business Entrepreneurs

Costume Craze is an online costume retailer based in Utah. It was started by brother and sister, Kate (CEO) & Matt (CTO) Maloney back in 2001 when Kate was just 20 years old. Initially Kate and Ma Read More...

London startups are driving the hot tech employment market – Silicon Milkroundabout Jobs

Looking for a job? Why not work at a startup? – One thing I’ve noticed since leaving uni is the lack of other graduates that have gone into startup jobs. Having done a business degree and Read More...

Wahanda, the Groupon for health, beauty and wellness Entrepreneurs

Wahanda, a health, beauty and wellness community & marketplace that connects consumers, wellness businesses and professionals through content, community ratings & reviews and commerce. Basical Read More...

A lesson in marketing: GiffGaff brings the first crowdsourced phone network Entrepreneurs

GiffGaff is the first people powered phone network. The company was founded by Gav Thompson, who is the head of brand innovation at o2, one of the biggest mobile networks in the UK. At o2 he saw a mar Read More...

Easing Student Loan Burdens for Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs

With student debt loads haunting college grads and jobless joining street protests, President Obama yesterday announced plans to ease student loan burdens by capping payments at 10 percent of what bor Read More...

Mok Oh Founder of EveryScape, The Google StreetView for Inside Buildings Entrepreneurs

Mok Oh founded EveryScape back in 2002. The company creates visual replicas of your business premise which are fully explorable, it is essentially the Google street view but for inside your bar, resta Read More...

Chamath Palihapitiya, the unconventional venture capitalist Start-Ups

Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder of the venture fund Social+Capital Partners. But he says “I’m trying to be as un-VC as possible.” The young investor wants to shake up what he believes is Read More...

Talking Posterous and entrepreneurship – Interview with Sachin Agarwal Interviews

Sachin Agarwal is the founder and CEO of Posterous. After graduating from Stanford University in 2002 with a degree in Computer Science, Sachin decided to work for Apple although he said he almost cho Read More...

Crowdfunding with Civilisedmoney Entrepreneurship

New business ventures, social enterprises and creative projects can now get investment at Civilisedmoney, the next generation investment platform which launches this month. Whether its £500 for a loc Read More...

Talking music covers, opportunities, social media, setback and success – Interview with Nike Jemiyo Entertainments & Art

Sometimes I sit down and think about how terrifying it must be for people (Artists) who constantly put themselves out there for criticism, hoping to learn and grow from the exposure. We live in the wo Read More...

Ladies! You can finally lose the safety pins with The-shirt – Interview with Founder, Rochelle Behrens Fashion

It’s not every day you get Oprah talking about your company especially when it is been listed as one of the five things to have in 2011, that’s what happened to Rochelle Behrens’s start-up “Th Read More...

20 Essential TED Talks for Entrepreneurial Students Be Inspired

If you haven’t heard of TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) yet, where have you been?! It is a great site full of brilliant and insightful talks by remarkable people in many different areas, Read More...