Monthly Archives: August 2013

Why Chema González left his job in one of London’s largest banks to work over 80 hours a week without a salary Interviews

Today we interview Chema González, CEO of Alterkeys. Founded in London, the start-up was recently awarded the Spanish shuttle acceleration programme, Lanzadera. Alterkeys connects owners of propertie Read More...
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Do you need a degree to be an entrepreneur? Be Inspired

No! Of course you don’t! These guys didn’t have a college degree and they did pretty well: Richard Branson Mark Zuckerberg Henry Ford David Karp Larry Ellison Kevin Rose Michael Dell Just Read More...
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How a £1 eBay ad led to a booming business for two brothers – Trade Radiators Bootstrapped

I recently spoke to two brothers, Nic and James Auckland who back in 2004 had the spark that eventually turned into Trade Radiators. Without further ado, read on for the interview: How are you guys t Read More...
evolution of blinc

The evolution of Tech City’s latest startup: Blinc Mobile

Blinc-olution Blinc is a photo messaging app which enables you to send a picture to a friend, and see their instant reaction sent back to you…however, read on for their latest NEW features. As B Read More...

Why you should start your business at University Entrepreneurship

If you’re waiting for ‘ideal’ circumstances to start a business, you’ll be waiting a long time. There’s always going to be a hundred excuses to put it off, so starting a business at Universi Read More...

Accelerator Programmes – the new Business School? Entrepreneurship

[This is a guest post by Kath Preston, who manages Oxygen Accelerator. Oxygen Accelerator works with early-stage tech startups to develop their businesses with seed investment, work space, and a three Read More...

I think that starting a business is a cake walk compared to raising children! – With Planet Organic’s Renée Elliott Interviews

In this open but fascinating interview with Renée Elliott, she talks to me about everything. From meeting her husband and business partner Brian over 30 years ago whilst doing a backpacking Eurail tr Read More...

We “burnt our ships” – we invested all our own money, quit all other jobs/opportunities and focused full-time on MedicAnimal – Ivan Retzignac Interviews

In this interview with Ivan Retzignac, he talks about starting his business almost 5 years after writing his original business plan. How did Ivan go from having a background in finance to starting a c Read More...

The story behind WEIR+WONG – with Robin Wong Interviews

Robin takes me down memory lane, sharing his early beginnings as an entrepreneur, starting WEIR+WONG, challenges along the way and many useful advices for 1st time or budding entrepreneurs. Robin Wong Read More...