Author Archives: Rishi Chowdhury

About Rishi Chowdhury

Co founder of YHP, founder of IncuBus Ventures, online marketing consultant & host of one of London's top entrepreneurial events (Flagons Den). Regularly found networking around Tech City, convincing myself I'm working. Working for the future, living for the moment.
Diego Gomila

Diego Gomila, CEO of AffiliRed, the business that came out of another Interviews

Having an in depth knowledge of your industry is an important part of creating a successful business. Diego Gomila founder and CEO of AffilRed has exactly that. The serial entrepreneur has over 20 yea Read More...
UniPlaces

Startup of the Week: UniPlaces Startup of the Week

UniPlaces is simple. It’s the safe way to rent your next student home. Simple. Property owner? List your place (It’s free). Student? Find the perfect place to spend your year. And you can Read More...
laying down the business foundations

Laying the foundations for a successful and creative business Advice

This might seem like the business equivalent of making you do your maths homework, or telling you to eat your greens before you can get any pudding, but business insurance really is important and any Read More...
Oil-Field equipment

The Future of Oilfield Equipment Other

With the demand for oil as high as ever and the threat of scarcity growing, it is crucial that oilfield equipment and other parts of the refinement process are optimised for efficiency and thoroughnes Read More...
HotelTonight

Startup of the Week: HotelTonight Mobile

Less than 3 years old but already the startup HotelTonight has raised over $80M! Founded by Sam Shank, Jared Simon and Chris Bailey HotelTonight makes booking a hotel for tonight fast and easy. Oh and Read More...
Robert Jakobi

Robert Jakobi; from Pod bites to Metcalfe’s Food Company, we talk to this entrepreneurial MD Entrepreneurship

Today I speak with the entrepreneurial Managing Director of Metcalfe’s Food Company, Robert Jakobi. Hi Robert thanks for being on YHP, how are you today? I’m very well thank you. Busy, but good. C Read More...
Notiss

Notiss on raising $250k to change the way people remember to connect Mobile

Notiss is a social app which helps you to discover and remember to connect around the life events of the people you care about most. Where did you get the idea for Notiss? “We actually got the Read More...
Kairos Society

Kairos Society comes to the UK with inaugural conference Events

So what is the Kairos Society? Founded in 2008, the Kairos Society is a non-profit organization. The Kairos Society is based in the United States and was founded by Ankur Jain. Ankur asks the questio Read More...
Startup Hacks

Startup Hacks: a student-led hackathon Events

Startup Hacks, a student-led hackathon, are holding a highly anticipated second event at Rainmaking Loft in London starting on the 1st November. The hackathon is a 48 hour weekend for Europe’s b Read More...
Startup of the week Flavrbox featured

Startup of the Week: Flavrbox Startup of the Week

Seb Powell is a co founder of this weeks startup of the week, Flavrbox. Flavrbox is a subscription box service which delivers a range of non perishable food products from a range of independent food a Read More...
IncuBusLDN featured

IncuBusLDN – An Alternative University Start-Ups

I’m leaving the comfortable world of work.  I’m starting my own business. Hopefully creating a future for myself. So what am doing? I’m buying a bus! Turning it into a startup incub Read More...
Word of mouth featured

This is the best marketing tool ever Advice

  Word of mouth Don’t get me wrong you will have to do traditional advertising as well to supplement word of mouth, but the best marketing tool, is still word of mouth. It’s cheap and Read More...
How are you logo

Startup of the Week: How are you? Companies

Founded by Dawson King, How are you? is an healthcare infomatics startup!  “err, what is that?” Well, let me tell you. How are you? is a cloud based tool which is a patient-controlled he Read More...

Rebranding successfully – We talk to Sadie Gee, Operations manager at Minicabster Advice

2013 has seen some big companies rebrand, think Yahoo, SeoMoz and Ernst and Young to name a few. But why rebrand and how do you go about it? We speak to Sadie Gee who headed up the rebrand of AnyCabs Read More...
Choosing the right business vehicle

How to choose the right business vehicle Advice

Whether you have a small fleet of vehicles or just one single unit, the importance of choosing the right model for work and business use is a top priority for both performance and financial reasons. I Read More...