Rishi Chowdhury

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The first 1,000 days of AirBnB as recalled by co founder Brian Chesky Be Inspired

AirBnB co founder Brian Chesky speaks at Y Combinators Startup School 2010 about the first 1,000 days. He talks about how the company was born, he goes in depth into how the idea came about, what stru Read More...

Video Interview: Fred Caballero founder of Startup Stay Be Inspired

See how Fred's background was eventually the inspiration to his latest startup. But not before starting a business in a reccession, see what tips he has when starting a business in a recession & an i Read More...

PeerIndex, introduces Perklets, helps boosts local businesses. Start-Ups

Peerindex, the Shoreditch based tech startup has recently introduced Perklets which I think will not only be a hit for them but for local businesses as well. Read more to find out why. Read More...

Emily Mackay couldn’t find what she wanted, so created it herself – Microgenius Entrepreneurs

Emily Mackay couldn't find anything that would allow her to buy into someone else’s green energy projects so she set up a site to do just that. She founded Cambridge based startup Microgenius and in Read More...

Front Up, the Superdry of sports, sidestep the banks & turn to crowdfunding Finance

Front Up was founded in 2008 by Jon Allen to fill a gap in the market for fashionable rugby-orientated clothing targeted at 16-24 males. Front Up recently used crowdfunding as a way to raise a second Read More...

Doug Richard’s School for Startups presents Windows of Opportunity Events

Free events providing a fresh perspective on raising and investing money. The event will visit 9 different locations in the UK (locations and dates below) and each workshop will explore everything abo Read More...

Is this the future? Sooqini, the reverse mobile marketplace. Entrepreneurs

I recently had the chance to interview the founders of Sooqini, a reverse mobile marketplace. They have recently been making a lot of noise and I was intrigued to find out more! Here’s som Read More...

Christopher Pruijsen on his time at Oxford entrepreneurs & LetsLunch.com Video Interview

YHP interviewed Christopher Pruijsen the former Oxford entrepreneurs president & currently the country manager UK at LetsLunch.com. At only 19 Christopher has done a lot! We look back at how he got in Read More...

Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC) Interviews

On my visit to Cambridge this summer to check out the Cambridge startup scene, I came across many great startups that had grown out of the university. The companies were fantastic, some really interes Read More...

Quit Uni to Startup Full Time – Steve Bartlett Founder of Wallpark Be Inspired

Do I want to get employed to help someone else live their dream or do I want to live my own? That is a no brainier. Essentially it comes down to this; I believe I am going to live once so why would I Read More...

Students can be entrepreneurs too – Nick Tan, Terawand Founder Entrepreneurs

We interview Nick Tan, Cambridge University Student, Founder of Terawand and incoming Cambridge University Entrepreneurs President. How does he do it? Read on... Read More...

The Best Phones For Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs

Running your own business is a tough job, and some things are for sure, you will be on the move a lot, you will work late into the night and you will have a lot of meetings! So you need … Read More...

The importance of a great team – We speak to two of Oxford nanoSystems founders Entrepreneurs

I recently went to Oxford to find out more about the startup scene and get in touch with some of the great companies in Oxford. I have written about my time in Oxford here. After my visit to Oxford I Read More...

How To Tell If You’re An Entrepreneur Be Inspired

The rise of the entrepreneurial class is an observable economic phenomenon. Whether because of a lingering recession, the explosion of technological innovation, or the hacking philosophy gone m Read More...

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