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.
Startup loan scheme

Dear Government, it’s not about how many new startups there are, but how many survive Entrepreneurship

Dear Government, Thank you for your support of young entrepreneurs and development of the Startup loan scheme. With banks less readily looking to invest in new business the government stepped up and p Read More...
Thunderclap.it campaign

Startups! Amplify your message with the power of the crowd Marketing

As a startup you know that one of the big problems you face is getting your message out to the wider world. Whether it’s a new product/service, some exciting news or another cause, getting your Read More...
Three new things winners

Sponsored: The winners announced for Virgin Media Business, Three New Things 2014 Media

The Three New Things competition set up by Virgin Media Business and previously spoken about on YHP here. The competition set  out to showcase and discover innovative talent sitting right here in the Read More...
raising seed capital

Raising Seed Capital? Here’s some top tips from Steve Schlafman Finance

Raising Seed Capital I’ve been looking into raising seed capital myself. I came across this Slideshare presentation by Steve Schlafman on raising seed capital. It takes a look at the following Read More...
Trade Radiators

How Trade Radiators competition helped a business expand with an apprentice Companies

Last year I spoke to the founders of Trade Radiators about their story of starting the business from a £1 eBay ad. At the time they were running a competition offering £3,000 to a tradesperson looki Read More...

David’s Been Here & he’s taking on the big boys in travel Be Inspired

A few years ago we profiled David Hoffmann who had started David’s Been Here, a popular travel blog which helps travelers discover the less well known gems a city has to offer and plan their tri Read More...
Sibel Suleyman featured

“I felt that the longer I spent working for somebody else, the longer I cheated myself out of doing what I had dreamed about” – Sibel Suleyman Female Entrepreneur

Today I welcome Sibel Suleyman to YHP. Can you give me a bit of background to yourself? After graduating from Brunel University with a politics and history degree, like most graduates, I entered the w Read More...
reward employees featured

How to reward employees in a small business Advice

According to an Employee Benefits survey, less than 25% of employees received incentives in the last two years, despite 80% suggesting that a reward programme would show that their work is valued. But Read More...
Three new things virgin media business

Sponsored: Virgin media business offering the chance to win a prize worth £25,000 & meet Richard Branson Events

Virgin media business is running a competition called Three New Things. What are they looking for? Well, three ideas that will change the way we live & work for good. You only have to come up with Read More...

Wheyhey, healthy ice cream! Interview with co founder Greg Duggan Entrepreneurs

Founded by Greg Duggan and Damien Kennedy, Wheyhey is a healthy protein based ice cream brand with endorsements from the likes of David Gandy and Harry Styles. I wanted to find out more about how thi Read More...
Stephen Pavlovich

Continually testing, Stephen Pavlovich, founder of Conversion Factory Entrepreneurs

Hi Stephen, how are you today? Good! Thank you. Conversion Factory is the biggest (and busiest) it’s ever been, and it’s showing no sign of letting up.  Can you give me a bit of background to you Read More...
Tom Hickman

We speak to serial entrepreneur Tom Hickman from BridgeGlobal Entrepreneurs

Today I speak with a serial entrepreneur Tom Hickman, co-founder of Bridge Global. His passion has led him to where he is now and I want to find out more. Hi Tom, how are you today? I’m sitting in a Read More...

A private space for couple’s, with over half a million downloads Female Entrepreneur

With Valentine’s day upon us, I thought it would be great to chat with Amelia Chen, one of the co founders of the LoveByte team. She tells me more about how the business got off the ground and t Read More...
Cesar Kuriyama

How 1 Second Everyday changed the life of Cesar Kuriyama Entrepreneurs

This week I was delighted to speak with Cesar Kuriyama the founder of an app called 1 Second Everyday. The app lets you choose a second of video each day which it mashes together to build a snapshot o Read More...
Joanna Abeyie

Joanna Abeyie – building the first media publisher workforce that is representative of the society it serves Female Entrepreneur

Today I speak with multi-talented and award-winning Journalist and Presenter Joanna Abeyie. She gives us an insight on how she started her social enterprise Shine Media and some valuable advice from Read More...