Author Archives: Silicon Roundabout

Guest Blog; ‘The Beauty of hiring interns’ by Ben Rosen

8 August 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Ask the Expert, Interviews, Startups

Growing Silicon Roundabout startups short on cash but in need of support need not panic, writes Ben Rosen, founder of Inspiring Interns; For fresh-faced SMEs, the prospect of making a new hire can be daunting. You may not have a …

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Ten Smart CEOs: (No. 2) Felix Leuschner, Stylistpick

20 July 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, Press coverage, Startups, Venture Capital

Felix Leuschner founded Stylistpick in November 2010, initially as a subscription only accessories retailer. Over less than 24 months he has cultivated a careful formula to navigate a well populated fashion market to bring the concept of curation to ecommerce …

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As Silicon Roundabout startup Flubit prepare to relaunch, we catch up with CEO Bertie Stephens!

2 July 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, News, Offers, Startups

Silicon Roundabout-based Flubit originally launched as a demand-driven group buying site in August 2011. From £50,000 in funding 14 months ago, the Flubit business plan has evolved quickly, and having recently secured $1.75m is set to relaunch this summer with …

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Our focus on Silicon Roundabout’s ‘hottest startups’ continues; today it’s Teamly!

29 June 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, News, Press coverage, Startups

Amongst some of the gloomiest reports of European contagion the jubilee celebrations have not been the only ray of sunshine to offer balance and encouragement to us all! Last month Teamly and their founder Scott Allison announced that 500 Startups, …

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It’s Monday and we continue our focus on some of Silicon Roundabout’s ‘hottest startups’; today it’s Tribesports!

25 June 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Events, Interviews, News, Startups

It would be very easy to dismiss Tribesports as simply a social network for sportspeople! However the approach and desire adopted by three former executives from Mydeco, Steve Reid, David Hickson and Jenna Anians, as well as co-founder Andrew Mcdonough, …

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Over the next 10 days we catch up with some of Silicon Roundabout’s hottest startups; Today it’s MarketInvoice!

22 June 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, News, Startups, Venture Capital

Over the next ten days we wanted to focus on some of Silicon Roundabout’s hottest startups; Today we catch up with Charles Delingpole, co founder of MarketInvoice! What do you do when Eurozone contagion dominates the press in the public …

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‘Marketing is dead’ said Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi. We asked two Silicon Roundabout entrepreneurs if they agreed!

31 May 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, News, Press coverage

The headline in The Drum magazine (May 11th) read ‘MARKETING IS DEAD… or so said Kevin Roberts when addressing the Institute of Directors conference recently – shocking words considering he is chief executive officer at one of the world’s biggest …

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Rob Moffat of Balderton Capital reflects on Incubators and Accelerators in Europe

28 May 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Angel Investors, News, Startups, Venture Capital

Recent interviews with startups in Silicon Roundabout have focused increasingly on funding and mentoring. We thought we would start the week with a guest blog by Rob Moffat of Balderton Capital who is involved with portfolio companies such as Housetrip, …

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Litigation in the digital world; Kemp Little and Wiggin give us The Lawyers’ view!

21 May 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Ask the Expert, Interviews, News, Press coverage

In the second part of our piece following the Financial Times article ‘The curse of innovation’, we asked two leading law firms Kemp Little and Wiggin whether they were concerned about a potential future cycle of IP disputes “spilling over …

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Concerned over litigation in the Digital world? We asked two leading entrepreneurs and two prominent Law firms!

16 May 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, News, Startups

The Financial Times (Thursday 10th May) ran a full page article ‘The curse of innovation’ reporting ‘Escalating courtroom battles over intellectual property’. We asked two leading entrepreneurs and two prominent law firms whether they were concerned about a potential future …

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