Category Archives: Interviews

The ‘Silicon Milkroundabout’ brand is heading to Cambridge!

11 April 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Events, Interviews, News, Startups

In this months GQ Magazine supplement Stephen Bayley in his piece ‘RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN’ says “Very few things are certain about creativity, but a fixed point in any definition is a commitment to disruption. Plus an appetite …

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Three more entrepreneurs explain how ‘Regret minimisation’ helped them start their business

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

In the second part of our  ‘Regret minimisation’ blog we caught up with CEO’S Johnathan Agnès of Foodity, Tom Allason of Shutl and Tom Adeyoola of Metail. In the 1990′s Jeff Bezos hesitated before starting Amazon after a respected colleague …

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How a ‘Regret minimisation framework’ may have inadvertently started three great businesses

14 March 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, News, Startups

We are always looking for a fresh and different perspective from Silicon Roundabout’s genuine game changers and disruptors. This week we caught up with six leading  entrepreneurs and asked them the same question. You may be surprised! In the 1990’s …

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Five minutes with…… Jason Trost, CEO of Clerkenwell based Smarkets

1 March 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, News, Startups

Having teamed up with Hunter Morris, Jason Trost launched, betting exchange platform Smarkets in London, in 2010. Quickly picked up by The Wall Street Journal as one of Europe’s 10 young companies to watch and the subject of much press …

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Five minutes with……Jonathan Chippindale, CEO of Holition

28 February 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, News, Startups

Silicon Roundabout based Holition were formed as a venture start up and use cutting edge 3D digital solutions for point of sale marketing and create augmented reality apps for use in store, on mobile and online. Visited by Nick Clegg …

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Silicon Roundabout’s ‘Ask the Expert’ panel is complete!

31 January 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Ask the Expert, Interviews, News, Startups

When we sat down to draw up our shortlist of ‘influencers’ for our ‘Ask The Expert’ panel we were very mindful of the key themes for 2012 and particularly the ‘Social Graph’. The importance of drawing upon first hand experience …

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Colette Ballou, founder and CEO of Ballou PR, is the latest addition to our ‘Ask the Experts’ panel

19 January 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Ask the Expert, Interviews, News, Startups

You would be hard pressed to have missed the raft of press articles over the last couple of months that have brought the role of public relations in its myriad forms to the forefront of our consciousness. Operating at national …

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Calum Murray, Head of Commercial Technology and corporate partner Andy Moseby at Kemp Little, join our ‘Ask the Experts’ panel

12 January 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Ask the Expert, Interviews, News, Startups, Venture Capital

In deciding upon the appropriate lawyers for our ‘Ask The Expert’ panel we wanted a firm that represented amongst others the award winning (AKQA were Adweeks Agency of the year), newsworthy (‘Lovefilm Signs BBC And ITV Deals in Netflix TV …

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Top tips to attract a potential investor by Daniel Waterhouse of Wellington

19 December 2011
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Angel Investors, Interviews, News, Transport, Venture Capital

Following  Sherry Coutu’s piece for us last week ‘What to remember about angel investors?’ we thought we would ask Wellington, General Partner, Daniel Waterhouse a question we have been asked over the last few months by numerous ‘Silicon Roundabout’ based …

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What to remember about Angel Investors? Top 10 ‘suggestions’ from serial entrepreneur Sherry Coutu!

12 December 2011
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Angel Investors, Interviews, News, Startups, Venture Capital

The incredible ‘vibe’ be it on entering Techhub or The Trampery at Silicon Roundabout, grabbing a coffee at The Bookclub (Leonard Street) or sitting in the audience at Tech Entrepreneurs Week (as we did!) amongst a multitude of startups is …

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