Turn on your television, open a magazine, go shopping and he is never far away…..Jamie Oliver.
A brand and incredible success story but scratch beneath the surface and you will find amongst others software house, Zolmo co-founded by Tristan Celder, and the subject of our ‘Five minutes with…..’ this week. From Mr Oliver to Social media to ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ its an interesting chat!
The Evening Standard story on 30th September 2011 headed ‘Silicon Roundabout jobs hotspot on networking boom‘ was, of course very interesting. As Harvey Nash chief exec Albert Ellis was quoted as saying “We want to be closer to that whole Shoreditch area. It’s a big opportunity. The whole tech sector has been robust all the way through the economic crisis, particularly in social networking which has created a whole new job market in software programming….”
The truth is…. he is not the only one to have noticed!!
The market is buzzing with digital startups ‘disrupting’ the status quo across a vast range of business sectors. The world of ticket sales, whether for sporting or music events, is no different.
Our blog followers may already have come across LA based, Scorebig, which aims to solve the problem of unsold event tickets. In that case the tickets come from the venues, teams and promoters directly and you name your price! If your offer is accepted, you get the tickets.
If there is one conference you must attend , the inaugural Wired 2011, has to be it on 13-14th October.
The streets around Silicon Roundabout could be very quiet as a stellar group of speakers and delegates, which reads like a who’s who of those at the forefront of change in our environment on so many levels, meet up at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel.
For many simply flying into a City and staying in a luxury hotel for a weekend feels, well, a little detached from reality and real life. Too ‘clinical’ perhaps.
Startup onefinestay.com, the creation of Greg Marsh, Tim Davey and Demetrios Zoppos, based in Bowling Green Lane offers something rather different and is creating quite a stir!
One of the most exciting events in the web industry lands at The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, EC1 between the 3-5 October 2011
Aimed at web developers and entrepreneurs the conference brings together many ‘leading lights’ such as Dave McClure (500 Startups), Eric Wahlforss(Soundcloud), Chat Pytel(Thoughtbot), Dan Martell(Flowtown) and JoeStump(SimpleGeo)!
We are thrilled that this week’s ‘Five minutes with …’ interview is with Robin Klein, the entrepreneur who has invested in more than 60 early stage companies including Lovefilm, Wonga, Moo, Moshi Monsters, Zoopla, Graze, Skimlinks and Onefinestay! We caught up with Robin at the end of Seedcamp Week 2011 (www.seedcamp.com) which culminates today, as the cream of the European and International start up scene, present to a packed room of investors and venture capitalists such as Amadeus, Wellington, Bloomberg Ventures, Doughty Hanson, Charlotte Street Capital and Index Ventures.
At the cutting edge of keeping you aware of the latest events in the
area, how about the launch of ‘Shoreditch Unbound’ a limited edition
unique format book at Circus Square, Shoreditch on 1st September 2011!
The book provides a view of Shoreditch through the perspective of those
who occupy the area such as artists, visitors and residents. We understand
This weeks “Five minutes with….” interview is with Andrew Walker, Co-founder and Director of Thin Martian, the digital creative agency located close to the very heart of ‘Silicon Roundabout’ in Cowper Street,EC2.
Although Andrew won the Bournemouth International Music Festival Classical Guitar competition aged 10, we felt there were some rather more pressing issues to focus upon!
We are delighted that this weeks “Five minutes with…” interview is with Jason Goodman CEO of Albion who are based at the Tea Building in Shoreditch.
So here we go…
As the LA Dodgers baseball team file for bankruptcy protection we start
with a soft pitch!
