ASOS and Wayra In Search For World’s Most Innovative Fashion-Tech Startups
ASOS and Wayra partner to find and accelerate innovative fashion tech startups to upgrade ASOS shopping experience for its 11 million customers around the world. They are looking for smart technologies to accelerate the pace of innovation within the fashion technology space, making the customer experience easier, more enjoyable, and more personalised. Existing startups, with a proven track record of developing technologies, products and services […]
British Youth Culture – Forward Thinking & Unapologetic
Leading on from our previous post about a new report created by Amplify giving a unique insight into Britain’s youth culture – Read what some of the influencers had to say. Jessica Skye, Bejay Mulenga, Andres Banco and Nellie Eden are all part of the new generation who are unafraid to define their own identity and […]
Young Blood: Defining A Generation
A new report titled ‘Young Blood’ gives a unique insight into Britain’s youth culture who are often mislabelled as couch potatoes or screenagers. Marketing agency Amplify created an in-depth white paper and a 7-part documentary series to show the lives of young people in the UK and their driven nature to be successful on their […]
Share Your Start-Up Story – Fighting Alzheimer’s with ‘Javoo’
Javoo is a social network app helping Alzheimer’s sufferers keep record of their memorable moments and engage in daily activities to battle memory loss. The ingenious idea, launched last month, was discovered by two brothers Sam, 21, and Scott Rosenberg, 23, after losing their grandfather to Alzheimer’s disease in 2013. Javoo has the support of the University of Nottingham’s […]
The Centre for Entrepreneurs – Should Entrepreneurs Fear Failure?
Serial entrepreneurs are well known for their resilience and ability to overcome business mistakes – Suggesting there is no need to fear failure. Matt Smith, Director at the Centre for Entrepreneurs, discusses why serial entrepreneurs are less afraid of failure than one-time founders. Can unfortunate professional experiences, or even business failure, lead to success? Certainly, […]
Launch of Tech London Advocates Africa
Connect with the African counterpart of London’s tech ecosystem at the launch of Tech London Advocates Africa. TLA Africa is a network of individuals and organisations, interested in both London and African technology environment with the aim of working together to develop stronger links. The group’s goal is to solve issues affecting the tech community to […]
UK- Korea Startup Forum 2016 @ London Techcity
Opportunity to attend the UK – Korea startup forum and meet top 20 Korean tech startups – Organised by KOTRA London. KOTRA London is a non-profit South Korean government organisation supporting UK-based Korean startups and promoting foreign trade and investment. The leading tech startups showcasing at the forum, on 19th April, are based within these industries – IoT, […]
5 Ways Remote Culture Beats an Office
Working from anywhere in the world from a laptop has become the new dream for many aspiring entrepreneurs. In fact, it’s probably one of the motivating factors encouraging people to go after the ‘new rich’ lifestyle, after Tim Ferriss introduced it in his book, ‘The Four Hour Work Week’. Remote culture will attract people that are […]
The IPSE Freelancer Awards 2016
The hunt is on to find Britain’s brightest self-employed person at the IPSE’s nation-wide competition. The IPSE Freelancer award, opened until 8th April, will see self-employed professionals submit reasons why they should be crowned the UK’s best independent mind. Finalists have the chance of winning up to £5,000 to invest in their business. The Association of Independent Professionals […]
PWC – Great Innovation Challenge 2016
Opportunity to reveal your innovative business at the Great Innovation Challenge 2016. PricewaterhouseCoopers UK, in partnership with the GREAT Britain campaign, are looking to showcase the best of British innovation at the International Festival for Business 2016. Entrepreneurs and firms, of all sizes, are invited to present their business’s creativity demonstrating British innovation – This can either be a new product or […]