Monthly Archives: May 2017

As Rover.com acquire Santa Monica based DogVacay, we catch up with London’s BorrowMyDoggy Founder Rikke Rosenlund as she shares her journey, algorithms, and the lessons she’s learned along the way. Pawsome!

28 May 2017
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: News

The BorrowMyDoggy idea was developed in July 2012 after I spent the day taking care of a neighbour’s dog, Aston. I realised that lots of dog owners could use a helping paw looking after their dog, and that there are …

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Farmdrop Co-founder Ben Pugh talks about ‘A healthier and sustainable food chain,driven by mobile technology’

20 May 2017
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: News, Venture Capital

Farmdrop is an online grocery platform that connects farmers and producers directly with local customers. By removing the wholesalers and supermarkets from the supply chain, we deliver fresher and healthier food, while paying the producers a much bigger cut than …

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Steve Babcock, CCO of New York based global digital agency VaynerMedia talks ‘Familiarity before Originality’

16 May 2017
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Amazon, Communication, ethnographies, Familiarity before Originality, Google, News, Steve Babcock, VaynerMedia

I got my start in this business in 1998. As a young, budding creative it was made very clear to me that originality was the prerequisite of creativity. If it wasn’t completely original, it wasn’t any good. It was a …

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‘Macron’s halo and a London spirit for Paris (FT 27.04.17) The post Brexit opportunity for Paris to match London as a hub for finance, business and entrepreneurship is real. The first lesson of the 2012 Olympics is the winner takes all.(JohnGrapper) | Gavin Poole,CEO of London’s Here East talks Brexit, Paris and his vision for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park!

9 May 2017
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: News

The question that everyone raises with me when discussing the health and future of the tech sector in London is inevitably linked to Brexit and the impact last year’s decision will have. This whole subject has been hugely debated, polls …

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Ian Hood, CEO and Co-Founder of communications agency Babel discusses how to build a brand in an ever transparent, technology-powered world!

5 May 2017
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: News

“Technology itself — social media, cameraphones — has also turned the world into a panopticon prison for bad boys, whose misdeeds are now visible almost all the time. It was a dash cam that caught Kalanick’s unsympathetic retort to a …

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