Category Archives: Press coverage

As London-based Trint secures US$3.1 million in Pre-Series A funding, Emmy-award winning war correspondent turned Co-founder and CEO, Jeff Kofman, talks career 2.0 and how he stumbled into the world of entrepreneurship.

30 August 2017
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Ask the Expert, Events, Finding offices, Interviews, News, Press coverage, Property, Startups, Venture Capital

If you had told me 10 or 20 years ago that I was going to be an entrepreneur and CEO, running a company with 20 employees, I really don’t think I would have believed you. I’ve been a journalist all …

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We asked Nick Ray, CEO Of aiHit, should we be worried following David Rowan’s piece on the ‘data disenfranchised’?

12 April 2013
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: News, Press coverage

“In the emerging yottabyte age, let’s ensure the sovereignty of the people over the databases by holding to account those with the keys to the machine…” (David Rowan, Wired Magazine April 2013) We asked Nick Ray, CEO of aiHit, should …

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Ten Smart CEOs: (No 3) Chris Morton, Lyst

25 September 2012
by Silicon Roundabout
Categories: Interviews, News, Press coverage

Chris Morton’s decision to colonise the fashion world as an innovator, whilst timely, represented a shift in career path for the former VC of Balderton Capital. Launched in 2010 this success, having secured funding from DFJ Esprit and Accel, is …

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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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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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‘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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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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Colette Ballou on hiring a PR Agency!

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

Colette Ballou is the founder of Ballou PR. With a client roster that includes Eventbrite, Seatwave and Shopping.com she is well placed to give us the inside track about what to think about before hiring a PR agency. It’s heartbreaking …

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