As our Man V Food Crowd psyche themselves up for tomorrow's chicken wing food challenge at The Red Dog Saloon in Hoxton, we have come up with the top 5 things to conquer the 'Naga Viper Chilli Wings!' 6 pieces of chicken in ten minutes without a drink. This challenge is the UK's hottest & it's pretty famous. Wikipedia - The Naga Viper was created in England by chilli farmer Gerald Fowler of ...
Read MoreMonday. We’re in full fund raising mode, so as well as juggling the demands of the day-to-day business, I’m running around the City and West End for fund raising meetings. After missing out on their last demo & drinks event, I booked a demo slot on 25 February with Tech Meetups at Google Campus. It’s a good opportunity to further improve our pitch and receive feedback from London’s tech community. I’m off to ...
Read MoreThis has to be the best Valentines day poem ever and it makes complete sense; Roses are red (true) as well as bacon and poems are really hard to piece together and of course bacon (exactly). One for all the foodie lovers of London. Happy Valentines day to all. Fancy meeting some of our Hungry Romantics Crowd at our table tonight. Join the table here Single & Mingle Valentines Dinner at Tiger Tiger ...
Read MoreWe dined at the rather busy Thai Thai on Old Street this week, a stone’s throw from London’s booming Tech City. Jon Prove joined us for the first time. I met Jon after hearing him deliver a fantastic demo (with prizes for those that listened most carefully!) at Tech Meetups last month for his startup Ginicam. Ginicam allows you to trade online, in real time, earning money without risk. For example, ...
Read MoreLast night was our Man V Food yard of pizza challenge at Yard al Rollo and it was AWESOME. The challenge - to gobble down a pizza the size of a small child! For the winner - their name engraved on our Man V Food trophy and eternal glory. Four separate sections of pizza stood between me and victory. I started with the 'Spicy Macho' followed by 'American Hot', 'Mushroom' then Margarita. I ...
Read MoreThis week at the Startup Engine weekly dinner we had a private room booked at Piccolina (great food, great service!). We were lucky enough to be joined by Sylvia Cohen, an expert in public speaking. There were 11 diners, all keen to finely tune their public speaking and presentation skills for a variety of reasons ranging from fund raising to career changes. We had an hour taster session where Sylvia shared ...
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