Marketing , Startup Diaries

Startup Engine: Startup Engine dinner: Develop your value proposition & get growth

Love Tuesday nights at #StartupEngine dinners and last night was no exception. The only negative for me is that I have probably ordered everything on Chico Bandito's menu at least twice. This week we were joined by @WebbJS, founder of Get2Growth and startups lead at Rackspace. With 20 years experience across multiple tech sectors, John works with startup teams to devise and develop their Value Propositions, and then make them a ...

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Startup Diaries, last episode in 2013

Probably the last update of the year, as the Christmas madness descends and we battle to get everything we set out to do in 2013 done! (No time for blogging). We had a great Startup Engine dinner at Chico Bandito for people with exciting ideas brewing, who were just getting things going or had plans to do so. Founders' Hive also hosted their first dinner for their growing community on the ...

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Startup Diaries – October / November

A few more updates from TableCrowd HQ. We’ve been busy as usual. Joined a Sharing Economy committee led by Sooquini to talk and make plans for the industry. This tied in nicely with TableCrowd’s Sharing Economy Startups “Meet & Eat” that had been in the diary for a while. You can read how it went here and see the follow up press that the dinner generated on Tech City News, here. Also look out for the podcast ...

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Startup Diaries

We have been very busy at TableCrowd HQ – same old! An update on what’s been going on with the project and the team. I signed up to TechBikers and joined 70+ other techies in cycling from Paris to London. It was 3-day memorable adventure. You can see my full write-up about the experience on Tech City Insider. In order to feel like a fully-fledged ‘techie’ for the TechBikers adventure, I finally dabbled ...

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Startup Diaries

We're currently neck deep working on our iPhone app (we know, we know, it's about time). Thanks to Iggy Hammick, Alok Matta and  Thomas Mason who joined our lunchtime "Testing & Tapas" lunch last month to look at a very raw early version and to offer thoughts and feedback. We'd love to hear your views, so if you'd like to get an early look and have your say in what ...

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Startup Diaries: Back To London Town

Sunday. Fresh off the plane from a very successful trip to San Francisco and NYC and headed straight to the SilkFred sample sale in Brick Lane. SilkFred is the online destination for emerging fashion designers and CEO & Founder Emma Watkinson has hosted a few TableCrowd fashion tables. It was a buzzy event packed out with designers and shoppers. Monday. (Jetlagged). No rest for the wicked. Before my trip, I bagged a demo ...

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Startup Diaries: TableCrowd goes to NYC

Last month, TableCrowd was accepted to join Chinwag’s 2013 Digital Mission to NYC, so as well as the great schedule of events arranged by the Chinwag team, I set up a number of other meetings for fundraising and partnership purposes to maximize the benefit from the trip. So here is a little insight into two of the most hectic weeks of my life...! Monday. From the comfort of my downtown Airbnb digs, ...

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Start up Diaries: TableCrowd goes to San Francisco

Monday. 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 ...

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Startup Diaries: A Week In The Life Of TableCrowd

Monday morning is always frantic, but first priority is to catch up with our designer and developer and map out the plan for the week. Our site is up in beta, but we are working on new designs using responsive technology, which means whether you are viewing on phone, tablet or laptop, that the page will fit to your screen size and work properly. As part of the new designs, ...

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