A new study on Brighton’s digital cluster says business that combines creative, digital and business talent with technology skills achieves growth figures that are 10X faster than the overall UK economy.
Funded by the AHRC and dubbed ‘supefused’, this new type of business means companies that work in this way will grow three times faster than ‘unfused’ companies and 40% faster than the ‘average’ Brighton company. Continue reading
So, my Hummer mates are black, their car dances with the bass, it’s only 5pm. Some of my best friends are white.
They track me back to the Harley depot, I ask them to shot their guns in the air because I’ve ridden 600 miles in 36 hours. Just for me, dudes.
it wasn’t a very clever thing to say, almost blew it. Got it back over a cigarette and a story about the bass player in an acid jazz band, a man who i’d never met, but had taken my previous girl from me. As a mate, who also cut her hair, told me in Nepal… ‘Monty, you’ve got fuck-all, he had a speeedboat”. Yeah, fair enough. Continue reading
The Boomtown Rats turned to motorbikes and all-nighers at The Scala in Kings Cross, movies like Midnight Express or Cheech and Chong and Easy Rider.
Posters, not of Geldof, but of Dennis Hopper and the Fonda son, dreams of Califonia; died with other shit; as time went by.
Then, 15 years of winters as a despatch rider, broken arm, broken knee, like a National Hunt jockey, the best biker of his generation; went to Le Mans once, first time with other bikers… better. Continue reading
* This guest blog is by Judo Payments CEO Dennis Jones who tweets here
On my way home from work in London yesterday, I ordered food through JustEat with a few taps. Halfway home, the Tube broke down (sigh) and I found myself racing my fellow minions to the surface to find alternate transport.
With Hailo, I had my taxi booked and paid in two taps and avoided the long line at Paddington station. Annoyed by my delay, but glad to be on a direct path home, I rewarded myself by booking tickets to see an up-and-coming pianist on YPlan for later that evening. Two taps and the tickets were in my phone. Continue reading
* This is a guest post by Trackpal CEO Scott Lawson who tweets here
In today’s tech business culture there is a preconception that you need to get the backing of angel investors or VCs in order to create a successful start-up. Doing so might give you immediate money in the bank, but you could end up relinquishing a larger share of your business than you’d ideally like to.
But you can start a successful business without funding. I’m the founder of Trackpal, a B2B software start-up. I launched Trackpal from scratch four years ago and now have paying clients across the globe. Based on my experience, here are six key factors in starting a successful B2B software business without needing funding. Continue reading
