Hannahrings.com just launched

Long time collaborator of OpenBusiness Hannah Upritchard has just launched her own e-commerce start up of sorts. At Hannahrings.com you can find beautiful, quirky, happy jewellery all hand crafted by her.

And since christmas is approaching check out ‘Your Own Continue reading »

• October 31, 2012
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MiniBar July

5 startups, one accelerator and Amazon Web Services in this iteration of MiniBar.

Oxygen Accelerator – Simon Jenner

TheBackScratchers.com – Jody Orsborn

Ikonami – Kubair Shirazee

Amazon Web Services – Ianni Vamvadelis

Hybrids are Beautiful – Jon Marks

CircleMe – Giuseppe d’Antonio

Sticksports – Paul Collins

Sponsor: Ikonami, Oxygen Accelerator

• July 26, 2012
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IP Basics with Wiggin LLP

Last night we had the pleasure of hosting our penultimate event in the Online Business Essential Clinics series way up high in the Wiggin LLP offices off Tottenham Court Road. Law firms do tend to have access to some very scenic backdrops of the city!

Wiggin LLP is a boutique firm of Continue reading »

• July 19, 2012
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Fundraising and Investment Strategies with Tom Allason

This Thursday past we had the pleasure of listening to the sage (don’t let that youthful exterior fool you) advice of one of London’s most successful fundraisers and logisticians, Tom Allason. Tom is founder and CEO of Shutl, a web service that connects retailers with local same-day courier companies, enabling the rapid delivery Continue reading »

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MiniBar Special with Qualcomm

This MiniBar was organized in partnership with Qualcomm to present their VC activities, bring some companies they have invested in to tell us about Qprize.

The QPrize 2012 venture investment competition’s aim is to identify and fund the industry’s most promising, early-stage technology companies across Eastern Continue reading »

• July 16, 2012
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Software Development Management with George Berkowski of Hailo

At last Thursday’s ICT KTN clinic our topic was Software Development Management. Our presenter for the event was George Berkowski, Head of Product at Hailo – one of London’s most successful start-ups in the last few years who provide an app that connects the user to a network of London’s black Continue reading »

• June 19, 2012
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