Following our fundraising dinner with Ross Williams, CEO of Venntro, we've got some extra-special tips on how to grow your business. Ross famously grew his empire from next to nothing, and here are some of his tips on how to achieve similar success: 90% marketing, 10% product. You might have an amazing idea, but how are you going to acquire users? Make your partners pay for the marketing. This is how ...
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What better way to learn about how to grow your start-up than by speaking with successful entrepreneurs who have already climbed the mountain standing in front of you? That's exactly what we did this week; on Monday, we enjoyed an intimate dinner at the spectacular Lima Floral with speaker Andrew Humphries and guests. Andrew is no stranger to the start-up process, and conversation carried on well into the night. We ...
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With Christmas shopping just around the corner, retail is on our minds next week. So what does the future of retail look like? With the growth of e-commerce, will we even need shops any more? Next week we'll be focusing on key trends and the future of retail at a dinner with speaker Cate Trotter from Insider Trends. Why not pop by for dinner and drinks next Wednesday with Cate... Key ...
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So you're a new brand with some fabulous products that you can't wait to promote. You know that a feature on a prominent beauty blog will give you excellent exposure and is an essential marketing tool. But how do you get your brand featured? Hayley Carr, aka London Beauty Queen, shared some of her essential dos and don't for contacting a beauty blogger, and building an audience that supports your brand, ...
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Ever wondered what it's like on the other side of the table? Eyal Malinger is responsible for Countrywide's growth and venture investments and has seen his fair share of pitches from start-up teams. After last week's PropertyTech dinner, we wanted to share Eyal's insights. Read these seven things Eyal notices before you meet your next VC! Team dynamic. I am a keen observer of how people work together. Knowledge. Whether ...
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We finished our jam-packed week of dinners with MyBeautyMatches' latest Digital Beauty dinner and our Tech Stories dinner with Blaze's founder on creating ultimate products for urban cyclists. If you haven't done so already, please do check out the highlights from the first three dinners we had this week here. Digital Beauty dinner - the dos and don'ts of creating your own brand We dined in the sumptuous surroundings of Pall ...
Read MoreWith a total of five dinners spread across three days, this has certainly been a jam-packed week here at TableCrowd. We've split our roundup into two separate posts (find the other one here) because we've got so much to fill you in on! From the beautiful arches of the Royal Exchange on Monday for our dinner for London FoodTech Week, to Aubaine Mayfair on Tuesday with our PropertyTech dinner, to ...
Read MoreEarlier this year we hosted the Getting into Glossy dinner, with Sarah Jossel from Glamour magazine, where we had the pleasure of meeting Diana Lee. We caught up with Diana recently, who is the Head of Digital Strategy & Communications at Clotho London, and she talked to us about her company, and how they are revolutionising the way we view sustainability, even in our wardrobes! What's the elevator pitch for ...
Read MoreAs October rolls on here at TableCrowd, we've got some inspiring speakers to answer all your burning questions about how to get your business off the ground. Next week is all about start-up journeys, from idea to conception to funding, and we'll be dining with some guests who know exactly how crazy those journeys can be, like Ross Williams, who set up his incredibly successful empire Venntro in a tiny ...
Read MoreThis week, we were fortunate enough to hear from Priyanka Karunanithi, investment associate at Octopus Ventures about how to approach VCs. If you haven't already read her advice on ways to contact and connect with VCs, you can read about it here. So you've got a meeting in the diary: how will you write your pitch? Here is a short guide to writing the crucial presentation: Your presentation, Priyanka says, should consist of ...
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