Ladies dinner “Stand up, Stand out” – Next week’s dinner

Whether you're in a male-dominated industry or not, it always helps to, "Stand up, and stand out" from the crowd. Join us for dinner with Mary-Louise Angoujard to improve your presence, body language, assertiveness & confidence Grab a seat at our fifth informal ladies-only get together, for women to share ideas and learnings around personal and professional development, whilst also hearing from some fabulous women after dinner. This month sees Mary-Louise ...

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FinTech, fundraising & changes in the banking industry #AfterDinnerRoundup

This week we saw Alick Varma, founder of Osper, a mobile banking app for young people aged between 8-18 years old, speak at dinner on the topics of FinTech, fundraising and the changes happening in the banking industry. With financial education being poor in the UK and many parents feeling ill at ease with teaching their children about money, Alick felt there was a hole to be plugged when it ...

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Using Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to make you a better leader

At dinner last week, Amanda Davie, talked extensively about Leadership and the role of Emotional Intelligence at our latest Women's only TableCrowd dinner. Amanda introduced her fellow diners to the 4 main areas of EQ: self awareness, self management, social awareness and social management, whilst explaining that EQ is very fashionable in leadership at the moment and is becoming part of the board level interview for some. Read on to find ...

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Dinner with Crowdcube on scaling through partnerships

Partnerships are vital for every business, but are especially vital for new businesses with limited resources. We're pleased as punch to have Jonathan Keeling, Head of Partnerships at Crowdcube, spill the beans on how to effectively build partnerships into your marketing strategy over dinner and a few glasses of wine next week. At Crowdcube, the world's leading equity crowdfunding platform, Jonathan is responsible for building quality partnerships to sustainably scale the platform whilst generating significant value ...

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Being Purpose-Led, Leadership & the role of EQ #AfterDinnerRoundup

Dinner on being Purpose Led On Tuesday night, TableCrowd members joined Jenny Andersson for an intimate dinner covering the topic of growth and profitability through activating purpose. As the curator of The Purposeful Enterprise Summit and a brand strategist, Jenny talked about how purpose-led initiative can contribute to profitability and growth, as well as help your brand to better connect with its customers. In life and business, we all need purpose, ...

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#BusinessSpotlight on Luke Razzell of Weaver Digital

We last saw Luke Razzell, Founder of Weaver Digital, at our FinTech dinner with Travelex back in February. (He's a bit of a finance fan when it comes to TableCrowd dinners!) Building his business as a solo founder, and helping others transform theirs, Luke and his team of freelancers have quite the list of clients under their belt (*cough* WorldPay) so we were more than happy to have Luke take ...

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When & how to fundraise, FinTech & New banking, topics at Next Week’s Dinners

As the weather continues to turn warmer, and the nights become longer, there really is no better way to spend a weekday evening than doing a spot of networking over a delicious meal (and a glass or two of wine). Next week sees us hearing from the founder of Index-backed mobile banking app, Osper on FinTech, fundraising and changes faced in the banking industrty on Tuesday night. Wednesday's topic is ...

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MassChallenge & Freelancer – #AfterDinnerRoundup

Two great dinners this week covering the tech story of how Freelancer.com became an IPO, with a dash of growth hacking thrown in for good measure, and what role a startup accelerator can play for founders and entrepreneurs building their dream. Dinner with Freelancer On Tuesday night, we were joined by Joe Griston, Director of People and Talent at Freelancer for dinner at The Happenstance. Joe's after-dinner talk covered the Freelancer story, ...

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#Business Spotlight on George Christoforakis of Rendeevoo

This week's #BusinessSpotlight is on George Christoforakis, co-founder of rendeevoo, who last joined us for dinner when we had the pleasure of Peter Briffett, COO of Yplan speaking on how to succeed in the lifestyle/entertainment sector. As an exciting new startup, rendeevoo had us with their slogan: You. Me. Drinks. Now Find out more about rendevoo and what spurred George on to build a business that sets itself apart from other 'dating' ...

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Being Purpose-Led & Emotional Intelligence – Topics at Next Week’s Dinners

Next week is all about the ladies, well female speakers anyway. Tuesday will see us dining with brand expert Jenny Andersson on achieving growth and profitability by being a purpose led business. Wednesday, we have the pleasure of Amanda Davie sharing her wealth of knowledge on leadership and the role of emotional intelligence. Two fantastic topics to discuss over dinner, let's check out each one in a bit more detail: Dinner ...

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