The fabulous Hephzi Pemberton gave some superb tips to her fellow diners at dinner this week. (Check out the #AfterDinnerRoundup here.) Take a look at Hephzi's top ten tips and tricks for building a business: Treat everyone like a client We treated our candidates all like potential clients. This gave us all the right attitude. It doesn't matter what business you have, people matter. Have this at your heart of ...
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If you're interested in how to run your business better (who isn't?), next week's dinners are the perfect line-up to do just that. From practical tips and real life examples, to becoming a master or execution and operations. We've got you covered. Run your business better: be a master or execution & operations As a founder, you don't always have the luxury of hiring in roles like COO or GM in the ...
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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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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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With the first May Bank Holiday out of the way - and dinner with Alex Dunsdon happening this week - we're building on that momentum by following up with dinners on Startup tech stories and meeting the friendliest startup accelerator in town. Next Tuesday we will be joined by Joe Griston from Freelancer, swiftly followed by Diane Perlman, Global CMO at MassChallenge on Wednesday. Take a more detailed look at ...
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We had a great week talking about everything from subscription business models to how a company is valued. Mark Williams, Director at Results International spoke extensively on deconstructing company valuations last night, whilst Edd the co-founder of Graze kicked the week off on Tuesday night sharing Graze's story. Dinner with Graze for subscription businesses Dining at the fantastic Royal Exchange Grand Cafe, Edd and his fellow diners enjoyed a dinner covering ...
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At dinner last week with Fabrice Bernhard, Co-founder & CTO of Theodo UK, a tech-team-for-hire company, we were lucky for Fabrice to share five lessons he thought would be worthwhile for any non-tech founder to know. Spend 50% on marketing, 50% on tech. Be fast. You can start with as little tech as possible (Did you know Groupon started out with just a blog?) By starting with as little tech ...
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We organised two tech-related dinners this week. One for non-technical founders looking to build their first tech product and a dinner for those looking to succeed in FoodTech. A fab turnout for both dinners as usual, here's the skinny on what went down: Dinner with The Food Corporation Our TC members had the pleasure of dining with Kimberly Hurd (CEO and founder of Tabl and The Food Corporation) and David Tabizel (founder ...
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Our recent fundraising-themed dinner had Flight Venture's Nancy Fechnay talk on the "do's and don'ts" of fundraising. Having a co-founder cropped up into the conversation which led to the reasons why it makes good sense to have a co-founder. Co-founders are great First and foremost, you need someone to share the stress with. Not only does it help to have someone to bounce ideas off (and complement your skills with their own) ...
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We have two great dinners coming up next week, first is a dinner for subscription businesses with none other than Graze's co-founder Edd Read on Tuesday. Followed on Wednesday by a dinner catering to the inquisitive minds keen to understand company valuations. Read on for the low-down on each dinner: Dine with co-founder of Graze: dinner for subscription businesses If you're interested in the nuts and bolts of how a subscription business ...
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