As a high-calibre mentor in the valley in the US, Matt Lerner, 500 Startups' London Partner, has been hiring and building growth team for 10 years. His main tip about recruitment for his fellow diners at the recent dinner he spoke at was: Hiring the best people is critical. He looks for people who are: Humble. People are failing all the time; some people try to hide it. Curious. People who are ...
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A subscription business model can help form the strongest possible connection between your brand and the customer. Done right, it can continually add value for the customer and create certainty for the business - as well as appealing to investors if you can show the history of the customer life-cycle. Dine with growth expert, Felix Rossknecht, where he will be speaking about building a successful subscription business model. Working with both ...
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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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Everyone had a fantastic time at the intimate dinner with Travelex's Head of Commercial Products/Digital, Ania Walker last night at Piccolino restaurant in Exchange Square. Talking on the topic of how established companies adapt and thrive with the constant influx of new FinTech players joining the industry, Ania had some great advice and insight for her fellow guests. Her talk covered everything from the problems established brands face from well-funded ...
Read MoreWe get some great feedback from our diners that it's a shame not to share it with everyone. So, to celebrate all of the fantastic diners we have that join us at our TableCrowd dinners, we're starting a Diner's Digest. Here's our first review from Cem Guralp, founder of Optaset: Wonderful hosts, great food and a diverse, interesting and high quality group of diners would have been enough for most, but ...
Read MoreWhat a great week of dinners we've had. The dinner with Ari Helgason, an Early Stage Tech Investor at Dawn Capital on Monday started the ball rolling, and his successful dinner was quickly followed by a double whammy Tuesday with the founder of SaVse Smoothies dining with food and beverage startups, and Tim Jackson from Lean Investments talking money. Dinner with Mikey Howe, Founding Partner of Escape the City, ...
Read MoreWe first met Colin White, co-founder of Sumo Insight at our #MeetandEat for AdTech startups back in January. Here's the business spotlight on his mobile market research app. What's the elevator pitch for your startup? Sumo Insight is a ‘designed for mobile’ market research platform disrupting the consumer insight sector. We bring brands closer to their consumers by using the power of the smartphone to engage with consumers at the right ...
Read MoreGet ready for two weeks crammed full of dinners to send your entrepreneurial spirit into overdrive. From dining with a journalist and two of the UK's top bloggers to networking with other women in STEM or understanding the future of fashion eCommerce, there is definitely something for everyone coming up. Before we bring you a quick overview of next week's dinners, don't forget it's not too late to book on ...
Read MoreWe recently caught up with Alice Revel, founder and Editor of Running in Heels at our dinner with James Wise of Balderton Capital. Take a look at this week's #BusinessSpotlight, delving into the future of her startup. What's the elevator pitch for your startup? Running in Heels is an online magazine for intelligent, stylish women: think Vogue meets The Economist. Our USP? Opinionated, in-depth features on society, culture and politics alongside sophisticated, ...
Read MoreA catch up with Sarah Maxwell, Director of Business Development at Mangostorm Media, a new partner of TableCrowd.
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