Oh, it is cold outside! But we are poised to welcome you and share our love of good food, great company, and fabulous speakers ready to share their experience and knowledge of their industry with our Crowd.
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We are very excited to be in Leeds – thanks to Kuljit Jagpal! Read on to find out more about her and her reasons to join us on our mission…
Read MoreIt’s always a pleasure to try out a new restaurant local to our Old Street office for a TableCrowd dinner and last night our Startup Engine crowd descended on newish-to-the-scene Rotary Bar & Diner, right by Old Street tube. The menu was simple, burgers, steak and fish – all very tasty, as, it was reported, were the virgin cocktails. We had 11 diners from the Startup Engine Crowd, all ready to ...
Read More3 courses, 4 investors, 5 pitches. Our finalists joined us for dinner at Piccolino's in the City prepared to pitch their businesses to our panel. They had attended either the Application Dinner or Application Lunch previously to qualify for the final. The panel comprised Karri Vuori of Charles Stanley, William Orde of Oxford Capital, Thomas Colmer of Osbourne Clarke and Ben Kirby of Greenhill Capital Partners. They were tasked with scoring the ...
Read MoreLast week was the first application dinner for our "Startup Engine" crowd to help startups get investment. Yes, we know, there really is nothing we can’t do over dinner! We hosted the dinner in the private room in Piccolino in the City. The startups each had 1 minute to deliver their elevator pitch followed by 5 minutes of Q&A led by our expert judges. The judges had the tough job of ...
Read MoreA stone’s throw from Silicon Roundabout and yet this was the Startup Engine’s first dinner at The Yard. Shame on us! We had a large round table perfect for mingling and 9 diners talking all things startup. The Yard is known for its featured menu item, the yard of pizza. Probably not in line with many people’s new-year-eat-healthy resolutions, but it was ordered by a couple of ladies in a ...
Read MoreFirstly, let me say thank you to every one that attended. I understand that being involved, especially as a founder, in a start up in an incredibly time demanding occupation - but I think as the evening demonstrated, taking time away from the screen to sit down and chew the fat with fellow entrepreneurs is time well spent. The overriding success of the night, was the atmosphere of exchange, openness and ...
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