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November
28
Monday
6:45pm
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Dine with Carwow: eCommerce dinner (from zero to selling £1bn+ cars)

at Jamie's Italian Piccadilly, Soho (map)

Who's coming

  • Rachel

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  • Luke

    CEO, ReChannel

  • Rune

    CEO, Fantastic Services

  • Ben

    Founder & Managing Director, Inspire Digital

  • Greg

    Co-Founder, CMO, Inspire Digital

  • Neil

    Head of Sales & Partnerships, Pivigo - Data Science On-Demand

  • Violeta

    Hostess Extraordinaire, TableCrowd

  • James

    CEO, carwow

  • David

    CEO, ClassicCarLabs

  • Christoph

    Associate, Providence Equity Partners

  • Richard

    CEO / Founder, Digital Nebula

Venue

Jamie's Italian Piccadilly

17 Denman Street, London W1D 7HW

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Enjoy dinner drinks and a chance to meet…
James Hind is founder at carwow, a new way to buy cars, where the UK’s best-rated dealers compete for your business. They currently have 3% of the UK market (having sold over £1bn+ worth of cars).

This dinner is perfect for…
Founders, CEOs, entrepreneurs, marketers who are selling online.

The dinner conversation will be…
Marketplace models work tremendously well at scale but getting to that scale is no easy feat! James and his team has done just that and will be sharing the company’s story, including:
✓ The marketplace magic! Tips to secure the wins - and avoid the fails.
✓ From inception to selling over £1bn+ worth of cars.
✓ Tips on raising the funding your business needs.

Who’s James Hind?
James, founder of carwow, started off life in finance before seeing an opportunity to start his business. carwow has secured £18.5m in investment from prominent angels and VCs and has grown from 7 -100 employees in the last 24 months. James is now taking the business overseas, starting with Germany!

What’s included?
You get a private dining experience with a knowledgeable speaker, 2 course dinner with wine plus highly curated and relevant networking.

#MeetandEat

P.S. TableCrowd are offering complimentary cab rides home (£15) thanks to their partner, Gett, on first download of the app. Download the app in advance.

After studying Finance at the University of Nottingham, he spent time interning at Midas Capital in the city in the midst of the 2008 financial crisis, which put him off that career for life. He worked as a ski instructor for a season before finally launching his own business.

To date, carwow has raised more than £18.5m worth of investment from angels and Venture Capitalists such as Alex Chesterman, Balderton Capital, Episode 1 Ventures, Samos Investments and Accel Partners.

In the last 24 months, staff numbers have grown from 7 people to 100 employees working over two floors of a central London office. The number of cars sold through carwow has grown considerably each year, now reaching over £1bn since launch. The first car was sold in Germany in May 2016 after carwow.de launched and James plans to make car buying hassle-free in more countries soon, as well as expanding into the used car market. Nearly 2m people are now signed up to carwow and, collectively, the site has saved customers £100m since launching. 3% of all new cars bought in the UK are purchased through carwow.

For any dietary requirements, including vegetarians, please ensure you have completed your dietary needs in your profile.

Delicious 2 course dinner with wine.

SHARING STARTERS

VEGETARIAN PLANKS - CHARGRILLED VEGETABLES MARINATED IN GARLIC & HERB OIL, WITH MINI BUFFALO MOZZARELLA, TOMATO & RICOTTA CROSTINI, GARLICKY CANNELLINI DIP, GRISSINI, PICKLES & OLIVES

CLASSIC MEAT PLANKS - FENNEL SALAMI, PISTACHIO MORTADELLA, PROSCIUTTO & SCHIACCIATA PICCANTE, WITH MINI BUFFALO MOZZARELLA, PECORINO & CHILLI JAM, PICKLES, OLIVES & PURPLE SLAW

MAINS

BUTTERFLIED SICILIAN CHICKEN - FREE-RANGE CHICKEN BREAST IN A SPICY TOMATO, AUBERGINE & LECCINO OLIVE SAUCE

CLASSIC SUPER FOOD SALAD - A SUPER-FRESH COMBINATION OF AVOCADO, ROASTED BEETS, MIXED PULSES & GRAINS, SPROUTING BROCCOLI, POMEGRANATE & SPICY SEEDS WITH HARISSA DRESSING & COTTAGE CHEESE

GENNARO’S TAGLIATELLE BOLOGNESE - AMAZING PORK & BEEF SLOW COOKED WITH RED WINE, TOPPED WITH PANGRATTATO & PARMESAN

VEGGIE TAGLIATELLE BOLOGNESE - SOFRITO, PORCINI, TOMATO & LENTIL RAGÙ WITH GARLIC, PANGRATTATO & VEGGIE PARMESAN

PENNE ARRABBIATA - FIERY TOMATO & GARLIC SAUCE WITH BASIL, VEGGIE PARMESAN, SCOTCH BONNETS & EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

ALL TO BE SERVED WITH CRISPY POLENTA CHIPS & ROCKET & PARMESAN SALAD

This dinner is hosted by Violeta, one of TableCrowd's wonderful hosts and she'll be looking after you on the night.

Violeta fell into the world of start-ups after joining global media agency Starcom Mediavest group to work on their NextTECHnow initiative. She now works to connect big brands with entrepreneurs - particularly in the areas of mobile, content, data, and social.

For any advance questions about this dinner, it is best to reach us at hello@tablecrowd.com.

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