The story of Second Home Many amongst London’s start-up eco-system were in celebratory mood last week as Creative accelerator Second Home, led by ex-Special Advisor for tech to David Cameron and columnist Rohan Silva, secured £20m investment from Bebo founder Michael Birch, Facebook investor Yuri Milner and the Sainsbury family, to expand its business model …
Hidden Gems Of Spitalfields – Get Your Hipster Coffee @ Crisis Skylight Café!
Let’s be honest, East London’s coffee junkies are spoilt for choice; Shoreditch Grind, Haggerston Espresso Rooms, Curio Cabal, Dirty Coffee, Troy, Nude Espresso, the Hoxton…the list goes on, and on. And on. Every one of these venerable establishments will do you an excellent espresso, a lovely latte, a cheeky chai, or a f*cking good flat …
Hot New Start-up Alert? Solidarity App Wants You To Help Refugee Charities By Playing Online Games
2 Spanish entrepreneurs are on a mission to create the “first ever free crowdfunding for positive impact initiative”, which will allow the world’s smartphone users to make a donation to a charity of their choice simply by downloading free games and apps. …
Sustainable Sundried? Ethical Sportswear Brand For Triathletes, Cyclists and Runners Launches CrowdCube Campaign To Raise £125k
Sundried clothing is a new business being launched by Daniel Puddick, the entrepreneur behind Sunglasses Shop, acquired by Precision Eyewear in 2010 An ActiveWear clothing brand led by a successful entrepreneur and design graduate, and with a founding team that includes designers who have worked with household names like LuluLemon and Sweaty Betty, has launched …
Been there, Founded That – Got The Entrepreneur Hoodie?
Yes, it’s a thing; nothing says “fund my start-up business” quite like a monickered hoodie. If that’s not a sentence you thought you would be hearing in 2016, then buddy, you are soo 2015! href=”http://www.entrepreneurhoodie.com/” target=”_blank”>The Entrepreneur Hoodie is the brain child of New York based entrepreneur (duh!) Derek Newton and young immigrant designer and …
Solavore Cuts Price Of “Buy One Give One” Indiegogo Campaign Offer For Its Solar Ovens
Solavore Sport ovens trap heat from the sun and reduce the need for women in Africa and Asia to gather firewood To celebrate “Giving Tuesday” a women-owned social enterprise is offering to donate one Solavore Sport solar oven to one of their aid programs in India, Cambodia or Kenya for a limited time when backers …
Hello World launches Indiegogo campaign to bring solar powered digital education hubs to 2 million children by 2019
When Dr. Sugata Mitra left a computer connected to the internet in a hole in the wall in a New Delhi slum in 1999, he wasn’t quite sure what the results might be. He had done so in order to test his belief that, even in the absence of a formal education system, children would …
Launchpad Labs mentor Leonardo Zangrando discusses “pretotyping”, and how an incubator can also be a social enterprise
LaunchPad labs is an incubator with a difference. First of all, it’s a registered charity, a not for profit social enterprise. But it also has a lot in common with some of the best incubators; it has great mentors, has attracted some top talent, and it’s pushing the envelope when it comes to developing the …
The Ice Bucket Challenge Shows We Are Better When We Do Things Together
At first it didn’t strike me as anything unusual, just another Facebook video selfie. But hang on, why was my friend taking his clothes off…and who’s that throwing a bucket of…is that freezing water…at him?? His girlfriend?? Uh-oh. …