* This is a guest post from Bryan Tookey, UK MD of social media monitoring company Brandwatch who also tweets here What do you get when you cross classic strategy frameworks with a start-up? Paralysing indecision. This rather depressing conclusion came to me two years into my role as the COO of our company, a [...]
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Secret ambitions, early exits and bootstrapped lessons
* This is the first post by James Devonport Wood, MD of accredited Facebook developer PageHub There is a significant gap in Europe for early stage funding for startups seeking less than £500,000. While new funds and incubators are starting to emerge, the lack of finance available is leaving European tech businesses at a disadvantage [...]
London games start-up hits paydirt with Smash Cops iOS racing game
Five ex-PlayStation developers who set up a start-up studio in London’s Shoreditch last year have struck gold with their new iOS racing game Smash Cops. The game launched in the iTunes App Store a week ago after receiving critical acclaim from influential review sites such as Pocket Gamer and EuroGamer and is now at No [...]
How to check company names for your start-up
Had that bright idea? Raised some money from your friends and family? Thought of a fantastic name for your start-up? That’s all very well and good, but is that company name available? Let me introduce you to my special friend, Betty, the Twitter bot that can do that for you. Simply tweet the name of [...]
