I had just started my talk and only the front row (of about 50) were laughing at my opening joke. The others couldn’t hear it, because unfortunately for them, my microphone was still off. The AV team rushed to me, mortified. They’d forgotten to switch my microphone on before I hit the stage. I calmly … Read more …
Now in it’s third year, the Mayor’s Entrepreneur is a competition run by the London Mayor to award £20,000 in seed funding to entrepreneurial student-run startups from across the London student population. This year 468 entries based on the carbon reduction brief were received and whittled down to ten finalists, who I was invited to … Read more …
The British Library’s Business & IP Centre and Square UK asked me to interview Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square (and also CEO of Twitter) as part of their Inspiring Entrepreneurs series. I said yes, and so on 21st March hilarity ensued, as well as a series of questions about Square, Jack’s entrepreneurship journey and of … Read more …