January 12th, 2012 | by zoba | published in people, profiles
Start Up Britain’s brand principles From the StartUp Britain Website: StartUp Britain is a new campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, launched on 28th March 2011. Designed to celebrate, inspire and accelerate enterprise in the UK, it has the full backing of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and HM Government. This is a response from the [...]
June 8th, 2011 | by zoba | published in people, showcase
Why! Create Gintare and Candy are creative entrepreneurs based in London who decided to combine their skills to create their business that provides a platform for creative collaboration called WHY!. After studying and working for a couple the two took matters into their own hands and turn their passion into a business. In 2010 Gintare [...]
May 6th, 2011 | by zoba | published in organisations, profiles, showcase
In a time where collaboration is more important than ever before there is a place in London that knows all about it and is working to foster and drive collaboration forward. Welcome to The Centre for Creative Collaboration … From the website, The Centre for Creative Collaboration is a new initiative in collaboration for London. [...]
March 24th, 2011 | by zoba | published in profiles
We were fortunate to catch up with Maria Constantinescu, Founder of Slick Flick. Slick Flick is a story photo platform. Times are particularly interesting for Maria as she is about to launch the Slick Flick App a mobile/tablet device application. This app is designed to help writers/filmmakers, businesses, entrepreneurs etc. help promote and distribute their work [...]
January 27th, 2011 | by zoba | published in profiles
Is respect and reward for Creativity too much to ask? ©Maxine J Horn, CEO of Creative Barcode For as long as most of us can remember issues surrounding the protection of creative works when pitching concepts or submitting tenders & proposals to industry has been fraught with problems. The growth of digital file sharing and [...]
January 27th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog, opportunities, profiles
In Partnership with Aspart of the IP Beacon, we are running a national survey to capture sector responses to scenarios emerging from the debate so far. This process will validate a vital steer towards future directions informing the current policy debate on IP reform and creative industry funding. Please take this opportunity to complete our concise [...]
December 20th, 2010 | by zoba | published in organisations, profiles
Cockpit Arts is a social enterprise and creative-business incubator specifically catering to designer-makers. Cockpit Arts works with 160 resident designer-makers and variety of new and established business looking to grow their business. Through workshops and seminars costing as little at £15 business are able to access the resources of Cockpit Arts. To find out more about click [...]
November 19th, 2010 | by zoba | published in people, profiles
We were lucky enough to get Nathan Mathias, Academic, Software Engineer, Startup Consultant and Charity Executive, to take time out of his very busy schedule to answer some of our questions. He just recently helped to set up the successful and inspiring Web/Art/Science Camp that took place 6th November at Great Western Studios. CF: Tell [...]
October 19th, 2010 | by Saul | published in blog, people
We were lucky enough to catch Eric Ries as he flew through London this month. We met him at the TechHub where he gave this fantastic talk about the history and trajectory of The Lean Startup, which we captured on video (below) for your edification and entertainment. It is always a huge pleasure to listen [...]
September 17th, 2010 | by Saul | published in people
We got a chance to talk to modfilms, mod productions and (upcoming) rack&pin founder Michela Ledwidge this week, on the windy rooftop of a busy soho production house. Michela is one of the world wide web’s creative pioneers, who has been pursuing the idea of remixable film as a creative practice from an unique artistic and [...]
