Why do all wine apps suck balls?
One of my favourite ideas that I like to pose to people is the similarity between the wine industry and the startup world. Both are a perfect blend of art and technology where passionate wine makers and entrepreneurs use science to create something beautiful. But I’m not convinced that these
Credport: Taking a Quantitative Look at Online Trust
To this day, I have friends who won’t buy things over the Internet because of the myriad dangers involved. There’s the danger of being ripped off, the danger of being robbed, and most terrifyingly, there’s the danger that you might put your own personal safety on the line. Meeting people
Mobile marketing: The Tiniest Billboard
It’s been a long hard road filled with forgettable banner ads, spammy emails and invasive pop ups, but advertising has finally moved online. Not onto the computer as you may expect, but into our mobiles and tablets to change the way we interact with a brand. Social media has redefined
CanvasDropr and the Bulletin Board of the Future
Once upon a time before I had anything to do with tech and startups, I was a copywriter in an ad agency. I worked incredibly closely with an art director, spending at least 50 hours a week in the office and the rest of my spare time at home emailing
Finding the Disruptive Element in Higher Education – Part 2
I wrote the other day about new ways of approaching higher education and how this sector is ready for a serious shake up. And it got me thinking about innovation and disruption, and how much of it we actually need to make a huge impact on the way higher education
Finding the Disruptive Element in Higher Education Part I
It’s time for a major shake up in the education sector. Technology has so far been complementing higher education (Facebook, anyone?) but hasn’t really altered it fundamentally. You still stay up all night writing essays, pay huge amounts for fees and course materials and drink more in three years then
Tictail is eCommerce made simple
It should come as absolutely no surprise that something as beautifully designed and as simple to use as Tictail was born in the industrial trendiness of Stockholm, Sweden. In its first 18 months of life, the online shop creation tool has been described by countless blogs and news portals as
A Guide to Crowd-Funding: Seed Funding with the Community
I have always been skeptical about crowd-funding when it comes to startups, and I’m not sure why exactly. I think I’ve always thought of it as being a messy and fragmented way of finding seed money. But when I think about it, my reaction to crowd-funding tells me that actually
Looking for Inspiration in the Sandbox
You have to be at least 35 years of age to be the President of the United States of America. So far, the youngest US president at inauguration was Teddy Roosevelt at 42, and the median age (according to Wikipedia) is 54. Imagine if a 24 year old took office.
Could your Facebook History find you a Job?
There’s been an article going around this week about a man who was so fed up with how much time he was spending on his social networks during work hours that he hired someone to come and slap him if he strayed onto Facebook. We spend so much time on
