Launch 48 Exeter took place from Friday 2nd-Sunday 4th March and was co-organised by Launch48 and Forward 25 Careers CIC.
A massive thank you to the sponsors The Innovation Centre, UTest, Devon Ideas and Springboard and the mentors Elliott Kember, Red Davis,Robin Jackson,Stewart Noakes, Richard Best, and Darren Westlake. Photography courtesy of Clive Chilvers and video production thanks to Ross Gill.
launch48.com
forward25.com
ross-gill.co.uk
Music under CC license from Soundcloud:
Falcon Lake - Shores
Shenandoah and the Night - So Low, So High
Fashiny.com was born at Launch48 Kingston in June 2011. From there the idea quickly grew, was accepted and completed Oxygen Accelerator, and as of February 2012 they are improving their product and raising funds.
Daniel interviews WeTeach.Me from Launch48 Melbourne after the event to see how their new startup is progressing and their thoughts on Launch48 after the event.
Michael Birch is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded the online social networking site Bebo. Michael is passionate about entrepreneurship in Europe and was one of the founding partners of ProFounders, a european venture capital firm. He currently serves on the board of various companies and is an investor and advisor to eight other startups.
Tom Chatfield is an author, essayist, game writer and theorist. His book on the culture of video games, Fun Inc, was published globally in 2010; his next book, on digital ideas, is published in September 2011. Tom has consulted and spoken on games and new media widely, including at the RSA; authors@Google; TED Global; the World Congress on Information Technology; ICTD 2010; Learning Without Frontiers; and the ICA. He writes widely in the national press, and is currently a lead writer and designer on several forthcoming games projects. He's also a faculty member at London's School of Life, and has a doctorate in literature from St John's College, Oxford.
Stephan Shakespeare
CEO & Co-Founder - YouGov
Stephan is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of YouGov plc, a leading market research and polling company based in the UK and operating in America, Germany, the Middle East and the Nordics. Stephan is one of the pioneers of Internet research and drives the company's innovation-led strategy. He is also Chairman of the Network for the Post-Bureaucratic Age, a group dedicated to advancing the web-powered relationships between consumers, business and government, launched with David Cameron in February 2010. He is also Chairman of PoliticsHome.com. Previously he was a school-teacher and founding Principal of Landmark West School in Los Angeles. He studied English at Oxford University.
Tariq Krim
Founder - Jolicloud, Netvibes
A serial entrepreneur and angel investor, Tariq has a passion for building highly disruptive new products. He is founder and CEO of Jolicloud, a pioneer in personal cloud computing. Prior to Jolicloud, Tariq founded Netvibes, the personal startpage used by millions around the world. A thought leader and regular speaker at global technology and media conferences, he was recognized by MIT Technology Review as one of the world's "Top Innovators Under 35" (2008), by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, and most recently was honored by the President of France as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. As a former journalist for La Tribune, Tariq has been a keen observer of the Web since its genesis. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Paris VII and a Master's in Telecommunications from ENST (Telecom Paris).
Launch 48 Exeter took place from Friday 2nd-Sunday 4th March and was co-organised by Launch48 and Forward 25 Careers CIC.
A massive thank you to the sponsors The Innovation Centre, UTest, Devon Ideas and Springboard and the mentors Elliott Kember, Red Davis,Robin Jackson,Stewart Noakes, Richard Best, and Darren Westlake. Photography courtesy of Clive Chilvers and video production thanks to Ross Gill.
launch48.com
forward25.com
ross-gill.co.uk
Music under CC license from Soundcloud:
Falcon Lake - Shores
Shenandoah and the Night - So Low, So High
Fashiny.com was born at Launch48 Kingston in June 2011. From there the idea quickly grew, was accepted and completed Oxygen Accelerator, and as of February 2012 they are improving their product and raising funds.
Daniel interviews WeTeach.Me from Launch48 Melbourne after the event to see how their new startup is progressing and their thoughts on Launch48 after the event.
Michael Birch is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded the online social networking site Bebo. Michael is passionate about entrepreneurship in Europe and was one of the founding partners of ProFounders, a european venture capital firm. He currently serves on the board of various companies and is an investor and advisor to eight other startups.
Tom Chatfield is an author, essayist, game writer and theorist. His book on the culture of video games, Fun Inc, was published globally in 2010; his next book, on digital ideas, is published in September 2011. Tom has consulted and spoken on games and new media widely, including at the RSA; authors@Google; TED Global; the World Congress on Information Technology; ICTD 2010; Learning Without Frontiers; and the ICA. He writes widely in the national press, and is currently a lead writer and designer on several forthcoming games projects. He's also a faculty member at London's School of Life, and has a doctorate in literature from St John's College, Oxford.
Stephan Shakespeare
CEO & Co-Founder - YouGov
Stephan is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of YouGov plc, a leading market research and polling company based in the UK and operating in America, Germany, the Middle East and the Nordics. Stephan is one of the pioneers of Internet research and drives the company's innovation-led strategy. He is also Chairman of the Network for the Post-Bureaucratic Age, a group dedicated to advancing the web-powered relationships between consumers, business and government, launched with David Cameron in February 2010. He is also Chairman of PoliticsHome.com. Previously he was a school-teacher and founding Principal of Landmark West School in Los Angeles. He studied English at Oxford University.
Tariq Krim
Founder - Jolicloud, Netvibes
A serial entrepreneur and angel investor, Tariq has a passion for building highly disruptive new products. He is founder and CEO of Jolicloud, a pioneer in personal cloud computing. Prior to Jolicloud, Tariq founded Netvibes, the personal startpage used by millions around the world. A thought leader and regular speaker at global technology and media conferences, he was recognized by MIT Technology Review as one of the world's "Top Innovators Under 35" (2008), by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, and most recently was honored by the President of France as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. As a former journalist for La Tribune, Tariq has been a keen observer of the Web since its genesis. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Paris VII and a Master's in Telecommunications from ENST (Telecom Paris).