TECHCITYINSIDER100: As the co-founder of start-up support agency Tech Hub and the editor of TechCrunch Europe, Mike Butcher is widely seen as one of the most influential people in UK technology. His curation of the recent London Web Summit only adds to that clout. He explains why the sector is bucking the economic trend – and how technology is changing all of our lives for good. Interview by Julian Blake.
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Mike Butcher,
Editor, TechCrunch Europe
Co-Founder TechHub
Former editor,
New Media Age magazine,
2010
Named one of Britain’s Top 100 “digital power-brokers” by
Wired UK
2009
Named one of the Top 10 bloggers on Twitter in the UK.
2009
Named one of the Top 50 most influential Britons in technology by
The Daily Telegraph
2008
Ranked 47 in Top 100 people in London’s creative industry by
The Independent
2008
TechCrunch Europe awarded best “Web 2.0 and business blog” in the UK by
Computer Weekly
