TECHCITYINSIDER100: Indian-born businesswoman Swati Bhargava is making commercial waves in the UK, after setting up burgeoning retail cashback site pouringpounds.com. After five years working on investment at Goldman Sachs, she and husband Rohan went into business with their own savings. With the backing of Microsoft Bizspark, the company now has affiliations with 2,500 retailers including Tesco, Debenhams and Vodafone. She tells Julian Blake about the challenges of a self-funding startup and an India-based team
TCi Live: Thursday at Digital Shoreditch
With debates on policy, the future and brands out of the way, day 4 of Digital Shoreditch was all about the bottom line. Capital and growth day is among the busiest and most useful of all DS days to startups – and this year was no exception. Click through to watch today’s video coverage.
Read more...TCi Live: Wednesday at Digital Shoreditch
Wednesday at Digital Shoreditch 2013 was all about brands – the challenges and opportunities in advertising and consumer engagement from the rapidly advancing technologies all around.
Read more...TCi Live: Tuesday at Digital Shoreditch
Today at Digital Shoreditch 2013 saw the focus shift forward to tomorrow’s world – to the social and technological changes, big data and privacy issues that will affect us all. Check out our full set of video interviews inside this story, from Adobe and IBM to Blippar and School for Startups.
Read more...TCIO responds to Tech City Futures Report
Tech City Investment Organisation deputy chief executive Ben Southworth responds to the Tech City Futures Report’s finding of deep ambivalence about government policy towards tech business – defending the government’s involvement to date and welcoming the survey’s finding of a sense of community.
Read more...TCi Live: Monday at Digital Shoreditch
Today at Digital Shoreditch 2013 saw a focus on Tech City – with innovation, digital skills and startup stories from the East London cluster. Click through to view our unique video coverage.
Read more...Skills and cash gaps limit Tech City growth
TECHCITYFUTURES: A shortage of skilled tech talent is the biggest single problem facing the Tech City business cluster, according to new research conducted exclusively for TechCityInsider.
Read more...Quick thinking
TECHCITYINSIDER100: Smesh is an east London-based startup that captures the collective conscience of social media for clients ranging from Orange to the Guardian. Founder and CEO Tom Quick explains
Read more...Mobilising London’s Freeformers
TCi100: Businesses need sharp young tech talent – and young people need tech training. Freeformers brings the two needs together and satisfies both. Cofounder Jason Bates explains how.
Read more...Place your social bets
TCi100: Plumbee is a Shoreditch-based startup making waves in the social gaming space. Chief executive Raf Keustermans denies that it’s an easy target for a fast buck.
Read more...Happy users, happy you
User experience has moved to the forefront of most technology design, yet it remains an often-overlooked discipline. Rebecca Dean highlights what happens when UX is ignored.
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