Security Check: As the Education Director and Lead Strategist at Wolff Olins, education is what keeps Melissa Andrada up at night. She just launched a school within Wolff Olins called Kitchen for ambitious leaders who want to build businesses that change the world. Their classes sit at the heart of business, leadership and design. What’s your historical London…
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Deskcamping: London
If you’re tired of working in cafés or from home then it’s time to give Deskcamping a go. It’s a new service for freelancers to find desk space in New York, London and Berlin. Since launching in December it’s already had over 300 sign ups and there’s a plan to open in San Francisco, Portland and Melbourne…
Colyn Montgomery: London
Security Check: The Senior Project Manager at Albion, Colyn Montgomery describes himself as “basically a Frenchman from Los Angeles but Brits and New Yorkers seem to tolerate me.” What’s your historical London and New York connection? I went to university on the East Coast and fell in love with New York. I moved there with my…
Crowd Reactive: London
In the social era, Crowd Reactive strives to enhance the way humans experience the big moments in their lives. Event attendees are emphatically sharing content in the social space and all too often those posts are lost to the organizing stakeholders. This is why Crowd Reactive created Eventstagram, enabling event organizers to display live social…
Laurie Wang: London
Security Check: Having lived in China, Sweden, the US and England, Laurie Wang is a Digital Media Planner at Neo@Ogilvy in London, Blogger on Food and Travel (New Yorker in London), and Founder of Ladies in Digital – W Kollective. What’s your historical London and New York connection? Born in China, my family moved to New…
DeskBeers: London
Unfortunately, it’s only Tuesday. If it were Friday, we’d be much more excited because DeskBeers, a concierge business in the making (by the brilliant folks at Mint Digital – a New York and London based creative agency), would be delivering craft beers from London breweries to our office. Think ales, lagers, stouts, bitters and more. No Red Stripe or Coors Light…
Nick Bell: New York City
Security Check: Nick Bell is the Senior Vice President of Digital Product at News Corporation. He’s an ex-startup guy, with 4 exits under his belt, now working at the largest publishing company in the world. You can follow him on Twitter @NickBellUK. What’s your historical London and New York connection? I moved to News Corporation…
Seedrs: London
As the U.S.A. finally catches up in the equity crowdfunding movement with the passing of the JOBS Act, London has embraced the idea for several years. Seedrs, the UK equity-based crowdfunding platform launched in July 2012, has seen 49 deals totaling £2.5 million in funding. Companies have a 90-day window to raise a target amount…
Anastasia Leng: New York City
Security Check: Anastasia Leng has been a wandering nomad all her life, having lived in Bahrain, Vietnam, Hungary, Russia, France, England, and the US. She currently resides in New York City and is the Founder of Hatch, an online ecommerce site for the maker generation. What’s your historical London and New York connection? My family moved to…
The 3beards: London
Similar to Digital Dumbo, but based in London, you’ll find the 3beards, a content, promotion and events company responsible for getting the tech scene together for drinks every Friday night. With a portfolio that includes the weekly Silicon Drinkabout, monthly Don’t Pitch Me, Bro! and Chew The Fat, and quarterly Digital Sizzle, 3beard’s events are…
Toby Daniels: New York City
Security Check: Toby Daniels is the Founder of CrowdCentric, the company best known for Social Media Week. Born in London, and raised in Northamptonshire, Toby has been living in NYC for 8 years. He enjoys running marathons (in Captain America outfits) and competing in triathlons in his spare time. He also made our list of the…
The Beans Group: London
The Beans Group helps brands and agencies understand, access and engage young people. The company runs studentbeans.com, the UK’s leading youth website, which receives over 2.5 million monthly visitors and provides unique offers, entertainment and money-saving advice for university students. The Beans Group helps top advertisers like Google, Red Bull and Microsoft access and engage with 18-24s….
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