William Pryor, Innovatrs entrepreneur and Founding Director and CEO at Eclector, tells us about his business and how he started it. William, who is the great, great grandson of Charles Darwin, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
An excellent interview with David S. Rose, one of the most highly regarded Angel Investors in the USA. David Rose is an entreprenurial executive and investor with experience in high technology and communications,angel investments, finance and government. Described as ” The Father of Angel Investing in New York ” and a ” world conquering entrepreneur “, David is Chairman of [...]
Christer Edman, entrepreneur at Innovatrs, founder of Creman, Innovation Catalyst, certified SAP consultant, working at IBM since 2000… talks about running his 23 year old company. Creman combines experiences from a broad range of companies with creative thinking and implements innovative solutions. They focus on people and collaboration starting with analysing the client’s current processes, [...]
Traditional venture capital is at a Crossroads. The industry is still young by many standards, and like all spotty teenagers, it’s changing. The first and second generation of professional VC’s have learned a bunch of things, sadly most at the expense of the entrepreneurs they backed and the investors they sold. First up they learned [...]
John D. Bryant entrepreneur at Innovatrs talks about the genesis of Bryant Whittle Ltd. In starting his own enterprise he combined a successful career in music, as a singer, songwriter, musician, producer, composer and publisher, with creative work in art, advertising, video production, publishing, writing and management before venturing into films. John has recorded for [...]
Last year, Co-founders Matt Calligan and Joe Stump set up Simple Geo, a start-up based in Boulder (Colorado, USA). Simple Geo provides ready-to-use location infrastructure which simplifies the addition of geo-aware features to applications. Matt previously founded Socialthing, a company that was chosen to be part of the inaugural year of TechStars.
Anyone with a bit of business nous knows where the next big economic power source is coming from- a rather generously populated nation in the Far East known as China. While economic recession has plagued the world over the past two years, Chinese start-ups have braved the tempestuous business waters in search of innovation and [...]
Emily Corcoran, entrepreneur at Innovatrs talks about how her passion for films led her to set up the production company, Cork Films Ltd in 2001. She went on to produce, co-produce and write a number of short films, documentaries and features and she is now in advanced development with two other feature film projects. Based [...]
Canadian innovator and cleantech entrepreneur, John Paul Morgan, reveals how he founded Morgan Solar, a company which makes inexpensive and affordable solar power in Africa. From formulating the idea, to the construction of a prototype, from building fundraising structures, to forming bonds with major strategic partners, John Paul explains how to successfully create a highly innovative company.
One of Innovatrs‘ top entrepreneurs, Thomas Loarie, gives us an insightful look at the highs and lows that he has encountered on his exciting career path, which has seen him work alongside a wide variety of successful companies across the globe. Innovatrs: What made you do it? Why did you take the plunge, became an entrepreneur and give up that cozy [...]
Start-ups can accelerate their growth through the effective use of Crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing brings on-tap and on-demand resources to your venture bit-time, part-time or full time. Online, flexible to the extreme and round the clock, from student to rocket scientist, 24×7. It takes the sweat out of developing your idea. But how specifically should you use [...]
Additional bonus material from the 2008 movie, ‘Work Your Way Up’. In this video the real life Ryan Allis talks about how he built his company (iContact) from scratch and transformed it into a business that made $15 million worth of annual sales. It explores in great depth the skills that are required to become a successful entrepreneur.
It’s a frustrating fact of life. Some of us are tardy. Constantly late for work, late for a date, late going to bed, late for work… again. So how about this for a potential investment opportunity- the electric bicycle. It’s an environmentally friendly and health conscious mode of transport that could end the days of office workers sitting in a corner sweating [...]
Clare Kelway, serial entrepreneur at Innovatrs is a multitasking woman. She started out providing financial services to small companies. She is passionate about helping others get what they want and she is a strong connector. Clare has started up and developed four businesses – in accounting and tax services, property management, credit collection and a [...]
Traditional venture capital is not working. Just look at the average returns of the vast majority of funds. The downturn hasn’t exactly helped. Early stage investing flew out of the pram. We asked our entrepreneurs what they would like to see as a manifesto for change. Here are some thoughts: – treat entrepreneurs like customers [...]
One entrepreneur who really gets to ‘make a difference’. ‘The hangover cure’. How’s yours?
Burton Hamner, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and founder of Hydrovolts, tells us how he invented a radical new hydropower turbine for distributed generation of clean energy and drinking water. Hidrovolts sells water powered portable energy generators. They provide cost-effective technology, training and consultancy – and they teach their clients how to win the support of the community. [...]
I recently heard a successful serial entrepreneur and early stage investor state that the secret to early stage investing is to invest in ‘the chef not the recipe’. One of Silicon Valley’s greatest early stage investors, Bill Draper, used to tell me that he treated the entrepreneurs that he invested in like a stable of [...]
What is the most common line you’ve heard in the last 2 years? ‘Don’t start a business during a recession’. Am I right? Well, we’re still in an economic downturn but plenty of great start-ups have come out of it. In the business world opportunities never cease – so let’s turn this downturn into an [...]
Matt Snyder, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and founder of SCIPIO biofuels, tells us about his green project and how he started it. He has a long history finding simple solutions to complicated technical problems. SCIPIO biofuels, was founded in August 2008, with a vision to become a pre-eminent supplier of algae oils and algae-based biofuels in [...]
“You had me at hello…” So went the famous line from Zellweger to Cruise in ‘Jerry MaGuire’. “You had me at positioning…” Or not – is the reality with investors. Particularly early stage investors. Your company’s strap line and one paragraph descriptor is the most important weapon you’ll ever have. Get it right. If you [...]
No explanation needed on what the early stages of starting up are like! The market is a harsh critic on choices made by start-ups so what’s all the buzz about “sewing ethics into the fabric of your start-up from the get-go”. Are morals really such a big deal right from the get-go? Apparently, yes and a [...]
Paul Cash, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and founder of Hurricane tells us about his start-ups. Paul is a creative agency leader and disruptive at every opportunity. Paul’s first venture was Tidalwave. Following that he created his latest start-up, Hurricane. Hurricane is a strategy driven, COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY for the digital age, provide branding, creative and digital services to market [...]
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