We’re starting a weekly series highlighting some of the cooler entrepreneurs at Innovatrs, so exposing their nifty ideas and start-ups to you – the wider audience. First up is SubHub. They are a Cardiff based company offering a cost effective, Web based platform to help you easily design, publish and promote your content site and [...]

Once upon a time, Venture Capitalists used to have all the fun. They still can- but they have to learn the new rules of the game.   Identifying small, niche business opportunities with massive potential for growth and long-term success was the game winning strategy.

Innovatrs crowd member, Berislav Čižmek, is the founder and CEO of CBBS Ltd, as well as a lobbyist, entrepreneurship coach, teacher and lecturer on the MICE industry. CBBS – Management Consulting & Business Building Co. Ltd, based in Zagreb, is a boutique-type consulting, lobbying and new business development company focused on Central & Eastern Europe.

What makes ‘innovation’? It’s a question well worth asking. Finding and producing a genuinely innovative product is the tougher part of the two part process to making your entrepreneurial fortune.

Stuart Urban, the founder of independent production company Cyclops Vision and entrepreneur at Innovatrs, tells us all about his venture into the film industry. A film-maker since 1982, Stuart has made highly regarded, award-winning popular TV drama as well as movies that have sold globally, winning him two British Academy awards.

Evan Rudowski, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and co-founder at SubHub, tells us how he became an entrepreneur. He began his career in the mid-1980s at Newsday and New York Newsday, where he helped develop and launch some of the earliest online newspaper efforts in the United States.

Marc P. Bernegger entrepreneur at Innovatrs and co-founder of amiando, tells us how he started out. He is a Swiss serial-entrepreneur, founder and partner of several startups.

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.

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Bob Brotchie, a paramedic with 17 years experience as an emergency service manager, innovator and entrepreneur, founded his ICE (In Case of Emergency) concept, EMS Options, in 2005. His application for smartphones enables first responders, such as police, fire and paramedics to identify victims and enable contact with next of kin, guardians, or other entrusted [...]

Steve Jobs is our entrepreneur of the decade. A true innovator. Connecting the dots, passionate about what he does, living life. ‘Stay hungry, stay foolish.’

Zig might be a few ham slices short of a sandwich but he sure makes a point in this video. ‘Cos in any startup attitude makes ALL the difference. Which kind of attitude pervades yours? Oh, and it seeps down from the top so shine – don’t grind.

We often get asked by our community of entrepreneurs which are the best Web based productivity tools for startups and their founders. You know the kind of tools that really make a kick ass difference to team work and are easy and cheap to use. A startups info system in a box. We advise a hub [...]

Where do you really start with your startup? Photo by mag3737 via Flickr We got some inspiration here. If you lack the business skills you may want to look at this as well, quite cool!

Every skill required to form a business should be judged on make-or-buy grounds. If you don’t have it, outsource it. The ancient dictum “know thyself” written on the wall of the Apollo temple at Delphi is as wise today as it was 2,500 years ago. It is extremely relevant if you want to launch a [...]

What does it take to become the best possible entrepreneur? There are endless reams of data (mostly full of it) analyzing (to death) what it takes to be a highly successful entrepreneur  - allowing both existing and would-be entrepreneurs to manically self diagnose whether or NOT they have the ‘juice’. Most focus on entrepreneurial traits [...]

This dude may be a bit nuts but he has a point worth checking – wannabe entrepreneurs would be wise to build a successful social media presence and following before becoming an entrepreneur and launching a venture. Starting out with a supportive audience is one big jump start. They can provide you with feedback on [...]

Starting up should never be taken lightly. Here are some cool tips from emerging entrepreneurs: 1. Stick with it 2. Simplify your mission 3. Ditch your safety net 4. Exceed expectations 5. Do more with less 6. Don’t go it alone 7. Be nimble 8. Have a plan for actually making money 9. Do your [...]

The future of the Web is video. Which in turn means that the future of Web marketing is video. And this is a glimpse into the future of Web promo’s; subtle, funny and powerful as hell. Get your Flips out! httpV://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDu2A3WzQpo

Your startup social media marketing strategy has probably led you to build a successful company blog. Cool. But, here’s the next thing – a company magazine. You only need produce one every quarter. But you should. For your customers, employees, partners and investors. Allowing you to produce a chunk of cool stuff for them to [...]

The world is awash with pundits and bloggers touting the demise of anything media. Machine gunning music retailers, record labels, newspapers, book publishers, TV networks and movie studios. Basically anyone that isn’t Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook or Yahoo. Twitter looks more future media than News Corp – AOL more on the ball than Disney. But, [...]