Image via CrunchBase Techcrunch is the respected news site for information about technology start-ups and tech news.  [The link is to the Europe site.] They are part of the Seedcamp movement which is hitting London next week with a pitching event and a party on 24th September.   Highly recommend it for anyone who is [...]








Great email sign-off from the team at quirk.biz 'Old school' with phone, mobile and fax; 'Instant Message' with MSN and Skype 'Social Media' with Twitter, FB and L:inked In. Brilliant eye for the times. What's yours?








I had a nice comment from a new reader and so I checked out their website. Reading the team biographies (CVs) I couldn't help think that a tad more creativity could have been used in the copywriting.  Director1"brings with him vast experience having run the…"  Director2 "brings a wealth of experience in some of London's [...]








I was reading Alistair Gleave and this lovely case study he's done with the London shopping centre, Westfield on Twitter. Although slightly narked that a single venue centre takes the Twitter handle 'london shopping'…. basically there's quite a lot of other shopping beyond your extensive walls.  But hey, I hate shopping so why should I [...]








Image via Wikipedia Need to find people online? Try the new Twellow d irectory of Twitter users.  Teh Twitter Yellow Pages… it seems pretty comprehensive. I did some trial searches…  people I follow – nice and pretty up to date People following me – not quite so up to datebut a nice tool to find [...]








Paul and Tom over at creativebrief have kindly listed me as an "associate" on their page of great folk who work in and around business development for agencies. Here's the Associates Page P.S. what do you think of me describing myself as a "not a gofer"….








Image via Wikipedia I worked with Jeremy and Clive at Howard / Baines last year to build a strategy for their business development.  At the time they had a unique positioning being equally comfortable working on Mac and PC.  I thought this was worth exploiting – a rare talent and track record to prove it. [...]








New business models for Creative Agencies continues to fascinate me. Seth Godin summarises four elements of a business model or architecture as  1. What compelling reason exists for people to give you money? (or votes or donations)    2. How do you acquire what you're selling for less than it costs to sell it?    [...]








Cognac is a company that I've a lot of time for.  They make complex things easy to explain and understand. have a look at this animated History of the Internet .  Clear, concise, and with neat simple graphical images to aide understanding.  Done.








Image via CrunchBase Just got a stream of Friendfeed subscription notices – one fromPaul Carr who I know… thanks, mate! But when I checked a couple out I started to learn something….. Friendfeed has been quietly multiplying without me noticing.  It's an aggregator of social media feeds which is nice and it purports to be [...]