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No Data Roaming Charges On Your Holiday. By Christmas Next Year. And?

Last week the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy voted on some key digital reforms [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fTEXT%2bIM-PRESS%2b20140318IPR39210%2b0%2bDOC%2bXML%2bV0%2f%2fEN&language=EN] . A point to take note of

How Many Hours A Week Do You Sit Down?

For the last week I've been running an app on my phone called "Human [http://human.co/]". (@humandotco [http://twitter.com/humandotco]) It tells me exactly how long each day I've been active. It can distinguish between walking, running, cycling and driving / getting a

Friday Feeding Vol. 4

Every Friday I collate the 5 articles that I'd most like to share. Here's this week's top 5... The New Market Places [http://tomtunguz.com/the-new-marketplaces/] by @ttunguz [http://twitter.com/ttunguz] * End to end customer experience is becoming more important Bill Gates: The

Startups Seem Like "Joining A Cult"?

Is joining a startup almost like joining a cult? I was talking to an software engineer on my Sunday bike ride. He works in Shoreditch and he codes 9-5 for a corporate. He's happy; he gets to ride his bike, earn good money and do great tech. I

Hiring Interns In The UK - The Basics

Almost every startup I know has hired interns at one point or another. * How much do you need to pay them? * Do you need to pay them? * What kind of contract is needed? I'll cover the basics that I know from a UK perspective. I'm not

Change Is Difficult. 13 Tips To Make Change Easier.

Great entrepreneurs want to change the world. They have a healthy disregard for the current order. OK, maybe not change the world, but certainly change something about the world. Changing the way a product is bought, creating a new product, creating a new experience or service - or quite simply

Toolkit For Getting A New Blog Running On Ghost

I've been blogging since 2007 (here's the very first post [http://dcnorris.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/you-dont-need-weatherman-to-see-which.html] ) using the Blogger platform. Last week I looked at my blog and thought it could be so much better. Cleaner. I looked for a new Blogger theme

Friday Feeding Vol. 3

Every Friday I collate the 5 articles that I'd most like to share. Here's this week's top 5... 1. Very useful slides on onboarding design tips [http://growthhackers.com/slides/slides-growth-hacking-user-onboarding/] from @Growthhackers [http://twitter.com/GrowthHackers_] 2. High quality royalty free photos [http:

We're hiring! Head of Talent, Forward Partners

The team at Forward Partners [http://www.forwardpartners.com] find, fund and help the very best UK tech entrepreneurs grow innovative businesses in eCommerce. We invest in very early stage companies and some of those companies will join us in our offices for the first year of their journey. During

Intuition And Vision - Do They Help Or Hinder A Startup?

Yesterday at Forward Partners [www.forwardpartners.com] we were lucky to welcome Michael Breidenbruecker [http://www.twitter.com/byzo], founder of Last.fm and RjDj. He spoke with an attentive audience of entrepreneurs about his experience. In the early days of Last.fm, they pursued a vision, which envisaged people