March 2012
5 posts
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Keep it Simple, Stupid: Skype with Crowdbooster
It has been a little while since our last post so apologies for the length of this one. It’s been a while simply because we’ve had so much on. I guess it’s one of the challenges we’re facing with Twocial being both bootstrapped and a part time endeavour. When I say part time, what I mean is that we both have day jobs. For those who don’t know us; Martin is a coding...
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Awesome Anusha, Davai and CrowdBooster
Ok, so a few weeks ago I blogged about an event I went to at Techcelerate: The Northern Tech Funding Landscape. There I met some pretty interesting people, and I ended up making a new friend in the shape of the awesome Anusha Su. Not only is Anusha a really genuinely energetic and pleasant person, she is also an uber connected person and has some seriously intimidating tech credentials. Before...
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The cost of subscription: How much is too much &...
Over the last few weeks I’ve had a recurring conversation with a number of different startups, just how much do you charge for a subscription? It’s a really difficult question to answer. How do you know when you’ve hit the sweet spot for a tiered subscription model?
I was talking with James Wilson (also my colleague) founder of Adbok.com about the awesome DollarShaveClub (see...
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Bootstrap Business Club @MadLab
So Monday evening we were at the awesome MadLab here in the Northern Quarter of Manchester for the Bootstrap Business Club organised by Tekin Suleyman.
The Bootsrap Business Club held a ‘Show and Tell’ night where tech startups had the opportunity to explain and demonstrate what they’re working on right now and give the audience the opportunity for Q&A - all in a 5 min time...
