From the monthly archives: August 2008
Duncan Cheatle runs entrepreneur networking firm The Supper Club. With 200 full-time members and 320 events a month, he’s a veritable treasure trove of entrepreneurial knowledge. Cheatle’s £1.3m-turnover firm puts on a host of events, forums, speakers and of course suppers throughout the year; primarily in London. His members include some of the cream [...]
Mitesh Soma was our “one to watch” in the May edition of Real Business. And it looks like we were spot on. Just eight months after launch, Chemist Direct is already the UK’s leading online pharmacy with a brand new baby offering. Soma launched the start-up with his wife Krishna, a qualified pharmacist, in [...]
Cosmo Fry, founder of The Big Sleep hotel chain, pooh-poohs the idea that his eccentric, low-cost hotels should be lumped under the faddy “boutique” label. The Big Sleep currently boasts hotels in Cardiff, Cheltenham and, most recently Eastbourne. Designed to compete directly with the Holiday Inns of this world, the rooms start at £40. [...]
Keith Pollard’s portfolio of websites cater to the discerning medical tourist. Whether they’re looking to have knee surgery in Birmingham, boobs from Dubrovnik, or a new set of gnashers from Hungary, Intuition Communication provides a one-stop shop. Pollard’s company, Intuition Communications, launched its first directory-cum-health guide Privatehealthcare.co.uk in September 2003. It’s a comprehensive online [...]
Key Facilities Management chairman and CEO Stan Mitchell has found setting up an outpost in Egypt similar to launching his company in the UK 18 years ago. Key was one of the first facilities management businesses in the UK market. Mitchell has linked up with local partners to spearhead the Egyptian venture. He explains: [...]
Niki Rokni and Kurosh Tehranchian are the husband-and-wife team behind Ocean Sky Aviation, a private jet company with turnover that’s expected to soar from €60m (£47.4m) in 2007 to €110m this year. Rokni has been in the aviation industry for 16 years while Tehranchian, the company’s chief executive, has a strong business background. Together [...]
Walk into BabyCakes NYC, a vegan bakery in New York City, and you feel as if you have entered a sweets shop right out of Valley of the Dolls. The place is packed with Nancy Sinatra records, Pyrex-style plates, and other ’60s memorabilia. But though the vibe is decidedly mod, the business is very 2008. [...]
Yes, infomercials can be cheesy, seemingly the lowest common denominator of salesmanship. But they are also a bona fide American art form. When you study the masters, there’s much you can learn. And as Web videos increasingly figure in marketing plans, more CEOs will seek to channel their inner Ron Popeils. To help them, [...]
Perry Chen wants to gather a million mini-Medicis on the Web. His site, KickStartr.com, is an online community designed to help artists, musicians, athletes, inventors, and filmmakers raise small sums of money from a large number of patrons to help them fund their projects. A band might upload audio and video of itself, submit [...]
Webjam has secured £1m of institutional investment to build revenues for its social network offering. The company has gained the backing of I-Source which expects that its investee will be able to bring in stable revenue streams by the end of the year. Webjam is targeted at businesses that want to reach consumers through [...]
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