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Cambridge, UK
Joined November 2009
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Our next CamCreatives is looking great! We have @CambridgeCandI @form_future and @ShiftMomentum all talking about preparing kids and young people for the future of work. Join us! meetu.ps/e/M8TH1/TzHK/i
#camcreatives #Cambridge #cambridgenetworking #cambridgeshire #jobsforkids
2 day festival celebrating the computer and synthesiser in Cambridge, UK from 1st July - story.org.uk/det/70787/synth…
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I learned a lot from surveying these CEOs/founders, and I've shared those learnings here: focusedchaos.co/p/the-startu…
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We are incredibly delighted to announce that this year's Cambridge Beer Festival will be going ahead. 22–27 May 2023 on Jesus Green.
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One of the most useful and extensive overviews of modern pricing practices -- most of which can apply directly to professional services -- is in this month's issue of HBR "Expand Your Pricing Paradigm" by Rafi Muhammed @cultureofprofit bit.ly/3YHEYIo
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It's not always your biggest investors who invested the most $ that provide the MOST VALUE. Don't dismiss the value angel investors can bring. They write smaller checks, but I've often seen them go the EXTRA mile to help, and be consistently available & supportive.
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Wholesale Gas has just crashed to a new low. Just 150p per therm compared to 702p in August.
An energy boss who’s company made £20 billion profit last year today says high energy bills are here to stay.
We must fight back. This is a rip off.
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As pupils go #BackToSchool, gigabit broadband is enhancing learning 📚
Nant Bwlch yr Haearn in North Wales now has lightning-fast, reliable #GigabitBroadband thanks to #ProjectGigabit
Our £5 billion mission is helping to connect homes, businesses and communities all over the UK
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As Katharine Birbalsingh steps down as the government social mobility tsar, a thread on girls, physics & the devastating effect of stereotypes.
Girls are not put off physics because of "hard maths" (girls got more top grades than boys in A level maths in 2021 & 2022). Instead,
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"Leaders shouldn’t try to make every decision.”
— Bill Gates
#leadership
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Odyssey Project: Thursday, Saturday SOLD OUT - ten tickets left for Friday: mailchi.mp/beed54a3e760/odys…
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So I'm increasingly persuaded by the argument that the tech bro mentality, and the lack of diversity at the frontier, is a problem of real economic significance. 🧵
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Greater Cambridge Partnership wants to improve bus services in return for a £5 congestion charge. Join @julianclover on Monday from 10.00 as he discusses the proposals with @philrodgers.
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Wonder what 'Coding' is all about? Want to get up to speed with what your kids are learning? Or maybe you just want to learn the very basics of programming?
If any of those are true then this workshop is for you! Back to BASIC for Grown-ups - this Sunday!
computinghistory.org.uk/det/…
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Remembering the step by step process we took to triple a client's retention rates.
I'd estimate around 75% of the steps get almost no attention at conferences, on Twitter, or elsewhere.
#CMGR
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When you start a. business - are you in it for the long haul?
At #BoS2022 in Europe, @roanlavery of @freeagent spoke about his journey as a co-founder to acquisition and then staying on as an employee.
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Alan Turing is to be honoured with a statue at his alma mater after King’s College Cambridge overcame objections and won approval for it thetimes.co.uk/article/alan-…