Why We Chose React Native

The story of a startup technology choice

I first met James Eder, the founder of Causr, in November of 2015.

Sipping coffee in a cosy London café, I listened with interest to his ambitious idea of creating a…

Dancing alone & starting a movement… again…

Back in 2005 I had an idea as to how we could help students save money and help business promote themselves to the student market. Together with my brother we launched a company that has grown to employ over 30 people and has helped millions of students…

Manufacturing Serendipity, Creating Connections otherwise missed.

Why we launched iOS first?

How to name your startup?

Naming a company is very personal. Often perhaps meaning more to the founder or founders than anyone else. Starting an App I wanted to create a name that meant something. The process started with going through a process of elimination, the initial number of obvious names, those are…

The Darker Side To Business Travel

A life on the road may sound glamorous to outsiders but those of us on the inside know the real truth. We used to be called “road warriors”, now the fashionable phrase is “hypermobile” and we’ve learnt that this peripatetic life throws up an entire range of issues. The…

Manufacturing Serendipity

How meeting the right person led to a £500,000 business deal.

Despite ‘App’athy why does the world needs another app?

Launching Student Beans back in 2005 came with different challenges, smart phones didn’t exist, we didn’t need to worry if we were on iOS, Android, Windows and Web all at the same time. Despite there being around 1 million results…