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• Started first company at 26• ‘Exited’ 5 years later with many lessons learnt• Started new company stronger from previous
experiences• ‘Exited’ 5 years later• Went corporate• 2 months later……regretted going corporate• 3 years later took the leap of faith and started new
company - Crowdcube
My entrepreneur life
Crowdcube and Crowdfunding
• Crowdcube provides a web-based central hub for entrepreneurs to meet micro-investors. It uses the power of Crowdfunding to provide a unique service to two types of people:• for entrepreneurs to source funding more accessibly than
conventional routes• for smaller investors to have the opportunity to invest in exciting high-
potential businesses
What is Crowdcube?
“$100 invested in Microsoft at their IPO would now be worth approximately $35k.”
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding• Crowdfunding is an approach to raising the capital required for a new
project or enterprise by appealing to large numbers of ordinary people for small donations
• Social Media• Crowdfunding examples
• Kiva.org - $212m funding raised, >800,000 lenders, ~500,000 entrepreneurs
• Kickstarter.com – 7,496 projects funded, $27m pledged in 2010, runrate $7m/mth
• Not for the faint hearted• Rollercoaster ride• Don’t always make any money
• Thrilling• In control of your destiny• Full benefit from what you put in
Points to consider
Screw it, just do it!
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