£10,000 to trial your technology media startup on consumers

Posted by John King on February 7, 2011 under Competitions | Read the First Comment

The Technology Strategy Board is investing £200,000 in up to 20 consumer trials of new digital products and services across creative market sectors including Music, TV/Film and Publishing – and would like to offer you the chance to participate.

You’ll need to submit a video and simple business case by 11 March 2011.  40 applications will be selected to go through to a final face-to-face panel session at the end of March. Your entry will be reviewed by the Technology Strategy Board with the help of leading digital content industry figures. If you’re successful, you will receive up to £10,000 in support of a six month consumer trial on the new IC tomorrow digital test bed.

Register your interest and apply to take part by visiting www.tinyurl.com/ict-contest.

Social networking

Posted by John King on September 16, 2009 under Advice, Royal Holloway Businesses, Slides | Be the First to Comment

Despite the decline in popularity of myspace, social networks can still provide a brilliant business opportunity. Facebook continues to grow rapidly and has a great advertising model, and our very own Jack Lenox’s eNovella, a social network and publishing outlet for aspiring creative writers, demonstrates that you can take a great yet simple idea, combine it with a dash of business acumen and a sprinkling of web skills, and create something special. If you are looking to build your own social network, you might want to start by reading these slides, which tell you in detail how to generate ‘social traction’ – ie., attracting and engaging end users.