SmarterNights can be considered the SmarterGroup’s “nightlife division”. The domain name was purchased last year when I decided to launch a one-stop-shop for individuals planning a night at home or on the town. In fully functional form SmarterNights will enable the user to perform basic tasks for a night in or a night out: A… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Truth or Consequences
Christmas Eve (slash Christmas Day very early morning), 2:00 a.m. and I’m using a combination of Google Maps and American internal flight planner websites to help out a friend in need. To cut a long story short, he left the UK early this morning to see his girlfriend, who lives in Tuscon (Arizona) and events… Continue Reading
Richard Branson on the ups and downs of entrepreneurship
Richard Branson talks to TED’s Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences. Sir Richard reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations. Posted by Adam Arnold Related Blogs Related Blogs on Richard Branson Sir Richard Branson’s ‘unstoppable’ Traffic Tactic: Personal Niche … Richard… Continue Reading
WordPress mysteries, unsolved
If anyone is unfortunate enough to have stumbled upon Encounters of an Entrepreneur on more than one occasion, don’t blame me – blame Google. However, you may have noticed that the main page displays a summary of my recent posts, with a rather handy “read more” link. The code for doing this is nothing more… Continue Reading
Theo Paphitis on diversification of British Industries.
Theo Paphitis answers Should Britain diversify it’s economy into other industries such as manufacturing, engineering, green technology / energy and Digital industries, and end it’s reliance on the financial sector for creating wealth and GDP? Posted by Adam Arnold Related Blogs Related Blogs on Financial Sector Fixing the financial sector is top priority – Talk… Continue Reading
SmarterNights: The Smarter Card & Event Promotion
SmarterNights as a concept has been mulling around in my mind for a couple of years now, with the intention of providing the following services at launch: – online booking for nights out including restaurants, bar seating, nightclub entry and hotels – online ordering for food, beverages and DVDs I have slowly been generating content… Continue Reading
Googlewhack Entrepreneur
For anyone who hasn’t seen Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack, I have shamelessly included links to the DVD, book and audiotape, below. The show is hugely entertaining, if only because I can totally understand the random chain of events which led Dave Gorman on his Googlewhack adventure. For those unfamiliar with the term, Googlewhacking is a game… Continue Reading