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Entrepreneurship

HelloMetro Wins Hyperlocal Trademark

According to their own press release, HelloMetro has been awarded a trademark from the US patent office for use of the term ‘Hyperlocal’. In a comment on Search Engine Watch, their CEO explains that their use describes their service of “advertising/providing information on the goods and services of others that Read more…

By Matt Collins, 14 years11 years ago
Entrepreneurship

The Business of Selling Expensive, Niche Software

photo credit: wit Here’s a nice article on selling expensive, niche software.

By Matt Collins, 14 years12 years ago
Entrepreneurship

Is Screenscraping Legal? Ryanair Versus Bravofly

photo credit: mattbuck4950 Out-Law had an interesting article yesterday about how Ryanair is taking a Dutch fare comparison website to court in Ireland for screenscraping. If I understand rightly, Ryanair’s case hinges on whether or not the terms of use of their website count as a contract; they say they Read more…

By Matt Collins, 14 years14 years ago
Entrepreneurship

Government Launches Competition to Mashup UK Public Information

photo credit: alexliivet It’s time to put your thinking cap on. The UK government’s Power of Information Taskforce last week launched a £20,000 competition for good ideas about how to use a raft of public information. Alongside the launch, the government is making available a number of new sets of Read more…

By Matt Collins, 14 years12 years ago
Entrepreneurship

Will the UK Start Regulating Social Networks?

photo credit: Urbankudos “Nine out of 10 say rules should govern social sites” According to Bobby Johnson in yesterday’s Guardian (Facebook Information Should be Regulated, Survey Says), “89% of those surveyed by the Press Complaints Commission said there should be a set of widely accepted rules to help prevent personal Read more…

By Matt Collins, 14 years12 years ago
Entrepreneurship

The Big Word Project

photo credit: sowri Here’s a neat idea… these guys are selling words from a dictionary.

By Matt Collins, 14 years12 years ago
Entrepreneurship

How to Find a Technical Co-Founder

Credit: Robert Scoble So you’ve got a great idea for a killer Web startup but you’re not a techie yourself? You’re looking for a technical business partner or CTO; someone who understands business but can pull the technical side of things together and make your ideas real? This kind of Read more…

By Matt Collins, 14 years10 years ago
Entrepreneurship

UK Hire Guide

HireGuru is a new site I’ve been working on. It is a directory of UK hire companies with details of companies hiring out things from sumo suits to helicopters.

By Matt Collins, 14 years10 years ago
Entrepreneurship

London Startup Weekend

I spent this last weekend with a group of 30 or so web developers, designers and entrepreneurs that I’d never met before as part of something called London Startup Weekend. The idea was something that had already been tried out in the US, but was a first for the UK: Read more…

By Matt Collins, 14 years10 years ago
Entrepreneurship

My Competitors get Dragons’ Den Funding

Half way through discussing my online takeaway idea with a friend, what should show up on Dragons’ Den, but two guys with a different online menu idea! We couldn’t believe it! hungryhouse.co.uk are similar to just-eat.co.uk and succeeding in getting £100,000 of funding from the Dragons in exchange for 50% Read more…

By Matt Collins, 15 years12 years ago

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Matt's a product and technology consultant based in London, helping businesses build good digital products and services in smart ways.

He is passionate about building the right things as well as building things right.

Prior to helping other companies with product and technology, Matt was co-founder and CTO at several startups and a software engineer at Cisco Systems.

Matt has an MBA from INSEAD and a degree in Maths and Computation from Oxford University.

If you're interested in working together, please contact Matt here.

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