Posted by Filip on Apr 15, 2012 in Baylif, Work | Comments Off
When I was Captain at ULBC we were always looking for Sponsorship. Applying to a wide range of companies in the hope that one would want to want to sponsor us. Sadly the case was more rejection than acceptance. Many other university societies face similar troubles in finding sponsors to help support the good work they do.
SponsorMySociety.co.uk is our attempt to help societies and businesses to come together in one place. Rather than having to fire off 100 emails to differing companies, we wanted to make it as easy and possible for societies...
My computer has been struggling to find the horse power for the last couple of months, but the idea of forking out £1000 for a new one seemed ludicrous. My computer is a mid 2009 13″ MacBook Pro running on 2GB Ram.
How can you improve your computer for £200?
It turns out that it is possible and very simple to do. Firstly my mac was very slow, so to increase its speed I bought 2 4GB Ram from Amazon: Ram memory upgrade 4GB for Apple MacBook Pro 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (13-inch DDR3) MB990LL/A Mid-2009 Laptop/Notebook. This has made a...
Square is my favourite start-up from across the pond that is yet to dock on mainland Europe. Square is a mobile payment service that allows you to receive payments via your phone using a square device with a magnetic strip that plugs into your headphone jack or their app.
Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter and its current Chairman is the man behind Square. For the last 3 years it has been making the world shake with the revolution in the payment industry. Square is now processing over $4bn a year! Some notable investors include Visa...
Here is another selection of ads that I have come across.
Samsung taking the piss out of Apple’s iPhone 4S which is fair considering the iPhone 4S doesn’t really add anything to the 4 apart from Siri….
Ahh we just got Samsunged – fair quote considering the Galaxy Note and Nexus are better than the iPhone 4S.
This is ad is truly different to any seen before, especially for a car company, fair play VW.
Apple’s Think Differently campaign video from 1997. Jobs did the voice over himself, but the ad wasn’t...
At Apps World London there was a fantastic competition run by Propel Media.
Angry Birds
The highest score on their chosen level would win an Amazon Kindle.
Day 1: Held the highest score for most of the day until a good score. 72,000
My competitive nature from sport took over and I decided I had to win…
Day 2: Last day of Apps World, as I left the QuickBlox stand for a little break. 1st go was pretty poor and no where near the top score. 2nd attempt destroyed the whole field! 97810 anyone who can beat it I will take you out for...
Last week I had the pleasure of attending an event held at Battersea Power Station hosted by BlueVia (a Telefonica company). The event was aimed at bringing startups, developers and investors all under one roof, well there isn’t a roof over the Power Station. The event was filled with a line up of incredible speakers: a guy who made money from skype then lost everything; the guy who made the Helicopter game we have all played to waste time; and the CEO best game to come onto Mobile PAH!
The event was useful in many ways but one thing...
The iPhone auction is the first promotional campaign for Baylif. Where we are selling a black iPhone 4S 16GB. It is starting at £700 and ending at £0. But how long will you wait to buy it?
When we were thinking about baylif, we were thinking how we can make shopping exciting and entertaining where hundreds of items are on sale, both new and old, dropping in price every second until someone buys it.
With the iPhone auction we have made one rule, you have to list two items to sell. So you can make some money whilst getting the opportunity to...
For the last month or so I have been reading Churchill’s biography by Roy Jenkins. It is a fascinating book but heavy in depth, so I picked up The Lean Start Up by Eric Ries to take a break from Churchill.
The Lean Start Up is a great book for any business person, whether you are starting, work in a large organisation or are in the midst of problems. This book gives you so many ideas that you can apply in your specific case.
Eric starts the book by discerning some of the difficult experiences he had with his business and what he learnt...
It’s been a month since we released the beta version of Baylif.com. For those that don’t know Baylif.com is an auction website where the sellers set a start price that drops to the reserve price over the period of time they have set. It will drop until the buyer decides to buy. Both are happy.
There have been several trades on the site in the last month, membership is growing and the types of products are expanding. But all this isn’t easy and it is only the start of what we want to do.
The next few weeks are going to be very...
I rowed for University of London Boat Club between 2007 – 2010. It is a prestigious club with a long and strong history that contains several Olympic and World gold medalists. Between 2010 – 2011 I conducted a rebrand of their website and online presence to move the club forward.
I have done two versions of the website. Version 1 was live between 2010-2011 as a temporary solution to the old website, before moving to a more stable platform with a CMS behind it.
Below are some screenshots of both...
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Posted by Filip on Apr 15, 2012 in Baylif, Work | Comments Off
When I was Captain at ULBC we were always looking for Sponsorship. Applying to a wide range of companies in the hope that one would want to want to sponsor us. Sadly the case was more rejection than acceptance. Many other university societies face similar troubles in finding sponsors to help support the good work they do. SponsorMySociety.co.uk is our attempt to help societies and businesses to come together in one place. Rather than having to fire off 100 emails to differing companies, we wanted to make it as easy and possible for societies...
read moreHow to improve your Macbook Pro for £200
Posted by Filip on Mar 12, 2012 in Tech | 0 comments
My computer has been struggling to find the horse power for the last couple of months, but the idea of forking out £1000 for a new one seemed ludicrous. My computer is a mid 2009 13″ MacBook Pro running on 2GB Ram. How can you improve your computer for £200? It turns out that it is possible and very simple to do. Firstly my mac was very slow, so to increase its speed I bought 2 4GB Ram from Amazon: Ram memory upgrade 4GB for Apple MacBook Pro 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (13-inch DDR3) MB990LL/A Mid-2009 Laptop/Notebook. This has made a...
read moreThe Square Revolution
Posted by Filip on Mar 6, 2012 in Tech | 0 comments
Square is my favourite start-up from across the pond that is yet to dock on mainland Europe. Square is a mobile payment service that allows you to receive payments via your phone using a square device with a magnetic strip that plugs into your headphone jack or their app. Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter and its current Chairman is the man behind Square. For the last 3 years it has been making the world shake with the revolution in the payment industry. Square is now processing over $4bn a year! Some notable investors include Visa...
read moreNew Ads
Posted by Filip on Feb 4, 2012 in Fun/Random, Marketing | 0 comments
Here is another selection of ads that I have come across. Samsung taking the piss out of Apple’s iPhone 4S which is fair considering the iPhone 4S doesn’t really add anything to the 4 apart from Siri…. Ahh we just got Samsunged – fair quote considering the Galaxy Note and Nexus are better than the iPhone 4S. This is ad is truly different to any seen before, especially for a car company, fair play VW. Apple’s Think Differently campaign video from 1997. Jobs did the voice over himself, but the ad wasn’t...
read moreAngry Birds
Posted by Filip on Dec 4, 2011 in Fun/Random | 0 comments
At Apps World London there was a fantastic competition run by Propel Media. Angry Birds The highest score on their chosen level would win an Amazon Kindle. Day 1: Held the highest score for most of the day until a good score. 72,000 My competitive nature from sport took over and I decided I had to win… Day 2: Last day of Apps World, as I left the QuickBlox stand for a little break. 1st go was pretty poor and no where near the top score. 2nd attempt destroyed the whole field! 97810 anyone who can beat it I will take you out for...
read moreStop waiting! Start Doing!
Posted by Filip on Nov 16, 2011 in Apps | 0 comments
Last week I had the pleasure of attending an event held at Battersea Power Station hosted by BlueVia (a Telefonica company). The event was aimed at bringing startups, developers and investors all under one roof, well there isn’t a roof over the Power Station. The event was filled with a line up of incredible speakers: a guy who made money from skype then lost everything; the guy who made the Helicopter game we have all played to waste time; and the CEO best game to come onto Mobile PAH! The event was useful in many ways but one thing...
read moreThe iPhone Auction
Posted by Filip on Nov 6, 2011 in Baylif, Marketing | 0 comments
The iPhone auction is the first promotional campaign for Baylif. Where we are selling a black iPhone 4S 16GB. It is starting at £700 and ending at £0. But how long will you wait to buy it? When we were thinking about baylif, we were thinking how we can make shopping exciting and entertaining where hundreds of items are on sale, both new and old, dropping in price every second until someone buys it. With the iPhone auction we have made one rule, you have to list two items to sell. So you can make some money whilst getting the opportunity to...
read moreThe Lean Start Up by Eric Ries
Posted by Filip on Oct 26, 2011 in Books, Business | 0 comments
For the last month or so I have been reading Churchill’s biography by Roy Jenkins. It is a fascinating book but heavy in depth, so I picked up The Lean Start Up by Eric Ries to take a break from Churchill. The Lean Start Up is a great book for any business person, whether you are starting, work in a large organisation or are in the midst of problems. This book gives you so many ideas that you can apply in your specific case. Eric starts the book by discerning some of the difficult experiences he had with his business and what he learnt...
read moreOne month on.
Posted by Filip on Oct 12, 2011 in Baylif | 0 comments
It’s been a month since we released the beta version of Baylif.com. For those that don’t know Baylif.com is an auction website where the sellers set a start price that drops to the reserve price over the period of time they have set. It will drop until the buyer decides to buy. Both are happy. There have been several trades on the site in the last month, membership is growing and the types of products are expanding. But all this isn’t easy and it is only the start of what we want to do. The next few weeks are going to be very...
read moreULBC.co.uk
Posted by Filip on Oct 5, 2011 in Portfolio, Work | 0 comments
I rowed for University of London Boat Club between 2007 – 2010. It is a prestigious club with a long and strong history that contains several Olympic and World gold medalists. Between 2010 – 2011 I conducted a rebrand of their website and online presence to move the club forward. I have done two versions of the website. Version 1 was live between 2010-2011 as a temporary solution to the old website, before moving to a more stable platform with a CMS behind it. Below are some screenshots of both...
read more