Mentors

The following mentors will be available during the Launch48 event to assist the Launch48 teams.

Doug Scott – DiscountVouchers.co.uk and ASAP Ventures

DiscountVouchers.co.uk was launched in December 2008, aiming to bring Shoppers the best and most exclusive discount codes and vouchers available.

The company works with our Affiliate Network Partners and the most famous UK and International on line Brands in the UK to offer our Visitors the most exclusive deals to save money.

Doug took DiscountVouchers.co.uk from Zero subscribers to over 6 million within 24 months.

http://www.droug.co.uk
http://twitter.com/doug_scott
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/doug-scott/38/b85/373

Keir McConomy – SellMyMobile.com

Keir started his first online business in 2003 on his own with no money and built it from nothing into a successful multi-million pound company. He is an experienced serial Internet entrepreneur that has run numerous online businesses and every one has been profitable. He is an expert in online marketing. His current businesses is www.SellMyMobile.com.

www.SellMyMobile.com
http://twitter.com/sellmymobile

Ian Russell – Second Mile

Ian Russell has over 15 years of experience managing early-stage technology ventures in the wireless communications, digital media and application lifecycle management sectors. During this time, Ian has built and managed international development, sales and service organizations. He has negotiated multi-million dollar technology licensing contracts and strategic alliances with key vendors and partners.

Ian has lead three successful trade sales of early-stage technology-based businesses to publicly listed companies, including one to Research In Motion, manufacturer of the BlackBerry®. Ian holds a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering / Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, both from the University of Birmingham, England.

At Second Mile, Ian is a co-entrepreneur providing hands-on business development, sales, marketing, financial and strategic support to early stage technology ventures that have high growth potential.

http://secondmile.co.uk

Nick Holzherr – QRky and Recip.ly

Since graduating just under 3 years ago, Nick has already founded three businesses and won a whole host of awards, including Birmingham Future’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2011. Nick has attended Launch 48 events in the past, and is delighted to be involved as a mentor this time round. Nick is currently working on two businesses – QRky and Recip.ly.

At the forefront of QR code technology; QRky provides businesses and individuals with a simple and effective way to digitally share their contact details and multimedia information on print. QRky’s mobile content management platform enables users to manage their QR codes and the linked data about themselves, while taking care to ensure the data is optimised for different phones, secured and up to date.

Recip.ly is a free online service that will revolutionise the way people choose recipes, purchase ingredients for them and plan their meals. It is free to users and generates revenue by taking a percentage of the online grocery shopping processed.

http://twitter.com/nickholzherr
http://www.qrky.co.uk
http://www.recip.ly

Mark Hales – Oxygen Accelerator

Mark ran from the age of 28 and sold Care Group Plc, one of the UK’s largest social care providers. Over 10 years Mark grew the business to be the 4th largest provider of care services in the home employing around 4500 people with a turnover of £65m. Hold sold the business in November 2009 for an enterprise value of just over £40m.

Mark has created his own Growth Capital fund, investing in small businesses in a variety of sectors where he believes he can add value with more than just money. Mark is a shareholder and Non Executive of Thebusinessdesk.com (a regional online news service), a shareholder and Non Executive of The Rabbit Hole (a social media gaming engine), largest shareholder and Chairman of Optimo Care Group (a buy and build in the domiciliary care sector), a Founding Investor in Springboard (another tech accelerator based in Cambridge) and mentors a number of other businesses and individuals.

http://oxygenaccelerator.com/
https://twitter.com/halesmark

Philip Wattis – Flinca

Shortly after graduating from Aston University I took my first steps into Entrepreneurship when joint founded Power Internet Ltd in 1995, a b2b ISP during the early days of the Internet. Having turned around the company’s fortunes in 2009, I later exited the business to form flinca limited with a former colleague.

Our primary drive at flinca is in helping small businesses utilise the power of mobile technology previously only afforded by larger organisations. Our background in helping businesses maximise their performance through the correct application of technology and resources also forms part of our core activities.

I get a real buzz out of working with embryonic IT businesses and finding new ways of utilising existing technology.

http://www.flinca.com
http://twitter.com/flincauk
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/philipwattis

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