Tuesday, February 7 from 6:30 - 9:30 pm

The startup world's most interesting and influential stories will never come out in a press release. The lessons that matter are shared between peers over beers. The founder's exchange is where it happens.

This event features a half dozen top London founders speaking for 10 minutes apiece, preceded and followed by abundant booze and a wonderful crowd of 150 local entrepreneurs and innovators. 

Fun, fast-paced, and varied, the founder's exchange is a whirlwind tour of the community's most impactful lessons learned, plus plenty of time to exchange your own.

Praise for the previous London Founder Exchange

An excerpt from a full writeup of last event's speakers:

"A collection of New Yorkers and Silicon Valleyites swaggered into our place last night... I felt like PG Wodehouse standing next to Miles Davis.

Not only did the cast assembled by General Assembly demonstrate their effortless brand of startup-cool that has made them such a respected mainstay on their own shores, but they also exhibited a passionate, refreshing and seemingly unlimited knowledge of their subject areas."

 I hope you'll join us as we make this a London startup tradition.

Speakers 

Swati Bhargava, Pouring Pounds

Swati Bhargava is the CEO and Co-founder of Pouring Pounds (www.pouringpounds.com), an innovative cashback and voucher website in the UK. Prior to this, Swati worked at Goldman Sachs in their Investment Banking Division and Executive Office for five years. Swati graduated with Honours from the London School of Economics in 2005.

Pouring Pounds has partnerships with 2,500 of UK’s largest brands e.g. Expedia, Tesco, Vodafone. Just visiting these websites via www.pouringpounds.com, users can get cashback on their purchase. Savings range from up to 9% cashback on Expedia to £100 on Three Mobile.

Pouring Pounds also runs the cashback website for Metro newspaper and launching in May for Daily Mail. Swati has built valuable experience in online marketing, transition from Goldman to entrepreneurship and is a regular speaker at various high profile events. 

Sarah Hilleary, Birubi Ltd & b tempted foods

Sarah, 29, is an Australian entrepreneur who arrived in London at the ripe age of 22, having jumped on a flight a couple of days after finishing her final exams at University of Technology, Sydney.

After a project assignment at Cadbury Schweppes, she landed a role as a Junior Portfolio Manager at Merrill Lynch and resigned during the 2008 credit crunch to become an entrepreneur.

Her first venture, B tempted gluten free was a luxury gluten free bakery. Launched in 2009 at Whole Foods Market Kensington, the products were soon stocked in Harrods and Fortnum & Mason. In 2011, B tempted was listed in the Smarta 100. Sarah was shortlisted for Britain’s Top Real Role Model 2011, and is a Virgin Media Pioneer. Sarah’s new company, Birubi, recently acquired B tempted.

Kathleen Alder, WildKat PR

Kathleen Alder, founder and Managing Director of WildKat PR, has been named in PR Week's prestigious "29 under 29". The award highlights her as being amongst the brightest and most inspirational young talent in the UK PR industry today. 

Kathleen formed WildKat PR to bring fresh insight to the promotion of the performing arts, applying commercial strategies and utilising online developments and social media to create unique and engaging campaigns. WildKat PR Berlin opened in 2009 to offer its services across Europe. Kathleen is also a fellow at the Royal Society of Arts. 

Nina Lauc, Star of Croatia

Nina Lauc is a successful and dynamic entrepreneur.

Her business ethos is defined by the concept of partnership, collaboration and the importance of human capital, which she applies by encouraging the establishment of strategic partnerships.

Her career trajectory started at the age of 15, and began with the business the development of a successful dance studio in her home country.

After moving to London two years ago she became the co ‘founder of Star of Croatia a travel company based in London, which specializes in tailor made vacations packages in Croatia.

Nina is currently working on a exciting business venture, which has grown from a newly discovered market trend in the Croatian tourism sector.

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