Author Archives: Victoria H.

Last Tuesday evening the London School of Economics (LSE) Old Theatre, which has previously been host to Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton and Amartya Sen, was buzzing with students eagerly awaiting the outcome of the LSE “Pitch It!” business plan competition they had been part of for the last 4 months. Twenty-six teams had entered their business ideas, but the final six teams were about to pitch their businesses to the panel of judges made up of Julie Meyer (BBC Dragons’ Den and Founder of Ariadne Capital Cash), Jorn Lyseggen (Founder and CEO of Meltwater Group), John Dixon (Head of Media, RBS Finance) and Cliff…

My last post introduced you to the Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford event, and on the 23rd November 2009, a group of Meltwater people attended the 9th annual event.

As the flagship event of the academic term, “SVCO bridged two world centres of ideas and explored the big issues and future directions of innovation and entrepreneurial phenomena in a vibrant and fast paced mix of masterclasses, tutorials, panel debates and networking events.”

The event brings successful entrepreneurs based in Silicon Valley to Oxford. Some of the big names in attendance included Biz Stone of Twitter and Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn. Silicon Valley is the birthplace of the…

One week from today, a group of Meltwater employees, including CEO Jorn Lyseggen, will participate in the annual Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford (SVCO) event held at the University of Oxford. 2008 was Meltwater’s first year sponsoring SVCO, which brings together “…Valley-based entrepreneurs, technologists and investors [to] share thoughts about entrepreneurial strategies and insights into disruptive innovations from the worlds of systems, software and the internet.” Some of the big names attending include Biz Stone of Twitter and Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn.

Last year, Jorn held a “Masterclass” on the key traits of successful entrepreneurship. This year, Jorn will be joining a panel with Chris…