Cupcakes, Crystals and the Future of Retail – Minter Dials’ Salon Talk
The first of the new Like Minds Women in Business Salon Talks saw Minter Dial, Founder of The Myndset, present an entertaining overview of the current state of “Digital Innovation in Retail”. The upstairs room at Swarovski Crystallised – just off London’s Regent Street – was bright and airy and, with its view overlooking the Liberty [...]
April Business Breakfast with Robert Bean
Graham Stewart reports on the Like Minds Branding Breakfast with Robert Bean. The fourth Like Minds Business Breakfast on April 23rd became the Branding Breakfast in the hands of guest speaker Robert Bean. It was a beautiful morning in London and the views from the Radio Bar at the top of the ME Hotel in Aldwych were [...]
March Business Breakfast with Ajaz Ahmed.
Graham Stewart reports on the March Like Minds Business Breakfast with Ajaz Ahmed, Founder and Chairman of digital agency AQKA, in the stunning surroundings of Radio Bar atop the ME Hotel in London’s Aldwych. Among the audience of 60 or so who had ignored the cold and unseasonal weather for an early start were a number [...]
Company Shortcuts – Sales Leadership Event.
Pacific Direct founder Lara Morgan and her business partner Nicola Cook are running a sales leadership event on April 16th at Altitude. As Lara sold her company for £20M recently, we think she might know a few things about effective sales frameworks and methodologies! This promises to be an exceptional event focussing on what Lara [...]
Very First To
VeryFirstTo is an unprecedented service that enables individuals to be the first to know about, and have, newly launching luxury products and experiences. The most prestigious newly launching products are announced on VeryFirstTo and made available to their members. From tablets to watches, bags to cars, and jewellery to mobiles; you’ll be the first to be [...]
February Business Breakfast with Steve Martin
In association with The Harvard Business Review we held our February Business Breakfast with Steve Martin, UK MD of Influence at Work. We saw well over 50 people turn up to drink coffee, eat muffins, down fresh and flaky French pastries, and to listen to Influence At Work UK Director Steve Martin talk about persuasion, writes Graham Stewart. The [...]
January Business Breakfast with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg.
In association with The Harvard Business Review we held our January Business Breakfast with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg, a Partner at Innovation Architects in New York. Like Minds Club member Graham Stewart blogged about the session for us and we re-publish it in full here. Why Great Innovation Starts With Your Pencil. On Monday I was at [...]
You’re invited to drinks and canapés at our co-hosted debate on the Arts – Nov. 26th.
Our partners at SJdB have organised a debate on the future of the Arts on Nov. 26th. It’s at the Chelsea Art College and we’d love to see you there. Details are below. ‘The Turner Prize: ever more vital to profiling the arts … in these times of austerity?’ A discussion with curators, collectors, artists [...]
John Inverdale speaks at the Like Minds Business Breakfast
John Inverdale has worked regularly for BBC Television. He became the BBC’s main Rugby Union anchor in the 2006 Six Nations Championships following the departure of Steve Rider to ITV Sport and is also the main presenter of Today at Wimbledon, a highlights show of the day’s tennis play at Wimbledon on BBC Two. He [...]
Alan Higgins speaks at the Like Minds Breakfast
Alan Higgins, Head of Investment Strategy at Coutts addressed businesses at the Like Minds and SjdB & Partners monthly breakfast in February. Alan spoke about the current state of the world economy and what we might expect to happen over the next few years, drawing on his own financial and economics expertise from within one of [...]