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Hi Fab,

Cool, my number and email are below it would be great to hear from you. Please have a look at my website to see how I work and for some examples of current projects. If you would like to see more I can send you a PDF directly.
Thanks
Doug
Doug Lyon
0787 864 8801
0208 881 3534
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On 28 Apr 2009, at 11:38, Fabrice Ward wrote:



Have projects going through all the time, so it could be any number of different things.

On 28/04/2009 11:30, “Doug Lyon” <[address removed]> wrote:


Hi Fab,

I’d be really interested to hear more. What type of project is it?  Please feel free to email directly if you wish.

Thanks

Doug

Doug Lyon

0787 864 8801
0208 881 3534

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On 28 Apr 2009, at 11:19, Fabrice Ward wrote:


   
 

Hi all,
 
 Seeing as I know this group is strongly against recruitment consultants, anyone want to save me a few 30%s.
 
 Am looking for some super talented freelance web designers. Anyone know any?
 
 Fab


  

 
 
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Re: [entrepreneur-1056] Down with recruitment consultants


Have projects going through all the time, so it could be any number of different things.





On 28/04/2009 11:30, "Doug Lyon" <[address removed]> wrote:



Hi Fab,



I’d be really interested to hear more. What type of project is it?  Please feel free to email directly if you wish.



Thanks



Doug





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Hi all,

 

 Seeing as I know this group is strongly against recruitment consultants, anyone want to save me a few 30%s.

 

 Am looking for some super talented freelance web designers. Anyone know any?

 

 Fab



  



 

 

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Hi Fab,

I’d be really interested to hear more. What type of project is it?  Please feel free to email directly if you wish.
Thanks
Doug
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Hi all,

Seeing as I know this group is strongly against recruitment consultants, anyone want to save me a few 30%s.

Am looking for some super talented freelance web designers. Anyone know any?

Fab

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Hi Robert,

I’m based in North London. I’d love to have a chat about your project. I’ll be at the open coffee meet tomorrow and you can email me directly at [address removed]
Many thanks
Doug
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Hi Doug
 
I’m interested in your concept and also the context of the framework within which you are offering your service. I’m reaching the point of development of a project whereby I’ll need to instruct the services of a graphic designer. So far I’ve received 2 quotes for the work, one is a professional contact the other is someone I know who is prepared to be more flexible on price. My thoughts are to use the professional contact as this sets in place for me the structure within which we will both be operating. I’ll be the client and will have the final say in the format of the presentation. The relationship is understood by both of us and there are no woolly areas, no obligation from either side to operate in a certain way, no sense of debt or favours being owed. 
 
However, due to the nature of the project, I’m still interested in your concept and I’m wondering whether it might be worth having a chat. I’m situated below Guildford. Where abouts are you?
 
Regards,
 
Robert
 
 


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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Doug

color=#0000ff size=2> 

color=#0000ff size=2>I’m interested in your concept and also the context of the
framework within which you are offering your service. I’m reaching the point of
development of a project whereby I’ll need to instruct the services of a graphic
designer. So far I’ve received 2 quotes for the work, one is a professional
contact the other is someone I know who is prepared to be more flexible on
price. My thoughts are to use the professional contact as this sets in place for
me the structure within which we will both be operating. I’ll be the
client and will have the final say in the format of the presentation. The
relationship is understood by both of us and there are no woolly areas, no
obligation from either side to operate in a certain way, no sense of debt
or favours being owed. 

color=#0000ff size=2> 

color=#0000ff size=2>However, due to the nature of the project, I’m still
interested in your concept and I’m wondering whether it might be worth having a
chat. I’m situated below Guildford. Where abouts are
you?

color=#0000ff size=2> 

color=#0000ff size=2>Regards,

color=#0000ff size=2> 

color=#0000ff size=2>Robert

color=#0000ff size=2> 

 




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Hi Ronnny thanks for your response.
my initial client base are companies or individuals that are base in or near to
london.



I want to meet them face to face,
it?s a good way to start a relationship and I get to fully understand the scope
and the objectives of their project and can better gauge whether I can help make
a positive difference to their business. (There will be exceptions to this,
where we have developed a relationship online)

I will hopefully also be able to
gauge whether they aim to take advantage of Mash?s offer and not pay anything.
And this might happen , it is a risk, but by focusing on their real need, 
doing the best job for them, agreeing a time frame, we are both happy with,
having an idea of what they want to pay before we start, developing the
relationship and playing a real part in getting their business off the ground
from a design perspective, I?m hoping this model will work. 



Another point is that we get to work
with great people, exciting projects and opportunities and the work we do for
these companies is an advert for Mash?s design skills and services, where money
is not exchanged for our services, some people may offer their services in
return for ours.



The more people Mash work with and
pay a reasonable amount that pays our bills and keeps the ?experiment? going,
the more able Mash are able to help other people who initially can only pay a
nominal amount.



When the business model is not about
money but about great work and about what we can do for you rather than 
how much money we can make out of you, I feel people will spread the word
through a feeling of ?Wow? that?s really helped me, how can I help
them?  



 A typical business person
has?



   * 17 friends 
/  colleagues they?re connected to

   * 641 people in their
network

   * 5196 topics their
network knows about or has a shared interest in



That?s potentially a great audience
and if this business model continues to work, I really feel it can make a
difference and make my girlfriend believe I?m not mad!



Thanks for taking the time to write
back!



I’ll be posting replies back with
increased regularity on here and also on my my blog at  class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"> href="http://www.mashinteractive.com/blog.html">http://www.mashinteractive.com/blog.html

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face=Helvetica>Have a great day



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Doug Lyon



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On 15 Apr 2009, at 07:38, Ronny Ager-Wick wrote:
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Doug,
interesting business model. Reminds me about my favourite
doctor/chiropractor/healer/medicine man in a far away barrio in the
Philippines. After receiving their treatment, patients simply went to a corner
of the room, where they, at their discretion, put money in a bowl. If you have
nothing, you’re not expected to pay anything. If you are rich, you can still
pay what other people normally pay, which is about 60-70p per treatment.
Nobody steals from the bowl, that’s completely unheard of. He simply collects
his money at the end of the day, and treats everybody with the same
professionalism, no matter their payment ability. I doubt this is a very
profitable business for him generally, but he’s more interested in helping
people than maintaining his own personal wealth. He’s actually a really good
doctor, with vast experience and a fantastic use of native medicine instead of
commercial ones where possible, and the result is that sometimes,
after he has cured some rich people, he may suddenly receive major gifts out
of the blue, sometimes anonymous.
So it actually works in his case, but one
important aspect is that the initial “donation” is made cash on delivery.
Plus, he has something you don’t have – everyone he treats are local, or can
be recognized somehow, so not paying their share would be shameful. Here in
London, you’ll never achieve that effect.

One thing that may become
troublesome here in the UK though is that some people seem to use you as a
bank, pushing out the payment date so long they forget what you did for them.
Are you going to demand quick payment, of whatever amount they are willing to
pay, or let them use you as their ow personal credit facility?

Another
potential problem is how much time you spend on each client. For example, if
someone is planning on paying you £150, because that’s what they think it will
cost on 99designs, and they don’t see the difference, should you spend as much
time with them as the ones that are prepared to pay £3k? Do you agree
the amount they pay up front?

Or are you prepared to give away
work to unethical and rouge players? I’d love to hear how this goes, and I’m
tempted to offer the same, and in some cases I have – to a degree, but I have
expenses to pay, both fixed and variable, and I’m not sure if the UK market is
ready for this business model.
Good luck, though! :)

~Ronny.
PS:
I’m starting up a project now. Do you accept a £1 initial donation and a major
contribution when the project has become successful? You see the problem, I’ve
now pushed the risk over to you without feeling very guilty – because I will
pay you, but it depends on the project’s success.
Avoid becoming a bank,
unless you have lots of money and are prepared to accept some
defaults…


Doug Lyon wrote:
type="cite">Hi,


I’ve been following with interest the thread (and other related
ones) about 99 designs, free design templates and competitions etc,
some interesting points raised and  i’d love to have your opinions on
this:



Throughout my career (and i’m sure i’m not alone!), as a designer up to
creative director for predominately London based design and
advertising agencies, I have tried to add value to all client relationships
and tried to always focus on the work & client business objectives
rather than the cost.



This has not always gone down too well with my bosses but my feeling
was that if we focused on the long-term value of the agency/client
relationship, helping our clients achieve their business objectives without
quoting £xxxx every time we moved a mouse,  that this
approach would be recognised, leading to a stronger relationship
with our clients , where their success would be ours.



Similarly, outside of work, I have used my skills
and experience to help friends & family, from websites to
wedding invites!, In both cases being helpful and useful has
been worthwhile and rewarding.



In part due to the present economic climate, where people are losing
their job’s, budgets are being cut and money is limited, and in part due to
a belief that their may be a better way of working I have set up a
design agency with a difference.



Aimed initially at the start-up groups I’m involved
with, Mash interactive extends the notion of being useful,
helpful and focused on value rather than cost. 



To this end, Mash does not  charge for the work  we do,
rather,  we invite our clients to pay what they can afford or what they
believe the job is worth to their business, after the work
is satisfactorily completed. Simple as that, if our clients are
happy and successful, we feel we will be to!



The url is moz-do-not-send="true">www.mashinteractive.com and it should be pretty
self-explanatory what we do. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments,
opinions, either on the blog or emailed here, many thanks in advance!



Kind regards



Doug






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Hi,

Our designer anwered with

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free pitching is not a solid method for a company.

Larry


 

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Hi Jon/Harddeep

I’ve used both name="st">99Designs & Elance for logos – here are my
experiences, guidelines and advice on both:

href="http://nickpoint.co.uk/2009/01/28/using-99designs-sourcing-low-cost-logo-designs-part-2/"
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Best

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Hi Jon,

 

I have a good friend that has used href="http://www.99designs.com/" target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">www.99designs.com. When he showed me his
end product I could not believe he’d only paid US$300 for it ! It
was logo and a business card. Very impressive.


I think the way it works is that various freelancers read
your profile and then produce a mock up. You can then say what you
like / don’t like and they fine tune it until you get what you want.

 

I’ve not used it myself yet, but when I’m ready – I’ve always
thought that would be my first port of call….


What attracts me to it is that there are a number of people
pitching for your business. Needless to say – some of these will not
be any good – but some of them will be…


Thanks.

 

Hardeep.

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Thanks a lot all for your valuable inputs, tools, all the links, advice and views.

I will keep in touch personally for more specific follow-ups with some of you.

Thanks again!

Barbara
http://www.anoigma.com/blog/

2009/4/15 Doug Lyon <[address removed]>
Nice work Robert, you should consider putting your work on Vimeo, all exposure is good and may lead to more commissions!
Doug Lyon
[address removed]
On 15 Apr 2009, at 11:20, Robert wrote:

Barbara,

I have followed your thread with interest and am more than happy to advise you on the production and implementation of a demo video.

Examples of my work can be viewed online at

http://www.2die4.tv

Regards

Robert


From: Barbara <[address removed]>
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Sent: Tuesday, 14 April, 2009 17:42:28
Subject: [entrepreneur-1056] Video demo

Hi all,

My start-up specialised in IT healthcare would need some advice and help to build a short video demo that aims at :

  1.  giving a good glance of our application features once a new user has logged in
  2. attract some interest (from customers,investors,experts)

I would be grateful to benefit from the experience and advices of some of you who might already have done it and hopefully this would be helpful for others like me.

Thanks a lot.

Kind regards,
Barbara
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Nice work Robert, you should consider putting your work on Vimeo, all exposure is good and may lead to more commissions!

Doug Lyon
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On 15 Apr 2009, at 11:20, Robert wrote:



Barbara,

I have followed your thread with interest and am more than happy to advise you on the production and implementation of a demo video.

Examples of my work can be viewed online at

http://www.2die4.tv

Regards

Robert


From: Barbara <[address removed]>
To: [address removed]
Sent: Tuesday, 14 April, 2009 17:42:28
Subject: [entrepreneur-1056] Video demo

Hi all,

My start-up specialised in IT healthcare would need some advice and help to build a short video demo that aims at :

  1.  giving a good glance of our application features once a new user has logged in
  2. attract some interest (from customers,investors,experts)

I would be grateful to benefit from the experience and advices of some of you who might already have done it and hopefully this would be helpful for others like me.

Thanks a lot.

Kind regards,
Barbara
http://www.anoigma.com/blog/

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Doug,
interesting business model. Reminds me about my favourite
doctor/chiropractor/healer/medicine man in a far away barrio in the
Philippines. After receiving their treatment, patients simply went to a
corner of the room, where they, at their discretion, put money in a
bowl. If you have nothing, you're not expected to pay anything. If you
are rich, you can still pay what other people normally pay, which is
about 60-70p per treatment. Nobody steals from the bowl, that's
completely unheard of. He simply collects his money at the end of the
day, and treats everybody with the same professionalism, no matter
their payment ability. I doubt this is a very profitable business for
him generally, but he's more interested in helping people than
maintaining his own personal wealth. He's actually a really good
doctor, with vast experience and a fantastic use of native medicine
instead of commercial ones where possible, and the result is
that sometimes, after he has cured some rich people, he may suddenly
receive major gifts out of the blue, sometimes anonymous.
So it actually works in his case, but one important aspect is that the
initial "donation" is made cash on delivery. Plus, he has something you
don't have - everyone he treats are local, or can be recognized
somehow, so not paying their share would be shameful. Here in London,
you'll never achieve that effect.

One thing that may become troublesome here in the UK though is that
some people seem to use you as a bank, pushing out the payment date so
long they forget what you did for them. Are you going to demand quick
payment, of whatever amount they are willing to pay, or let them use
you as their ow personal credit facility?

Another potential problem is how much time you spend on each client.
For example, if someone is planning on paying you £150, because that's
what they think it will cost on 99designs, and they don't see the
difference, should you spend as much time with them as the ones that
are prepared to pay £3k? Do you agree the amount they pay up
front?

Or are you prepared to give away work to unethical and rouge players?
I'd love to hear how this goes, and I'm tempted to offer the same, and
in some cases I have - to a degree, but I have expenses to pay, both
fixed and variable, and I'm not sure if the UK market is ready for this
business model.
Good luck, though! :)

~Ronny.
PS: I'm starting up a project now. Do you accept a £1 initial donation
and a major contribution when the project has become successful? You
see the problem, I've now pushed the risk over to you without feeling
very guilty - because I will pay you, but it depends on the project's
success.
Avoid becoming a bank, unless you have lots of money and are prepared
to accept some defaults...


Doug Lyon wrote:

type="cite">

Hi,

I’ve been following with interest the thread (and other related
ones) about 99 designs, free design templates and competitions etc,
some interesting points raised and  i’d love to have your opinions on
this:
Throughout my career (and i’m sure i’m not alone!), as a
designer up to creative director for predominately London based design
and advertising agencies, I have tried to add value to all client
relationships and tried to always focus on the work & client
business objectives rather than the cost.
This has not always gone down too well with my bosses but my
feeling was that if we focused on the long-term value of the
agency/client relationship, helping our clients achieve their business
objectives without quoting £xxxx every time we moved a mouse,  that
this approach would be recognised, leading to a stronger relationship
with our clients , where their success would be ours.
Similarly, outside of work, I have used my skills
and experience to help friends & family, from websites to wedding
invites!, In both cases being helpful and useful has
been worthwhile and rewarding.
In part due to the present economic climate, where people are
losing their job’s, budgets are being cut and money is limited, and in
part due to a belief that their may be a better way of working I have
set up a design agency with a difference.
Aimed initially at the start-up groups I’m involved with, Mash
interactive extends the notion of being useful, helpful and focused
on value rather than cost. 
To this end, Mash does not  charge for the work  we do, rather,
 we invite our clients to pay what they can afford or what they believe
the job is worth to their business, after the work
is satisfactorily completed. Simple as that, if our clients are happy
and successful, we feel we will be to!
The url is href="http://www.mashinteractive.com">www.mashinteractive.com and
it should be pretty self-explanatory what we do. I’d love to hear your
thoughts, comments, opinions, either on the blog or emailed here, many
thanks in advance!
Kind regards
Doug

Doug Lyon
[address removed]

On 6 Apr 2009, at 04:38, Larry wrote:


Hi,

Our designer anwered with

href="http://www.design.org.au/content.cfm?id=245">http://www.design.org.au/content.cfm?id=245

style="font-size: 12pt;"> href="http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/About-Design/Research/The-Business-of-Design2/Winning-business/"
target="_blank">http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/About-Design/Research/The-Business-of-Design2/Winning-business/ color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"> style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;">

= free pitching is not a solid method for a company.

Larry

 

On 4/3/09, class="gmail_sendername">Nick Barker <[address removed]>
wrote:

style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"
class="gmail_quote">
Hi Jon/Harddeep

I’ve used both 99Designs
& Elance for logos – here are my experiences, guidelines and advice
on both:

href="http://nickpoint.co.uk/2009/01/28/using-99designs-sourcing-low-cost-logo-designs-part-2/"
target="_blank">Using 99Designs:
Sourcing low cost logo designs – PART 2
href="http://nickpoint.co.uk/2009/01/20/sourcing-low-cost-logo-designs-part-1/"
target="_blank">Sourcing low cost logo designs – PART 1

Hope it helps

Best

Nick

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Rai <[address removed]>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"
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Hi Jon,
 
I have a good friend that has used moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.99designs.com/" target="_blank">www.99designs.com.
When he showed me his end product I could not believe he’d only paid
US$300 for it ! It was logo and a business card. Very impressive.
I think the way it works is that various freelancers read your profile
and then produce a mock up. You can then say what you like / don’t like
and they fine tune it until you get what you want.
 
I’ve not used it myself yet, but when I’m ready – I’ve
always thought that would be my first port of call….
What attracts me to it is that there are a number of people pitching
for your business. Needless to say – some of these will not be any good
- but some of them will be…
Thanks.
 
Hardeep.

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think of slides too

On 4/14/09, Doug Lyon <[address removed]> wrote:

Hi Paul,

 
You should also check out this link:
 
 
 
Doug Lyon
 
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On 14 Apr 2009, at 18:21, Paul wrote:

Hello All,

I'm not at all clued-up re IT / Web issues etc but I'm in the process of getting the content together for my intended web-site and have heard that some video helps to get you found sooner via google (youtube links etc)?

Is that BS and is it worth inc say, 12 seconds as suggested, to improve your hit-rate?

Regards

Paul

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

 
From: Aidan Fitzpatrick
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:52:58 -0400
To: <[address removed]>
Subject: Re: [entrepreneur-1056] Video demo

 

I see a lot of business plans and investment pitches every week, and from an investor's or mentor's perspective I hate video. I can't digest it easily whilst on the move, I can't print it out, and if it moves at a snail's pace I'm a captive, bored audience… or rather, I'm not, because I'll only watch a second or two.

12secondsTV (http://12seconds.tv/) are on to a winner with their 12-second videos, but I think they'd be twice as good if they were 6secondsTV.

Yes, video can show that you're creative, and it can be effective, but that's all about how and where you use it. Just as you should be disciplined to keep other pitches short, keep your video short if it's a primary pitch resource, and provide the data in other formats.

Video is an emotive topic and I'm sure everyone will have a different view. I'm not writing from a customer's POV. No doubt plenty of investors here will say they love it!

A
reincubate Aidan Fitzpatrick, Partner, Reincubate
E: aidan@reincubate.com, T: +44 (0) 7817 681232
Accelerating growth of start-up & entrepreneurial businesses

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 17:42, Barbara <[address removed]> wrote:

Hi all,

My start-up specialised in IT healthcare would need some advice and help to build a short video demo that aims at :

  1.  giving a good glance of our application features once a new user has logged in
  2. attract some interest (from customers,investors,experts)

I would be grateful to benefit from the experience and advices of some of you who might already have done it and hopefully this would be helpful for others like me.

Thanks a lot.

Kind regards,
Barbara
http://www.anoigma.com/blog/

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Hi Paul,

You should also check out this link:
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Hello All,

I’m not at all clued-up re IT / Web issues etc but I’m in the process of getting the content together for my intended web-site and have heard that some video helps to get you found sooner via google (youtube links etc)?

Is that BS and is it worth inc say, 12 seconds as suggested, to improve your hit-rate?

Regards

Paul

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device


From: Aidan Fitzpatrick <[address removed]>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:52:58 -0400
To: <[address removed]>
Subject: Re: [entrepreneur-1056] Video demo

I see a lot of business plans and investment pitches every week, and from an investor’s or mentor’s perspective I hate video. I can’t digest it easily whilst on the move, I can’t print it out, and if it moves at a snail’s pace I’m a captive, bored audience… or rather, I’m not, because I’ll only watch a second or two.

12secondsTV (http://12seconds.tv/) are on to a winner with their 12-second videos, but I think they’d be twice as good if they were 6secondsTV.

Yes, video can show that you’re creative, and it can be effective, but that’s all about how and where you use it. Just as you should be disciplined to keep other pitches short, keep your video short if it’s a primary pitch resource, and provide the data in other formats.

Video is an emotive topic and I’m sure everyone will have a different view. I’m not writing from a customer’s POV. No doubt plenty of investors here will say they love it!

A
reincubate Aidan Fitzpatrick, Partner, Reincubate
E: aidan@reincubate.com, T: +44 (0) 7817 681232
Accelerating growth of start-up & entrepreneurial businesses
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 17:42, Barbara <[address removed]> wrote:

Hi all,

My start-up specialised in IT healthcare would need some advice and help to build a short video demo that aims at :

  1.  giving a good glance of our application features once a new user has logged in
  2. attract some interest (from customers,investors,experts)

I would be grateful to benefit from the experience and advices of some of you who might already have done it and hopefully this would be helpful for others like me.

Thanks a lot.

Kind regards,
Barbara
http://www.anoigma.com/blog/

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