Startup Stories

The Spirit of Arabia story starts in London as far back as 1990. Founder Arshed Mohammed, from Glasgow, was working as a Project Executive with Reuters at the time while studying through the Open University to obtain a degree. “I used to travel every day... Read More →

We at the Clever Travel Companion love to travel! We have been to many parts of the world, backpacking, going by train, bus, car and even on foot. We have been to Asia, riding the Tran Siberian train from Moscow to Beijing, driving through Mexico and across th... Read More →

Ty Parker and Trevor Abbott began the Spin Chill adventure during the summer of 2013 in Gainesville, FL. Apart of The HackerHouse accelerator program, we traveled to Atlanta, GA for the AngelHack hackathon. Neither of us, both coming from Mechanical Engineerin... Read More →

Have you ever been obsessed with a new song and you have been singing it all day, but don’t know the exact lyrics ? Worry not, there is a site for that, too.  Ilan Zechory, co-founder of the Brooklyn-based start-up Rap Genius, is making a killing by ... Read More →

As any good pub quizzer knows, it’s only fun when it’s a fair fight. There is something quintessentially English about the traditional pub quiz. Usually held in pubs that have a good ‘locals’ culture, pub quizzes are a reason to go to your favourite ba... Read More →

How it all started! I started in December 2012 on Pokerstars Home Games. We quickly developed members from over 40 Universities across the UK and lots of interest in the industry. I then created Student Poker Global Ltd in April 2013. In May 2013 I won an ente... Read More →