togeva tech talkfest slides

Dr. Jennifer Sheridan, CEO & Founder

Working as consultant

Saw market opportunity 2010

Sweat / own £

Incorporated in

July 2011

Togeva Live Sharing™ Platform: UK’s first mobile platform - delivering realtime interactivity to multiple mobile users

Big Data

Big Data: 75,000+ users in 100+ countries

How Did I Get Here?

Georgia Tech, MSc HCI MEPSS™

Grace Hopper

Graffito

http://vimeo.com/38217753

I was on to something big

Dropped

everything

Developed Togeva Live Sharing™

5 TIPS

TIP 1:

NETWORK

YOUR BUTT OFF

Spent 1 year Networking

Exhibiting

Free PR/ Awards

Picking up Clients

TIP 2:

FIND A FEMALE

MENTOR

Martyn Ware

Musician/ Producer Human League/ Heaven17

Judith Moreton

Dealmaker, GEP UKTI MD, Little Blue Private Jets

Special Advisory Board (+ Investors)

TIP 3:

GET YOUR NAME

OUT THERE

use social media to empower

fans

The UK Trade and

Investment (UKTI)

recently featured

Togeva as one of six

of the UKs talented,

early-stage

technology

businesses with

outstanding

intellectual property

and innovation.

TIP 4:

DON’T JUMP INTO

INVESTMENT

No one is going to hand you £1M

Interview your investors

Be prepared to scale back & to eat

beans on toast

TIP 5:

CONFIDENCE IS

KEY

Investors invest in people

Be confident in yourself

Be prepared for criticism

Success shouldn’t happen overnight

Over 10 years in the making

Experience helped spot/act on an opportunity

Find a mentor, Get some free PR

Confidence is key

Don’t jump into investment too quickly

Investors invest in people

jennifer@togeva.com

www.togeva.com

@WeAreTogeva