Michael Hobson in London, | Mansfield High School - London Metropolitan University

Michael Hobson

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I'm co-founder and one third of beards - a London based events and community company, focussing on the startup world. We organise regular events such as Silicon Drinkabout, Don't Pitch Me Bro and Digital Sizzle. About beards httpwww.-beards.com beards are an innovation company, primarily servicing the London Technology and Startup communities through the medium of events. Founded in , and successfully organised over events in the last years. beards have also been invited to meet HRH The Queen, asked to help with consultations for the GLA regarding the community in east London and have also worked with clients such as Mastercard, Telefonica and Google. "The beards have become a powerful community force in Silicon Roundabout and their well-attended events have been used to gain feedback from London startups about how the tech cluster can be improved." - WIRED "We are big fans of the beards' events (Silicon Drinkabout, Digital Sizzle Don't Pitch Me Bro)" - HUFFINGTON POST TECH "Three wise, bearded men meeting and bonding over a mutual love of beer, beards and Londons start-up technology ecosystem. With their fingers firmly on the pulse of technology happenings in the UK, these lads are veritable mines of information and are extraordinarily well-connected." - ELITE BUSINESS Aged I had a key role in an advertising startup, working evenings, weekends holidays, and was considered valuable enough to be given a full-time role upon leaving school. I then saved the company a potential , (ex VAT) in a matter of hours by developing my own multi-advert touch-screen system in Macromedia Flash, as opposed to out-sourcing for software and licences. I have worked in design for over years professionally, both studio-employed and freelance. BA Digital Media VEC Millennium Award for Literature. (Tipperary) North Tipperary VEC Senior Award Short Story. I design, I code, and I project manage. Follow me on Twitter @imhobson read more ...