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Setting up an office in the Valley Part II
Posted on 20. May, 2010 by Andy.
Following on from yesterday’s post, here are some more tips on moving to the Valley: Hiring a US team Once your US company is in place and ready to trade you’ll probably want to think about hiring. Hiring in the US is broadly the same as hiring anywhere else – don’t hire people you might [...]
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Setting up an office in the Valley
Posted on 19. May, 2010 by Andy.
So – you’ve got your European start-up running nicely; revenues are growing, you’re hiring like mad, you’re being courted by VCs and the local tech press think you’re the best thing since SpinVox. Well, SpinVox circa 2008, anyway. Ahem. However, like all big-thinking entrepreneurs you realise that there’s more to life than London / Paris [...]
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Huddle named in Tech Media Invest Top 100
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Andy.
Grab a copy of today’s Guardian (or, if you’re cheap like me, go online) to read the Tech Media Invest Top 100 List, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kemp Little and Microsoft. Tech Media Invest Top 100 is a list of the hottest emerging and most innovative companies in the ever converging tech and media industries right [...]
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Huddle adds integrated Media Viewer
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Andy.
Last week‘s update added a swanky digital asset management system which lets you preview images (jpg, gif, png, bmp and more) inside Huddle without downloading them – great for sharing collateral, photos, designs and logos. Get started by clicking on an image thumbnail or click the ‘Open Media Viewer’ link next to the folder title. [...]
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Send Huddle to SxSW!
Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by Andy.
South by Southwest (SxSW) is an annual Interactive, Music and Film conference that takes place in Austin, Texas. There are many, many things that make SxSW special (c.f. Michael Acton Smith’s temporary blindness, the brilliant juxtaposition of khaki’d geeks and skinny jean’d musos, Iron Works BBQ restaurant) but what sets it apart from most conferences [...]
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Vote for Huddle in the TechCrunch Europas Awards
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Andy.
Huddle (and Huddle’s founders, Alastair Mitchell and Andy McLoughlin) have been nominated for two awards in the TechCrunch Europas, the tech innovation awards honouring the best tech companies and startups across the web and mobile scene from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We have been nominated for two awards and you can vote [...]
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Huddle.net may be ‘the next Google’, says BusinessWeek
Posted on 19. Jun, 2009 by Andy.
Yesterday BusinessWeek announced their top fifty start ups that you (yes, you) need to know about. And, wouldn’t you know it, they were kind (or insightful) enough to include Huddle.net on their list! Some of our favourite global start ups such as Ning, Xobni, Boxee and Spotify were also included so it was a real [...]
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New: Huddle meetings automatically added to your favourite calendar app
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by Andy.
We’re constantly making small fixes and changes to Huddle (we release new stuff every two weeks!) so you may notice new features appearing without any fanfare from us. One thing I wanted to flag with you, though, (as it’s pretty cool) is an addition to Huddle’s Meetings functionality. Now, every meeting request generated for you [...]
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Great new features (and Huddle up in Italian!)
Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by Andy.
We’ve recently made some some great new additions to Huddle, primarily around making the file storage even more useful and usable. These are all live on the site now so go ahead – log in, and get working! New Uploader – now you can drag & drop files from your desktop directly into Huddle [...]
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Building a “Team of Peers”
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Andy.
I gave a talk at yesterday’s TechCrunch Europe Geek’n’Rolla conference about dealing with growth, hiring a brilliant team and creating a great company culture. As I said in my speech, many of Huddle’s achievements make me very proud but (probably) the thing that i’m proudest of is the team of amazing people we’ve brought together. [...]
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Huddle.net selected as finalist for The Next Web competition
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Andy.
They say good news comes in threes so alongside our recent Red Herring 100 win I’m very pleased to announce that Huddle.net has been selected as one of 24 finalists in The Next Web’s Rising Sun Startup Rally.

