Event report

Thanks to all of you who came along to our latest Second Chance Tuesday event to hear Niklas Zennström, founder of Atomico investments, Skype and Joost. The event was a 'high' in the London entrepreneurial scene, when 300 VCs, entrepreneurs, journalists and high-profile guests turned up to listen who Rory Cellan-Jones (BBC Technology Correspondent) refers to as "the most important digital entrepreneur to have emerged in Europe over the last five years".

Companies on the guest list included: Advent Venture Partners, Alcatel-Lucent, Atomico investments, Balderton Capital, the BBC, Cambridge University, Channel 4, Cominded, Creative Capital Fund, Crédit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Endemol Gaming, Eros International Plc, FirstCapital, Fujitsu, The Guardian, Gumtree, Joost, Kreos Capital, London Business School, LSE Entrepreneurs, Microsoft, the Million Dollar Homepage, MOO.com, Morgan Stanley, Mozilla Corporation, Seedcamp, Seraphim Capital, Skype, Southern Rock Films Plc, Startups.co.uk, and Techcrunch.

Media resources

Featured videos

Niklas Zennström: The interview

Niklas Zennström: The story of Skype

Press and blogs review

Uncontested experts in the field of new technologies review Second Chance Tuesday on their blog; that's the Microsoft Emerging Business Team on Microsoft Startup Zone.

On his dot.life BBC blog, Rory Cellan-Jones presents Niklas Zennström as the most successful European entrepreneur in the past years. Read his analysis on dot.life.

Mike Butcher, TechCrunch UK Editor, writes in anticipation of what he knows will be a "big catch" before the night. Check out his coverage on TechCrunch UK!

Presentations from the event

Download Atomico's PowerPoint presentation presented at the workshop in the afternoon of the event.

Introductions

Many of you have contacted us asking us to be introduced to others who attended the event. We always respect member confidentiality, and never hand out details of guests without their express permission, but we would be delighted to forward emails or introductions on your behalf. To that end, please let us know if you would like some help in making contact with a fellow guest.

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We hope that you have enjoyed one of our most successful events yet, and look forward to seeing you soon for more vibrant evenings.
Judith Clegg, Michael Smith,
and the Second Chance Tuesday Team

www.secondchancetuesday.com
www.theglasshouse.net

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