Arts & Travel
Celebrated
artists, politicians, performers, community workers and LGBT activists will offer
insights into contemporary gender issues in this unique symposium hosted by London's October Gallery Education on 24th March.
Taking Palestinian artist Laila Shawa’s Disposable Bodies No.3 as a trigger, the symposium offers a layering of narratives to create a collective portrait of women today. How conflicted will these multiple perspectives be? Do we really need a Women’s History Month anyway?
As many other people in the past days, you might have seen scenes of the movie "Starwars Uncut", a crowdsourced fan version of the seventh movie in the Starwars series, "Episode IV: A New Hope".
When I was traveling in South Africa, I got an email from Sally Broom. She had been following my travels on my blog and wrote that her travels to
South Africa had left a mark on her. She told me that she runs a company
called Tripbod that
connects visitors with like-minded locals to help them experience the real
destination through the eyes of someone who lives there. Would either
Jessica or the both of us like to try out their services?
Carol Cork is co-founder of PrivateFly.com, the leading online booking
platform for private jet charter and
the fastest-growing air charter business in Europe in 2010. Her co-founder is her husband, Adam Twidell, a
former RAF and private jet pilot.
PrivateFly is a disruptive technology platform, bringing price transparency and response speed to the highly-fragmented and traditional private aviation market. The business was launched in March 2008, after 18 months of software development and research.
Buy Tracey & Damien Online: Launch of S[Edition], the High Browse Art e-Commerce Site for Low Prices
Just in time for your Santa Claus and Christmas shopping: Mat Collishaw, Michael Craig-Martin, Tracey Emin, Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst, Isaac Julien, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Bill Viola and Wim Wenders are among the first artists on s[edition], a revolutionary digital platform for collecting contemporary art, launched in London on 17 November 2011. Limited edition works specifically for the iPhone, tablets, laptops and monitors.
Milena Cvijanovich started her own architecture practice 18 years ago and has since re-invested profits in various projects and businesses, becoming a very successful investor as well as entrepreneur. Female Hero Milena is on the lookout for the right team member to join her latest company, fair-trade luxury marketplace Ethnosphere.
Here's what Milena had to say when we met her:
Women
of the Future Awards – call for nominations
The search to unearth Britain’s female talent of tomorrow begins with the launch of the Women of the Future Awards 2011.
Founded by Pinky Lilani OBE in 2006 with Caspian Media, and supported by Shell, the awards celebrate the next generation of Britain’s high-potential women aged 35 and under who are making an impact in business, the arts, science and technology.
Introducing Volanda, a platform
for financing new projects based on the crowdfunding model
From the hand of Amparo Sánchez and Belén de la Puente comes Volanda, an effective alternative method of supporting and funding entrepreneurial projects. Based on the collective financing model or “crowdfunding”, Volanda is an innovative online platform that offers a different way of understanding and supporting creativity.
Travelmenu today announced that it has raised $1.6 million in growth capital from Almaz Capital Partners, general partner of the Almaz Capital Russia Fund I (also known as the Almaz Capital/Cisco Russia Fund I) and Runa Capital, two leading venture capital firms in Russia. Travelmenu will use the funds to invest in a direct-to-consumer marketing campaign and build additional sales infrastructure.
Travelmenu was founded by Harvard Business School graduates Nina Pogossova and Katrin Buckenmaier (see photo) as wellas Mikhail Pogossov and Oleg Kopachevts. The team shares a passion for travel and also has relevant industry experience with Expedia and lastminute.com.
The founders met when they shared a table at a restaurant, and then they made a business out of it: Shareatable. A new scheme to get people together.
(Business) traveling on your own can be a wonderful opportunity, but many travelers object to eating on their own. It's often dull, and people seem to be staring at you. Asking someone else whether you can join their table is too high a hurdle for most of us. Shareatable is an initiative that makes it easier for people to join each other, without hurdles. It's free, and you're bound to have a more interesting evening!
Upcoming Events
24 Feb 2012 - 13:00 - 17:00Amsterdam, Netherlands
22 Mar 2012 - 09:00 - 19:00London, UK
24 Mar 2012 - 13:00 - 17:00London, UK
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