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Things To Do | Kevin Dorren
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Random (very random) thoughts. Category Archives: Things to Do. I was lucky enough to be introduced to a great company by Sandy Mckinnon at Pentech Ventures. I was instantly hooked and ordered a brewing robot straight away. The concept is pretty simple, brewing from your iPhone. The reality is that brewing is a very technical process, much more complex than the beer kits that my local Boots used to sell in the 1970s. In fact, the level of tech and science in a brewing robot is quite immense. For me it is...
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kdorren | Kevin Dorren
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Random (very random) thoughts. I have been involved in a number of high growth businesses including technology, FMCG and Internet ventures. Startups are hard – cash doesn’t solve the problems! I meet with lots of founders of startups pretty much everyday. The ones that are successful realise that starting a company isn’t about glamour or fun its a seriously difficult thing to so. Technology has become massively easier over the last decade and building a product or service for the web has virtually no cos...
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Liquid e-commerce | Kevin Dorren
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Random (very random) thoughts. We have now pushed a couple of the investments we have made in brands in the drink space into a group. Liquid e-commerce is designed to bring the skills, technology platform and capital together into a cohesive group. We will continue to create brands within this group and share the benefits of many years experience in the FMCG space. Take a look http:/ www.liquidecommerce.com. This entry was posted in General. February 3, 2015. View all posts by kdorren →.
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About Me | Kevin Dorren
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Random (very random) thoughts. My name is Kevin Dorren, I live in Edinburgh and have had an interesting if not varied career. So here is the run down. I am not a geek but have always liked gadgets and technology. I saved 79.95 P&P to buy a Sinclair ZX80. Which I built with my brother in law Hamish. Problem is my maths ain’t much good. Stopped programming after:. 10 Print “hello”. When I was 16 I tried to persuade Prince’s Trust. Seem to do OK out of this. Through Hugh’s son Calum who was a research...
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Unicorns… | Kevin Dorren
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Random (very random) thoughts. If you make the $1b valuation club you become a Unicorn. There are not that many UK based (or even Scottish Unicorns). It looks like Fanduel is driving it’s way to join this club. They had the drive and vision to build something big. Never in my wildest imagination did I think that 6 years later they would be joining the $1b club. It just shows that a small amount of funding can be the baby step to building an amazing business in a few short years. It is truly amazing!
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July, 2015 | Kevin Dorren
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Random (very random) thoughts. Monthly Archives: July 2015. So we launch early August (it has been a long journey and there were points we were going to give up! But we are really pleased with the results. We have a great launch range of beers. We have really spent time and effort to make sure the experience for our customers is fantastic. We have done cardboard engineering beyond belief to ensure that the product gets to you in tip top condition. The journey to launch Brewhive. Which runs from next week.
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It’s the weekend…time for a beer | Kevin Dorren
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Random (very random) thoughts. It’s the weekend…time for a beer. It has been a busy old week and January! There are a lot of exciting things going on and this week we tasted our first range of beers for Brewhive. Brand development and experience is looking fantastic and we really are spending a huge amount of time testing packaging formats to the end consumer. The issue with anything in a bottle is that it is fragile and heavy. Two things couriers really don’t like. This entry was posted in e-commerce.
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Kevin Dorren blog - Part 2
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Random (very random) thoughts. So we launch early August (it has been a long journey and there were points we were going to give up! But we are really pleased with the results. We have a great launch range of beers. We have really spent time and effort to make sure the experience for our customers is fantastic. We have done cardboard engineering beyond belief to ensure that the product gets to you in tip top condition. The journey to launch Brewhive. Which runs from next week. July 23, 2015. I was lucky ...
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Growth Hacking | Kevin Dorren
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Random (very random) thoughts. I spoke on Friday at a great event titled Growth Hacking in Belfast. Around 100 people crammed into a room to listen to a few speakers talking about managing growth. It was mainly focused on SaaS and gaming, so I was there to talk about what Diet Chef did. It got me thinking about measurement and including an ecosystem measurement metric with your business mode. This entry was posted in e-commerce. February 28, 2015. View all posts by kdorren →. Brewbot is coming →. Foodie ...
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General | Kevin Dorren
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Random (very random) thoughts. It’s my money! Sometimes you enter a market and existing competitors don’t like it. Unfortunately for them it is a free market economy that we live in and I can spend my hard earned money on whatever I want! There are lots of areas that I don’t invest in and OK, like everyone we don’t get everything right on day one, but if we focus on our customers, deliver a great service and product then we will succeed. This entry was posted in e-commerce. September 26, 2015. We will co...
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