Digital Futures

Participation
 Raj Anand

• Founder multi-million £ company: Kwiqq

• Speaking at Foreign office (ambassadors),
British Library...
• Ambassador for Make Your Mark
• City College Business Mentor
 Raj Anand

Bachelors in
Computer System
Engineering

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

Shell STEP
internship

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

European Union
Research Lab

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

Masters of Research
Computer Sc. and AI

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

Started coding
Kwiqq.com

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

Cranfield University
mini MBA
+
Top 6 Entrepreneurs

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

Business Week’s Europe’s

Young Entrepreneur 2007

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 Raj Anand

Finalist Sussex Entrepreneur

of the Year 2008/09

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Media

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More Media

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Who recognises this ?
Celebrity Social Media
US Elections
 What’s common ?

MC Hammer Ashton Kutcher

 Celebrity turned
web entrepreneurs !
Ashton Kutcher’s Web
MC Hammer’s Web
How business people
use it ?
Plaxo
Viral Marketing ?
‘ Social Media’ big ?
• 200,000,000 blogs on the blogosphere
• 3,000,000,000 videos watched in 1 month
• GenerationY - 16 hours/week - 96% use
Social Networks
• Facebook was a country: 12 most populous
Show me the ‘Money’

• YouTube: $1,650,000,000
• Facebook evaluation anyone ?
• Skype $2,600,000,000
• Software providers like Kwiqq
• What’s the future ?
Help with a Social site ?
Questions