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Joe Braidwood, CMO, SwiftKey

How SwiftKey took on Google and won over Stephen Fry Video

It just won a Webby - otherwise known as the Oscars of the internet - and boasts six million downloads to date. Stephen Fry hails it a “great British success story”. But what is SwiftKey and who’s behind it?

Mikkel Svane, CEO and co-founder, Zendesk

Customer service superhero start-up Zendesk lands in Paddington

With $26m investment and a new London office we meet the man behind Silicon Valley’s latest export

Mysupermarket allows shoppers to always get the cheapest basket of goods

Mysupermarket.co.uk: the UK's next superstar tech giant?

CEO Allon Bloch on winning $32m investment and hitting three million monthly visitors

Simon Doyle, commercial director of CyT UK, sellers of Casillero del Diablo

Simon Doyle: the man who brought Casillero del Diablo to the UK

Back in 2001, Vina Concha Y Toro was selling 250,000 cases of wine in the UK. Now it sells 5.5 million. How did Simon Doyle do it?

Rupert Murdoch

James Max: We should celebrate, not castigate, Rupert Murdoch

Why does LBC Radio presenter James Max think we should stand to Murdoch’s defence?

Just-Eat feasts on £39m private equity investment

Just-Eat feasts on £39m private equity investment

London-based online takeaway delivery company Just-Eat has netted $64m (£39m) of investment after it closed its third round of funding.

Badoo: Can the world's fourth-largest social network break Britain?

Badoo: Can the world's fourth-largest social network break Britain?

It’s already got a reputation as the “social network for sex”. CMO Jessica Powell reveals the truth behind the rumours

Simon Crookall and Michael Pennington founded Gumtree.com in 2000

The Interview: The mysterious founders of Gumtree.com

The low profile founders of one of the dotcom era’s greatest successes give us a rare interview

Stephen Fear began his career in a telephone box

Stephen Fear runs more than 70 firms. Now he wants to talk to you

The new British Library entrepreneur-in-residence is a fascinating character, discovers Charles Orton-Jones

Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder TransferWise

Q&A: Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder of TransferWise which has landed $1.3 million funding

The revolutionary crowd-sourcing money transfer service has recieved a cash injection in its mission to take on the banks - we meet the founder

Michelle Mone

The Interview: Michelle Mone on small business, politics and the nightclub in her house

The lingerie tycoon behind Ultimo and MJM talks to us exclusively about her new campaign with the Mirror to help small businesses