Co-Founder & CEO, GroupSpaces Ltd
Oxford, United Kingdom
Co-Founder & CEO, GroupSpaces Ltd
Oxford, United Kingdom
Internet entrepreneur and blogger.
Having been a sporting fanatic throughout his life, becoming a national champion and member of the English table tennis squad as a junior, David caught the entrepreneurial bug aged 20. After founding GroupSpaces Ltd (formerly ClickUni Ltd), winning places on courses and internships with McKinsey & Company, Lehman Brothers and JPMorgan, and leading various university sports clubs, David was awarded 2nd place in the UK Graduate of the Year competition in 2007.
David is currently CEO at GroupSpaces Ltd, a funded Internet start-up addressing the pains of group management and communication online. In his spare time he enjoys writing “Freed from The Matrix” – a blog giving an insight into the lives of young entrepreneurs and also the entrepreneurship section for national student newspaper, The Gateway.
(Privately Held; International Trade and Development industry)
March 2008 — Present (5 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Banking industry)
January 2008 — Present (7 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)
January 2008 — Present (7 months)
(Internet industry)
October 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 3 months)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
October 2006 — April 2007 (7 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)
June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)
(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
March 2006 — April 2006 (2 months)
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Fund-Raising industry)
December 2005 — January 2006 (2 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LEH; Banking industry)
August 2005 — August 2005 (1 month)
BA (Hons), Mathematics, 2004 — 2007
2nd place, 2007 UK Graduate of the Year
1997 — 2004
new ideas, new technology, reading blogs, writing blogs, Web, social networking, human behaviour, human psychology, business psychology, productivity, management, market evolution and disruption, real options, financial modeling, climate change, theology, weights, motor racing, table tennis, running, cycling, drum and bass music, The Matrix.
• 2nd place, UK Graduate of the Year (2007)
• FreshMinds Ones to Watch (2007)
• Bronze, Silver & Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award (2000-2005)
• Explorer Award, John Muir Trust (2005)
• Half-Blue, Table Tennis (Oxford, 2005, 2006)
• Varsity Motor Racing Champion (Oxford, 2005)
• UK Maths Challenge: 7 Gold Awards 7 years running (1998-2004)
• Old Tiffinian Memorial Prize for A-Level achievements (2004)
• Personally raised £2,895 for World Challenge Expedition (Brazil, 2003)
• Fanner Memorial Prize for GCSE achievements (2002)
• Yomega Yo-Yo Tricknology, Platinum Award & National finalist (1999)
• England Table Tennis Squad (1997-1998)
• England Doubles Table Tennis Champion (1997)