Philip Wilkinson

Current

Co-Founder, Investor, Advisor at Webtogs.co.uk
Founder & CEO at Crowdstorm

Past

Founder & CEO at Broadbandgenie / GenieGroup
Commercial Manager - Internet Strategy at Telewest Broadband (blueyonder)
Founder & Country Manager at Kelkoo UK (formerly Shopgenie)

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Education

University of Nottingham
Queen Mary's College

Recommended

9 people have recommended Philip

Connections

451 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Philip Wilkinson’s Summary

- Co-Founder / Investor in www.webtogs.co.uk - online retailer for outdoor adventure clothing and gear.

- Founder & CEO of Crowdstorm - a product research platform. (http://www.crowdstorm.co.uk and .com)

- Founder and Chairman - Genie Ventures Ltd (vertical niche price comparison) - mobile.broadbandgenie.co.uk

- Commercial & Product Manager at Telewest Broadband (internet division) launching over 5 major products in 2 years. Key player in developing the uk's first wireless broadband range of consumer home products

- Founder and Country Manager of Kelkoo UK (formerly Shopgenie) - www.kelkoo.co.uk

Philip Wilkinson’s Specialties:

Product Marketing / Management / Development, Business Development, Online Marketing

Philip Wilkinson’s Experience

Co-Founder, Investor, Advisor

Webtogs.co.uk

(Retail industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Webtogs is an innovative new online retailer selling outdoor adventure clothing and gear from all the major UK brands. Motto is "doing the basics - right."
Founder & CEO

Crowdstorm

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Iwish; Internet industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Crowdstorm - "a world of experts"

Where you make better informed purchase decisions based on the crowd's advice and recommendations.

Your crowd includes the most trusted and knowledgeable people on the web - giving you advice on what to buy.

Keep track of our progress at:
http://blog.crowdstorm.com
Founder & CEO

Broadbandgenie / GenieGroup

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; oneday; Internet industry)

October 2004 — April 2007 (2 years 7 months)

Broadbandgenie.co.uk is a subsidiary of the vertical shopping comparison business "geniegroup". It lets people find the best broadband prices and packages in their postcode area.
Commercial Manager - Internet Strategy

Telewest Broadband (blueyonder)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

January 2002 — July 2004 (2 years 7 months)

Developing the strategy for internet content, applications, and wireless broadband for the blueyonder division. Created business models and product specifications for the launch of five key products during my time there.
Founder & Country Manager

Kelkoo UK (formerly Shopgenie)

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

January 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 8 months)

Philip Wilkinson’s Education

University of Nottingham

2:1 , Computer Science / Artificial Intelligence & Psychology , 1995 — 1998

and everyone laughed when I did that degree - ha. Now everyone uses AI :-)
Queen Mary's College

1993 — 1995