Serial entrepreneur & angel based in London
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- non-executive Chairman at iAnnounce
- non-exec Director at Graze.com
- non-exec Director at Zoopla!
- Chairman at True Knowledge Ltd
- Past
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- Founder & COO at LOVEFiLM International
- President & COO at Video Island
- Managing Director at ScreenSelect Ltd
- Group Director (Data Products) at Forrester Research
- Founder at Fletcher Research
- Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co.
- summer student at SJ Research
- Education
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- University of Oxford
- Connections
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500+
connections
- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
William Reeve’s Summary
Built & grown two successful startup businesses to the £10m+ turnover mark. Deep experience of e-commerce strategy & execution, in a multinational context, in both B2B and B2C.
My objectives are to build a UK internet business to the point that it buys its nearest US rival, not the other way around!
William Reeve’s Specialties:
Proven entrepreneur with strong management, operational, technological (particularly internet) and financial skills
William Reeve’s Experience
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non-executive Chairman
iAnnounce
(Internet industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
iAnnounce provides e-commerce solutions for newspapers, particularly for online notices (Births, Deaths, Marriages).
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non-exec Director
Graze.com
(Internet industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Graze.com launched in the UK in Oct 08, offering incredible food to your desk via the Royal mail - from just £2.99, delivered nationwide. Growing like a (100% natural) weed... watch this space.
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non-exec Director
Zoopla!
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
I am involved as an investor and non-Exec with my former business partner's new company - Zoopla! - free valuations and a lot more besides for UK property buyers/sellers
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Chairman
True Knowledge Ltd
(Internet industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
True Knowledge is one of a select band of internet businesses working on ways to dramatically improve how we all use the internet to find answers to useful questions, such as 'What is the address of the Golden Curry restaurant in Cambridge, UK?', 'What time is it at Google's headquarters?', and 'How old is Britney Spears?'
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Founder & COO
LOVEFiLM International
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
April 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 2 months)
ScreenSelect/Video Island merged with LOVEFiLM in Apr 06, cementing its position as the European leader in online home entertainment, and took the LOVEFiLM brand name; 18 months later it acquired Amazon's European DVD rental business too. I became the COO of the combined group, with particular responsibility for the technology and business across all European markets including UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany.
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President & COO
Video Island
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
November 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 6 months)
After Video Island's merger with ScreenSelect in Sep 04, I was responsible for all internal aspects of running the UK business and its 5 DVD rental brands (ScreenSelect, MSN DVD Rental, Tesco DVD Rental, ITV Movieclub and Easy Cinema DVD Rental). I was also acting CFO for the group, which includes Brafilm - the leading Scandinavian online DVD rental business.
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Managing Director
ScreenSelect Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 7 months)
Co-founded ScreenSelect.co.uk in Apr 03. We launched in Sep 03 and over the next twelve months we became the UK's leading online DVD rental brand. We raised money from three leading VCs by merging with Video Island in Sep 04.
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Group Director (Data Products)
Forrester Research
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; FORR; Market Research industry)
November 1999 — January 2002 (2 years 3 months)
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Founder
Fletcher Research
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)
June 1997 — November 1999 (2 years 6 months)
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Business Analyst
McKinsey & Co.
(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 1995 — June 1997 (1 year 10 months)
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summer student
SJ Research
(Internet industry)
1987 — 1988 (1 year )
William Reeve’s Education
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University of Oxford
M.Eng , Engineering, Economics & Management , 1991 — 1995
University College
Additional Information
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NetVets
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