June has been another whopper here at CookiesHQ – we all got together as a team for the first time in over a year, a new Cookies joined us and we learnt a bunch of new stuff at the Smart Cookies Breakfast Club. Let’s take a look at what’s been happening…
CookiesHQ Team Day 🍪
We managed to get the whole team together for the first time in over a year! Having brought aboard new Cookies amidst the pandemic, it was a great opportunity for us to all catch up face-to-face and enjoy a delicious lunch followed by drone flying in the park.
Project Initiative
The main focus of this team day was to present ‘Project Initiative‘ to everyone. Nic and Nat recently surveyed the entire team to find out how happy they are working at CookiesHQ (fortunately 100% said they were ‘very happy’ or ‘happy’!) and what would make them happier, while allowing us to grow at the rate we need to.
The team were taken through the plan of action to empower everyone to gain ownership and take initiative in return for better company benefits and higher salaries – resulting in CookiesHQ investing an extra £55,000 into the team.
How to become an Investable Entrepreneur
Investors don’t back entrepreneurs, they back Investable Entrepreneurs.
For many entrepreneurs, their dreams are limited by the cash they have available to build, implement and scale their idea. By understanding how to stack the odds in your favour, you will be able to secure the capital needed to achieve your entrepreneurial dreams.
James Church (author of Investable Entrepreneur) joined us at the Smart Cookies Breakfast Club to show us what you need in your toolkit to convince investors that your business is the one to back.
You can watch the replay below or read the write-up
How to develop your content marketing strategy
At last Friday’s Smart Cookies Breakfast Club, Chris Goodfellow (Founder of Inkwell) shared his tips on developing a content marketing strategy, from brainstorming ideas and planning different types of content to marketing and SEO.
You can watch the replay below or read the write-up
Stornaway.io is going to Cannes! 🎥
On July 8th at the Cannes Film Festival, Ru Howe (Co-founder & CEO of Stornaway.io) and Paul Raschid (prolific interactive filmmaker and director) will reveal the ‘Secrets from the New Frontier of Interactive Filmmaking’ at a session as part of the Cannes Marche strand Cannes Next.
Plus, a shiny new YouTube integration!
We’ve also been busy working on a Chrome extension that allows you to craft interactive videos in Stornaway.io and publish them directly to YouTube as fully playable videos! Find out more over on Stornaway.io →
New course added to BBC Maestro 📚
There’s a brand new course up over on BBC Maestro for any budding authors out there.
Julia Donaldson’s books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, won too many awards to list and been adapted into eight award-winning animated films. And she’s a former Children’s Laureate to boot. So soak up the wisdom and insight from this formidable writer and her frequent collaborators – including her agent, her editor and The Gruffalo illustrator, Axel Scheffler.
Other news!
Yuup's first outdoor advertising campaign
Welcome Dan 🎉
Supporting Loop's cohort of startup founders
A day of discovery
We've moved office
