Jennifer Sheridan is the award-winning Founder and CEO of Togeva Ltd. (pronounced “Together” but with an East End of London accent), a startup in Tech City formed in July 2011. Togeva has developed the Togeva Live Sharing™ Platform for smartphones and tablets that allows people to share and create digital content in realtime even when far apart. Jennifer’s Platform and Apps have amassed tens of thousands of users in over 100 countries. Jennifer gave these slides at the Techtalkfest..com "Women in Technology" event to share her tips for how to get ahead with your career.

1. Dr. Jennifer Sheridan, CEO & Founder

2. Working as consultant
Saw market opportunity
2010
Sweat / own £
Incorporated in
July 2011

3. Togeva Live Sharing™ Platform: UK’s first mobile platform -
delivering realtime interactivity to multiple mobile users

4. Big Data: 75,000+ users in 100+ countries
Big Data

5. How Did I Get Here?

6. Georgia Tech, MSc HCI MEPSS™
Grace Hopper

8. Graffito
http://vimeo.com/38217753

9. I was on to
something big
Dropped
everything
Developed
Togeva Live Sharing™

10. 5 TIPS

11. TIP 1:
NETWORK
YOUR BUTT OFF

12. Spent 1 year
Networking
Exhibiting
Free PR/ Awards
Picking up Clients

13. TIP 2:
FIND A FEMALE
MENTOR

14. Special Advisory Board (+ Investors)
Judith Moreton Martyn Ware
Dealmaker, GEP UKTI Musician/ Producer
MD, Little Blue Private Jets Human League/ Heaven17

15. TIP 3:
GET YOUR NAME
OUT THERE

17. use social(UKTI)
The UK Trade and
Investment
media tofeatured
recently
Togeva as one of six
empowertalented,
of the UKs
fans early-stage
technology
businesses with
outstanding
intellectual property
and innovation.

18. TIP 4:
DON’T JUMP INTO
INVESTMENT

19. No one is going to
hand you £1M
Interview your
investors
Be prepared to
scale back & to eat
beans on toast

20. TIP 5:
CONFIDENCE IS
KEY

21. Investors invest in
people
Be confident in
yourself
Be prepared for
criticism

22. Success shouldn’t happen overnight
Over 10 years in the making
Experience helped spot/act on an opportunity
Find a mentor, Get some free PR
Confidence is key
Don’t jump into investment too quickly
Investors invest in people

23. jennifer@togeva.com
www.togeva.com
@WeAreTogeva