David Langer
Internet entrepreneur. Co-Founder & CEO, GroupSpaces Ltd. Blogger, davidlanger.co.uk
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://davidlanger.co.uk | http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlanger | http://groupspaces.com |
| Industries: | Internet, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Corporate, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Guerrilla marketing, Investment, Law, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Public Relations, Public speaking, Recruitment, Sales, Viral marketing, Writing |
| Next step: | Get to spot on product-market fit with GroupSpaces.com and raise Series A. |
| Location: | Oxford, UK |
| Groups: | BASES, CUE, CUTEC, DEMO IT Network, DrinkTank London, IDEAS EMPOWERED, Imperial Entrepreneurs, London Business School Entrepreneurship Club, LSE Entrepreneurs, Oxford Entrepreneurs, Oxford Hub, Seedcamp, Silicon Valley Comes To Oxford, Warwick Entrepreneurs, WebMission 09 |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects |
| Tags: | blogging, business psychology, climate change, financial modeling, human behaviour, human psychology, Internet, Investment, management, market disruption, market evolution, new ideas, New technology, productivity, real options, social networking, the matrix, theology, web |
| Schools: | University of Oxford |
FEATURED STARTUP
GroupSpaces
GroupSpaces
GroupSpaces provides powerful, easy-to-use online tools that take the pain out of managing clubs, societies, associations and other groups.
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Beta
FULL BIO
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 covering young UK entrepreneurs and also the entrepreneurship section for national student newspaper, The Gateway.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | The Gateway |
| Position: | Entrepreneurship Columnist |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Employer: | GroupSpaces Ltd |
| Position: | Co-Founder & CEO |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Employer: | ClickUni Ltd |
| Position: | Co-Founder & CEO |
| Time period: | October 2006 - December 2007 |
| Employer: | Harrison Careers |
| Position: | Associate |
| Time period: | October 2006 - April 2007 |
| Employer: | JPMorgan |
| Position: | Equity Exotics Trading |
| Time period: | June 2006 - September 2006 |
| Employer: | McKinsey & Company |
| Position: | Discover 2006 |
| Time period: | March 2006 - April 2006 |
| Employer: | St. Anne's College, Oxford |
| Position: | Telephone Fundraising |
| Time period: | December 2005 - January 2006 |
| Employer: | Lehman Brothers |
| Position: | Investment Management |
| Time period: | August 2005 - August 2005 |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Pure & Applied Mathematics, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
INFORMATION
| Sports: | triathlon, table tennis, pool, snooker, running, cycling, lifting |
| Hobbies: | blogging, gyming, drum n bass raving, travelling |
| Clubs: | Oxford University Triathlon Club, Oxford Entrepreneurs, Oxford University Table Tennis Club, Oxford Business Alumni |
| Awards: | 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) |
David's Startups (2)
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GroupSpaces
GroupSpaces provides powerful, easy-to-use online tools that take the pain out of managing clubs, societies, associations and other groups.
David is Following (28)
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Intruders
Intruders TV is a web tv about the new internet industry, watch in your own language, video stories, interview, video test and more about the internet! Get behind the scene of the startups and the web.
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AlphaParties Ltd
Events management company, providing parties at Central London's premier bars, nightclubs, restaurants and live music venues. http://www.AlphaParties.com.
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Scribd
Scribd is a Silicon Valley startup creating technology that makes it easy to share documents online. You can think of Scribd as a big online library where everyone can publish original content, including you!
