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Cassandra Jayne Harris (born 4 January 1982) is a Great British Tech Entrepreneur,〔Great British Entrepreneur Awards http://greatbritishentrepreneurawards.com/2015-shortlist-gbea/〕 business angel investor 〔Spring arrives for start-up ventures, TechCity Insider http://www.techcityinsider.net/spring-arrives-for-startup-ventures/〕 and founder of international venture development studio Venturespring.〔Cassandra Harris: How mentoring can make you a better entrepreneur, Smarta.com http://www.smarta.com/blog/2014/7/cassandra-harris-how-mentoring-can-make-you-a-better-entrepreneur/〕 Harris and Venturespring played a key role in the creation of Wileyfox,〔A British smartphone to rival the iPhone? Start-up Wileyfox is taking on Apple and Samsung with its new smartphone - and critics love it, The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/technology/11831492/A-British-smartphone-to-rival-the-iPhone.html〕 a British mobile handset that combines stylish handsets and service with CyanogenMod, a customised Android OS experience. Harris made the Tech City Top 100 list in 2015 for her work with start-ups and has won several awards.〔Spring arrives for start-up ventures, TechCity Insider http://www.techcityinsider.net/spring-arrives-for-startup-ventures/〕〔National Business Awards 2015 finalists announced, Elite Business Magazine http://elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk/sales-marketing/item/national-business-awards-2015-finalists-announced〕 ==Biography== Harris was born in South Africa but holds a UK passport; her mother is from Wincanton, in Somerset. She moved to London after attaining a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Computers and Marketing from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.〔Spring arrives for start-up ventures, TechCity Insider http://www.techcityinsider.net/spring-arrives-for-startup-ventures/〕 Her first start-up was the unsuccessful Atelier-To-Go. In 2012 she sold her shareholding and went on to co-found the tech education initiative, Freeformers.〔Spring arrives for start-up ventures, TechCity Insider http://www.techcityinsider.net/spring-arrives-for-startup-ventures/〕〔Atelier-to-go Sponsors London Fashion Week Jimmy Choo Party http://www.prlog.org/11672990-atelier-to-go-sponsors-london-fashion-week-jimmy-choo-party.html〕〔Atelier-To-Go.Com Launches, Elle Magazine http://www.elleuk.com/fashion/news/atelier-to-go-launches-e-commerce-site〕 Harris’s angel investments continued, first with Taylor Morris Eyewear,〔Meet the Angel Investor in Tech Startups and Founder of Venturespring, Start Your Business Magazine http://content.yudu.com/A2z77j/startJul14/resources/65.htm〕〔Hugo Taylor talks Made In Chelsea, Taylor Morris Eyewear & Valentine's Day, Reveal.co.uk http://www.reveal.co.uk/showbiz-celeb-gossip/interviews/a627131/hugo-taylor-talks-made-in-chelsea-taylor-morris-eyewear--valentines-day.html〕 the British eyewear fashion brand created by her friend, Made In Chelsea celebrity Hugo Taylor, and subsequently with the world’s first ‘social petwork’, Petbu.〔Businesses sponsor children to learn tech skills – then hire them, The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/businesses-sponsor-childrento-learn-tech-skills-then-hire-them-10493806.html〕〔Spring arrives for start-up ventures, TechCity Insider http://www.techcityinsider.net/spring-arrives-for-startup-ventures/〕〔Petbu Review, Iappadapt.com http://www.iappadapt.com/petbu-review-the-facebook-for-pets/〕 Harris went on to found Venturespring, an international venture development studio. Venturespring specialises in bringing global brands, investors and talented entrepreneurs together, in order to develop innovative start-ups into independent businesses. The company’s first big success came when it won the contract to become Vodafone’s first ‘co-creation partner’,〔Venturespring lands contract to be Vodafones first co-creation partner, Start Your Business Magazine http://www.startyourbusinessmag.com/venturespring-lands-contract-to-be-vodafones-first-co-creation-partner/〕 a deal that enabled it to begin working with the telecommunications giant, to create new products and services, such as apps and wearable technologies. When Venturespring and Harris incubated and launched Wileyfox in 2015, it had gone from concept to launch in less than twelve months. In 2015 Harris’s Venturespring launched a campaign backed by Mayor of London Boris Johnson and IBM. The campaign Smart City Challenge 2015 joined the increasing calls for solutions to smart city living and working.〔Smart City Challenge 2015, Tech.London http://www.tech.london/news/smart-city-challenge-2015〕 Boris Johnson said of the campaign: "I have no doubt that this competition will encourage our tech whizz-kids to use their creative nous and come forward with the solutions, to help us address these challenges and make London an even better city to live in." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cassandra Jayne Harris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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