Eileen Burbidge @eileentso Twitter profile

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Eileen Burbidge

3 years

thanks @ginadav @byayeshajaved @TIME Magazine for incl “How London Cornered the Fintech Market” in its #TIME2030 series and @olivia_harris for the flattering snap! 🙏🇬🇧 (w/ @AnneBoden @NStoronsky @MayorofLondon @hmtreasury @ShampaRoyMukhe3 John Doran @TCVTech @simonschmincke )

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

if you’re a company that needs a McKinsey wheel to explain how to show empathy or emotionally connect... just go home 🙈

McKinsey & Company

@McKinsey

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How can companies show empathy and emotionally connect with their customers during the #covid19 crisis? Seven actions can help: #coronavirus

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@eileentso

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and there it is... 2 million customers (screen grab was 5 mins before midnight): 4 years to the day of their first ever tweet and public outing, 2 years 1 month after getting the banking license, 8 months after achieving the first 1 million... team @monzo take a bow 👏

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

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so lucky & grateful for having (now co-parenting) 5 children 🥰 but along the way I’ve also had 2 terminations, 2 miscarriages, 2 rounds of unsuccessful IVF as well... the world needs more investment & talent in female reproductive health, if you know of ppl pls send my way 🙏👏

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@eileentso

3 years

courtesy of Reddit (r/CasualUK u/ItsJayB) and as seen here on Rightmove, a studio apartment (NW9) so small the entry isn’t even a door it’s a window (£750 pcm) 🤔

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

7 years

literally best. birthday. present. ever. ➡️ @monzo current account and debit card!!! (NB internal testing; late summer roll-out planned) 🔥🍾🎉

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

not all heroes wear capes

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

7 years

#TechNation 2017 in a snapshot (let's not say infographic this early in the morning)... source/full report:

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

can’t even explain how much I enjoy being a volunteer vaccinator ☺️ loved today’s shift in Essex 🙌💚 @SJAVolunteering @stjohnambulance

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

2 years

I had an abortion in California in 2005 and was proud to volunteer at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Mountain View in the years after. I am sad, angry and heartbroken for all the Americans losing the basic rights of safety, healthcare access and bodily autonomy that I had 💔

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

TIL the Gmail app notification badge supports six digits 👍🤫 cc @rosnow @glickman

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

I wrote a thing👇

TechCrunch

@TechCrunch

4 years

Working for social justice isn't a 'distraction' for mission-focused companies by @eileentso

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

2 years

higher value to noise ratio (tbh zero noise) than any podcast/video all year, it's a must-listen/watch recording here: slides here: as almost always the case, the real tldr's and gems are in the Q&A w/ @jefffluhr @DavidSacks

David Sacks

@DavidSacks

2 years

Yesterday we met with all of our portfolio company founders to discuss the current downturn, what caused it, and how to survive it. We’ve decided to make the recording public. You can watch it here:

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@eileentso

4 years

tears of joy from me... and soooo much relief 🇺🇸💙🥳

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@KamalaHarris

4 years

We did it, @JoeBiden .

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

so this is how the first @monzoUSA 1k signups (within first 2h of media embargo lift) was distributed across the US of A 🇺🇸🤠 /thanks @thomas_ag @monzo

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@luvlylittlelady

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Literally watching a massive map of the USA and all the people signing to Monzo!! A huge amount of work, so proud to have played a small part in an epic team of people that have helped made this happen ❤️ #monzo

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

as someone who worked through pregnancy loss (4x), add yet another item to the list of why I'm so incredibly proud to be a @monzo customer, investor and shareholder 🧡

Monzo 🏦

@monzo

3 years

Pregnancy loss is a traumatic event that has a huge impact on your physical and mental wellbeing. You shouldn't have to worry about your job on top of that. So we've introduced paid leave for Monzo staff and their partners affected by a miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion ♥️

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

maybe just Zoom or Google Hangout?

Sally Bundock

@SallyBundockBBC

5 years

#GretaThurnberg has got 28 days to get from California to a UN climate summit in Madrid. The teenage activist is asking for ideas on how she can complete the journey in time without taking to the skies. Send us your thoughts #BBCTheBriefing and I'll see you at 05:00 GMT

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

whoomp there it is... 4⃣ 0⃣0⃣0⃣ 0⃣0⃣0⃣ 🇬🇧 customers; take another bow, team @monzo 🙌

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

“Born from the belief that things should be better...” @monzo announces crowdfunding about the size of an average tech AIM listing: 👏🥳

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

as a lifelong introvert who over many years (decades!) learned to force myself to socialise for work (small talk & networking), 15 mos of wfh/virtual mtgs has been so indulgent... in my first f2f mtgs since lockdown, I'm as anxious as a new college/uni grad trying to fit in😬🤓

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

Q: “Where do you come from?” Me: “I came from London” Q: “You live in London?” Me: “Yes” Q: “You were born there?” Me: “No, I was born in America” Q (confused expression): “But your face...?” 😆💁🏻‍♀️

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

#fbf 7 May 2016

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

good morning UK... it’s the 10th of May in the year 2021 so can we stop now with the “Dear Sirs”?

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

<3 <3 <3 @SJAVolunteering @stjohnambulance #stjohnpeople #TeamVaccine

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

coming out of lockdown and I'm sorry to everyone IRL that my small talk has gone to shit tbh it was never strong (I'm an introvert who hates networking and small talk in best of times) but oh boy it's really poor now. prob my subconscious sabotaging attendance of IRL events😂

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

9 years

so impressed w/MH2 cabin crew (Kuala Lumpur-LHR); amazing professionalism/handling of passenger who was off his head http://t.co/IFmUqKsDkD

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

1 year

end of an era…ie mine as HM Treasury Special Envoy for Fintech after nearly eight years, seven Chancellors of the Exchequer and six Economic Secretaries to the Treasury long may London/UK retain its crown as the best place in the world for fintech. it was a pleasure to serve

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

1/4: hard to condense in a tweet (or 4!) but sending my most heartfelt thanks 💙🙏 to @gerardgrech & the whole @TechNation team for the amazing privilege of representing their outstanding work for & impact on the UK’s tech sector these last 4.5y 🙌

Tech Nation searches for a new chair after Burbidge steps down

Government-funded tech industry group Tech Nation is on the hunt for a new chair with venture capital investor Eileen Burbidge stepping down after five years.

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

2 years

I might order Deliveroo 4x a week but there’s not a chance in hell of me throwing this toothpaste away until I’ve squeezed every last drop out of it 💸

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@eileentso

5 years

"⁦ @Monzo ⁩ Bank & ⁦ @StarlingBank ⁩ continue to lead the charge for the digital challenger banks w/ both seeing more net new switchers in just 12 mos than Tesco Bank has managed in 4 yrs." 😮 src: 255k ppl ditch their bank accounts

255,000 people ditch their bank accounts - who they're joining instead

Five banks each saw tens of thousands of customers ditch them for their rivals in the past three months alone - here are the biggest winners, and losers, of the great banking switch

www.mirror.co.uk

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

9 years

"Twitter used far more by people wanting to follow breaking news vs Facebook (59 per cent vs 31 per cent)"

TechCrunch

@TechCrunch

9 years

Americans are increasingly getting more news from Facebook and Twitter http://t.co/2P8xJ86GOU

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

6 years

late to this, but just finished reading “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup”... and wow such a must-read 😮💉📖

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

HBD @monzo 🥳 #fiveyearsold

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

6 years

super excited to join @dixonscarphone board: 42k employees in 8 countries and YoY growth in all of its markets => Europe's #1 specialist electrical & telecoms retailer and services company (and Amazon price match!) 💪 thanks for the opportunity @Lord_Livingston Alex Baldock et al

Currys plc

@currysplc

6 years

We’re pleased to welcome Eileen Burbidge MBE ( @eileentso ) to Dixons Carphone. Eileen will be joining the business as an independent Non-Executive Director of the Board and a member of the audit committee with effect from 1 January 2019. Find out more here…

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

in awe of how patient he was here

LBC

@LBC

3 years

David Lammy schools this caller who tells him he's "not English" because he's not white. @DavidLammy

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@eileentso

5 years

stupid question alert (back to school week): why are skirts/dresses part of younger school girls' (nursery or primary) uniforms? surely trousers are more comfortable, enable greater movement for walking about, breaks/playground, and just less for girls to be self-conscious about?

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@eileentso

5 years

pretty sure he wouldn’t have it any other way but even with the v occasional PR/media mention @hirokitakeuchi is w/o a doubt one of the most under-rated founders I know (such privilege to have worked w/him and @GoCardless all these years) 🙌

Three months after I was paralysed, I was back at work

When tech entrepreneur Hiroki Takeuchi was paralysed in a cycling accident, he was back in work just three months later.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

embarrassing

The Times and The Sunday Times

@thetimes

3 years

Boris Johnson is to announce the return of imperial weights and measures, making it legal for market stalls, shops and supermarkets to sell their goods using only Britain’s traditional weighing system post-Brexit

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

2 years

👀 always flattering to be asked, but prob not at this time… #monzosuperfan

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

with @monzo ~1 day away (or less) from hitting 2,000,000 customers, it was exactly 4y ago to the hour that I posted my first ever tweet about it... prompting the company’s own first public tweet 6 mins later (don’t worry I had permission!) 😉

Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

9 years

OMFG I've never been so excited about an ATM withdrawal; note app balance update even before cash dispensed @GetMondo http://t.co/nThcTzekjj

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

8 years

ouch, wtf happened in 1984? "When Women Stopped Coding" @NPR @planetmoney (tldr: home PCs were marketed to boys)

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@eileentso

3 years

5️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ customers (as of 15:42 today) 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 well done & thank you to every Monzonaut current and who has come before 🙇🏻‍��️ and just as many thanks to each and every single one of the 5 million customers for helping them build a better bank that we all wanted to use ❤️

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

6 years

always, always, always help people (full stop)

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@eileentso

6 years

“The trend line is clear. There’s never been a better time to start a company & raise early stage VC in Europe... London is still the best place... (Its) ecosystem continues to outpace other Euro cities even in light of Brexit” by @Sam__Cash via @seikatsu

The European seed landscape: 2018 so far

Guest Join us in returning to NYC on June 5th to collaborate with executive leaders in exploring comprehensive methods for auditing AI models regarding bias, performance, and ethical compliance...

venturebeat.com

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

in absolute awe of @MarcusRashford ‘s efforts, commitment and impact 👏 if you haven’t checked his TL today you must do... such mad respect to him and thinking of all the children who will benefit from his voice and conviction 📣🖤👑

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

6 years

this is literally the best thread ever👇

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

not all vc’s... @passioncapital never asks for legal fees to be reimbursed (no cap on that either) and has never asked for board meetings travel. furthermore we’ll pay for company’s EMI scheme (ESOP) if one isn’t already in place 🤝

Zachary Perret

@zachperret

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VC’s still charge portfolio companies for their legal fees and board meeting travel.

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

1 year

@JimMFelton …or what he’s up to this weekend as if the man might jet off to a ski chalet… when in actual fact he is preoccupied by looking for a place to sleep (also he asks if he’s been there before as if it’s a restaurant of choice) 😔

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@eileentso

3 years

10y ago accepting an award obo @brokep @bonq @Flattr from @mikebutcher #theeuropas w/3mo old Winston in tow🤱🏻appreciate all the support over the years as a working mum 🙏 our LDN tech fam has never made me feel “bad” for bringing a baby to feed or any reason 🧡 📷 @rougefrog

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@eileentso

4 years

this chart...😍 @monzo NPS over the last 12 mos is all the feels

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@eileentso

6 years

what year are we in again?

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

6 years

enquiry received from a diligent journalist attached... answer for any other journalist/media queries = Q1: “no”; answer to Q2 (if I had been invited): “hell no” #fuckthatshit

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@eileentso

3 years

wondering who else in UK tech has trained up w/ @SJAVolunteering to help vaccinate... @passioncapital pretty well represented already by @gileze33 @t_blom and me! 😷💉🧡

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

precisely why my camera/video is always off in Zoom or Hangouts 😂

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@eileentso

3 years

1/2: what do you say to a founder who, along w/their co-founders, you’ve backed 2x = the value drivers of successive funds? thank you 🙏 it’s been a privilege (again); well done on creating a truly better kind of bank 🏦 ...and hope to have the privilege to back you 3x 🙋🏻‍♀️

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@t_blom

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I just finished my last all-hands and Q&A with the @monzo team. So many great memories and awesome team-mates. It's been a blast. I'm looking forward to some extended relaxation before the next thing 😎 Thanks for the chat, @sohear . Always a pleasure.

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@eileentso

5 years

💥💥💥 tfw @monzo hits 3 million customers (adding 1 million accounts in just 4 months is... 🤯) 🙌🙌🙌

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@eileentso

3 years

finding this (and so many of the replies) infuriating... fascination with trucks is not hard wired, toddler girls are also fascinated by machinery but guess how often parents notice/comment on it vs the boys... and all the other nudges (and who gets what toys for birthdays)

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Seeing my son’s instant fascination with large trucks and construction vehicles almost from birth has changed my mind: there’s no way this is socially conditioned. Some things are hardwired into the genes

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Q: what do @stripe @twilio @buzzfeed @AngelList @TransferWise @gocardless @smarkets @urbanmassage @monzo all have in common? A: all started life or EU/UK teams first @whitebearyard

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

7 years

to the dicks who found my debit card on Hampstead Heath today... fk off, @Monzo 's got my back (thank you Team Monzo!)

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@eileentso

2 years

I’m sorry but this is gross

Dr Rachel Clarke

@doctor_oxford

2 years

Seeing @10DowningStreet showing “support” for Ukraine with a facade of lights in Ukrainian flag colours - while the government simultaneously suspends visa applications for Ukrainians fleeing the war - is truly sickening. The sheer, brazen, absolute hypocrisy.

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UK fintech leading the way (creating the template) as per @nytimes "But fast-growing online banks in Britain like @Monzo and @RevolutApp are providing a template for American start-ups..." via @satyap

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@eileentso

5 years

congratulations to all @TideBanking @clear_bank @StarlingBank @Metro_Bank 👏👏👏 amazing remedy/initiative by the UK to support innovation and competition in financial services and fintech 💪 @hmtreasury @TheFCA #PRA

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@eileentso

9 years

OMFG I've never been so excited about an ATM withdrawal; note app balance update even before cash dispensed @GetMondo http://t.co/nThcTzekjj

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@eileentso

6 years

“results were described as jaw-dropping”; congrats @DeepMind_Health @Moorfields re AI + computer vision for detecting eye disease, src: @BBCNews - Artificial intelligence 'did not miss a single urgent case'

Artificial intelligence 'did not miss a single urgent case'

A machine has learned how to read complex eye scans and detect many types of disease, research has found.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@eileentso

7 years

love 'em or hate 'em, you gotta admit it's funny and give them credit (or a smile) for laughing at themselves #davidcameron #xmasjolly

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

now 2h in and legit emosh 🙏

Seedrs

@Seedrs

3 years

That was fast! Target already hit and now into overfunding! Congratulations to @eileentso , @MallaG , @robertdighero and the whole team @passioncapital ! A trailblazing moment for European equity crowdfunding 🚀🚀🚀

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@eileentso

4 years

haven’t tweeted much about covid-19 (be safe 🙏) but I have a really stupid Q re current UK policy: self-isolate for 7d if any symptoms, don’t call 111, don’t get tested... isn’t this just going to artificially deflate and grossly underestimate # of new cases reported daily? #wtf

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@eileentso

6 years

no doubt in my mind that much more will be written about these three co-founders @hirokitakeuchi @mattjackrob @t_blom , this one by @JamesLiamCook in today’s @Telegraph 👊👏💪

'Give us the rules. Whatever the rules are on Brexit, we will deal with it', say GoCardless founders

They may only be in their early 30s but they are already the closest thing London’s technology scene has to rock stars.

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@eileentso

4 years

2148 here in London and I’ve had such anxiety for weeks that I’m in deep denial that we’re finally here now... and so I have no plans nor coping strategies for the next 8-48h, which means I’ll prob just not sleep at all and doom scroll Twitter for 48h straight #fml

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always love digging this photo out: my first #TheEuropas & awards back in 2010 with @mikebutcher and my +1 (Winston) 😊

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@eileentso

7 years

too often I really wish I could tweet from meetings, eg "this is the most boring meeting ever" #grumpy

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@eileentso

4 years

☀️ English people yesterday: I can’t believe it’s 35 degrees, far too hot, how am I going to sleep tonight? also English people: Can you pop the kettle on, please? ☕️

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@eileentso

6 years

happy fintech week ppl! looking fwd to #IFGS2018 today, @GoldmanSachs Disruptive Tech Summit Tuesday, @LSEGplc Fintech Forum Wednesday and ofc the big deal: @hmtreasury Int’l Fintech Conf on Thursday #leggo

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3 years

never get tired of these 🙃

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@eileentso

5 years

started reading @TechNation ’s Upscale by James Silver over the break and chapter 1 with @gregmarsh is *so* good... already sending pics of the pages to founders 😉🤓👌📖 #upscalebook

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@eileentso

5 years

if this doesn’t brighten your Monday morning you’re made of stone 🙃 h/t @tpowell1985

Qantas

@Qantas

5 years

Our competitors don't normally ask us for advice, but when an airline leader reached out, we couldn't ignore it. Naturally, there was only one way to respond: CEO to CEO.

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@eileentso

9 years

beyond honoured and well chuffed; thanks for all the shouts (bracing for any less positive reactions)

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@eileentso

3 years

is there any worse (any more frustrating) packaging than weetabix? #deepthoughts

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@eileentso

5 years

couple of ppl have now sent me this tweet... recalling that 4y ago I quote-tweeted similar and also called out the embarrassment of “eye candy” use/recruitment/placement... which resulted in my being blacklisted and blanked for last 4y (thanks to those who remember)😉💛

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@eileentso

6 years

exhibit A: for those who are skeptical about the case for (and inevitable rise of) challenger banks...

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@Novembervivi

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Dear @NatWest_Help . Can you explain why my child gets a £70 fine when she goes a pound overdrawn?

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@eileentso

6 years

makes me sick to my stomach 🤯😡😔

CNN

@CNN

6 years

BREAKING: The Senate has voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

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5 years

“...the difference of course is that Matthew is white... (and he is actually from somewhere else)...” @Sathnam breaks this infuriatingly should-be-dead-obvious topic down with such calm (area of development for me!)

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@eileentso

3 years

C’MON…!!!! 👏🎾👏🎾👏 #USOpen

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@eileentso

8 years

great to speak w/ @SadiqKhan today. imho he totally gets it wrt single mkt, passporting, talent/skills, digital+tech

City A.M.

@CityAM

8 years

Khan votes to fight for City businesses' passporting rights

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@eileentso

4 years

. @MarcusRashford is so incredibly gracious (far better than me) but I’m just gon share this and keep on wondering what the diff could be down to 🤔

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

8 years

how can we be so stupid?

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

3 years

courtesy of @olivia_harris 📷

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

asking for a friend: how much of a book has to be true for it to be categorised as non-fiction? 🤔🙃

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

6 years

every once in a while you meet ppl and hope “one day I *will* work with this person!” almost 4y to the day after first meeting @Geek_Manager I am ecstatic to finally welcome her into the @passioncapital family! 🤗

Meri 5x💉“Exiled for Good of the Realm” Williams

@Geek_Manager

6 years

Hugely excited to share that I am joining @Monzo as CTO, with @jonas taking up a broader exec leadership role. I’m so delighted that I’ll get to work with him and lead this amazing team in such an exciting company 💪🏽🎉

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

10 years

THIS: teaching "computational thinking" way more important than coding (syntax) http://t.co/RYI1SriDZl by @tasneemraja via @nmoryl #longread

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

imho fintech far from being “done”... we’ve had the first wave which has been mostly B2C, yet to see the B2B wave which will yield even greater enterprise value

Doug Monro

@dougall

5 years

Is fintech now done (in terms of the wave of great, backavle, unicorn potential seed stage new ideas) or just getting started?

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

not really splits or stats that are worthy of the gram 🤩... except that I’m marking my 49th 🙈 and starting my 50th year... with a 50th straight day of running 5km/day (plus a few 10km and 15km jogs chucked in on…

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

when one of your portfolio companies is leading the way... in so many ways 👏

Monzo 🏦

@monzo

5 years

@AbsMcFabs Hi Abigail, trans women are women (and trans men are men). We support the right of our trans colleagues to self-identify and don't agree that this is incompatible with our commitment to having a diverse and representative team.

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

“Technology is a bright spot for British economy” by the @FT editorial board via @robinklein

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

7 years

been Stateside since Wednesday and I can't believe what's happening here... how much more has to happen b4 impeachment proceedings, please?

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

omfg (and I don’t care if this dates/ages me)

Variety

@Variety

5 years

"Matrix 4" officially a go with Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lana Wachowski (EXCLUSIVE)

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

7 years

love everything team @TechCityUK does; constantly working on boosting UK's digital/tech sector. latest highlights:

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

5 years

11 months for the first 1 million 8 months for its 2nd million 4 months for its 3rd million 👀 at this rate (conservatively speaking since their growth rate continues to accelerate), @monzo should have 5 million UK current accounts sometime in 1H 2020

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

8 years

such an honour to meet and dine with President Carter this evening; thank you @jayrstevens

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Eileen Burbidge

@eileentso

4 years

such an achievement considering Lloyds/others offer £125 bonuses to switch plus "those who switched [via CASS] are far likelier to be using it as their main bank account, paying in their salary and paying out direct debits..." @monzo 🙌 by @George_Nixon97

Nationwide loses current account switching crown to Monzo

Nationwide lost its switching crown to Monzo in the final three months of last year, new figures show, as the highest number of people in four years switched their bank accounts in March.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

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