September 1993
Born
Apparently the earth shook.
September 1998
Started learning the piano
September 2003
Started learning the cello
August 2005
Joined the Music School of Douglas Academy
September 2011
Matriculated at the University of Cambridge
Studying Computer Science
December 2012
Created WhichMayBall
My first “startup” – an events comparison website that went viral among Cambridge students.
Made a few thousand £s in revenue from selling ad space to local bars and clubs.
June 2014
Graduated from Cambridge
Nearly failed my Computer Science degree after spending too much time making music and working on side projects.
Pulled a 2.i out of the bag in my third year thanks to a dissertation project involving a collaborative web-based synthesiser.
July 2014
Joined the Entrepreneur First accelerator
September 2014
Founded Encore
A marketplace for booking incredible musicians, bands & DJs
Started out as tryencore.com then joinencore.com and finally encoremusicians.com
May 2016
Encore celebrates its 100th booking
Time taken: 21 months
June 2017
Encore celebrates its 1,000th booking
Time taken from 100 to 1000:
13 months
March 2020
Encore celebrates its 10,000th booking
Time taken from 1,000 to 10,000: 33 months.
And then the pandemic struck…
July 2024
Encore celebrates its 50,000th booking
Time taken from 10,000 to 50,000: 4 years
September 2024
December 2024
Goodbye, Encore
After a decade at the helm, I decide it’s time to explore new horizons…