On Calum Brannan's Twitter Page, he describes himself as a, "20 year old, coffee drinking, technology entrepreneur. Straight from the classroom to the boardroom!"
With the warm glow of success behind him (perhaps he was still sitting in it, in fact) he moved on from PPLparty to other ventures.
He created youmeo, about which he says "Descrption: Youmeo, a simple utility to bring together all your social websites and friends into one place. You can update them all at once, we support the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Be sure to e-mail me for an invite code. I’ve been luck enough to work alongside some great people on this project including Angel Gambino (ex VP of content at Bebo, MTV and BBC)."
When that didn't make any money, he went into business with James Leavesley [Note: exact dates are unknown] and, together, they set up Red Brick Labs, funded by a couple of James' contacts at the West Midlands IOD. These eminent local businessmen each invested 5-figure sums into the business, according to my sources.
As RBL, they managed to pick up a few decent pieces of work, including Christian Vision and LighterLife to create social media platforms for these companies. Christian Vision, Registered Charity 1031031 (wikipedia entry), was set up and (as we understand it) substantially funded by Bob Edmiston. According to their entry on the Charity Commission website, their Charitable Objectives are:
1. ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN FAITH.
2. RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM WHO ARE AGED OR SICK.
3. ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.
4. OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND MORAL VALUES WITH THE EMPHASIS ON HONESTY AND INTEGRITY IN EVERY DAY LIFE AND IN BUSINESS.
Remember these, especially #4, as we'll come back to it in the future.
Back to Red Brick labs:
Earlier in 2009, our intrepid entrepreneur realised that, having come straight from the Class Room to the Board Room, he hardly knew how to run a bath, let alone a business and RBL went bust, leaving the funders with significant losses. Both Red Brick Labs and Youmeo were still in receivership at the time of writing this.
Unperturbed, Calum Brannan sought new sources of funding, which he found in the Spring of 2009 and he started again under the brand name of Inormas, having retained Christian Vision and LighterLife as clients.
To be continued......
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