Emily Forbes Explained

Emily Forbes
Birth Date:[1]
Alma Mater:Chelsea College of Arts
Employer:Seenit
Working Title Films
Awards:Forbes 30 Under 30

Emily Forbes is a British entrepreneur. She founded Seenit in 2014, an app to encourage collaboration. Forbes worked in film production at Working Title Films.

Early life and education

Forbes attended Chelsea College of Arts, where she studied film.[2] Her father, David Forbes, is a director at Savills.[3] She went on to study visual communication.[4]

Career

Forbes worked on production of feature films for five years at Working Title Films.[5] She was working as a documentary maker in South Africa when she had the idea to create an app to encourage collaboration in filmmaking.[6] In 2014, Forbes founded Seenit, an app that allows users to collaboratively create content with colleagues, usable only by invitation.[7] [8] [9] She received support from BBC Lab UK and Rupert Hambro as well as £40,000 from Creative England.[10] [4] [11]

Forbes is outspoken about the challenges that women entrepreneurs face.[12] She took part in the Mayor of London's SVC2UK (Silicon Valley Comes to UK), which included a trade mission of women founders to Silicon Valley.[13] [14]

Awards

Forbes has won the TechCrunch Disrupt award as well as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emily Forbes. Forbes.
  2. News: Inspirational Woman: Emily Forbes Founder & CEO, Seenit. 2018-04-12. WeAreTheCity. 2018-09-25. en-US.
  3. News: Seenit - the app that gives one person a global film crew of thousands. London Evening Standard. standard.co.uk. 2018-09-25. en-GB.
  4. News: We meet Seenit, the most powerful film crew in your pocket, with CEO Emily Forbes - Eyedea - Female Millennials Network. 2017-11-21. Eyedea - Female Millennials Network. 2018-09-25. en-US. 2018-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014117/http://www.eyedea.org.uk/2017/11/21/meet-seenit-powerful-film-crew-pocket-ceo-emily-forbes/. dead.
  5. Web site: Emily Forbes - Elite Business Magazine. 2018-09-25. elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk. en-gb. 2018-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014354/http://elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk/item/emily-forbes. dead.
  6. Web site: Emily Forbes > Events: Europe 2018 Speakers / Advertising Week. www.advertisingweek.com. 2018-09-25. 2018-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014404/http://www.advertisingweek.com/events/eu/2018/speakers/?id=9925. dead.
  7. News: 'Breaking up with a co-founder is like a divorce' – Confessions of a Startup. Khan. Presented by Coco. 2017-03-16. The Guardian. 2018-09-25. Slaney. produced by Rowan. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  8. News: Emily Forbes: Seenit. Maxwell. James Maiki and Peter. Emily Forbes: Seenit LS:N Global. 2018-09-25. en.
  9. News: Emily Forbes of Seenit My Web The Good Web Guide. 2018-09-25. en.
  10. News: 9 toffs who are taking over the tech world. 2017. tatler.com. Tatler. Carington. Francesca. 2018-09-25.
  11. News: 16 London-Based Startups Ready To Take On 2016. Vilner. Yoav. Forbes. 2018-09-25. en.
  12. Web site: [Video]A Celebration of the Female Tech Entrepreneur: Finding the Founder in You]. www.brighttalk.com. 2018-09-25.
  13. News: SVC2UK: Female Founders International Visit to Silicon Valley. Mayor's International Business Programme. 2018-09-25. en-GB.
  14. Web site: London-based female founders join Silicon Valley trade mission. www.londonandpartners.com. en-GB. 2018-09-25. 2018-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014628/https://www.londonandpartners.com/media-centre/press-releases/2017/20170519-londonbased-female-founders-join-silicon-valley-trade-mission. dead.
  15. Web site: Speakers-old version The Times Tech Summit. 2018-09-25. techsummit.news.co.uk. en-US. 2018-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014430/http://techsummit.news.co.uk/speakers/. dead.

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