Thomas Whitfield (entrepreneur) explained

Thomas Whitfield
Birth Place:Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Alma Mater:Christ Church, University of Oxford (DPhil (PhD))
Occupation:biochemist, entrepreneur

Thomas Whitfield (born 30 November 1981) is a British/German biochemist and entrepreneur. He is known for the dietary supplement TRX2 and his work on DesignTheTime.com.[1] [2]

Biography

Thomas Whitfield was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.[1] [2] He spent his childhood and early schooling in Germany as his mother is German.[1] He holds a DPhil (PhD) in Biochemistry from Christ Church, University of Oxford.[3] [4] Being an Idea Idol of University of Oxford,[4] he was selected as one of the 2009 Flying Start Global Entrepreneurs by the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), UK.[4] In 2009 he was selected as a Kauffman Foundation Global Scholar.[5]

Business Ventures

Designthetime.com (Miomi.com)

He was a co-founder and director[6] of DesignTheTime.com[7] "[8])[9] (later called Miomi.com) which plots user-generated personal histories.[6] [10] [11] [4] [7] [9] [12] [13] The website attracted vast media attention throughout Europe and was ranked as one of the Top 10 UK Web 2.0 startups in 2007[14] with co-operation agreements including Microsoft,[7] [15] [16] [17] Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation),[4] [11] [17] Brockhaus[13] and the British Library.[4] Despite its popularity the website went offline in 2008 for unknown reasons.

Oxfords Biolabs and TRX2

In 2009 Whitfield founded the company Oxford Biolabs.[1] In 2011 its first product TRX2 (trichos=hair in ancient Greek; 2=second generation),[1] a dietary supplement became publicly available.[2]

Coverage in Popular Media

Work of Whitfield has been featured in The Daily Telegraph[1] [2] [18] several times, as well as in The Observer,[19] CNN,[8] New Scientist,[20] Der Spiegel,[21] RTL[22] and Tagesschau[23] In 2007 he has been featured during the Google Zeitgeist Entrepreneur of the Year conference.[24]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Tyler. Richard. Thomas Whitfield: The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past. 23 July 2012. The Daily Telegraph. 16 January 2009.
  2. News: Tyler. Richard. Thomas Whitfield's German roots help hair loss product launch. 23 July 2012. The Daily Telegraph. 9 January 2011.
  3. News: ChCh Grad wins $100m backing. 23 July 2012. Christ Church News. 31 March 2009.
  4. News: Flying start for young entrepreneur. 23 July 2012. University of Oxford News. 16 January 2009. United Kingdom. Web. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120929212137/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/090116_2.html. 29 September 2012. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Meet the 2009 Scholars and Faculty. Global Scholar Program. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. 24 July 2012. Web. 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111223083911/http://sites.kauffman.org/globalscholars/meet.cfm. 23 December 2011. dmy-all.
  6. News: Miomi – Geschichte selbst schreiben. 23 July 2012. Goldem.de. 12 October 2007. Germany. de. Web.
  7. News: Judges back a winner with their own money in Idea Idol competition. 24 July 2012. 20 February 2007. University of Oxford. United Kingdom. Web. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120929212121/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2007/070220a.html. 29 September 2012. dmy-all.
  8. News: Walker. Peter. The business boat race. 24 July 2012. CNN.com. 20 February 2007. CNN. Web.
  9. News: Businessplan-Wettbewerb Die 100.000.000-Dollar-Idee. 24 July 2012. Sueddeutsche.de. 15 February 2007. Germany. de. Web.
  10. News: Hüsing. Alexander. miomi macht Geschichte. 24 July 2012. Deutsche-Startups. 12 October 2007. Germany. de. Web.
  11. News: Auf dem Zeitstrahl in die Business-Welt: Thomas und Miomi.com. 24 July 2012. jetzt.sueddeutsche.de. 4 October 2007. Christian Helten. Germany. de. Web.
  12. News: Jeder kann im Internet Geschichte schreiben. 24 July 2012. Welt Online. 30 March 2008. Von Olaf Schlippe. Germany. de. Web.
  13. News: Internetunternehmen Miomi Die 100-Millionen-Dollar-Geschichte. 24 July 2012. Handelsblatt. 14 January 2008. Thomas Knüwer. Handelsblatt. Germany. de. Web.
  14. News: The top 25 UK web 2.0 start ups. 24 July 2012. The Register. 16 March 2007. Tech Digest. Web.
  15. Web site: Attenda Provides Hosting for Miomi. Web Host Industry Review. 24 July 2012. theWHIR.com. Web. 23 November 2007.
  16. News: Miomi, the online timeline where you can store memories, and view the world's events. 24 July 2012. Tech Digest. 15 November 2007. Katherine Hannaford. Web.
  17. News: Miomi.com: Miomi Makes History; Time browsing site tipped to be Britain's YouTube. 24 July 2012. 7 December 2007. Contact Center Solution Community. Web.
  18. Students Planning to Sell Moments in Time, The Daily Telegraph, UK.
  19. News: Under 30, online and world-beating. 24 July 2012. The Observer. 25 February 2007. David Smith. The Guardian. United Kingdom. Web.
  20. News: Palmer. Jason. Graduate Special: Become an inventor. 24 July 2012. New Scientist. 21 May 2008. New Scientist. Web.
  21. News: Startup miomi Magische Momente im globalen Dorf. 24 July 2012. Spiegel Online. 29 June 2007. Von Karolin Schaps. Spiegel Online. de. Web.
  22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgmDjnCL5EQ Miomi – User Generated History
  23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLgytygf0os&feature=relmfu Thomas Whitfield from Miomi at XTOPIA 2008
  24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8lnMF5IB0 Thomas Whitfield – Google Zeitgeist Serial Entrepreneurship Series 2007

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