Emily Forbes
Emily Forbes | |
|---|---|
 Emily Forbes in 2016 | |
| Born | 1986 or 1987 (age 38–39)[1] |
| Alma mater | Chelsea College of Arts |
| Employer(s) | Seenit Working Title Films |
| Awards | Forbes 30 Under 30[1] |
| Website | seenit |
Emily Forbes is a British entrepreneur and the founder of Seenit, a collaborative video platform launched in 2014. Before founding Seenit, she worked in film production at Working Title Films.
Early life and education
[edit]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
[edit]Forbes worked on production of feature films for five years at Working Title Films.[citation needed] She was working as a documentary maker in South Africa when she had the idea to create an app to encourage collaboration in filmmaking.[5] In 2014, Forbes founded Seenit, an app that allows users to collaboratively create content with colleagues, usable only by invitation.[2][3][6][7][8] She received support from BBC Lab UK and Rupert Hambro as well as £40,000 from Creative England.[9][4][10][3]
Forbes is outspoken about the challenges that women entrepreneurs face.[4][11] 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.[12][13]
Awards
[edit]Forbes has won the TechCrunch Disrupt award as well as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016.[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Emily Forbes". Forbes.
- 1 2 "Inspirational Woman: Emily Forbes | Founder & CEO, Seenit". WeAreTheCity. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- 1 2 3 "Seenit - the app that gives one person a global film crew of thousands". standard.co.uk. London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- 1 2 3 "We meet Seenit, the most powerful film crew in your pocket, with CEO Emily Forbes - Eyedea - Female Millennials Network". Eyedea - Female Millennials Network. 2017-11-21. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ "Emily Forbes > Events: Europe 2018 | Speakers / Advertising Week". www.advertisingweek.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ Khan, Presented by Coco; Slaney, produced by Rowan (2017-03-16). "'Breaking up with a co-founder is like a divorce' – Confessions of a Startup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ Maxwell, James Maiki and Peter. "Emily Forbes: Seenit". Emily Forbes: Seenit | LS:N Global. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ "Emily Forbes of Seenit | My Web | The Good Web Guide". Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ Carington, Francesca (2017). "9 toffs who are taking over the tech world". tatler.com. Tatler. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ Vilner, Yoav. "16 London-Based Startups Ready To Take On 2016". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ "[Video]A Celebration of the Female Tech Entrepreneur: Finding the Founder in You". www.brighttalk.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ "SVC2UK: Female Founders International Visit to Silicon Valley". Mayor's International Business Programme. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ "London-based female founders join Silicon Valley trade mission". www.londonandpartners.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ "Speakers-old version | The Times Tech Summit". techsummit.news.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
