Matt Auckland
Founder and web developer, geek, music lover. Featured in 'Make it Happen: The Prince's Trust Guide to Starting your own Business'
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://www.about.me/mattauckland |
| Industries: | Computing, Entertainment, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Mobile |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, Computer Engineering, Copy Writing, Databases, Design, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Graphic design, HTML / CSS, Leadership, Management, Marketing, PHP, Public Relations, Sales, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Unix, Web design, Web Development, Windows, Writing |
| Location: | Southampton, UK |
| Groups: | WebMission 09, YouNoodle's Entrepreneurial Workspace Challenge |
| Visas: | UK |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Helping friends, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Shadowing, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Tags: | broadcast it, entrepreneur, founder, geek, it consultant, media, music lover, photographer, php, programmer, web developer |
FEATURED STARTUP
The DJ Book
The DJ Book
Connecting DJs and Producers with fans worldwide
- Startup type: Sole Proprietor
- Status: Active
- Stage: Prototyping
FULL BIO
Matt Auckland is a web developer, IT consultant and technology enthusiast. Matt is Founder and Developer of social music startup The DJ Book, Proprietor of The Laughing Buddha IT Solutions, and Head of Broadcast IT at Unity 101 Community Radio.
He has been featured in the book 'Make it Happen: The Prince's Trust Guide to Starting your own Business', and has been working in the IT industry since 1995.
Matt has a passion for early computing and video games, a love affair that began in the mid 80's. This is only matched by his love of music, which started before he could remember, and led to him taking up DJing.
He loves discovering and working with new technology, not only on the web, but also in computing and broadcast media. Matt enjoys new challenges, pushing his skills and knowledge, building upon his experience and solving problems.
Matt is a keen amateur photographer, and skilled web developer and programmer.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | The DJ Book |
| Position: | Founder & Developer |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Social music startup. In development. |
| Employer: | The Laughing Buddha IT Solutions |
| Position: | Proprietor & IT Consultant |
| Time period: | April 2004 - Present |
| Description: | IT Consultant & bespoke systems, Web Design & Development, and IT Broadcast engineer. |
| Employer: | Unity 101 Community Radio |
| Position: | Head of Broadcast IT |
| Time period: | February 2003 - Present |
| Description: | Assisting in management decisions, shaping the direction of the station and associated projects. Responsible for introducing new technology for broadcasting, design and development of new solutions, and supporting the IT systems for local, national and international studios. |
| Employer: | Jenison CCI Ltd |
| Position: | Technical Support |
| Time period: | January 2000 - March 2003 |
| Description: | I joined in the early stages of development, of their ground breaking e-learning software delivered via the intranet and internet. As well as supporting the internal I.T systems, I also looked after the web hosting solutions and developed & supported the e-learning packages produce by the company. |
PUBLICATIONS
| Books: | Make it Happen: The Prince's Trust Guide to Starting your own Business. |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Photography, Audio & Video Production, DJing. |
Matt's Startups (1)
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JamBuzzer
JamBuzzer.com is the new 'Virtual Music Industry' that will turn the industry from a dictatorship of labels, into a democracy of music artists (Jammers) and music listeners/lovers (Buzzers).
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BeatsBase.com
BeatsBase.com is an internet startup changing the world by offering DJs a place to upload their own musical creations for free allowing anyone to listen and discuss them
Matt's Contacts (3)
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Joshua March
London based entrepreneur, social media geek and networker. co-founder/CEO of the iPlatform, Chair of Facebook Garage London.
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Jon Randy
Flexible, creative developer with an eye for design, able to learn new skills quickly and adapt current ones to new problems. Strong web and DB development skills. Interested in working on innovative web projects using the latest tools and techniques
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Jerry Don
Indian, 26, Technical Architect. Owner at Toobler Technologies