We made it to 25 editions of Brighton Dynamic! It would be great to hear what you'd like from the next 25.

What should we do more of? What should we do less of? Is there anything you'd like us to do that's completely different?

In this 25th edition of Brighton Dynamic:

• You'll hear how Dave Pereira Gurnell helps people gather data using his "survey monkey with maps" tool.
• You'll discover a content gathering SaaS, with Brighton based founders, that grew to 1,100 customers before selling last year.
• Where to find local events to meet creative, technical & business folk in the area.

Meet Dave Pereira Gurnell

Dave Gurnell is a director of Cartographer, an engineer and product person. Dave shares his journey moving from Birmingham to Brighton and from freelancing to running a small business.

You'll learn how he:

• First started programming
• Previously worked in academia and startups
• Became a freelancer and now works with a team of freelancers
• Finds teaching and training extremely satisfying
• Is currently finding product management most challenging

Dave talks about how he loves programming and will find it very difficult to leave it behind if his business grows significantly.

​Listen to the interview or read the transcript​

Check out Dave's website​

Check out Gather Content

Alice Deer, founder and CEO of GatherContent lives in Brighton.

Here's how Alice describes GatherContent's mission:

Alice and her two cofounders grew the team to 17 people serving 1,100 customers.

• Well over £1 million a year revenue.
• Public sector customers include NHS, UK Government, Australian Government and various top universities.
• Big private sector bands including VW, Intel, MailChimp, Dell and Ogilvy.

Ten years after founding the business they got an offer they couldn't refuse from a company with over 550 employees around the world.

GatherContent was doing great when they sold in early 2022 with over £1 million cash in the bank. The three co-founders owned most of the company with employees owning around 5% through an EMI option scheme.

Alice stayed on after the acquisition to continuing the mission. Being on the executive team of a multinational business valued at $600 million gives her the resources to make an even bigger difference.

GatherContent is currently ranked 7th on our list of successful Sussex SaaS. Know some we're missing? Disagree with the rank? Hit reply to let us know.

Also let us know if you're a customer of GatherContent. Jon would love to ask you a few (easy!) questions.

Local Events:

Here are the places we look when sharing events:

​Wired Sussex Events​

​Silicon Brighton Events​

​Meetup Events Near Brighton​

​Eventbrite Events in Brighton & Hove​

... and (of course) events members of The Skiff share with us. We'd love to hear if you've attended any events as a result of us promoting them.

Every reply we get makes a difference!

If you like what you read from us, let us know and it will help us power through to 50 editions of Brighton Dynamic. And do send us your tips - which people, companies and events do you think 2,000+ people like you would like to hear about?

Best wishes,

Jon, Caroline & Paul

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