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词条 Ed Bussey
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  1. Career

      Military    Ecommerce    Technology  

  2. Expeditions

  3. Honours & Awards

  4. References

Ed Bussey is an internet entrepreneur who has been named in the 2015 and 2016 Sunday Times list of Debretts’ 500 most influential people in Britain..[1]He is currently the founder and CEO of Quill.[2]

Career

Military

Bussey began his career in the Royal Navy, where he was awarded his officer commission. Following this, he held various security and counter-terrorism appointments around the world with the UK diplomatic service.[3]

Ecommerce

In 2000, Bussey was a founder and Global Marketing Director of figleaves.com, one of the early online fashion retailers.[4] figleaves.com launched into the UK and US by 2005.[5] with over a million customers in 66 countries. In 2004, figleaves.com was named “UK Internet Retailer of the Year”.[6] In 2010 the company was bought by N Brown Plc.[7]

Technology

Following figleaves, Bussey become Chief Operating Officer at ZYB,[8] with responsibilities for marketing, business development and operations. ZYB was a mobile social networking business with backing from Nordic Venture Partners. In 2007 Business Week called their service one of the ten most innovative mobile products of the year.[9] It was later acquired by Vodafone Plc in May 2008.[10]

In 2011, Bussey launched Quill, a digital content production business for ecommerce companies.[11]Quill was ranked by Deloitte in the 2016 Fast 50 rankings for the UK's fastest growing tech businesses.[12] and as part of its 2017 Technology Fast 500 EMEA rankings.[13] In 2018, Quill was awarded Best Agency at the eCommerce Awards[14].

Expeditions

At 21, Bussey was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, for his mountaineering expeditions and extreme endurance event participation.[15] He has done expeditions or events in places like Bhutan, the Indian Himalayas, Alaska, Costa Rica, and southern Africa. In 2010 he completed an unsupported trek to the North Pole to raise money for the Global Angels charity[16]

Honours & Awards

Bussey earned a degree in Natural Science (Psychology) from Cambridge University[17] where he was President of the Young Entrepreneurs Society, and regional winner of the UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition[18] He started his first business in university, which he sold even before he graduated.[19]

In 2015, Bussey was named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the annual Great British Entrepreneur Awards[20] He was included in the 2015 and 2016 Sunday Times list of Debretts’ 500 most influential people in Britain.[21] In 2018 Bussey was named Disruptor of the Year at the UK Tech Founder Awards and runner-up in the Scale-up category at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. [22]. Bussey is part of the London Stock Exchange ELITE programme[23] and an active participant in the Tech London Advocates community.[24]

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.debretts.com/debretts-500-2016/list/|title=Debrett's 500 List - Debrett's|work=Debrett's|access-date=2018-01-31|language=en-GB}}
2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/entrepreneurs-security-expert-firing-the-marketing-bullets-for-britain-s-biggest-brands-a3573241.html|title=Entrepreneurs: Security expert firing the marketing bullets for brands|work=Evening Standard|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-GB}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://audioboom.com/posts/3694043-in-case-you-missed-it-listen-to-our-chat-w-ed_bussey-ceo-and-founder-of-quill_content-about-his-brilliant-career|title=In case you missed it listen to our chat w/ @ed_bussey CEO and founder of @Quill_Content about his brilliant career.|work=Audioboom|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://martechseries.com/mts-insights/interviews/interview-ed-bussey-founder-ceo-quill/|title=Interview with Ed Bussey, Founder & CEO - Quill|website=martechseries.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-24}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://econsultancy.com/nma-archive/24285-figleaves-com-gets-to-the-bottom-of-tailing-success|title=Figleaves.com gets to the bottom of-tailing success|work=NMA|access-date=2018-01-24}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://iebf.org.uk/events/49|title=IEBF Home - Business Network|website=iebf.org.uk|access-date=2018-01-24}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.smedvigcapital.com/in-conversation-with-ed-bussey-ceo-and-founder-of-quill/|title=In conversation with... Ed Bussey, CEO and founder of Quill - Smedvig Capital|date=2015-04-21|work=Smedvig Capital|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-US}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.smedvigcapital.com/in-conversation-with-ed-bussey-ceo-and-founder-of-quill/|title=In conversation with... Ed Bussey, CEO and founder of Quill - Smedvig Capital|date=2015-04-21|work=Smedvig Capital|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-US}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://iebf.org.uk/events/49|title=IEBF Home - Business Network|website=iebf.org.uk|access-date=2018-01-24}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/entrepreneurs-security-expert-firing-the-marketing-bullets-for-britain-s-biggest-brands-a3573241.html|title=Entrepreneurs: Security expert firing the marketing bullets for brands|work=Evening Standard|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-GB}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.quillcontent.com/what-we-do/|title=Quill {{!}} what we do|work=Quill Content|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-US}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.deloitte.co.uk/fast50/winners/2016/by-sector/|title=By sector|website=UK Technology Fast 50|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-24}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/technology-fast-500-emea.html|title=Technology Fast 500™ EMEA Winners {{!}} Deloitte Global {{!}} Technology, Media and Telecommunication|website=Deloitte|language=en|access-date=2018-02-01}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecommerceawards.london/winners-2018/|title=Winners 2018 {{!}} eCommerce Awards for Excellence|website=www.ecommerceawards.london|access-date=2019-01-04}}
15. ^{{Cite news|url=https://audioboom.com/posts/3694043-in-case-you-missed-it-listen-to-our-chat-w-ed_bussey-ceo-and-founder-of-quill_content-about-his-brilliant-career|title=In case you missed it listen to our chat w/ @ed_bussey CEO and founder of @Quill_Content about his brilliant career.|work=Audioboom|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.director.co.uk/driven-by-jeep-how-adventure-made-ed-bussey-a-better-leader-18806-2/|title=How adventure made Ed Bussey a better leader - Director magazine|website=www.director.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-24}}
17. ^{{Cite news|url=https://audioboom.com/posts/3694043-in-case-you-missed-it-listen-to-our-chat-w-ed_bussey-ceo-and-founder-of-quill_content-about-his-brilliant-career|title=In case you missed it listen to our chat w/ @ed_bussey CEO and founder of @Quill_Content about his brilliant career.|work=Audioboom|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}
18. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.smedvigcapital.com/in-conversation-with-ed-bussey-ceo-and-founder-of-quill/|title=In conversation with... Ed Bussey, CEO and founder of Quill - Smedvig Capital|date=2015-04-21|work=Smedvig Capital|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-US}}
19. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.yourreadybusiness.co.uk/how-do-you-build-a-winning-digital-business/|title=How do you build a winning digital business?|date=2015-10-14|work=Your Ready Business|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-GB}}
20. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.greatbritishentrepreneurawards.com/2015-winners/|title=2015 Winners - The Great British Entrepreneur Awards|work=The Great British Entrepreneur Awards|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-GB}}
21. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.debretts.com/debretts-500-2016/list/|title=Debrett's 500 List - Debrett's|work=Debrett's|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-GB}}
22. ^{{Cite web|url=http://techfounderawards.uk/2018-awards/|title=2018 Awards|website=BMW i UK Tech Founder Awards|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-04}}
23. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.smedvigcapital.com/ed-bussey-is-awarded-a-special-merit-for-small-business-entrepreneur-of-the-year-at-the-2014-great-british-entrepreneur-awards/|title=Ed Bussey is awarded a Special Merit for Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2014 Great British Entrepreneur Awards - Smedvig Capital|date=2014-12-02|work=Smedvig Capital|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-US}}
24. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.techlondonadvocates.org.uk/2014/05/01/london-tech-growth-hampered-by-a-shortage-of-talent/|title=London tech growth hampered by a shortage of talent - Tech London Advocates|date=2014-05-01|work=Tech London Advocates|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-GB}}
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