Nick Telson
Founder of Forward Pursuit
Nick Telson
Founder of Forward Pursuit
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2021 - Current
First Check Investor/Ideator
2022
Co-Founder
2024
Co-Founder - Angel Investor
2020
Horseplay Ventures is a Startup Playground for the new generation of startup founders. As recently exited founders we understand the pressures of being a founder and what it takes to scale and exit. Horseplay incorporates Pre-Seed/Seed Angel Investing, a free investor syndicate, a podcast and free tools for founders to use.
Podcaster
2020
Pitch Deck: - Top 10 Global Business Podcast - Top 10 Global New Podcast - Top 5 UK Career/Entrepreneurship Podcast Real investors, real founders, real pitches. In each episode, a startup founder has 10 minutes to pitch their business to Nick and guest Angel Investors/Mentors. They then all discuss the pitch and the business itself, asking questions an Investor would ask in a real pitch. The guest Angel and Nick then discuss what they make of the business and investment opportunity.
Member
2022
Business Mentor
2021
Mentor
2020
Delighted to be an official mentor on the Virgin StartUp Programme; a not-for-profit organisation that exists to help founders start up and thrive. They provide funding, straight talk and useful advice to make the entrepreneurial road less bumpy and access to a supportive and dynamic community to help founders have some fun along the way.
Advisor
2021
EMW Global is an international sports and entertainment marketing agency with offices in London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and São Paulo. They matchmake top class rights holders and athletes with global brands and entertainment IP. Some clients include the Brasilian National Team, Clube Flamingo, Dani Alves, Douglas Costa, Emerson and Marco Materazzi.
Co-Founder DesignMyNight
2017 - 2020
Co-Founder of DesignMyNight . Acquired by The Access Group in December 2017. Remaining at DesignMyNight.