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3 years 13 weeks

Business

Company/Organisation

Afrotalk Ltd and Interactive Ideas Ltd

Position

Managing Director

Industry

Information Technology/Media

Your Website

http://www.interactiveideas.com

Business Interests

Starting with just a phone and a desk, 10 years ago I founded Interactive Ideas Ltd. Since then it has become one of the leading distributors of computer software and peripherals in the UK. We supply a wide variety of retailers as well as value added resellers . We carry about 4,000 different products and are the leading Linux distributor in Europe with sales of over $20 million. We also operate a web-site promoting linux solution providers where you can register as a provider for free.We have 20,000sq.ft of warehouse and office space and 30 people in the team. Whilst building my company-up I was named a Future Entrepreneur of the year, we were named a winner of the Inner City 100 of Fastest Growing Companies and in March 2004 we were awarded Investor In People status.

In September 2005 and joined with a good friend Olu Odeniyi to found www.afrotalk.biz to act as a platform to help African businesses and professionals interact and to stimulate trade and investment between Europe and Africa. I would be pleased to hear from anyone interested in similar fields.

Personal

Real Name

Michael Trup

City & Country of Residence

London England

Email

miket@interactiveideas.com

Education & Professional Qualifications

B.Sc. Econ. (Hons.) University of London
M.B.A. Middlesex University Business School