We are delighted that the Westminster Business Council has shortlisted the Rain Gods in the diversity category of their annual business awards for 2019. The focus of our nomination was the Rain Cloud Westminster and the high proportion of female members and female-led organisations that we have in the space, which is significantly higher than other…
What's This All About? The Rain Gods Ltd operates a co-working space and incubator for small companies and charities looking to bring innovation to government and the public-sector, called the Rain Cloud. Approximately 85-90 people, known as members, and sixteen-twenty organisations are based in the space, some of whom are listed here, although this list…
The Rain Gods, a London-based company, and The Cambridge Judge Launchpad at Cambridge University have responded positively to the announcement by the UK Government that it will form a dedicated GovTech Catalyst team and provide £20 million to help tech firms deliver innovative fixes to public sector challenges (London, 15 November) by announcing a new GovTech…
“Is government good enough? We don’t think so. Today we are calling on entrepreneurs to join the revolution for better government.” Timothy Barnes, founder of The Rain Gods Ltd, has issued a rallying cry to entrepreneurs who want to use their skills to build better government in the UK and around the world. Read More...
Rain Gods founder Timothy Barnes has blogged on the start up community that is growing in the Victoria area of Westminster. Not surprisingly, our own Rain Cloud Victoria space gets a bit of a mention.
Rain Gods founder Timothy Barnes will be speaking as part of the Westminster Forum Keynote Seminar on Thursday 16 March 2017. The event is title "Developing digital government: service delivery, procurement and priorities for policymakers." The discussion will include the potential for improving procurement processes across government, including platforms to ease tendering processes for SMEs. A full agenda is available…
The Rain Gods are delighted to support NACUE's annual Varsity Pitch programme for 2016. At the semi-finals on 19 October, Double Dutch Drinks were selected as the winner of the Creative and Design Category that we have sponsored. Well done to Joyce and Raissa and good luck for the final!
The Rain Gods are delighted to help support the Source Summit London Humanitech event on 12 September 2016. The event will bring together 20 African entrepreneurs, all previous finalists of the Royal Academy of Engineering's Africa Prize, together with advisors, mentors and potential partners that will work to help grow their businesses. The focus will be…
Programme Coordinator Required for Inter-Cep Part-time Intern Role £100 per day - Typically 1 day per week Outline The International Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Policy (Inter-Cep) is a research resource and knowledge dissemination programme that includes: The development of an online database of public sector interventions in support of enterprise and entrepreneurship around the…
LSE student and entrepreneur, Jaron Soh, has conducted 10 interviews with entrepreneurs to collect their top tips and advice for aspiring student entrepreneurs. Timothy Barnes, founder of The Rain Gods, was one of those interviewed. You can read the full interview here.
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