[nivenkos]

> There's a shocking number of people high up in UK tech influence circles who got there solely by networking, holding events and being on the peripheries of successful startups

Like Boris Johnson's lover.

[jack_riminton]

Ah yes, she set up a co-working space, held some events and launched (although presumably not heavily involved) in launching a White Hat consultancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Arcuri

Similar to Rohan Silva who advised Cameron; set up a co-working space, is on many boards, speaks at a lot of events

[lbriner]

Everyone is impressive to those who are less impressive!

[jack_riminton]

Oh yes I also forgot to add sexual favours to the key criteria!

[hkt]

Jennifer Arcuri isn't in tech is she?

(Apologies if I just ruined the joke and you didn't really mean Carrie Symonds)