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Martin Port is a Yorkshire based entrepreneur. A technology pioneer, Martin founded Masternaut, one of the first UK companies to offer software-as-a-service, with its web-based vehicle tracking solutions. Martin took Masternaut from a small startup in 2002 to become one of the UK’s fastest growing businesses, with places in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Martin’s entrepreneurial endeavours were recognised in 2008 when he won the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Technology and Communications & in 2010 won IOD Director of the Year.
In November 2009, Martin sold Masternaut to Hub Telecom, a subsidiary of Aeroports de Paris, Europe’s second-largest airport’s operator.
Martin’s latest venture is revolutionising Fleet and Mobile Resource Management. Creating a BigChange to the way organisations manage their customers, employees and assets by improving the Return On Investment for SME and Corporates investing in BigChange technology. BigChange JobWatch 4th generation intelligent telematics giving instant business benefits and improvements for small medium and large companies. Click to visit the BigChange YouTube Channel.
Specialties
An investor in fast-growing technology businesses. Business Management, Change, People, CSR, Sales, Marketing, Operations including Customer Service and most importantly creating Increased Company Value.
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What factors drive Customer Experience in the Service Sectors? Part II
Customer Experience is infinitely personal and continuously evolves from each service encounter to colour how customers view both the service event and the provider as a whole. In part II of ‘What Drives Customer Experience in the Service Sectors’ we will take a look...
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What factors drive Customer Experience in the Service Sectors? Part I
Customer experience, simply put, is the most decisive factor driving a business’s success in the service sectors. Through the establishment of a fluid and adaptive customer experience, brand loyalty is created, customers are cultivated and long term relationships are...
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Stuart Lawlor Leaders for life interview
Here at BigChange we are truly committed to improving road safety. We feel the that setting a good example for our customers, employees and the community starts with us. That’s why we’ve partnered with Brake the Road Safety Charity to launch our corporate and social...
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Bridging the generation gap
The Brexit vote divided young and old. People who had already made their money, bought property, and perhaps even retired, were much more likely to vote Leave, while students and those on the first rung of the career ladder wanted to Remain. When I started reading...
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The journey of an entrepreneur
I have been in business since I was 11 years old. I started out working for my father, an auctioneer, before growing my own bakery business in my twenties. Now, aged 56, I run technology start-up BigChange. I don’t know many entrepreneurs who have experience across...
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Advice that will supercharge your business – and it’s free
I’m the guy that’s all about face-to-face communication. I am always telling my fellow business owners to get out from behind the screen and go talk to their customers and colleagues. But I know also how hard it is to make time for those kinds of interactions. So...
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