Shout About London

The Meredith Collective produce some of the most engaging and press heavy of pop-up events of recent times. Founder Meredith O’Shaughnessy talks us through the emotional journey of creating short-terms events, utilising press to sell tickets, and how she became known as ‘the Queen of Pop-ups’. 00:30 Short recap on last week 00:40 This week on the show 01:12 Meredith talks about her cred deck 02:00 The worlds first Tampon shaped Macaroons 03:14 Coming up with a name for each project and Ohlala 05:18 The clubs Meredith started out in 08:00 The first pop up 09:10 The commercials of a pop up 11:10 The emotional journey of creating a pop up 11:50 The worlds first avacado pop up and why the need to generate press 13:52 Advice to people setting up a business 16:32 Avacado hand 18:02 Classing something as successful 19:12 The Christmas Rage Room 26:20 Dream pop ups 28:30 Who to bounce ideas off 29:45 Best pop ups in London 32:30 Social media details and things coming up 34:18 Ben learns a lesson in comic timing 34:45