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Day: January 16, 2010

Tech CEO Round Table Discussion

I (NS20) hosted a round table discussion yesterday at Horwath Clark Whitehill’s offices in Manchester. This was an by invitation only session with no none tech CEOs. Prior to the kick off, Ed French of EV Group (venture capitalist) dropped in to have coffee, and later on, Steve Livingston from HorwathCW dropped into join the conversation. The participants were: Duncan Stockdill – Javelin CRM Katrina Delargy – Tiyga Craig Taylor – Thingymail Richard Francis – Makeurmove.com Manoj Ranaweera – edocr.com John Brickley – Whamoosh.com Whilst the contents of what was discussed remains confidential, there are few issues worth bringing out…

Insider – Morning with who’s who of Manchester Corporate Sector

As Michael Taylor, Editor of the North West Insider introduced me at the yesterday’s Insider Breakfast event, “where’s Manoj, a short chap, ah there he is”. Luckily, Sean Fensom, Chairman and Digital Veteren of Manchester Digital later came to my rescue as he is shorter than me. At this point, I felt a whole lot better, having cocked up my earlier question to the panel, which Dave Carter, Head of Manchester Digital Development Agency responded by saying that if we want help, talk to the VCs. Unfortunately, there are only two VCs in town (EV Group and YFM Private Equity). They…

3 Day Conference in Manchester Showcasing local and international software companies?

Just an idea at this stage, but have approached a group of early stage companies in the USA to sound it out. The objectives: Promote companies and products – an exhibition Build partnerships with startups from Manchester (edocr.com, JavelinCRM, others), London and rest of the UK API Explosion – Get the tech community involved Tour of local tech hubs for those thinking of setting base in the NW Get the public sector involve, so that we can explore incentives for setting up Perhaps a three day event: Day 0 – Check-in to hotels Day 1: Registration, local tours, Dinner Day…