Manoj Ranaweera

Further to my previous post, this time, we reach out to the USA. Our keynote speaker is none other than my friend, Billa Bhandari from Akoura. I first came to know Billa through FounderContact (Am I becoming an Indian – My new friend Billa and his clever software). He is one of those characters who somehow […]

Apologies for the short notice, but the 4th NW StartUp 2.0 event is already upon us. For the 4th time, I have the support and trust of KPMG (thanks StevenL). Sun Microsystems has also joined to help me spread the word (thanks StewartT). This time, there is a payment of £25 for attendance. The site is ready to […]

Like other blogs, I receive lot of spam. Recently, I received two comments from someone angry with two names I mentioned on a blog article. Whilst I have no objection of authorising negative comments and comments that disputes with my analysis, I do have a problem with rude comments. Unfortunately, I cannot reach the person […]

  According to VentureCast, a production of Library House, one of the most accessed companies recently is none other than OB10. The company profile from VenturePedia (another production of Library House) can be downloaded for £50 from here. As you know company’s current financial backers include Cargill Ventures, Fleming Family & Partners and Lynx Capital Ventures. One […]

Ed Molyneux, CEO of FreeAgentCentral, the Freshbooks for UK, supported by Dennis Howlett pinged me to say that FreeAgentCentral will come out of Beta on 18th September 2007. He is offering a good deal for Beta Testers. Here is the deal: 60-day trial account for less active Beta testers 180-day trial account for active Beta testers […]

If you are interested in the future of sourcing and procurement technologies, tune in to Michael Lamoureux’s Sourcing Innovation on 6th September 2007 for the second annual Sourcing Innovation Series, which will run for 2 weeks.  According to Michael: One year ago today, the first post of the first annual Sourcing Innovation Series, which focused […]

Apologies for been silent. Just returned yesterday morning from 10 nights in Ireland. We spent 3 nights in Dublin and 7 nights in Co. Kerry. Highlights included a visit to the Guinness Storehouse. Thoroughly enjoyed driving in Ireland, especially the “Ring of Kerry” and “Gap of Dunloe“. Will post some pictures later. Did not get […]

Over the last year, we noticed two key acquisitions in the EIPP and Payments space, these being purchase of Xign by JP Morgan and purchase of Harbor Payments by American Express. Recently, I had lunch with a US Company looking for an acquisition in the UK. And now CheckFree is to be acquired by Fiserv. […]

One of my regular readers, who happened to be a competitor to PrimeRevenue pinged me recently to enquire about my views on the recent announcement of partnership between PrimeRevenue and Morgan Stanley. Before I give my viewpoint, for consistency, I believe it is useful to first introduce the company in here. PrimeRevenue is a leading […]

Here are the most popular keywords used by visitors to my blog from 21/01/07 to 06/08/07. EIPP 352 OB10 267 SAP 141 American Express 129 e-invoicing 124 Ariba 103 Causeway 67 Oracle 66 Harbor 65 Abbey 60 Bottomline 49 Xign 48 Burns 48 JP Morgan 41 Accountis 30 Basware 19 Transcepta 16 Deskom 13 Albany […]