Manoj Ranaweera

Size is everything until there is a competitor with real disruptive technology, a clear value proposition for any size of business and connectivity up and down the value chain (ebdex wanted to be just that!). Until that occurs, we have three leaders in the making, these being: Ariba Harbar Payments with American Express Xign with […]

Imran Ali has finally done the smart thing, after weeks (if not months) of thinking and taking in feedback for a venue and date to start the first OpenCoffee Leeds event. It’s finally happening on 12th of June, and then first Tuesday of each month. Imran is a well known figure, therefore has connectivity up […]

I believe today is Gary’s last day at Pegasus. Here is what Gary said to his channel partners: Before I ride off into the sunset for my micro-retirement, I thought I should drop you a short note to express my personal thanks and appreciation for the support you’ve shown towards both Pegasus and to me […]

I am currently trialling IntelliContact. Here is a screen shot of the e-mail shot I created for the forthcoming NW StartUp 2.0 event. It looks much better than the website. I am yet to fully test IntelliContact, but early signs are it’s a great tool to publish and manage mail shots. The only disappointment is […]

Phil Blything, co-founder of Internet and Marketing Consultancy, Glow New Media has accepted the challenge to run OpenCoffee Liverpool. The first event will run on 19th June 2007. Please register here. The plan is that Phil will run Liverpool events on every 3rd Tuesday of the month, whilst Manchester events will be held on every […]

On 15th May 07, I and other bloggers present had the privileage to drill Amit Chatterjee, SVP for Commercialisation and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). GRC seems to be an emerging theme within SAP whilst it has been part of the expertise provided by some of the Big 4 (and other) accountancy firms for sometime. […]

edocr will be presenting at i-TechPartner on 12th June 2007 at Daresbury Innovation Centre. Hopefully RJ will rise to the challenge and an early beta will be available for demo. There will be 29 other companies pitching on the same day. If you are a startup, you might be interested in registering. Tags: i-Techpartner, Daresbury […]

SAP’s answer to streamlining invoice processing within an enterprise is SAP Biller Direct application, which seems to be designed for mySAP ERP. It enables an organisation to submit invoices, receive invoices, make payments, manage accounts and settle and reconcile transactions through the web. Not sure whether there is a similar application for SAP R/3. If […]

Philip Baddeley of Equity Fingerprint just pinged me to say hi after coming to know about OpenCoffee Manchester. According to the site: The site is about equity distribution; from the first equity split to the angel and VCs rounds. Use this business plan resource to shape your equity road map. Entrepreneurs and investors come in […]

It seems OpenCoffee Manchester is seen as a bit of a joke by the London crowd due to small number of attendees. There aren’t any London VCs prepared to attend Manchester events. So, Ed French of Enterprise Ventures came up with a marvelous idea to combine Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield under one common brand, […]