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Key Tech Entrepreneur events in Manchester

Key Tech Entrepreneur events in Manchester

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on October 10, 2016

Why do you attend Tech Entrerpreneur events in Manchester? What are the regular events one must attend as a tech entrepreneur? Bit of a rant here..so get your coffee/beer first.. For me there are four reasons: Access to finance – find new investors, especially those who are from out of town. Good to meet same folks over and over, but you need those rare individuals you cannot be accessed easily. Plus deal makers. Access to markets – potential users, customers and channel partners as well as those who could introduce others to you. Access to knowledge – learn something new (how…

How to turn a simple idea into a technology company

How to turn a simple idea into a technology company

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on August 5, 2016

My next gig is at Manchester Business School on 2nd September 2016. Areas covered: The journey from post MBA to today – failures and wins. How UnifiedVU started, and the thinking behind it. Starting place: Will power + Framework + Vision. Turning the idea into a product, business, attract customers, partners and continuous validation. Frameworks: Five stages of a startup The ten segments Bit about me: After spending well over a decade in engineering consultancy working for two global businesses, both in the UK and the Middle East, Manoj completed his Executive MBA at MBS in 2004, joining a tech startup as…

8 questions I must know the answers to

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on August 30, 2015

Here I am wondering on a Sunday afternoon after a bike ride with Paul whether I have compelling answers to following 8 questions: Is the product ready? What is the product? What benefits does the product bring? Is it compelling enough for customers to pay for? Having tried the product, will customers continue to pay? What else could they spend money on instead buying from us, i.e. what other choices the customers have (alternatives and competitors)? How do you convince customers that my product will solve their problem better than anyone else could? What if they do not know they have the problem we…

edocr exit party – thank you Manchester

edocr exit party – thank you Manchester

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on April 23, 2015

Atlas Bar – all ready and waiting for my guests, the misfits As you probably heard, edocr.com was acquired by Accusoft, Inc in March 2015. Over the years, many friends helped me to setup, launch and keep it growing, especially during the hard times. As a way of saying thank you to them, I held a party on 21st April 2015 at the Atlas Bar, Deansgate, Manchester. We were blessed with the hottest day of the year (so far), and my guests enjoyed a Spring BBQ. As Techcelerate was shut down in early 2013, it was the first time most…

edocr Ltd renamed to Venture 9 Ltd

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on April 7, 2015

Just a quick announcement to state that from today onwards, edocr Ltd will be Venture 9 Ltd. This change was initiated as Accusoft holds all rights to edocr name. There are no plans for Venture 9 going forward other than to shut it down at some point in the next 12 months. Resources: Memorable quotes on my second exit Coverage of my second exit, edocr to Accusoft

You are never too old to change your life around

You are never too old to change your life around

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on March 30, 2015

I consider myself a bit of a wimp when it comes to sports, e.g. I would never dare bungee jump. Growing up, the only certificate I won was for handwriting when my friends played rugby, cricket, etc for school and clubs. Whilst working, I won a cricket award when my employer’s team (Merz and McLellan) got promoted to the next division. Whilst I scored few runs and even got few wickets, I was never that good at cricket. I’ve played Badminton and Squash for fun, but never really competed. When I turned 46 last year, I took on cycling, after taking…

Coverage of my second exit, edocr to Accusoft

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on March 28, 2015

What better place to capture coverage of acquisition of edocr by Accusoft than my own blog. Here comes the list: Accusoft Acquires Document Sharing Platform edocr In All Cash Deal, Mike Butcher, Techcrunch (UK) Accusoft Acquires Edocr, Team Moves on to UnifiedVU, Readme.lk (Sri Lanka) Accusoft acquires Manchester – based edocr as Manoj Ranaweera exits after eight years, Prolific North (UK) Business document sharing platform acquired, Northwest Insider (UK) Accusoft Announces the Acquisition of edocr.com, Businesswire (USA) True Grit: A Company Struggling To Make Profit Wins, Echelon (Sri Lanka) Accusoft acquires edocr.com, LMD (Sri Lanka)

Testing edocr WordPress Plugin

Published by ManojRanaweera on October 26, 2013

Let’s see how this renders by simply adding the edocr Document URL http://www.edocr.com/doc/110658/white-paper-how-get-started-skilled-trade, which then uses #oEmbed – same plugin displays the document thumbnails on the right hand side bar Above was not good. Let’s try again… http://www.edocr.com/doc/110658/white-paper-how-get-started-skilled-trade Ok, it seems the URL has to be on its own. Need to fix the width. This may be due to edocr oEmbed releasing fixed width 658px

oEmbed here we come, thanks to iFramely

Published by ManojRanaweera on October 18, 2013

This is a quick test to demonstrate the capability of oEmbed via iframely. Thanks to this integration, you can just add a URL of a document which will render the document from edocr.com. But first you need to install Iframely Responsive Embeds plugin from here. http://www.edocr.com/doc/144677/capillary-technologies-corporate-brochure It looks like we still have some works to do in terms of height and the width of the embed.

It’s all about the survival of the founding team

Published by ManojRanaweera on January 24, 2013

All startups start with an idea. Usually, the idea comes from one individual, who has a problem that existing products cannot solve efficiently. In some cases, the “efficiency” is linked to “how you feel about” the existing solutions, e.g. higher price, cumbersome usability, outdated design, limited functionality, etc. What ever the reason, you decide to do something about it. You speak to few close friends and their friends, and eventually find few who might want to join you to build a product and create a tech startup in the process. Unless you have founded a company before, or have worked…

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