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TCMCR60 is on 23rd April
The next Techcelerate Coffees Manchester 60 (TCMCR60) will be on 23rd April at Coffee Hive in Manchester Piccadilly. Grab a ticket – respect our rules TCMCR are pure networking events where tech founders and investors alike can mingle with Techcelerate members, partners and specialists. Guests can attend one event free per year. Regulars are asked […]
The art of building a tech startup
Building a tech startup and perhaps any business is all about having a vision, being able to articulate it, assembling a team and executing it. It helps execution if the know-how is there to start with. You know what needs to be done, how to do it and when to do it. You may not […]
Catching up with Lisa Layzell
Caught up with Lisa Layzell who seems to be getting prettier unlike me as we both age! Lisa and I both started out from Sci-Tech Daresbury in 2006 and she was one of the first female Tech Founders of old #Techcelerate and also an Alum of #Alliance Manchester Business School. We are both back at […]
Networks of Manchester’s Tech Ecosystem
Once upon a time (2006 to 2013), Techcelerate pioneered in building the Manchester’s Tech Ecosystem, when public sector could not care less about scalable technology businesses. Today, it’s a different story. Both public as well as the private sectors have come together to build the ecosystem from where Techcelerate had left off. Referred to as […]
The life of tech entrepreneur, Chris Leigh
Stuart Scott-Goldstone and I paid our last respects yesterday to fellow Manchester Business School (MBS) MBA Alum and Greater Manchester tech entrepreneur Chris Leigh, after he took his life just over a week before Christmas. The funeral was also attended by current and past Sci-Tech Daresbury community including John Leake, Paul Treloar, Robert Wakeling (Wadaro), Michael Thomas […]
#NorthernStars – A celebration of Tech Entrepreneurship
I was late attending the finals of NorthernStars pitch event last night at UKFast organised by TechNorth missing all the 23 pitches, as a result of attending CommissioningLive, a healthcare event, but the feedback I got suggested that the quality of pitching in the North is now in par with London. This was perhaps the strongest […]
Thoughts from #TechNorth launch in #Leeds today
The Launch Until 8:00 am this morning, I couldn’t justify a reason to attend the launch of much hyped TechNorth in Leeds. By 8:15 am, I regretted my decision, and by 10:15 I was listening to TechCity CEO launching the event. Yes in Leeds! In 2006, except for few of us, tech entrepreneurship was not […]
My first exit (asset sale) – Northern Tech Awards
This post should have been written on 1st August 2013 when I sold Northern Tech Awards to GP Bullhound, a boutique investment bank, as I was emotionally fired up on that great scorching day in Manchester. Since 2004, I founded few businesses, some have gone horribly wrong and others have thrived. Northern Tech Awards was not […]
Mini Seedcamp London – Where are the northerners?
I will be attending my third Seedcamp event tomorrow as a mentor. Seedcamp is without a doubt the main event for any budding tech entrepreneur team in Europe, and it is getting bigger each year attracting companies from all over the world. For those who are not familiar with Seedcamp, it was first introduced in […]
Videos of DC-KTN Next Generation Broadband Access – Building the Case for Regional Investment
Next Generation Broadband Access – Building the Case for Regional Investment took place on 22nd Feb 2010 in Manchester, co-hosted by Techcelerate on behalf of DC-KTN. Click on the thumbnail to access event leaflet. Event was chaired by Philip Hargrave, CEO DC-KTN Speaker 1: How to deliver 10Gbit/s…or perhaps not? by Ian Vance, Amazing Communications; […]