Top 10 Speakers I would like to see at RAWNW2010
This is a strange blog post, so please bear with me until I get going. RAW2010, brain child of Mike Perls, the man known simply as “Perls of Wisdom” or the man who would bare all for a publicity stunt, or simply the CEO of MC2, was interested in adding few more speakers of my […]
StartUp of the Week 2: Vidiactive – Bringing Web Video to TV
On behalf of Northern StartUp 2.0‘s StartUpOftheWeek programme, I caught up with Ben Hookway, CEO of Vidiactive to find out about his latest tech startup. Manoj: What made you launch your company? Briefly, tell us about the company history and the management team. Ben: EV Group (previously Enterprise Ventures) were already looking at the Vidiactive […]
StartUp of the Week 1: Whamoosh – Personalised just got better
This week, I caught up with John Bickley to hear about the recent launch of Whamoosh! A new player in the personalisation business. Applying new technology to revolutionise an established market……… Manoj: What made you launch your company? Briefly, tell us about the company history and the management team John: FaceTec (owned by me) has […]
Tech Entrepreneur Series – Managing Growth – 12th Nov Manchester
Register at http://www.nwstartup20.co.uk/nov09 High growth technology companies go through many phases; in the case of edocr.com, we recognise five phases in our road map; development, commercial trials, launch, growth and dominance. Each phase present a challenge; from many options open, which one (or few) should be pursued to achieve the end market dominance and increase […]
Transforming the textiles landscape past, present and future
I just got back from the inaugural event of UK India Business Council Next Gen North West, which Imran Hakim arranged on behalf of the Board on the textile industry at the University of Bolton. The event was well attended, and included some of the hottest names in the textile industry in the north west […]
Sage goes free with BillingBoss
It is not often I get to know a new product before Dennis Howlett, especially in the accountancy software market. But it seems Dennis as well as most people at the HQ of Sage in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne may not have been aware of BillingBoss released by Canadian subsidiary of Sage. I was contacted on 21st September, […]
I am on Posterous – so what?
Once in a while I come across an application which is so simplistic, you almost get the value proposition immediately. Posterous is such an application. The other application is of course Twitter. Most of us who operate closer to leading edge and open in terms of sharing knowledge tends to sign up to most of […]
Sri Lankan Cabinet
The Cabinet of Sri Lanka is as follows: Hon. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake – Prime Minister & Minister of Internal AdministrationHon. Milinda Moragoda – Minister of Justice and Law ReformsHon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama – Minister of Public Administration and Home AffairsHon. Dinesh Gunawardena – Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area DevelopmentHon. Arumugan Thondaman – Minister of […]
Kings of Leon – Closer
Stranded in this spooky town Stoplight is swaying and the phone lines are down Snow is crackling cold She took my heart, I think she took my soul With the moon I run Far from the carnage of the fiery sun Driven by the strangle of vein Showing no mercy I’d do it again Open […]
My Response to Andrew Scott on Customer Service
This is my response to customer service post written by Andrew Scott, CEO of Rummble, mentor of Tech Mission London 09 and alum of Webmission08 Hey Andrew, interesting thought provoking article. What most of us would love to hear is how you scale Rummble’s own customer service. At http://edocr.com, most queries comes through “contact us”. […]