28th Jan 09 – Manchester (6 pm start) – Thriving as a Tech StartUp in an UpStart economy – Beating the economic blues

Just a quick blog post to let you know that there are only 16 tickets remaining for tomorrow’s event. You can still buy a ticket at http://www.nwstartup20.co.uk/jan09. Act now to avoid disappointment later. Tickets at door are priced £40 irrespective of your status. \ "Thriving as a Tech StartUp in an UpStart economy – Beating […]

The Richard Report and Digital Economy

The Richard Report prepared on behalf of the Shadow Cabinet by Doug Richard of Dragon’s Den fame and Chairman of Library House and Trutap, both of which are in financial trouble at present, addressed some key issues regarding small businesses and the Government with respect to business support.  As Doug put it, the big numbers […]

TiE – The Global Network for Entrepreneurs

I joined TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs when it was first launched in Manchester about two years ago. TiE differentiates with other organisations by concentrating on providing mentoring services for entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, just like many organisations, it tends to attract more service providers than entrepreneurs these days. This has resulted in less attendance by me over […]

Courtesy of BBC – Financial Crisis 2008 in Graphics

These graphics from BBC on the financial crisis that affects all of us one way or another, are too good to be ignored. Casualties – Number of companies that were nationalised, taken over, asset stripped or let to go bankrupt. The Cost of the bail-out – Unbelievable to think the cost of Northern Rock nationalisation. […]

Knowledge Management Job Trends

I just discovered SimplyHired that tracks employment trends based on US data, which shows remarkable come back on jobs related to knowledge management. However, it reports typical salaries of $58,000 and further analysis is required to understand how it is calculated. On SimplyHired’s defence, they clearly states that average knowledge management salaries can vary greatly […]