NW StartUp 2.0 brings software entrepreneurs and investment community under one roof. If you are interested in attending the next event, please choose dates you are able to attend from those listed on doodle. References: etribes this blog upcoming.org David Terrar’s blog TechCrunch – Sam’s old blog Tags: NW StartUp 2.0, NW StartUp20, StartUp20, doodle, funding, entrepreneurship, start up
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Have you visited Version One’s website in the past? Were you impressed? Probably the answer was "no". Have a look at their new website. Except for "Copyright 2006" at the bottom of page, it looks great. My disappointment is that there is no blog. But they have provided a RSS feed. What is also missing is details of the Board and the senior management. Perhaps, this is due to the fact that Version One is a family owned business. Actually owned by two families, Bray and McGain. Husbands and wives (I may have analysed this slightly wrong as there are…
Thanks to Bhaskar Mahendrakar, a full time MBA Student at Manchester Business School (MBS), I learned today that the School has finally started a blog in Oct 06. The idea is to capture the thoughts of MBA students during their stay at the School. In addition, MBS finally saw the arrival of their new Director, Professor Michael Luger. I am happy to announce that he also plans to blog. What a refreshing change. It would even be better if the school starts to treat their students as clients (a question for which I never got an answer from Prof John…
According to an article published by DDC HRO, Philippines boasts the following facts about its Cyber Services Corridor: 600 miles from Baguio in Northern Luzon to Zamboanga in Mindanao. Served by $10 billion high bond Served by Profiber backbone and digital network Home to 75,000 call centres and BPO agents Speaks English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Arabic Cultural disposition for service provision and customer care Wow, I never thought Philippines as a BPO hub! Tags: Phillippines, DDC HRO, BPO
Everyday, I am amazed to find another company I have not heard of operating in the same competitive environment as ebdex. This time, a company called DDC HRO, with over 3500 staff. Introduction DDC HRO introduces itself as a "global human capital BPO solutions" provider. It’s strap line gives out a simple yet effective message, "right people, right locations, right results". Part of the DDC Group, the DCC HRO’s core competencies are in the areas of Data Administration Human Resource Administration Accounts and Financial Processing Marketing & Sales Document Processing Research & Development Information Technology Founded by Jan Trevalyan and…
WirelessMatch facilitates private equity investment in early stage companies operating in the wireless and mobile telecoms markets. Here is a list of current investment opportunities: Matching of car parking spaces: £370,000 Intelligent multimedia polling solution: £450,000 WiMax network: £3.0m Photographic evidence via mobile phone: £390,000 Wireless Network Infrastructure: £1.0m Mobile dating: £300,000 Antenna technology: £250,000 Tags: Funding, Start Ups, WirelessMatch, wireless & telecoms market
I learned on 12th that Gerry Lemberg, 68 passed away on the 6th of January 2007. According to his colleague, Avi Ram, it was quick and painless end without any suffering. I came to know Gerry through ecadamey in Feb 06. At Gerry’s request, ebdex presented its business plan to London Business School in March 06 as part of the VCIC competition. I am glad to report that as a result, Manchester Business School will be sending a team to 2007 VCIC competition. Avi has asked me to inform anyone who has known Gerry. A simple funeral service will take…
I assume that all readers of this blog are web savvy. In case you are looking for Venture Capital and have not interrogated the Google Directory, here is a link for you: http://www.google.com/Top/Business/Financial_Services/Venture_Capital/. In addition, if you want to contact Google direct, try your luck with http://www.google.com/support/contact/bin/request.py?bdpg=1 Tags: Google, VC, Venture Capital
According to a report published by BLT’s Management Consultancy Recruitment Team, demand for consultants remains steady with little upward movement on salaries. The salary mid-points as per their report are as follows: Analyst – £26k Junior consultant – £41k Consultant – £59k Senior Consultant/Manager – £66k with top end extending up to £90k Managing Consultant – £84k Principal/Associate Director – £120k Director/Salaried partner – £190k Do you have any comparative data? If you do, how does that stack up with above? Tags: Management Consultancy salaries