Comments on: Startup thinking from our friends in the North http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/11/20/startup-thinking-from-our-friends-in-the-north/ Tracking European web and mobile start-ups Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:42:25 +0100 hourly 1 By: Glen Hopkinson http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/11/20/startup-thinking-from-our-friends-in-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-68568 Glen Hopkinson Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:25:41 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/11/20/startup-thinking-from-our-friends-in-the-north/#comment-68568 Nice to see the Connect Yorkshire (www.connecyorkshire.org) on Lee's list of potential collaborators. Our remit is to link entrepreneurs with the resources they need to succeed: money, mentoring and high-quality advice from people who have done it themselves. Our lastest initiative to help make deals happen and facilitate investment is called www.mydealmaker.co.uk. This is an online portal where entrepreneurs - primarily those 'up North' - can advertise their funding needs and pitch their ideas to investors whenerever they are 24/7. The site is currently in beta and I think dovetails well with what theNetStart is trying to do. We hope that we can participate in building an online community and marketplace that promotes enterprise and facilitates additive interactions across the North. Go Lee go! Nice to see the Connect Yorkshire (www.connecyorkshire.org) on Lee’s list of potential collaborators. Our remit is to link entrepreneurs with the resources they need to succeed: money, mentoring and high-quality advice from people who have done it themselves. Our lastest initiative to help make deals happen and facilitate investment is called http://www.mydealmaker.co.uk. This is an online portal where entrepreneurs – primarily those ‘up North’ – can advertise their funding needs and pitch their ideas to investors whenerever they are 24/7. The site is currently in beta and I think dovetails well with what theNetStart is trying to do. We hope that we can participate in building an online community and marketplace that promotes enterprise and facilitates additive interactions across the North. Go Lee go!

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A llok at what is offered by the Welsh Technium network is not limited to university spin outs http://www.technium.co.uk/

]]> By: Manoj Ranaweera http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/11/20/startup-thinking-from-our-friends-in-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-66936 Manoj Ranaweera Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:29:13 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/11/20/startup-thinking-from-our-friends-in-the-north/#comment-66936 All related documents can be accessed through here http://www.edocr.com/tags/thenetstart Please leave your comments against each document. You are welcome to embed, link or add thumbnails to your blogs and sites. If you would like to meet the team, why not come to NW Startup 2.0 DEMO + Mashup* Manchester on 6th Dec 07 to see other Northern Stars and join a debate on Content 2.0. Southerners attending the event include Simon Grice (etribes, testcard.tv), Paul Fisher (Advent Ventures), Sam Sethi (Blognation), Nic Brisbourne (Esprit Ventures), Vincent Camara (Intruders.tv to film the whole event). We already have about 13 companies confirmed for DEMOs All related documents can be accessed through here http://www.edocr.com/tags/thenetstart

Please leave your comments against each document. You are welcome to embed, link or add thumbnails to your blogs and sites.

If you would like to meet the team, why not come to NW Startup 2.0 DEMO + Mashup* Manchester on 6th Dec 07 to see other Northern Stars and join a debate on Content 2.0. Southerners attending the event include Simon Grice (etribes, testcard.tv), Paul Fisher (Advent Ventures), Sam Sethi (Blognation), Nic Brisbourne (Esprit Ventures), Vincent Camara (Intruders.tv to film the whole event). We already have about 13 companies confirmed for DEMOs

]]> By: JohnofScribbleSheet http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/11/20/startup-thinking-from-our-friends-in-the-north/comment-page-1/#comment-66879 JohnofScribbleSheet Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:32:27 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/11/20/startup-thinking-from-our-friends-in-the-north/#comment-66879 Good news for Northern startups then. The fact that most "have" to move to London must put off many. Good luck to Project Sahara. Good news for Northern startups then. The fact that most “have” to move to London must put off many. Good luck to Project Sahara.

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