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  • EIPP StartUps - Talk to me!

    Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 02:33 in eipp e-invoicing, funding startups

    Since the beginning of this year, I spoke to number of EIPP/e-invoicing StartUps in various stages of development. Most of them were in very early stages and had the wisdom to meet me before putting their plans into action. One of them has withdrawn ...

  • Greetings Northerners!

    Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 02:07 in funding startups, eveo

    At last, we have a functioning blog at Northern StartUp 2.0 (NS20). Recently, I have been speaking a lot about developing an ecosystem for digital product based companies in the North, and especially in the North West. I see Northern StartUp 2.0 taki...

  • Forthcoming Northern Events

    Posted on Thursday May 22nd, 2008 at 04:18 in edocr, funding startups, eveo

    16th June 08 - NS20 DEMO: eOffice Manchester Click here to register for NS20 DEMO on 16th June 2008 at eOffice Manchester- 6 pm to 9 pm North of England’s premier event for Northern Digital Startups to present their businesses to an audience of...

  • NS20 - Speaker line up! Sign up now

    Posted on Tuesday May 6th, 2008 at 06:27 in funding startups, nwstartup20, eveo

    Just a quick additional note to introduce the speakers and panel for the event taking place on 14th May at KPMG Manchester. I am still awaiting for potentially 2 more speakers and panel members. They would be a bonus to the exceptional people speakin...

  • NetStart - a candid chat with Lee Strafford

    Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 18:46 in edocr, funding startups

    Last year, I attended a number of sessions organised by Lee Strafford to learn and if possible engage with his project NetStart (previously called Project Sahara). Today, I learned that after much time investment in engaging with Regional Development...

  • Methodology for launching under £25,000

    Posted on Friday March 21st, 2008 at 19:51 in edocr, funding startups, nwstartup20, evigon

    My brain was in an explosion this afternoon, whilst accompanying my family and a friend on a shopping trip to Ellesmere Port, off M56. This all started due to two conversations I had yesterday. I linked the two conversations with my experience of ebd...

  • Influencers - Rhys Jones and Simon Grice

    Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 08:05 in funding startups

    Currently, I am inspired by two individuals: Rhys Jones of Accountis, sanoodi and edocr I like his concept of having a pipeline of companies. His sweet spot is in setting up and nurturing a startup to revenue generation. He acknowledges that others ...

  • Setting up a company is dead easy!

    Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 07:36 in funding startups

    It has become very easy to setup a legal entity, and I thought of sharing some of the activities you need to undertake if you are thinking of starting a business. Here goes: Decide on company name. Check companies house to ensure the availability of...

  • Birth of evigon Ltd

    Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 07:21 in funding startups

    I created evigon with two thoughts in mind, these being: Provide a vehicle for my advisory and consultancy activities Allow other services to be provided through a flexible entity It is very early days to write too much about evigon, but I hope I w...

  • ebdex is dead!

    Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 07:09 in causeway technologies, eipp e-invoicing, ob10, accountis, ariba, burns e-commerce solutions, ebdex, jp morgan chase, funding startups

    ebdex was formed on 25th Nov 2004 with the idea of disrupting the EIPP market dominated by Accountis and OB10. To be fair, OB10 and Accountis had very low market penetration then (and same is true now). But they were the best examples an ambitious st...

  • Want to DEMO your startup?

    Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 01:11 in funding startups

    Are you a startup or early stage digital technology company? Or have you got a killer idea with some early code you want to tell others about? Are you looking for seedcorn or second round of funding, team members, mentors, partners, and/or ideas...

  • Calling all StartUp and Early Stage EIPP Vendors

    Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 00:38 in eipp e-invoicing, funding startups

    As you can imagine, I get to know quite a number of start up and early stage EIPP (and related) vendors, both here and across the pond. At the same time, I have also attracted a number of potential investors and acquirers seeking startup and early st...