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Last week we held our European Investor Summit in Brussels attended by 170+ VC and Angel investors and top tech start-ups from over 20 countries, as well as Microsoft execs. We saw the launch of our IP Ventures company Zignals, and 45+ exhibiting companies
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Entrepreneurship is alive and well in Europe. I've spent the last few days in Brussels attending the Benelux Venture Forum . There is certainly no shortage of great technology start-ups and venture capital in the region
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Time to move on and take on the world... Here's what I'll be up to in the coming year: As of 1 st December I will be part of Microsoft Corporation’s DPE group (and hence departing Microsoft UK Partner Group) focussing on Emerging Business and building
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Getting into London on Monday morning to attend The Online Opportunity event which featured our own Steve Ballmer was challenging: I had a flat tyre on my car, got a late train, and Victoria was closed due to a security alert. And it was raining. But
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Real Business magazine and Microsoft have teamed up to find "the nation’s most intelligent users of software". These firms are harnessing software to radically improve performance, transforming their sector in the process. The 30 most innovative will
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Alas the summer is over and the opportunities to put the roof down are reducing dramatically. Now it's down to business. Thought it useful to share what the Emerging Partners team is up to in the coming months... We're focused on supporting and 'incubating'
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Bit of a milestone for my mate Mr Drury and his team of star players in Wellington, NZ, last week. Listing on the stock exchange is Xero's first step towards world domination me thinks. Warm fuzzy feeling seeing this. They are a great bunch, it's a killer
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Perhaps not something I thought I would be writing in the same sentence!! With BT in Redmond (Seattle) at the moment. Have to say, it's been a really great two days. The briefing session was really valuable. Though the highlight for me is getting new
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Wiki Wednesdays are a series of events that were started by Socialtext . They run in about 10 countries but are just starting to get some regular slots in London and are now organised by the community. If, like me, you are unsure of what a wiki actually
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April 25, 2007 BT Business launches unique online software supermarket for UK businesses Creates new channel to market for ISVs and delivers wide ranging software to help small businesses thrive BT Business, in partnership with Microsoft, is bringing
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Take a look at some Windows Live screenshots . And if you haven't already seen it check out Office Live for v small businesses. Also worth checking out the stuff from the Canadian Live team on Steve's blog and I love the Vista Live Search gadget .
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James often sends me links to interesting articles - this is one such piece about the investor community and Web 2.0 start ups. There certainly are a lot of them - have a look at this directory . Talking of finance, the guys at smartfundit.com are doing
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Met with the guys from Software Magic this week - I really like the concept of their solution as it builds on what you've already got in Outlook - and basically helps you visually represent your network. For someone who crams a lot in to the week and
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Recently my job has taken me to Rotherham, Leeds, London and Cambridge. How glamorous I hear you say. The meeting with the Music Factory guys was simply inspiring. I took a look at u-xplore . Wow. Andy describes this as as a solution that "helps connect
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Good to see my mate Rod in the news recently talking about his latest venture: Xero is a SaaS accounting solution for SME's. Read more about their raison d'etre . So why SaaS? Craig in their Development team thinks it's the only way to go . Rod was also
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