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For me, the last few weeks have been delivered quite a few unexpected or unwelcome events; and a few nice surprises. The weather for one. Snow forced Heathrow (and CDG) to close down, leading to transport chaos across the UK and disruption for thousands.
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My good friend Mike Sigal from Guidewire Group will host a networking session (he calls it "Cocktails") for investors, entrepreneurs and other worthy people in London 5th Feb together with NESTA and partners. Worth going along if you are in town. Good
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Worth signing up for the Library House event in London on 20th November. Here's the agenda . Their blog is great too. Lots happening the week before for Enterprise Week . Check out all the events going on here .
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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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If you want to review the criteria for selection and sign up for this program, check out the updated UK Startupzone site
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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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"Someone needs what you know. Someone knows what you need." This is the rather clever motto of Horsesmouth - a recently launched e-mentoring solution where people volunteer their expertise and experience to someone else's benefit. The reception at 10
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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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Last night I met up some folks at an Internet People dinner at Adam St club. I've heard good things . I felt like an imposter (and said as much) as I can't claim to know a fraction of what's going on 'on the scene' as the Web 2.0 entrepreneurs and the
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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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Overview: Software + Services Architect Forum The winds of change are blowing across the entire IT landscape driven primarily by the ubiquity of connectivity brought about by the Internet, broadband and lowering costs of hardware and storage. 40% of British
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