Business Link, Codeworks, Grim up North, North East, TechCrunch
In Cries for help on July 26, 2009 at 11:47 am
- Are you an internet start-up CEO in the North East of England?
- Have you worked in technology in the North East for a while?
- Do you know the technology sector well?
- Do you have experience of starting out, trying to get funding and asking for help and support?
- Do you have a story to share – good or bad – about any publicly-funded bodies in the North East?
- Do you have an opinion about the level of support and access to expert knowledge in the region?
Answered ‘yes’ to any of the above? Good. Then it’s you I’m after.
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Codeworks, Grim up North, Newcastle, Nick Bell, start-ups, Telegraph
In Announcements on July 17, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Well, I promised I would, and now I am. Going to Newcastle, that is. I’ll be there for a few days, starting Thursday 23 July, and I’m keen to meet some hotshots from the North East keen to prove my legendarily unpopular thesis wrong. I’m looking for the hottest internet start-ups in the North East.
While I won’t have time to get around to everyone, I’ll be at the Codeworks party on Thursday night, so hopefully I’ll be able to say hi to as many people as possible there. (I’ll be the one in the corner, surrounded by bodyguards, looking sheepish.)
I’ll also be at The Forth pub from 12noon to 3pm on Thursday.
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