Last Thursday night I attended the second NW Startup 2.0 event organised by Manoj Ranaweera. The idea of the event is to bring together likeminded tech entrepreneurs who can share their experiences of the undoubtedly rewarding, yet often lonely task of starting your own business.
Also in attendance were several deal brokers, investors and venture capitalists who have valuable tips (and not to mention, finance!) to share. After some networking over canapes provided by hosts KPMG, we enjoyed speeches from three entrepreneurs who’ve been there and done it: Yuuguu’s Anish Kapoor, Accountis and Sanoodi’s Rhys Jones and Wadaro’s Robert Wakeling. After sharing their wisdom it was also very interesting to hear Ed French of Rising Stars, venture capitalists who invest almost exclusively in tech startups. He provided valuable insight for any budding entrepreneur to bear in mind when seeking investment.
After a Q+A session, more drinks and food provided the ideal opportunity for the entrepreneurs to practice their ‘Dragon’s Den’ pitches to potential investors. Well done Manoj for organising a great event like this in Manchester.
BIMA has been asked to support this event ongoing, so we’ll post detail about future events here. I look forward to the next one.
Chris,
Thanks for the comments: it was an interesting evening from an investors’ point-of-view too- Manoj did a great job of organising it too.
Ed
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