Manoj Ranaweera

Building a great tech company (edocr.com) and tech ecosystem (techcelerate.org) in the north of England

Archive for May, 2007

Farewell from Gary Turner

I believe today is Gary’s last day at Pegasus. Here is what Gary said to his channel partners: Before I ride off into the sunset for my micro-retirement, I thought I should drop you a short note to express my personal thanks and appreciation for the support you’ve shown towards both Pegasus and to me [...]

30 May 2007 at 23:36 - Comments

My first mailshot – Intellicontact rocks!

I am currently trialling IntelliContact. Here is a screen shot of the e-mail shot I created for the forthcoming NW StartUp 2.0 event. It looks much better than the website. I am yet to fully test IntelliContact, but early signs are it’s a great tool to publish and manage mail shots. The only disappointment is [...]

30 May 2007 at 23:20 - Comments

OpenCoffee Liverpool kick starts on 19th June

Phil Blything, co-founder of Internet and Marketing Consultancy, Glow New Media has accepted the challenge to run OpenCoffee Liverpool. The first event will run on 19th June 2007. Please register here. The plan is that Phil will run Liverpool events on every 3rd Tuesday of the month, whilst Manchester events will be held on every [...]

30 May 2007 at 22:55 - Comments
Sounds great. The point is these are self-run events, but need hand-holding at the beginning until there is sufficient momentum. ...
31 May 07 at 06:56
alex
This publicity shot is one of the best I have seen in this realm. Who is responsible? A ...
2 June 07 at 11:21

SAP SAPPHIRE 07 VIENNA Post 7 – Governance, Risk and Compliance

On 15th May 07, I and other bloggers present had the privileage to drill Amit Chatterjee, SVP for Commercialisation and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). GRC seems to be an emerging theme within SAP whilst it has been part of the expertise provided by some of the Big 4 (and other) accountancy firms for sometime. [...]

25 May 2007 at 23:42 - Comments

edocr will present at i-TechPartner

edocr will be presenting at i-TechPartner on 12th June 2007 at Daresbury Innovation Centre. Hopefully RJ will rise to the challenge and an early beta will be available for demo. There will be 29 other companies pitching on the same day. If you are a startup, you might be interested in registering. Tags: i-Techpartner, Daresbury [...]

25 May 2007 at 22:41 - Comments
Look forward to seeing the demo. We're presenting at that one too.
30 May 07 at 11:03
Look forward to seeing the demo. We're presenting at that one too.
14 November 09 at 12:53

SAP Biller Direct – a one-sided story

SAP’s answer to streamlining invoice processing within an enterprise is SAP Biller Direct application, which seems to be designed for mySAP ERP. It enables an organisation to submit invoices, receive invoices, make payments, manage accounts and settle and reconcile transactions through the web. Not sure whether there is a similar application for SAP R/3. If [...]

25 May 2007 at 22:37 - Comments
Pras Durafe
Dear Manoj,Great to know your views on Biller direct. I am currently working on Vendor invoice verification (by Opentext) which ...
26 May 10 at 21:37
ManojRanaweera
Hi Pras, this post was written so long ago, it may no longer be relevant. Do drop back in later ...
27 May 10 at 05:00

Equity Fingerprint – a refreshing idea

Philip Baddeley of Equity Fingerprint just pinged me to say hi after coming to know about OpenCoffee Manchester. According to the site: The site is about equity distribution; from the first equity split to the angel and VCs rounds. Use this business plan resource to shape your equity road map. Entrepreneurs and investors come in [...]

25 May 2007 at 21:50 - Comments

OpenCoffee North – Bringing Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield under one umbrella

It seems OpenCoffee Manchester is seen as a bit of a joke by the London crowd due to small number of attendees. There aren’t any London VCs prepared to attend Manchester events. So, Ed French of Enterprise Ventures came up with a marvelous idea to combine Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield under one common brand, [...]

25 May 2007 at 20:59 - Comments
Here is another thought! How about plusnet sponsor Free Wi Fi through BT OpenZone for all OC events UK wide?
1 June 07 at 22:25
Hmmm. I'll have a chat with Dean about that one..!
3 June 07 at 18:54

OpenCoffee Manchester is moving in the right direction

  3rd event of OpenCoffee Manchester (OCM) was held on 22nd May 2007 at Starbucks, Television House, 10, Mount St, Manchester, Manchester M2 5NT. Here are the attendees (15, the most we had to date) and some of the conversations that took place: Entrepreneurs: Mike Carter – Co-founder of Ixis – Ixis operates from Daresbury [...]

23 May 2007 at 03:39 - Comments
Manoj, Sounds like an interesting session. I'll definitely make the next one. Maybe see you at BarCampSheffield over the weekend. Dean
25 May 07 at 13:42
Great to hear from you Dean. Unfortunately, cannot attend the BarcampSheffield. Watchout for Imran Ali on Saturday. I will blog this ...
25 May 07 at 14:38

Ajaz Ahmed of Freeserve fame to give keynote speech at next NW Startup 2.0 event on 14 June 2006 @ KPMG Manchester

Moderator – Manoj Ranaweera – ebdexManoj founded ebdex in late 2004 to reduce the pains felt by organisations in dealing with their suppliers and customers with respect to exchange of structured documents. The result was ebdex Document Exchange, with ebdex EIPP (Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment) being the first application offered to both SMEs and [...]

18 May 2007 at 19:03 - Comments