Manoj Ranaweera

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

Archive for July, 2008

How important are Northern Stars for the region?

Please read page 6 and 7 of: The headline is “leaders of the region’s £16 billion digital and creative industries are intensifying their efforts to establish the North West as one of the world’s most innovative production centre’s for digital entertainment and new media”. As part of the initiative to grow regional output by £1bn [...]

28 July 2008 at 17:54 - Comments

North-South Dividing Line – Your thoughts please!

An issue that I have not successfully resolved is the dividing line between the North and South of United Kingdom, from the perception of Northern StartUp 2.0. The services provided by Northern Startup 2.0 is for the digital startups in the North of England. At present it excludes Midlands and South Wales due to the [...]

28 July 2008 at 17:08 - Comments
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13 April 09 at 22:15
I think that there is a little North South divide (but Wales and Midlands are in their own ways very ...
13 August 09 at 20:47

Serving Northern Digital Entrepreneurs – Best event ever!

I am happy to report that we had the best Northern StartUp 2.0 event ever on the 15th of July at KPMG Manchester. In case you missed it, here is a teaser: At the core of Northern StartUp 2.0 is the Northern Digital Entrepreneurs, that is people like me (Founder of edocr), Anish Kapoor (Founder [...]

17 July 2008 at 16:23 - Comments

Forthcoming event on the 15th July at KPMG Manchester

I have been running Northern StartUp 2.0 events to promote digital entrepreneurship in the North of UK since October 2006 at the suggestion of TechCrunchUK Editor at the time, Sam Sethi. I am happy to announce that for the first time, the event on 15th July at KPMG Manchester has been oversubscribed. We will also [...]

11 July 2008 at 23:46 - Comments

Crain’s Manchester Business – the only weekly business publication

Crain’s Manchester Business is the only weekly business publication available in Manchester. Crain’s approached Northern StartUp 2.0 prior to launch to understand the ecosystem for digital product based companies. As a result the Northern StartUp 2.0 was featured on the very first issue published on the 17th December 2007. In case you did not know, [...]

11 July 2008 at 23:39 - Comments