Manoj Ranaweera

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

Posts Tagged 'Techcelerate'

Why am I rebranding Northern StartUp 2.0?

Northern StartUp 2.0 has come a long way since our humble start in November 2006. Whilst I enjoy running it, it has strained my resources heavily. Unless something is done, it’s sustainability is questionable in the medium to long run. So here are my reasons for repositioning: 1. It must generate income to compensate effort. [...]

11 February 2010 at 00:11 - Comments
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11 February 10 at 00:11
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11 February 10 at 00:27

Rebranding – Budget vs no budget, freedom vs. constraints

It is no surprise to my regular readers that Northern StartUp 2.0 is currently going through a rebranding and repositioning exercise. Whilst there is a lot to talk about why this is taking place, I thought of highlighting few discussions I had on Twitter about rebranding and repositioning with an international software house which has [...]

10 February 2010 at 23:18 - Comments
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10 February 10 at 23:29
#WPP Rebranding – Budget vs no budget, freedom vs. constraints | Manoj …: The logo concept was forwarded by Ed ...
11 February 10 at 01:45

Next Generation Broadband Access – Building the Case for Regional Investment

On 15th Jan, I attended an Insider Breakfast event held at Bridgewater Hall hosted by Michael Taylor and his team. Read Insider – Morning with who’s who of Manchester Corporate Sector for my coverage of the event. Following on from there, I am running an event on the Next Generation Broadband Access jointly with DC-KTN. [...]

26 January 2010 at 20:32 - Comments
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26 January 10 at 20:41
This is nice very great post its too much informative.
29 January 10 at 10:54

Northern StartUp 2.0 Website is Under Attack!

For the last five weeks, Northern StartUp 2.0 website has been under attack by spammers. The spamming was related to opening accounts, about 5 every hour, which has resulted in over 1000 new accounts. Less than 1% of these accounts have actually added any comments, but if they all did, the site will be overwhelmed [...]

26 January 2010 at 10:40 - Comments

Insider – Morning with who’s who of Manchester Corporate Sector

As Michael Taylor, Editor of the North West Insider introduced me at the yesterday’s Insider Breakfast event, “where’s Manoj, a short chap, ah there he is”. Luckily, Sean Fensom, Chairman and Digital Veteren of Manchester Digital later came to my rescue as he is shorter than me. At this point, I felt a whole lot [...]

16 January 2010 at 08:35 - Comments
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Hi Ed, glad that you responded. Yes, facts are important and it would be good if you could share more ...
16 January 10 at 12:53
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16 January 10 at 18:07

First UK Microsoft Innovation Academy Workshop

The first ever UK Microsoft Innovation Academy Workshop took place on the 10th Dec 09 at Daresbury Innovation Centre. It was delivered by Jyoti Banerjee. I tweeted the full workshop, a two-day event squeezed into one-day, and my tweets are captured on the following report, which you can read on-line or download. Whilst I had [...]

14 December 2009 at 22:44 - Comments
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14 December 09 at 22:44

Microsoft Sponsored Innovation Academy Workshop For Start-Up Software Businesses

As you are probably be aware, Northern StartUp 2.0 has been a Microsoft BizSpark Network Partner since we launched the programme at Cloud Computing event held in April 2009 when Bindi Karia visited us. For the first time in the UK, Microsoft is running an Innovation Academy Workshop For Start-Up Software Businesses on the 10th [...]

18 November 2009 at 21:25 - Comments
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18 November 09 at 21:25
Well , the view of the passage is totally correct ,your details is really reasonable and you guy ...
7 July 10 at 09:23

Startup of the Week 3 – TheWeddingVine.com – Make you arrange your wedding easily

This week, I caught up with Mark Strefford, CEO of TheWeddingVine.com he runs with his wife, Vicki. I remember the days when Mark was thinking of how to take the first step of developing the site. I pushed him towards Drupal. TheWeddingVine.com has come a long way since then. Manoj: What made you launch your [...]

18 November 2009 at 00:07 - Comments
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18 November 09 at 06:29
This is a great site, this are advisable to us who are getting a problem about wedding reception and venues.
6 February 10 at 04:24

Is the environment right for venture capital in the north west?

Michael Taylor, the Editor of the Insider Magazine, just ran another successful Deal Makers 2009 Award ceremony, which  clashed with my own, Managing Growth – Tech Entrepreneur Series held at eOffice on 12th November 2009. Michael in his weekly column argues that private equity needs to get back to its venture capital roots. The Good [...]

17 November 2009 at 13:05 - Comments
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17 November 09 at 13:19
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17 November 09 at 14:25