Zeroth.ai in HK with Tak:):)
Zeroth.ai in HK with Tak:):) So this dodgy American Hong Kong guy drags me to HK. We were of no use but I did get some photo’s:) Sadly I was not clever enough to make theme the right way…and too lazy. I am sure Object-ai.com would be able to do this easily.
Read moreYCombinator and the Greatest Trick Ever Pulled
YCombinator and the Greatest Trick Ever Pulled Y Combinator originally invested in 40 or so new startups a year, mostly from Stanford University. Investments were small ($5,000 + $5,000/founder) in exchange for around 6% of equity. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. To see in retrospect…
Read morePaul Smith for Head of Tech North Please:)
Paul Smith for Head of Tech North Please:) Last week I read that Claire Braithwaite had stepped down as Head of Tech North. I has only met Claire a few times and she had been excellent every time I’d met her, plus numerous people I knew who worked with her said she was good, so…
Read moreIgnite have been to Lichfield – again
Ignite have been to Lichfield – again Every Ignite cohort that has come out of Newcastle over the years spends 2 days in sunny Lichfield meeting all our staff and seeing if we can help them????? Last week we had them all down for 2 days be interesting to see what they do over the…
Read moreIan Merricks – Fast Forward London, Accelerator Academy, White Horse Capital
Ian Merricks – Fast Forward London, Accelerator Academy, White Horse Capital Wanna be pop start – star or tart, it was a misstype but amused me:) I actually thought Ian would make a better motor racing driver and for some reason Jenson Button came to mind. Jenson is nothing like Ian, but maybe Ian has…
Read more500 Startups Distro Dojo Comes to Town
So a little bird told us that 500 Startups were coming to lil’ old London town. Their new programme Distro Dojo, headed up by Matt Lerner, formerly Paypal hopes to “help post-seed companies blow up growth and close their next round.” What you need to know about Distro Dojo: Distro = 500 Startups growth hacking;…
Read moreAccelerators in the UK why bother as an investor?
ACCELERATORS IN THE UK WHY BOTHER AS AN INVESTOR? I am writing this following on from a long discussion on twitter with Hussein Kanji of Hoxton Ventures. Hussein is very anti accelerators and I appear to be quite pro ( I am a mentor and investor in Techstars, Ignite and Entrepreneurs First ). Now being…
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