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SuperMondays brings you SuperStartup
Posted by James Mills on November 11, 2009 4:25 PM
I am happy to share with you another great event put on by SuperMondays.
We are very happy to announce that David Cohen (CEO of TechStars) and Kevin Mann (Take Publishing) will be running an innovation seminar especially for the startup community!
David is a successful entrepreneur in his own right, helping to found several software and web technology companies which were subsequently sold. David is now the Executive Director of TechStars an acceleration programme based in Boulder, Colorado and Boston, Massachusetts and has helped 38 startup companies setup bringing capital, connections and real-world experience to provide a unique opportunity for early stage start-ups.
Kevin Mann at Take Comics was one of those startups. Take Comics was the first (and to date only) overseas team to be accepted on the TechStars programme - and is based in Teesside!! Kevin will help provide insight into what it is like to be on an acceleration programme and what he has got out of it.
Finally, we will be running a competition at the event where two lucky people will win tickets to the Le Web conference on 8th & 9th of December in Paris! You can find more here: http://www.leweb.net
Date & Time: Friday 20th November @ 15:00 to 18:00
Venue: To be announced
Registration: http://superstartup.eventbright.com
More details on the event is here: http://www.supermondays.org/2009/11/07/superstartup-supertelly/
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Here is the news - but not for free
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Posted by on November 18, 2009 10:45 AM
THE recession may have sounded the death knell for some businesses but it has screamed opportunity for many others.
Those that haven't drowned in these turbulent economic seas will emerge stronger, although they are having to do things differently in this brave new world heralded by last year's financial crash.
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Car parking shake-up may mean price to pay
Posted by on November 18, 2009 10:50 AM
MIDDLESBROUGH Council's bold initiative to protect local residents could backfire big style if it deters would-be commuters from spending their hard-earned cash in the town's shops and restaurants.
The residents-only parking/pay and display zone, which covers vast swathes of the town centre, is designed to protect local residents by giving them better car-parking access near their homes.
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Private equity can fill funding gap
Posted by on November 18, 2009 10:52 AM
THE banking crisis has been disastrous for just about everyone - apart from the banks, it seems.
Propped up by multi-million pound loans from the taxpayer, the big three of Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and HSBC now own vast swathes of British industry due to deals done in the credit boom of 2004-2007.
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Infrastructure to pave way for construction revival
Posted by on November 27, 2009 11:26 AM
Just don't mention the idea of an economic recovery to those beleaguered souls in the construction industry.
Builders, surveyors, estate agents and property investors are united under a suffocating gloom caused by one of the worst slumps in living memory.
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