Last night was spent up in Bristol University‘s Chemistry lecture room courtesy of Bristol Enterprise Network (this evening chaired by Prof Stephen Hagan, Director of the University of the West of England‘s Research, Business and Innovation group). The delegate list was rather larger than the turn out, but there were still plenty of entrepreneurs and… Continue reading Lessons in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Category: Enterprise
Hackathon Bristol
At Open Coffee the other night, after bemoning the lack of access to pre-seed capital and the unlikelyness of the banks to lend Simon and me £1m to run our own venture fund, the topic turned to the usual mix of mobile, hacking and start-ups. Somewhere between the beers, Dan proposed a hackathon in Bristol!… Continue reading Hackathon Bristol
Wither animation on the web?
Last night was the launch of SkillSwap Gloucestershire, hosted by Gloucestershire Media Group. Based on the same successful formula as Brighton and Bristol, the evening brought together creative media types, digital tech types and a couple enterprising business types. The venue was kept nicely informal at the Beehive in Cheltenham and expertise was provided by… Continue reading Wither animation on the web?
In theKnow
Got a bit overwhelmed with some work on another project, but spent a great hour or so with Sarah Baddley from Common Purpose on Friday. She’s putting together a new programme and we were discussing innovation, entrepreneurship, Bristol and the West of England. The most obvious (and recent) entrepreneurial success that came to mind was… Continue reading In theKnow
Pervasive Media planning
Following the Pervasive Media Sandbox event last week (photos here, there’s even one of me and the idea), I met up with Richard from Mobile Pie about the idea I presented and am intending to submit. We kicked a few options around and came up with a couple of tweaks that should get a functioning… Continue reading Pervasive Media planning
World of pain
Actually the double events of the World of Learning & Festival of Innovation, both at the NEC, both today. Separated by a hundred yards but with so few attendees that you could happily walk around them in less than 30 mins and then circle back to the relevant companies. ION – innovation owners network. Prof… Continue reading World of pain
Meeting the Canadians
Last night was a UK Trade & Investment and Interactive Ontario double header in the Watershed, Bristol. 11 Canadian companies from Ontario came to meet around 36 South West companies. The proforma presentations included an overview of the Canadian & Ontario business environment from Ian Kelso (IO & Canadian Interactive Alliance, CIAIC), an introduction to… Continue reading Meeting the Canadians
Young IoD in Bristol
The early start this morning wasn’t just to catch up on the overnight Google Reader (where I’ve pretty much dropped del.icio.us in favour of the search on GReader and shared items). Headed over to the Bristol Golf Course (bit of a sterotype thing going on there) and was promised the secret of being ‘Disgustingly good… Continue reading Young IoD in Bristol
BarCamp Bristol gathering pace
Laura Francis and Tim Beadle have put together the inaugral BarCamp Bristol (12 October if you haven’t booked) in association with SkillSwap Bristol. Sign up and register! There is a GBP5 fee to help towards costs. Loads of folks (currently 11) have contributed sponsorship, including me. There’s the Upcoming, FaceBook, and probably loads of other… Continue reading BarCamp Bristol gathering pace
Entrepreneurship in Bristol
There have been lots of events and initiatives to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in Bristol. Two of the latest have been Simon starting Open Coffee Bristol and the Creative Technology Network (CTN), this last launched with some fanfare by Michael B Johnson (Moving Pictures Group Lead at Pixar Animation Studios). Open Coffee is really beginning… Continue reading Entrepreneurship in Bristol