Business Two Zero

In the current, connected world you are bombarded by content, and new services competing for your attention. I’m a big proponent of social networks, and I’ve been trying out Ning as both a user (with OpenCoffee Club) and a provider (with London Wiki Wednesdays), and it looks to be quite a reasonable platform to connect […]

I’m not going to be able to make either today or next week’s OpenCoffee Club, which is a great shame. I’ve got in to the habit of trying to arrange London meetings on a Thursday, so I can drop in and meet new people. Last week I was there with my business partner David Wynn, […]

I’m continually fascinated by the way connections are made in this new world of web 2.0 and social media. When I walked in to the OpenCoffee Club on Thursday a woman I’d not met before instantly recognized me and came over to talk. Being a guy, sadly my knee jerk (jerk being the operative word […]

Today I dropped in to the London OpenCoffee Club to meet up with Dennis Howlett, Sam Sethi and some others. While I was introducing Dennis to Cristiano Betta and Stephen McCurry, Cristiano handed over one of those cool, small business cards that I’ve seen bloggers use. Dennis showed his and they started to discuss the […]

You might have seen my report on the London Girl Geek Dinner that I spoke at the other night. Dominic Tristram did a fine job of videoing it, whilst struggling with the background noise of a busy wine bar, and has put it up on Viddler. The other speakers were Angela Beesley of Wikia and […]

 
Back on the 19th I went to my first London OpenCoffee Club meeting. I blogged about it before, but here is a quick update. There were a couple of people I met but forgot to mention. I spoke to Cristiano Betta about technology, a Dutch trends blog called Frankwatching, education and teachr.tv, and he sent me the links to […]

Over the last week I have been making connections on various social networking sites. I’ve been slowly building up contacts on LinkedIn to see how useful that might be, plus I’ve been invited in to various Ning networks, as well as thinking about setting up one of my own for Twinfield. Last week I attended […]

Yesterday I went to Saul Klein’s Regent Street, London OpenCoffee Club Meetup. Saul’s idea is straightforward. Set up a regular place and time for a relaxed meeting of entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone else who is interested in startups for networking and chat over coffee. They take place every Thursday at 10:00 at the Starbucks inside […]

Last year I spoke at the first NW Startup 2.0 in Manchester, organized by local entrepreneur Manoj Ranaweera. The second meeting has just been announced. Here is the idea:
Whether you are starting an Internet business, a seasoned entrepreneur, an investor, or you think you’ve got the killer idea, then this session could be for you. […]

The last London Wiki Wednesday was quite a success. The venue for the next one has just been confirmed. It will be at Microsoft’s Soho offices in central London, a short walk from Piccadilly Circus tube on 4 April 2007, starting at 18:30 for refreshments and networking. The address is Microsoft House, 10 Great Pulteney […]