The focus of the investor talk was on understanding what angel investors look for in startups and how startups go looking for investment. With Stephen Houston, experienced angel investor, Cindy van Niekerk, CEO of Umazi and Jenny Ervine from Raise Ventures all hosted by Michael McDowell from Raise Ventures. Stephen highlighted that as an experienced…
What a great night of conversation at Tech for Non Tech! With Chris Armstrong, Emma Mulholland, Naily Makangu and James Donaghy. Talking Product Manager vs Product Owner Chris Armstong from Niice kicked things off. Niice allows fast collaborative sharing of brand vision for big name brands. Chris is the founder and all things CEO…
Angel Investing 101: Entrepreneurs and aspiring angels will love this free online course. You’ll learn about angel investing, deal flow and we will bring a community of future investors together to network via our live online course. You’ll learn how to successfully make your first angel investment. The brand new Angel Investing 101 series will…
We all know starting an early stage tech business is hard. Quite often the founder moves from industry into the CEO role and has to take on the full responsibility for a business. This means looking after everything not just their area of expertise. This covers operations, finance, sales, admin and much more spinning of…
Technology and Communities can only improve Angel Investing Odds Look back to 2010 when angels stepped into the local Halo Angel pitching event. The events were the place to go to find early stage startups. After pitching and dinner the best startups would have a queue of investors waiting to talk to them. Fast forward…
Interested in Angel Investing? Do you often wonder how to get started as an angel investor? Do you want to support local tech startups? Angel Investing is a high risk investment sector that can have potential high rewards and returns. Assessing Your Options As you save up money you may often look at various options…
Get your pitch and video ready for upStart 2020! upStart is a great way for early stage startups to reach a global audience online by uploading a video pitch and pitch deck through Pitchtape Startups simply have to register at https://digitaldna.pitchtape.com/ Create a video pitch and upload a deck and submit Here is a simple…
Enterprise Barometer Survey During these extraordinary times for business it has NEVER been more important to make sure your concerns, opinions and ideas are being heard. By taking part in the Enterprise Barometer 2020, which last year saw over 1200 participants, you are adding your voice to the most powerful and comprehensive survey of self-employed,…
A big thanks to our speakers Louise Laughlin, Dermot Hughes, Emma Foster and Chris Murphy for the Tech for Non Tech Focus on UX. The user experience (UX) has become critical factor in the success of many tech products. If a software product isn’t easy to navigate, use or understand, customers easily get put off…
Here are some facts highlighted in the independent review of female entrepreneurshp from the Alison Rose report: Only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs are female Only 13% of senior people on UK investment reams are woman Less that 1% of UK venture goes on all female teams. It has been proven that despite the disparity…
