A long time ago (nearly 20 years ago), I was very interested in the concept of remote working, especially from the confines of coffee shops. I amassed as much knowledge as I could, tested as many products as I could, all with the strong conviction that it was the future. This began really in around […]
Northern Ireland is one of the best places to start a startup as it has a close network of highly skilled, resilient people with entrepreneurial ideas looking to solve real problems. It’s the skilled people with ideas that are one of the groups able to survive during these uncertain times. They have identified a solution […]
Moore’s law, prediction made by American engineer Gordon Moore in 1965 that the number of transistors per silicon chip doubles every year. Moore’s Law is often quoted that computing power doubles every year, this is not quite accurate. But it does highlight something that we, working in the startup world, need to consider. Technology advances. […]
When Alastair Cameron from Startacus came to Belfast to meet up and said “I want to run a female focused tech event in Derry”, I thought great let’s take a chance and see how we can help. We offered for Raise to helps sponsor the evening social, because that’s what works for us, the networking, […]
In the world of startups there is literally nothing better than equity. With equity, even a tiny bit, you will literally could one day become a millionaire. Colin Mitchell is the CEO of Sixty 5 Technologies and has expertise in tech, business, sales and marketing. Colin’s new blog series showcases the startup tech journey focusing […]
I remember very well the first day I saw rubber wellington boots for adults that weren’t green or black. You’d always been able to buy multi-coloured wellies for infants, but for adults the variety was very sparse. But that day, seeing a bright red pair of rubber wellies was a bit of revelation. They were […]
To succeed in the startup world, industry experts need tech experts and vice versa. Colin Mitchell is the CEO of Sixty 5 Technologies and has expertise in tech, business, sales and marketing. Colin’s new blog series showcases the startup tech journey focusing on the gap that needs filled between industry and technology Episode 1 – […]
Last year Matt Johnston and myself picked up the Belfast Silicon Drinkabout batton from Dermott McElduff who had been running the events. Matt and I are both founders of Raise Ventures, but this is an extra-curricular project. Matt loves tech and I love going to the pub so we’re well placed to take this forward. […]
(This post was originally sent out to the Digital Circle Mailing List on 26th November but is included here for completeness). Timely to have this in the week of AICon – the inaugural convention on artificial intelligence and machine learning in Northern Ireland. But it’s too late to get a ticket as it’s completely sold […]
For as long as we have been working in this sector, there have always been non-tech founders. People who have an idea, who can pitch, can attract investment and who can sell something that they might not be able to build. Despite my “technology” background, I put myself firmly into that category. While I can […]
