Sadly, I learned on 1st April that our partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is coming to end. It was quite a blow to take just after hosting tech legend, Jeff Barr from AWS in Manchester on the 30th of March. “From 11 April 2023, the code that your startups have used to redeem credit […]
Building Tech Startups the Techcelerate Way 2023 is all about repositioning and sharing my almost two decades of experience. Would need to bring on others to make this compelling. Startup Stages Growth Stages Scaling Up (would need the help of big guns) Plan is: And everyone benefits. My role is to pull this together. This […]
Based on my experience of building tech startups and helping others since 2004, below are the key essentials every tech founder needs to succeed. Please note this is not an exhaustive list and I’ve only picked the key ones. All of us start with an idea. Most of us create tech startups to solve an […]
Today, we had the fortune to discuss the Exit Malinko had to Civica and why it’s important to always be prepared for Exit in case the opportunity arose. Whilst Malinko’s exit is no accident, two exits I had (Northern Tech Awards to GP Bullhound and edocr.com to Tampa based Accusoft, Inc) were by direct approaches […]
Unlike me, Andrew Threlfall, Founder & CEO of Malinko is a modest chap with a down-to-earth attitude. All my attempts at getting him to throw an Exit party failed. Instead, we met at White Hart pub in Cheadle for a few drinks followed by a curry at Aamchi Mumbai. Andrew picked up the bill this […]
I just realised I run or take part in many of our events. But I had no clue how many takes place in a month until I listed them all below. 22 Events – this is crazy! Key event is the Techcelerate Workshop with Andrew. Do read on. Techcelerate Events (6) 01st April 2022: Founder […]
We held the first event of Techcelerate Coffees Manchester in 2022 on 24th Feb. This was the 24th such event held in Manchester since restarting Techelerate in 2018. Unlike previous events, we had two false starts in 2022 before this event took place. Companies represented at the event included: Telcom – Founded by Doug and […]
Andrew Threlfall exits from Malinko 20 years after he founded the company. Andrew will stay on to see a smooth handover to Civica. News already broke out yesterday, but here goes. I met Andrew in late 2005 or early 2006 when I was building my first tech startup, ebdex (Fintech – electronic invoicing hub). We […]