R&D Tax Credits for smaller tech companies

We’ve all heard about R&D Tax Credits. But how many of us (in this instance I am wearing the hat of UnifiedVU) have actually claimed it? When you speak to most accountants or R&D Tax Credit experts, they make it sounds almost as your innovation isn’t innovative enough to claim. Secondly, if your potential claim […]

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Interview with Martyn Gould, CEO of yboo

yboo recently became a Member of Techcelerate, and I had the pleasure to catch up with their Founder and CEO, Martyn Gould. Who are you? I’m Martyn Gould and I’m the Founder and CEO of yboo.  I’m a genuine Founder in that myself and my Co-Founder (Paul Doyle) bootstrapped yboo and got a product to […]

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Interview with Joseph Petrie, CEO of Scriverto AI

Scriverto AI recently became a Member of Techcelerate, and I had the pleasure to catch up with their Founder and CEO, Joseph Petrie. Who are you? My name is Joseph Petrie. I am the founder of Scriverto AI – a tech product startup which aims to change the way people write articles. I was a […]

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An Interview with Andrew Dean of Nova

Nova recently became a Partner of Techcelerate, and I had the pleasure to catch up with Andrew Dean, who is responsible for all Nova partnerships, and also heads up the team responsible for finding, coaching and selecting good founders to cofound with. He also specialises in problem-based innovation and lean startup methodologies.  Who is Nova? We […]

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Techcelerate WhatsApp Group

Techcelerate operates a number of WhatsApp Groups which you might be interested in joining. Techcelerate Members: Pricing plans for Members. Techcelerate Partners: Pricing plans for Partners. Techcelerate Specialists Techcelerate General: 62 participants Techcelerate Pre-Revenue/MVP: 19 participants Techcelerate SaaS: 9 participants Techcelerate FinTech: 10 participants Techcelerate HealthTech: 5 participants Techcelerate TravelTech: 4 participants Techcelerate PropTech: 5 […]

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Techcelerate Coffees Manchester #12 Startup Pitch Practice #2

Techcelerate held a successful pitch practice event for its Members at Barclays Eagle Labs on 17th April 2019. As a Network, the focus is to support Members on their launch, growth and investment journeys and the pitch practice provides an opportunity to practice the delivery of pitches amongst like-minded Tech Entrepreneurs at various stages with […]

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IP Expo Manchester – 3rd April

I had the pleasure to catch up with Matt Lovell, CEO of Centiq at IP Expo in Manchester on 3rd April 2019. We discussed about startups, Manchester, investments and growth.    Big thanks to my friend, David Terrar for the invaluable opportunity. Thanks to Daniel Thomas and the team of Disruptive Live and Compare […]

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8th Northern Tech Awards – a celebration of tech entrepreneurship in the North

8th Northern Tech Awards returned to Manchester after touring Leeds (2015), Liverpool (2016), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (2017) and Edinburgh (2018), which I founded in 2011 and ran until it was acquired by Hugh Campbell of GP Bullhound in 2013.   In 2011, we catered for 70 attendees, when Ajaz Ahmed of Freeserve fame delivered the keynote speech. […]

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Don’t take anything for granted

What I learned today was that you cannot take a break and expect things to just happen. We had a low number of attendees at Techcelerate Coffees Manchester #TCMCR11 as we did not promote it. As we have already built awareness, I thought it would work by itself, i.e. people will discover the event, sign […]

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The Prolific North Tech Awards are debuting in 2019!

I am delighted to announce that Alexandra Morris and I will be judging the Prolific North Tech Awards, an event taking place at The Midland Hotel in Manchester on 8 May 2019.                   The Prolific North Tech Awards celebrate and reward the very best Tech Companies, Applications, […]

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