Monthly Archives: April 2010

Stairway To Heaven or Highway To Hell?

Stairway To Heaven or Highway To Hell? (Title inspired by @eful and that I just bought AC/DC’s “Iron Man 2”) Angel investing in technology startups can look from the outside like a casino game – either roulette, where there is no skill in the roll, and you have no means to influence the odds, or [...]

Start\UP bootcamp

Start\UP (Belfast) Start \UP is a bootcamp aimed at early stage technology startup companies. The goal is simply to “get your business ready for operations”. In many, but not all cases, that means funding. In all cases it means “getting ready to do business”. And in reality there is very little distinction. An investor needs [...]

Bank Holiday Monday Build-a-thon

We’ve had a lot of great sponsors so far and special thanks go out to Fulton’s Furnishing, Autonomy and a couple of anonymous donors (for desks and chairs) but we need some help in getting them up the stairs and getting them assembled. Therefore we’re calling out strong arms and clear heads for a Bank [...]