Last week as many of my Twitter followers and Facebook friends will have noticed that I tried my hand at micro-bloging. Using TwitterBerry to commentate live from the Northern Startup 2.0 event (http://www.nwstartup20.co.uk/Jan09), held in Manchester at the offices of Horwath Clark and Whitehill. To mark my Tweets and ensure they could be found easily they were all marked with event hash tag #NS20.
My efforts to provide coverage of the event received a really positive reaction and I got some great feedback from Twitter users both attending the event and those following the feed from home.
markstrefford: @GeorgiaBrown #ns20 excellent stuff!
oceanician: @GeorgiaBrown updates were really useful.Might do an app that takes twitter updates from a channel, that allows later comment.Hmm ideas...
stevelivingston: @GeorgiaBrown #NS20 Thank you for your coverage of the event. Really disappointed not to make it but this made up for it. Much appreciated
AlexGoldstone: @GeorgiaBrown #NS20 Like I was there in the room... Thanks! Impressed that your thumbs made it to the end.
Afterwards I thought it might be a good idea to try and post the relevant feed to my blog for future reference, I wasn’t sure about the Twitter etiquette for this so I asked my followers:
GeorgiaBrown: Question: I micro-blog #NS20 event, 1st go at this. feedback good! Now should I copy n paste feed into blog post for future record n comment
StardotGarf: @GeorgiaBrown blog it! (i couldn't keep up with you last night.. a handy ref point would be good). sounded like a good event.
markstrefford: @GeorgiaBrown yes, i would. then tweet the url.
Based on this response I attempted to copy and paste the relevant tweets from my Twitter feed and format them ready to post as a blog. This has proven to be more difficult than I anticipated. Posts in Twitter appear in reverse order and after trying to flip the order of the Tweets using several tools I gave up and did it manually, which took quite a bit of time and effort!
Anyway I think it was worth it as the result provides a handy reference point for this event that can easily be referred to and commented on at a later date. But fingers crossed that @oceanician comes up with an app that will simplify this process for another time!
Northern Startup 2.0 - 28 Jan 2009
http://twitpic.com/18b9w - Late for #NS20 !! Hot footing across town... Tweet n go!!
about 24hrs ago from TwitPic
#NS20 phew made it, quick chat with @mbites impressed with the redevelopment of #Manchester. Just settling in for the event. Good turnout.
from TwitterBerry
http://twitpic.com/18c2a - @mbites talking at #NS20 @GeorgiaBrown gets personal mention... Yey!
about 23hrs ago from TwitPic
#NS20 so which business will work? Niche social networks, smart advertising, mobile (really this year might be the year of the mobile!)
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 more business predicted for sucess, online gaming, social shopping
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 @mbites -social media web 1.0 find, web 2.0 friend, web 3.0 follow - twitter is new social media. Other businesses adopt follow model
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 we are part of #Europe take full advantage ... @mbites running out of time
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 zoe lock technology stratergy board up next. £1billion 2 invest over 3 yrs. But will be very strategic. Look 4 growth sectors of tomoz
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 driving innovation, make connections, support connections act as a catalyst. Challenge led innovation will take 50% of the funding
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 aim to understand the challenges of the market and use technology to meet need. Set up uk companies to meet these types of req in gov
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 grants 2 consortia 2 conduct research n development. 100 of projects on go, range of sizes. Can they support us? Check this out!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 build communities n networks in the UK, support innovative UK businesses www. Innovateuk.org
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 calibre one james brocken (sp?) Looking at the market downturn, pretty bad. Catastrophic loss of value across markets!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 tech venture in US vs Europe, US much larger scale, but since the peak US now not investing at all still capital in Europe 2 invest
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 great business r built in tough times. Great product combined wiv great investment allow growth n great people. Peeps is most impotant
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 great people, need vision, track record, well networked, pragmatic, stratigic, relevant exp... Look beyond CV recruit the person
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 when looking to recruit think of people in your network, get good people to congregate around your biz - I think this is great advice!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 when you identify someone you want, share the wealth, be realistic!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 when attending events b aggressive set yourself target get 10-20 business cards. Get out there n talk 2 people. Its not easy we no!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 sort out elevator pitch 30 seconds, don't bore them follow up quickly, but it takes time to build relationships. Romance!!! :-)
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 Business Link - grant for business investment, venture and loans from NWDA. You will need a biz plan, they can help you write one.
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 business investment 'gone tits up over the last 3 months!!'
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 can offer help support and training how to set up business. High Growth programme, Knowledge 2 Innovate, NWDA grant for Research n dev
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 Innovation Vouchers next batch issued beginning of Feb, winners picked out of hat!! 3K money to spend with a knowledge provider.
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 it seems to me from that presentation there is a lot of help out there if you know where to look for it!! Good news :-)
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 @edfrench enterprise ventures - 40 early stage companies invested in. So sucess some failiure. There is still investment 2 b had in UK
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 what is in the head of a VC, predict using imperfect knowledge of the biz and the VC. Looking for less risk n large returns.
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 VCs realise may need 2 support existing deals for longer, less money left to invest. Now looking 2 invest less with v high returns
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 @edfrench, showing how climate effecting the chance of investment and chance of ultimate sucess - it doesn't look good!!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 improve your chances of investment by adding the right people. Avoid non-execs who are too corporate need them to have venture exp
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 Make sure your biz is focused. Not 1% of 1billion market, in real terms look for 20% of a smaller more focused market segment.
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 communicate, make sure people can understand your business straight away!! Speak their language!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 quick break, now onto the next segment, QnA panel. BTW welcome to all my new followers on Twitter - Hello!!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 question to @edfrench is non-exec with skin in game more powerful than without-Can b advantage shows endorsment but can lead 2 dispute
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 non-exec n techie in a startup is basically like a marriage!!! - woooh got tweeters thumb ache now!!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 hire slowly, fire quickly! It seems very difficult for biz in UK to fire people - hire slow slow. Google now carry out 12 interviews!!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 Zoe building networks in tech industry, currently have 4 tech networks, join for free n attend free events. Big players are linked in
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 use social media, facebook n twitter, useful for getting message out and into the global cloud. Useful 2 prebrief and target prelaunch
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 @mbites gets pitched all the time, fine with that it happens, part of the job!! Pitch quick and make heads turn. Go uk startups Go!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 BBC rep pitching his own startup!!! Lol he is also filming on behalf of BBC - did they know? They do now! whoops! Oh well got a laugh!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 @edfrench lots of sucessful biz, eg Twitter aren't clear how they will make money out of there huge user base-VCs now less interested
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 @mbites biz angel investors will be more important in the early stage high growth biz. No point in putting cash in bank!!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 angels tend to invest when they see that you have good offering, but they have the expertise to fix the problems you have identified!
from TwitterBerry
http://twitpic.com/18dlc - half the crowd at #NS20
about 21hrs ago from TwitPic
#NS20 startups for slaughter! Talent on View represented by Lisa. Hot house this startup in 10 mins!!
from TwitterBerry
http://twitpic.com/18dmq - Q&A Panel at #NS20
about 23hrs ago from TwitPic
#NS20 Talent on View - web based video tool for recruitment market. 23000 agencies in the UK alone. Video profiling. Niche social network.
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 TalentOnView-identify where revenue from? Which opportunities 2 go for? Pick sector n focus! Pick high potential partners n SELL NOW!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 TalentOnView - worried about missing one of the opps. What about franchise or licence 2 of the opps?? Reseller network in place.
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 TalentOnView, should focus on most profitable, n share benefits of the other 2 opps with someone who can free up necessary resource!
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 wrapping up any min and heading to Revolution for networking - unfortunatly I can't stick around tonight, but great event @Manoj
from TwitterBerry
#NS20 hope Tweet Report was useful, feedback please, was it too much? Too little? Not enough opinion? What should I do next time? Pls tell!
from TwitterBerry
Monday, 2 February 2009
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1 comment:
Thanks for taking the time to tweet the whole event - this was really cool and demonstrates how powerful twitter can be.
This was especially useful to me as I'm currently working on my own startup and I have been considering whether I should attend a Northern Startup event - I wasn't sure whether it's aimed at myself.
Your tweets helped me to understand a little more of what NS is about and thanks again for taking the time to tweet it.
Regards, Martin.
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