Nic Brisbourne’s view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media
At the NMK conference yesterday there was a bit of a debate about the relative merits of American optimism v. good old fashioned English cynicism. It got me thinking - and mostly that we could help ourselves a bit in this area.
This is one corner of the “is Silicon Valley a much better place [...]
Regular readers of this blog will know I am passionate about building up the London/UK/Europe internet and VC scene. Irregular readers will also have a pretty good idea - that’s how much I go on about it.
So it was great to see a full page spread in the FT this weekend devoted to the subject. [...]
In case you haven’t heard the OpenCoffee meetings are moving to a new venue (apparently we were too popular for the Starbucks in Esprit).
It will now be in the 5th View Bar at the top of Waterstones, 203-206 Piccadily. TrustedPlaces review here.
More details about all things OpenCoffee can be found on Saul’s blog.
I go along [...]
And not just from the caffeine….
I thought Saul’s meetup was excellent. Great atmosphere and some great people. I got way more out of it than I thought I would - and that isn’t meant to sound like I went in with low expectations. I didn’t.
I’m looking forward to the next one.
As a parting shot, if [...]
Saul Klein has organised this event on Thursday as a place for entrepreneurs to network with each other and investors.
Great idea. I will be there this week and hopefully frequently after that.
Details - Starbucks inside Espirit 178-82 Regent Street, London, 10am-12pm Thursday 1st March and I think each week after that.
More details on Meetup and on [...]
But I missed it. Gutted. Conference link here.
Fred has a some great posts about it here on Arrington’s keynote, here on Ben’s VC talk, and for the techies amongst you here on Google, Amazon and Mashups.
And Vecosys have a good day one summary here.
Everyone I have met all week has been buzzing about FOWA and I’m off to a [...]
I have written before about the internet re-organisng around people - and I even said a few words on the subject at an Internet People event in London last night. (Great event btw - in his own inimitable fashion founder Robert Loch is really driving the London internet scene forward with this community - if you [...]
The FT reported on Tuesday that funds raised on the London Stock Exchange last year were 71% higher than the year before at £27.9bn.
There was good news from Europe too. $24.5bn raised on Euronext, nearly 60% up on year before and $8.8bn on the Deutsche Bourse over double the 2005 figure.
December figures for the US [...]
A number of people have been putting in a lot of hard work trying to create a Silicon Valley style environment in London to foster entrepreneurialism and web2.0.
You are doing a good job guys and gals. Your work is important.
The catalyst for this post was the Techcrunch UK launch party on Thursday night last week (I was [...]
I know I keep on banging on about this - but ONLINE ADVERTISING IS A GREAT MARKET
The Internet Advertising Bureau reports today that “internet advertising nears £1bn for H106” growth of 40% in a depressed UK advertising market. More detailed stats available through the link, but of note is that paid search continues to do [...]
