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Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:50:12 +0000

hello Neil, getting this issue talked about is great news, so thank you…and I’d definitely like to be involved!
Part of the reason I’m so keen on bringing Central Working to Cardiff is their support for entrepreneurs, especially the Business Accelerator course. Hopefully will have more to report on this soon…in the meantime please may I link to your original post in my next instalment?

See you at Capital Cardiff if not before, Michelle

Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by Neil Cocker

Neil Cocker — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:10:14 +0000

Thanks Jeff! Have followed you on Twitter and will follow the Silicon Prairie movement closely. Would like to chat soon about your experiences.

Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by Jeff Slobotski

Jeff Slobotski — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:13:10 +0000

Great piece Neil and keep up the great work…

It’s inspiring to read about other community’s efforts as we’re working to build similar models here within the Midwest aka Silicon Prairie of Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City.

Talk soon and let us know if there’s anything we can do…

Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by Startup Communities Are Everywhere – Even Cardiff « Startup Communities

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:59 +0000

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Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by @luketimto

@luketimto — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:13:12 +0000

yes, coffee would be great. It’d be good to hear how things are progressing! Let’s get something in the diary – ping me some dates

Global Academy looks interesting. I’d be interested to know how to create opportunities from that?

Dan, thank you for your offer – quite amazing. I think we should investigate this further, but agree that maybe a cardiff-to-london trip would be a good easy start – something to build on.

Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by Neil Cocker

Neil Cocker — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:00:32 +0000

p.s. One last thing (like Columbo) – I like the idea of a centre of excellence, or hub. But it needs to be done well. We had @Wales, but it just didn’t work for a number of reasons. A bunch of digital comapnies that don’t care about each other, in an expensive building that isn’t managed to encourage collaboration and communication, isn’t a recipe for success.

Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by Neil Cocker

Neil Cocker — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:21:15 +0000

p.s. I think we can start with a “Cardiff to London” (or Bristol) coach trip. http://www.bristol-business.net/?p=1291 Cheaper than flights to San Francisco….

Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by Neil Cocker

Neil Cocker — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:18:59 +0000

Hi Luke,

Thanks for all this. All really useful insight, and I think you’re definitely one of the few great-looking startups we’ve got here, and should be celebrated. I’d never even heard of Basekit!

Yes to the idea of getting out to SV (I know the Global Academy have got a programme running to this effect): http://www.wales.ac.uk/en/AboutUs/Structure/GlobalAcademy.aspx

I’ve pointed them to Dan’s comments below. I think we should take advantage of having an “inside man”.

I think things have moved on quite a bit for both of us since we last met. Coffee soon?

Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by Neil Cocker

Neil Cocker — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:09:23 +0000

Hey Dom, drop me a line here: http://about.me/neilcocker We should have a coffee sometime.

Comment on Cardiff’s Startup Culture – What can we do about it? by Dan Zambonini

Dan Zambonini — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:23:39 +0000

If anyone was interested in arranging a “cardiff startup mission” to SV, I’d be happy to help arrange some meet-ups/drinks with people from Facebook, Google, Mozilla etc, and maybe some of the smaller high-growth startups in the area too.