My company McMillan Technology passed a milestone - it's been trading for 25 years. I started trading as McMillan Computing Services on March 8th 1980.
I've been working with a number of software start ups. I've helped some of them avoid looking like the entrants of Dragons' Den. Meanwhile Paul Evans of Sharedband was voted one of the 500 rising stars by the Observer.
I've worked with Sharedband a lot during 2007.
I helped their CEO set up their office in Ipswich last year, they have now
launched the product and have 7 full time staff in the UK and 2 in the US. They
have signed a very large contract with a blue chip company. I've put in a
complex automatic billing system.
I've been doing a lot of work evaluating a project to produce media software.
The owner appears to have a good idea that's needed a lot of work to get it investor ready.
It looks as if I will be the delivery cornerstone for that project and I
have brought in a finance cornerstone. At the moment, we are creating the
business plan and raising finance. Watch this space...
I`m still keeping the Collaborate2Innovate group ticking on, and hoping to
progress that during the winter.
I am adding more articles on the basics of business and finance. These are all available to download.
I took part in a "Spirit of Enterprise" event at the University of Hertfordshire, giving a class to student entrepreneurs on the basics of business. I also helped Anglia Ruskin University market services to business.
John at the Flying Start rally last year