Hey HN, I've been running barcamps, conferences & hackdays for over five years now and I wanted to set up a barcamp style event but on the subject of startups, I've got a date, venue and some intresting ideas I'm going to try such as '20 minute mentor meetings' where I've convinced friends in relevant industries (PR, marketing, legal, accounting) to come and advise startups for free during the day and our cofounder speed dating to try and build some long lasting relationships.
My aim is to grow this over the next few years to other cities (and countries) if it works.. My other event http://www.thinkvisibility.com, is five years old in March and has (I believe) a good reputation in it's own industry.
Looking forward to this. The region as a whole is coming on leaps and bounds. From Liverpool to Manchester to Leeds to Sheffield and upwards to Newcastle, there's lots of interaction going on in the startup scene. We've been promoting the heck out of Manchester with http://startupDigest.com/manchester and there's been TechHub open here at the end of last year. It's great that Leeds also has significant activity, and I look forward to both everyone working together, and having a bit of friendly competition :)
I can vouch for thehodge on this one. He's basically an institution in the North England tech event scene (a part of the country that could do with a lot more events and evangelists, to be honest).
I'd also mention that it's in Leeds - even if I'd known the event was in the UK, I'd have assumed it was in London. Great to see this kind of thing in the North, keep up the good work.
My aim is to grow this over the next few years to other cities (and countries) if it works.. My other event http://www.thinkvisibility.com, is five years old in March and has (I believe) a good reputation in it's own industry.