So, the first news is that StartVI has been shortlisted for The Europas, in the Best Ongoing Startup Programme 2010 category.
The shortlisting is the important part – the other nominees for the category are organisations like BizSpark (the innovative and amazing value startup assistance from Microsoft) and the Digital Mission (who organise trade missions to other countries on behalf of UKTI and other bodies). Being included here is reward enough on two counts.
- We’re getting some recognition and eyeballs. This is always valuable.
- We’re able to see the other organisations in this space. They’re potential collaborators.
It’ll be my interest to make links with these other organisations and see how we can help each other. Whether that’s with the formation of a “Startup VISA” where we can provide support for each others startups in our local market or whether it’s finding potential SME partners for Pan-European projects – it doesn’t matter – as long as there is some sort of interaction.
Now, run along and give StartVI your vote.