Many individuals have helped Nothern Startup 2.0 (previously, NW StartUp 2.0) to be established and become a successful event based solution for Northern England's digital startup community. This section attempts to recognise some of their contributions. Do let me know if I missed your name from the list.

Birth of Northern StartUp 2.0

This initiative would have never taken place if the very subject of networking for digital entrepreneurs outside London was not discussed with Ivan Pope of Snipperoo and Sam Sethi of TechCrunch UK at the time. Both Sam and Ivan attended the Inaugural Event held at IoD in Manchester. The first event was sponsored by KPMG and IoD. Many thanks to Siddiq Musa of KPMG, Laura Wolfe of IoD and the very helpful ladies from Stonemartin.

Supporters

Since the Inaugural Event, Steven Livingston of KPMG has continued to support the events series. KPMG hosts the Northern StartUp 2.0 Business series of events four times a year at their offices in Manchester. Since the addition of Northern StartUp 2.0 Technology (previously Mashup Manchester) and Northern StartUp 2.0 DEMO events, Stewart Townsend of Sun Microsystems has stepped in as a keen supporter. Pier Paolo Mucelli and Helen Littlewood supports by providing excellent venue and support services for Northern StartUp 2.0 Technology (previously Mashup Manchester) and Northern StartUp 2.0 DEMO events

Website and Hosting

Both Chris Haslam and Mike Carter of Ixis IT Ltd continue to provide the web presence through hosting and implementation of this website. Tom Cheesewright and Jack Carpenter of IO Communications Ltd provides PR support and web design capability. Lucy Buykx of Eaudomainia Ltd has helped with userbility audits.

Administration

Carol Roberts continues to provide administrative assistance through managing events on the day.