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squarepeg
Incidentally, how many HN users are from the North West? I'm from Bolton
JonM
Leeds (if that counts!)
rahoulb
Leeds as well
thehodge
Leeds here, Ive been thinking about a Leeds HN meet up if that would intrest anyone?
JonM
Count me in... How should we go about organising it? Email or setup some kind of group?
PHPAdam
Im on border of Leeds / Bradford.
jpallen
I'm in the North East, in Durham.
nagrom
I'm from Liverpool, but now live in Glasgow.
kingofspain
Manchester, formerly Bolton.
lgeek
I'm in Manchester as well. Studying for a CS degree.
cstross
Originally Leeds, now Edinburgh.
thegeezer3
im born n bred manchester but currently living in Japan. Are there any North West HN meetups? Be good to know about for those times i return.
geden
Newark, Notts. So technically (East) Midlands, but North of London, which is what matters.
arethuza
Another from Edinburgh here.
Jim_Neath
No way. I'm from Bolton also!
squarepeg
and a fellow ruby dev, awesome. Do you ever go the geekup/nwrug meetings?
Jim_Neath
I go to nwrug occasionally and hang out in #nwrug :)
tarkin2
East midlands. But the southerners think I'm northern. So let's take their lead.
camtarn
Edinburgh here too :) (grew up in Glasgow, but now I work in Edinburgh)
jwdunne
Irlam, right on the edge of Greater Manchester.
RiderOfGiraffes
Port Sunlight, just south of Birkenhead, across the river from Liverpool.

Anyone up for a Liverpool meetup?

sim0n
Born in Chester and lived there until I was 16. Now living in Birmingham.
jasonkester
Kendal. There's tech here, but it's laying low between the sheep.
forkqueue
Manchester/Warrington borders here (Birchwood). Cheap office space + quick train journey to the centre of Manchester.
pdrummond
I'm in the North East, near Durham
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olivercameron
I didn't attempt to raise money in England, instead I just moved my startup from Sheffield to San Francisco. It was 6 months of work, but way easier than trying to get funded in the North.
thegeezer3
at what stage was your startup when you moved and how easy/difficult is the visa process for British going to America?
olivercameron
Pretty early, but it had good profits. That's what the US Embassy likes to see most (other than the fact you're going to hire Americans).
kmfrk
How did you get a visa?
olivercameron
Feel free to email me for more details (in my profile). Basically, I hired an immigration lawyer and created a hugely detailed business plan.
chrisjsmith
Please everyone stay in the UK. We need more startups outside London - it's crowded and not a good place to work.

I attempted to get a startup going in Nottingham (we could have been salesforce!) in about '02 but managed to fluff it up miserably thanks to my inexperience.

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