SyncNorwich Kicks Off - 5th July 2012

Thursday, July 5, 2012
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Blurtit Offices, Seymour House, Muspole St, Norwich, NR3 1DJ

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We’ve got a great evening in store to mark the start of SyncNorwich, following our merger of Norwich Startups with Norwich Developers Community and Agile East Anglia!

The event will very kindly be hosted by our good friends at BlurtIt.com here in Norwich on Thursday 5th July. Not only are they opening their doors for us, they’re also throwing in some beer for good measure! Great stuff.

To kick things off, we’ll be hearing from Colm McMullan.

Colm is a one man startup – and thinks you are too. He built the Total Football and Stats Zone apps which merge his passion for football and software products and has grown them from an expensive hobby to a viable business. Stats Zone was commended by Apple in their “Rewind 2011" list of best apps last year and in The Sunday Times Top 500 App List, one of only thirteen sports apps included.

We’re also in discussion with another speaker who will be announced shortly, couple that with a great bunch of people to chat to and I’m sure you’ll agree, this really is one not to miss.

Following the talks, we'll continue the party down the nearby pub, after 9.30pm...

See you there!

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