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Manchester has a flourishing community of >10,000 digital and tech companies, spanning everything from startups to bluechips including Google, Microsoft, IBM and Cisco – in addition to a number of locally-founded unicorns and companies that have IPO'd.

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AWS Gen AI Loft | Manchester

Learn, connect, and build with your AI community at the AWS Gen AI Loft in Manchester.

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Jonny Clark

Chapter Director - Liverpool Startup Grind

Phin Mpofu-Masamba II (Ugenie.ai)

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Found Up North (FUN) - Bootstrapped and early stage founders meetup #3 MCR

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Campfield Campus Launch

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Performance MCR - Performance Marketing Conference

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This is Startup Grind. We are the world’s largest startup community.

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To give startups everywhere the education and opportunities they need to build, grow, and scale their companies.

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We believe in making friends, not contacts. We believe in giving first, not taking. We believe in helping others before helping yourself.

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