It is nearly 9pm and I'm very very tired. Yesterday was a long day, but very enjoyable. I attended the Entrepreneurs Forum annual conference at the Hilton hotel. This was only the second time I've been to the Hilton (the first for the judging round) and its one of the nicest hotels I've seen.
I must admit that I had suffered the night before from panic attacks. The old anxiety still likes to creep up on me every now and then. Normally I would have made excuses and not gone, but this was too good an opportunity to miss. I'm glad I did because I had an amazing time.
The speakers were fantastic and very inspirational. Richard Farleigh seemed a lot different from his role on Dragons Den and Julie Meyer was just how I thought she would be. I didn't get to meet her as she left straight after her talk, but the forum are going to try and get me in touch with her. They're very good at helping you meet the people you need to meet. I also got to meet the other finalists and they're all really lovely people. Especially Craig Smith (who I'm running against). He's a really lovely guy and I would be honestly very pleased for him if he won.
At dinner I ended up being sat next to Paul Callaghan of the Leighton Group. He was one of the founders of the Entrepreneurs Forum and it happens that I have a meeting with him in two weeks. So it was great to meet him early. We ended up talking about the state of North East football (he is a die hard Sunderland supporter, whilst I am a die hard Newcastle supporter).
I also ran into a venture capitalist who seemed impressed by my business idea and has told me to get back in touch when it gets up and running.
But for now I'm glad to be relaxing with my family and recharging my batteries for the week ahead. I'm making an application for funding to help with the development costs of the next application release. But I'll be back to tell you all about that soon.
For now, have a good weekend.
Emma.
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