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Steve (Hilltops IT) takes an overview of the show and reflects on the people and prospects that he (and the Link47 team) have met during the day.

Part of the series of videos covering Steve Siggs (Hilltops IT) and Vivienne Watts (Hilltops IT) video diary of their trip to the Business Startup trade show at the Olympia in London, England in November 2008. Hilltops IT attended to promote Quot sales quotation tool and QWP QuoteWerks and PayPal integration along side Link47 Ltd.

For more information on QuoteWerks, QWP and our various other boxed software and software development services, please see www.hilltopsit.co.uk

For more information on the Business Startup show, please see www.bstartup.com

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Several overview photographs of the Business Startup trade show at Olympia, London. Amongst the stands you can see an assortment of exhibitors – franchisors, legal firms, website developers, government bodies… the list goes on!

Part of the series of entries covering Steve Siggs (Hilltops IT) and Vivienne Watts (Hilltops IT) trip to the Business Startup trade show at the Olympia in London, England in November 2008. Hilltops IT attended to promote QuoteWerks sales quotation tool and QWP QuoteWerks and PayPal integration along side Link47 Ltd.

For more information on QuoteWerks, QWP and our various other boxed software and software development services, please see www.hilltopsit.co.uk

For more information on the Business Startup show, please see www.bstartup.com

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Vivienne (Hilltops IT) watches on as the show opens and the QuoteWerks / QWP team go into action inviting attendees to take a look at the quoting, sales order processing and payment receipt solution we have on offer.

Part of the series of videos covering Steve Siggs (Hilltops IT) and Vivienne Watts (Hilltops IT) video diary of their trip to the Business Startup trade show at the Olympia in London, England in November 2008. Hilltops IT attended to promote QuoteWerks sales quotation tool and QWP QuoteWerks and PayPal integration along side Link47 Ltd.

For more information on QuoteWerks, QWP and our various other boxed software and software development services, please see http://www.hilltopsit.co.uk/

For more information on the Business Startup show, please see http://www.bstartup.com/

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Steve (Hilltops IT, left), Tim (Wizard Systems, right) and Ian (Link47, centre) pose for the “corporate photo”… with clipboards and leaflets in hand we are ready to go!!!

Steve (Hilltops IT, left), Tim (Wizard Systems, right) and Ernie (Link47, centre right) get ready for the trade show opening.

Part of the series of entries covering Steve Siggs (Hilltops IT) and Vivienne Watts (Hilltops IT) diary of their trip to the Business Startup trade show at the Olympia in London, England in November 2008. Hilltops IT attended to promote QuoteWerks sales quotation tool and QWP QuoteWerks and PayPal integration along side Link47 Ltd.

For more information on QuoteWerks, QWP and our various other boxed software and software development services, please see http://www.hilltopsit.co.uk/

For more information on the Business Startup show, please see http://www.bstartup.com/

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The signage and display inside the QuoteWerks / QWP / Link47 booth.

Part of the series of entries covering Steve Siggs (Hilltops IT) and Vivienne Watts (Hilltops IT) trip to the Business Startup trade show at the Olympia in London, England in November 2008. Hilltops IT attended to promote QuoteWerks sales quotation tool and QWP QuoteWerks and PayPal integration along side Link47 Ltd.

For more information on QuoteWerks, QWP and our various other boxed software and software development services, please see www.hilltopsit.co.uk

For more information on the Business Startup show, please see www.bstartup.com

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Steve outside the main entrance for the Business Startup show at Olympia, London. The attendees’ entrance is closed, but Steve and Viv go in search of the exhibitor’s entrance.

Part of the series of videos covering Steve Siggs (Hilltops IT) and Vivienne Watts (Hilltops IT) video diary of their trip to the Business Startup trade show at the Olympia in London, England in November 2008. Hilltops IT attended to promote QuoteWerks sales quotation tool and QWP QuoteWerks and PayPal integration along side Link47 Ltd.

For more information on QuoteWerks, QWP and our various other boxed software and software development services, please see www.hilltopsit.co.uk

For more information on the Business Startup show, please see www.bstartup.com

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A very honorary mention and great thanks to Ian Siebert and Link47 (distributor of QuoteWerks for UK and Ireland) who took us all out for a fantastic Italian tonight. Not only that, but he got the bar tab too!!!

It was a great opportunity to network and for all of us to get to know one another better personally and professionally. Plus in was insightful to get Ian, Paul, Wayne and Brett’s thoughts and reflections on the show today. It has put Vivienne and me in very good stead for tomorrows show where we will be promoting QuoteWerks and QWP.

For more information on QuoteWerks, QWP and our various other boxed software and software development services, please see www.hilltopsit.co.uk

For more information on the Business Startup show, please see http://www.bstartup.com/

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Vivienne and I get down around 3pm as planned. The show still has a couple of hours left to run.

We meet up with Ian (Siebert, Link47), Paul (Hodgetts, Quintadena), Wayne (Lockey, Red Foot Solutions), Brett (Davis, Red Foot Solutions) and Richard (Dodds, RD Associates) who are all around and about the stand and show talking to prospects and handing out leaflets.

The stand itself looks great and is ideally positioned by the PayPal stand and on the corner of a walkway to one of the eateries in the Olympia stadium. At a crossroads, “accessible” from three sides and with the adjacent booth empty… it gives great scope for “catching” prospective clients!!! :-)

For more information on QuoteWerks, QWP and our various other boxed software and software development services, please see http://www.hilltopsit.co.uk/

For more information on the Business Startup show, please see http://www.bstartup.com/

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This next run of blog entries cover Vivienne Watts and I (Stephen Siggs) trip down to the Business Startup trade show at Olympia, London.

To put the trip and show into perspective: the Business Startup (or “BStartup”) show is (as the name suggests!) primarily for entrepreneurs and want-to-be-entrepreneurs to get help and advice on starting or expanding their business.

The show itself features the trade show area alongside various seminar speaker sessions and networking events. The show attracts many well known and experienced business leaders; this shows speakers include James Caan (Dragons Den), Rachel Elnaugh (founder Red Letter Days) and David Gold (Gold Group). With over 100 speakers across 8 halls offering seminar sessions, there is a lot to learn about: from website optimisation to financial planning, environmental policies to building a lingerie empire!

Hilltops IT will be exhibiting in the trade show area alongside Link47 (UK QuoteWerks distributor) to promote QuoteWerks (quotation, sales order processing, purchase order processing and invoicing tool) and QWP (QuoteWerks to PayPal integration). After all – what better piece of back office software could a new business want to manage and organise their sales than QuoteWerks!? It is incredibly easy to pick up “out the box”, has a fantastic price point to get started and has the depth and flexibility to see your business well into being a multi-million pound operation!

Sorry… enough of the sales pitch… I am just getting warmed up for tomorrow! Let’s get back to the blog!

The Business Startup show is over two days – tomorrow (Friday 28th November 2008) and Saturday (29th November 2008). Link47 has organised two different QuoteWerks partners each day to help out alongside Link47 themselves and Quintadena (authors of QWP). Tomorrow Wayne Lockey (Red Foot Solutions) and Richard Dodds (RD Associates) will be on the stand. On Saturday Vivienne and I (Hilltops IT) and Tim Wilmot (Wizard Systems) will be working the stand.

Vivienne and I are planning to get down to the show mid-afternoon to check out the show and the setup and to meet Wayne and Richard whom, while we have done business together when they have resold our ConnectIT software, have never actually met face-to-face.

For more information on QuoteWerks, QWP and our various other boxed software and software development services, please see www.hilltopsit.co.uk

For more information on the Business Startup show, please see www.bstartup.com