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Connecting entrepreneurs and innovators in Sheffield. We foster collaboration and drive innovation in the North. ๐ก#ForgedForGrowth
Sheffield, England
Joined January 2025
RT @davidrichards: ๐จ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐
๐จ. Explore ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต'๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, discover ๐๐ต๐ ๐บ๐ 1998 ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐โฆ.
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RT @davidrichards: In 1998, a VC passed on my start-up. Mid-pitch, he took a call to invest $250K in a little-known search engine. I told mโฆ.
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RT @davidrichards: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐. But this time, they speak in code, not commodities. Todayโs @yorkshirepoโฆ.
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RT @davidrichards: ๐ ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐โ๐ @SheffieldStar: DigitalCNC, ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐-๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป-๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ The University of Sheffieldโs Advanceโฆ.
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RT @davidrichards: Yorkshireโs DigitalCNC is revolutionising CNC with AI that thinks like an engineer thanks to the work of @MachiningEngrโฆ.
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RT @davidrichards: ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐โ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ โ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ. This weekโs Sunday Signal started with a colourisedโฆ.
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โIf you want better outcomes, fund more women.โ. A powerful message from Helen Oldham at last weekโs Digital Forge in Sheffield โ calling out the 2% funding figure for all-women founding teams and urging the North to lead the change. @SheffieldStar .
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RT @davidrichards: ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ โ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . In todayโs @yorkshirepost , Iโve writteโฆ.
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RT @SMCommission: "Capital should be a heat seeking missile for opportunity. But for some reason in this country it's not" - @YorkshireAIโฆ.
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๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ! ๐. Weโre delighted to introduce @elevationgrp as a sponsor of our next event at The Digital Forge CIC on ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ. ๐๏ธ
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โFail fastโ isnโt about failure โ itโs about focus. Our co-founder @davidrichards shares why the UK must rethink how we innovate โ and why learning fast beats failing slow. Join the conversation at The Digital Forge on May 8:.
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๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญโ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ โ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ. Too often, we romanticise the Silicon Valley mantra without truly understanding it. Thatโs why I wrote this piece for The @yorkshirepost โ to dig into what โfail fastโ really means, and why
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RT @davidrichards: ๐จ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅโฃ๐จ. We invented the game. But we forgot to tell the world. This weekโs edition is aboutโฆ.
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RT @davidrichards: ๐ฌโIf we donโt fix this now, we risk losing a generation of potential.โ. Hereโs a sneak peek of my conversation with @Robโฆ.
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RT @RobWilson_RDG: It was fantastic to speak to @YorkshireAI co-founder @davidrichards on the Social Mobility Commission podcast. We explorโฆ.
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RT @davidrichards: ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต @RobWilson_RDG, ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. When I joiโฆ.
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RT @davidrichards: ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐๐๐
!.Iโve just published the first edition of The Sunday Signal, where I explore the messy, faโฆ.
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RT @davidrichards: ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ.โฃ. Over the past few months, Iโve been writing a weekly column for the Yorkshirโฆ.
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๐๏ธ The @SheffieldStar says it best:."The Digital Forge is helping drive the cityโs manufacturing renaissance". Next stop:.๐
8 May | ๐ Sheffield.๐๏ธ #TheDigitalForge #SheffieldTech #UKManufacturing #ScaleSellGrow.
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What a night!. Packed room, incredible energy, real conversations about AI, manufacturing, and the future of UK industry. ๐ฅ Watch the highlights โ.Next stop: 8 MayโScale, Sell or Something Smarter?. ๐๏ธ #TheDigitalForge #ScaleSellGrow #UKTech #Sheffield
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RT @davidrichards: Britain Must Build Again. In todayโs @yorkshirepost , I wrote about a moment that captured our national dilemma. At lasโฆ.
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