Alan Lenton is currently the CTO of Green Man Gaming, a digital games distribution startup - the latest of a number of startups he has worked for. He is a C++ programmer and the author of the longest continuously running on-line multiplayer game - the text based game Federation 2

The talk will look at some of the technical, and other, problems involved in working for and running a hi-tech start up. What to look for, what to beware of, and what problems are likely to come up.