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16th February 202316th February 2023Technical

Bitcoin Taproot explained

Taproot combines individual Bitcoin hashed functions together and hashes them to create a single block entry. Effectively this is smart contracts for […]

7th February 2023Technical

Bitcoin, Web3 and decentralised social media

    This is my first post for a couple of years. I wanted to explain where my focus is and is […]

28th May 202028th May 2020Uncategorised

Bitcoin, a journey

Cryptocurrencies such as the original Bitcoin are moving away from their utopian vision with the ever increasing ingress of fees; mining, exchange, […]

14th January 202014th January 2020Mentoring

Some advice about professional advice

  This is a short, but I hope, important article for later stage startup founders. I frequently talk to startup founders who […]

10th May 201914th January 2020Investing

Profit Share Investments – A warning

  I was offered an investment opportunity by a sole trader who was seeking £1M of investment for a 10% share in […]

1st May 201914th January 2020Investing

Venture Capital Firms, an Investors view

I was approached by a startup fund with a view to taking a position. It was something I was very interested in […]

21st February 201921st February 2019Investing, Mentoring

A Founders Guide on Seeking Investment

  This brief guide should help founders understand the process and timescale investors follow when considering investment in a company. Timescales and […]

18th October 20181st April 2020About me, Investing

My Statement on Blockchain, Bitcoin and other Crypto Currencies

Blockchain is an amazing tool first proposed in 1991 and first implemented exceptionally well by the nom-de-plume “Satoshi Nakamoto” in 2008 to […]

10th September 2018Investing

Further Notes on Attracting an Investor – First Pitch

  So for the past few months I have been changing the way I do business. Up until now, I have only […]

31st August 201711th October 2019Technical

Climate Change Doesn’t Matter (Part 2)

  In Part 1, I described why you don’t need to have a climate change discussion if renewables out perform fossil fuels. […]

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Recent Posts

  • Bitcoin Taproot explained 16th February 2023
  • Bitcoin, Web3 and decentralised social media 7th February 2023
  • Bitcoin, a journey 28th May 2020
  • Some advice about professional advice 14th January 2020
  • Profit Share Investments – A warning 10th May 2019
  • Venture Capital Firms, an Investors view 1st May 2019
  • A Founders Guide on Seeking Investment 21st February 2019
  • My Statement on Blockchain, Bitcoin and other Crypto Currencies 18th October 2018
  • Further Notes on Attracting an Investor – First Pitch 10th September 2018
  • Climate Change Doesn’t Matter (Part 2) 31st August 2017
  • Climate Change Doesn’t Matter 22nd August 2017
  • Where is the value in a startup? 5th July 2017
  • Some Notes on Finding an Investor 23rd May 2017
  • Is Crowdfunding becoming a Ponzi system? 22nd May 2017
  • Sometimes, Both Sides are Right 8th September 2016
  • Startup Slang 29th June 2016
  • The Small “Tells” when Pitching 16th June 2016
  • #BREXIT and I 3rd June 2016
  • Gaia, AI and Robots 18th May 2016
  • £5M is the new £3M 4th March 2016
  • The Founders; A Test of Common Sense 13th January 2016
  • Non Disclosure Agreements 5th January 2016
  • Patents 4th January 2016
  • The Unknown known 3rd December 2015
  • Competing Investments 2nd December 2015
  • Another Founder Fails 30th November 2015
  • Some advice about legal advice 6th November 2015
  • Reasons your startup isn’t worth £1M 7th October 2015
  • Densitron is saved !!! 25th September 2015
  • Pre-money Valuations 18th September 2015
  • 3 Ways to value a company 23rd July 2015
  • Mentoring adventures – Watching failure in real time! 7th July 2015
  • How do we measure success? 24th June 2015
  • It turns out I was wrong, I am a Founder! 18th June 2015
  • How leveraged should you be? 4th June 2015
  • Structure of a Business Plan 2nd June 2015
  • Don’t make claims you can’t back up. 2nd June 2015
  • Should money go up in smoke? 27th March 2015
  • Learn from losers 23rd March 2015
  • The Funded Salary Conundrum for Startups 18th March 2015
  • Is the Web Dying? 18th February 2015
  • Do accelerators / hubs / campuses work? 17th February 2015
  • Lean vs. Funded 16th February 2015
  • How to value a company? 13th February 2015

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