2nd June 2015Investing, Mentoring Structure of a Business Plan I got another business plan today that fails to describe what the product does and how it works. It also spends a […]
2nd June 2015Investing, Mentoring Don’t make claims you can’t back up. I have a very selective memory, my wife will tell you I can’t remember names, not just people, but places or things. […]
27th March 2015Investing Should money go up in smoke? So another funding dilemma I have been grappling with recently. Whether to invest in companies that are growing, successful but losing money? […]
23rd March 2015Mentoring Learn from losers I’m currently about halfway through Eric Schmidt’s book: How Google Works, and I’m not really getting that much from it. It reads […]
18th March 2015Investing, Mentoring The Funded Salary Conundrum for Startups If you’ve been following my blog on “The Secrets of Investing”, you’ll be aware of my dilemma on providing startup funding to […]
18th February 2015Investing, Technical Is the Web Dying? So the Internet went live in 1969 but did not go commercial until the invention of the web in 1989. The web […]
17th February 2015Mentoring Do accelerators / hubs / campuses work? The short answer is NO, here’s the long answer. Accelerators and their kind offer much needed advice to early stage businesses. These […]
16th February 2015Investing, Mentoring Lean vs. Funded What’s best for a startup? To relinquish equity for the security of drawing a pay cheque or Keeping 100% of a project […]
13th February 2015Investing, Mentoring How to value a company? While accountants and solicitors will do their best to make this is an unfathomable task, it is actually surprisingly simple and easy. […]