Mentoring – Page 2 – Mike Hardcastle

Non Disclosure Agreements

I have mentioned NDA’s in a lot of separate articles, so I thought I would outline the purpose and features of a […]

So, for many technology based startups with intellectual property, patents are an obvious route to go down. However it is not always […]

So, I’ve been in quite serious investment negotiation with a startup that I had previously mentored. They are doing well and are […]

A theme repeated now several times during my mentoring sessions, is the misunderstanding of what legal advice is or should be. The […]

I realised that I had discussed company valuations several times, but had not explored or discussed the most common mistake that many […]

My old family founded company, Densitron is about to be bought by a group of former employees through their new company Quixant […]

So I’ve just had another mentoring session with my Incubator in London. It was organised in a slightly ad-hoc manner, so I […]

After observing the Tech City Media, one would think that the goal of a startup is to raise finance. Most success stories […]

So I was offered an investment in a mid cap company. They were seeking £600K for an 8% investment in their holding […]

I got another business plan today that fails to describe what the product does and how it works. It also spends a […]