Investing – Page 2 – Mike Hardcastle

The Small “Tells” when Pitching

I’ve given a lot of advice to founders seeking mentoring or investment. These are generally big ticket items such as valuation […]

I’ve dedicated a lot of articles to valuation and explained in great detail why your startup isn’t worth £1M. A few months […]

I am in serious talks with the founders of a startup. I’m not very interested in their business model, although I think […]

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 got to that time in any investors life where I have to make a fundamental decision. With ever increasing regularity, […]

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 […]