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Category: Technical

Technical issues, relating primarily to the Internet

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 […]

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. […]

22nd August 201711th October 2019Technical

Climate Change Doesn’t Matter

  Part 1 of 2. There is growing disparity between the climate change community and opposing camps. US President Donald Trump is […]

18th May 2016About me, Technical

Gaia, AI and Robots

Are we approaching a singularity and if so what form will that take. {N.B. Singularity in AI is defined as the moment […]

4th January 2016Investing, Mentoring, Technical

Patents

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

3rd December 2015About me, Technical

The Unknown known

I thought I would lighten this blogs mood with a more esoteric experience that I refer to on a daily basis. There are […]

25th September 201512th February 2021About me, Investing, Legal, Mentoring, Technical

Densitron is saved !!!

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

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 […]

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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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