Mike Hardcastle

The Founders; A Test of Common Sense

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 […]

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

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 […]

So I’ve just been offered an investment in a company. The company has been valued at a pre-money figure. Pre-money valuations are […]