Mike Hardcastle

3 Ways to value a company

In an earlier blog I described the traditional way to value a company. Paul Graham of Y Combinator, attempts to value a company […]

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, for those that have met me will know that I don’t consider myself a founder and I therefore shy away from […]

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 […]

I have a very selective memory, my wife will tell you I can’t remember names, not just people, but places or things. […]

So another funding dilemma I have been grappling with recently. Whether to invest in companies that are growing, successful but losing money? […]

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 […]

If you’ve been following my blog on “The Secrets of Investing”, you’ll be aware of my dilemma on providing startup funding to […]