AI investment: do the numbers add-up?
Last week’s tech stock rout saw Alphabet’s record single-day market cap loss of $500Bn+, 12%. The shockwaves cascaded across the tech sector, sending... Read More
How to use SEIS and EIS for your first startup investment raise
’m currently supporting one of my startup founders with a fundraising project, and we’re using two established tax efficient schemes designed specifically for... Read More
How will Anthropic’s IPO impact tech startup fund raising in Manchester?
Anthropic was drumming up support for its IPO last week with investor roadshows, as it sought to reassure them of its profit making... Read More
Lessons from meterologist James Stagg for founder’s forecasting using limited datasets.
War films are one of my favourite genres, as I have a keen interest in military history. These evocative cinematic experiences are traditionally... Read More
Hard-nosed takeaways for founders seeking funding:AI is a capability not a business model
When the AWS credits run out, every tech founder eventually meets their reckoning. For Sean, co-founder and CEO of Towneley.ai, that reckoning didn’t... Read More
Are your AI initiatives delivering a Return on Illusion or Return on Investment?
You’ve successfully convinced your board to allocate a six figure AI budget. You’ve bought 1,000 enterprise licenses for AI assistants and given every... Read More
Startup Pricing: your price says something, so make sure it’s says the right thing.
Guest blog by Chad Washington, Head of Enterprise Sales, SynergyFlow. If you’ve been following the hyper-growth B2B SaaS ecosystem over the last ten... Read More
Startup failure: Kirrin Tech is closing and the Famous Five Founders are disbanding
Golly, what a breathtaking, grueling, and ultimately sobering journey it has been. Just twelve months ago, Dick, Anne, Georgie, Mollie and I sat... Read More
Founder mindset: Valuation isn’t about numbers, rather it’s a blunt proxy for trust.
I’m in a Manchester coffee parlour. With an emphasis on sharing their craft, ritual and passion, the atmosphere is thickly pleasant with the... Read More
Kirrin Tech Q2 Investor Update: The Velocity Paradigm – Building the Horizon While Chasing the Sunset.
It was 2am. Julian was restless, working on the investor update deck he was due to present in just eight hours. He was... Read More