The Famous Five Founders: Pitching a Seed Round
It was a sun-drenched May morning at Synergy Farm, the air tasted of salt and adventure, and the gorse on the cliffside smelled... Read More
Bootstrapping or VC funding? Twenty reasons not to take the money
The art of bootstrapping is more than a financial strategy for startups, it’s a founder mindset that puts resourcefulness, creativity, and resilience alongside... Read More
Lessons from the $15m failure of Northvolt: the myopic folly of blitzscaling startup investment.
Northvolt was supposed to be a battery pioneer, a symbol of European competitiveness in a global market. It was Europe’s best funded startup, raising $15bn... Read More
Bootstrapping founders: the Labour Government is creating the conditions for growth
New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has issued a damning assessment of the state of the UK’s finances, saying she was inheriting a depleted economy... Read More
Avoid ‘Middle Aisle’ syndrome with your startup pricing strategy
Many startup founders lack confidence when it comes to setting the price point of their offering, immediately jumping on let’s offer a discount... Read More
Startup founders: as the era of cheap money ends, heed the advice of Charlie Munger & Peter Thiel
Everything has slowed down in startup funding. There are more founders seeking cash, but fewer active investors. Investors are sticking their focus on... Read More
Startups: your pricing should be based on ‘price on purpose’, not a random number
The price of everything and the value of nothing. This Oscar Wilde quote reflects much of today’s business environment: discount retailers have flooded... Read More
Ditch the stale pitch deck format, use storytelling to capture investors’ attention
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream, and he had gone eighty-four days now without... Read More
It’s vital startup founders avoid fairy tale economics in their business model
Like Sleeping Beauty woken after her 100 years slumber, Liz Truss is befuddled as she wipes the sleep from her eyes. Her ‘fairy... Read More
How to navigate the turbulence and jitters in startup tech funding
Fears that there is a looming funding downturn accompanied by plummeting tech stock valuations were stoked on July 1, when the Wall Street Journal reported... Read More