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By Ian Stevenson
In Cyan Forensics, Events, Investment
Posted 8th December 2016

TechCrunch – Cyan Forensics and the Scottish Pavilion

I was delighted when I walked into the Copper Box Arena on Tuesday morning to find the huge “Scottish Pavilion” banner was in a great spot right on the main thoroughfare. The day [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Investment, Opinion
Posted 2nd August 2016

Investor Marketing

In many ways the investment process is like a sales process. Something I have struggled with is where competitions, pitch events and showcases fit into the process.  Some of them require a [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Investment, Opinion
Posted 27th July 2016

London: A Different View on Brexit

The last blog I wrote about Brexit, and it’s potential impact on Scottish startups was fairly upbeat, and while it clearly reflected my own views it was inevitably shaped by the mood of [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Cyan Forensics, Investment, Startup Management
Posted 22nd July 2016

There’s Money in London

I wanted to share some experiences I have built up over the last year or so of some London investors – especially since the opportunities and patterns I am seeing there are quite different [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Investment, Opinion, Startup Management
Posted 27th June 2016

What does Brexit mean for Scottish Startups?

Brexit is bad news for Scottish startups – but I hope and believe it is the sort of bad news that will make things just a little bit harder rather than the sort of bad news that should have [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Financials, Investment, Startup Management
Posted 4th May 2016

Banking on “No”

I’ve written before about the pain caused by “Uncustomers” – people who will take up a lot of your time but never buy anything. Recently I’ve seen a similar problem [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Business Plans, Investment, Market Discovery, Startup Management
Posted 6th October 2015

Dots, Lines and the Here and Now

Founders need to care about where the market will be when they are ready to serve it – to project the intersection between their vision and market trends.  They need to care about where the [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link, Investment
Posted 27th February 2015

Friday Link: The 11 Risks VCs Evaluate

Pitching to investors?  This is a good list of the risks they may be considering, so you can be prepared to either address them in advance (in the business plan/presentation) or answer questions: [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Investment
Posted 24th February 2015

Archangels in the News

It’s nice to see Angel Investing making the mainstream news media: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-31587694 Archangels invested over £12m invested this year – [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Financials, Investment, Startup Management
Posted 19th August 2014

The Goldilocks Dilemma

A technology startup that needs funding to succeed needs to prepare a story for potential investors about what it will achieve.  Most of these stories are going to sound in some way similar [...]

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