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Startup Management

By Ian Stevenson
In Cyan Forensics, Startup Management
Posted 28th December 2018

From Engineer to Consultant to CEO

Ever since launching Cyan Forensics, people asked me “so how is it being a CEO?” or “is it very different from what you expected?”, and I’ve found it a very [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Cyan Forensics, Events, Opinion, Startup Management, Training
Posted 15th November 2016

Funding Cyan Forensics 2: EIE

In my last post I wrote about how Start Global prepared us for TechCrunch Disrupt in London, which was the starting point of our fundraising campaign. Not long after we got back from that, we [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Cyan Forensics, Events, Opinion, Startup Management, Training
Posted 9th November 2016

Funding Cyan Forensics 1: Start Global

I recently blogged about the investment we raised in Cyan Forensics. Obviously I’d like to think this was mostly the result of my personal skill and charisma, but in fact there were a [...]

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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 Startup Management
Posted 17th May 2016

Crowdfunding blipfoto

Although I have written about Crowdfunding on a number of occasions, the last was in July 2013.  In many of the fundamentals little has changed since then, although there are now a handful of [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Cyan Forensics, Startup Management
Posted 9th May 2016

Preparing for EIE

Scotland’s biggest investor event is EIE, and it’s just around the corner.  It’s very much on my mind just now, as this year I will be giving one of the big “6 minute [...]

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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 Cyan Forensics, Startup Management
Posted 9th December 2015

TechCrunch Disrupt London 2015

I’ve been to quite a few investment events in Scotland over the last 10 years or so – from the now defunct Connect Investment Conference to the Young Company Finance annual conference and EIE [...]

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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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Recent Posts
  • A Win in Paris – thanks to EIE in Scotland
  • From Engineer to Consultant to CEO
  • GDPR & Marketing: Consent and Legitimate Interest
  • Starting a Presentation
  • TechCrunch – Cyan Forensics and the Scottish Pavilion
Recent Posts
  • A Win in Paris – thanks to EIE in Scotland
  • From Engineer to Consultant to CEO
  • GDPR & Marketing: Consent and Legitimate Interest
  • Starting a Presentation
  • TechCrunch – Cyan Forensics and the Scottish Pavilion
Latest Blog posts
  • A Win in Paris – thanks to EIE in Scotland 20th November 2019
  • From Engineer to Consultant to CEO 28th December 2018
  • GDPR & Marketing: Consent and Legitimate Interest 8th May 2018
  • Starting a Presentation 20th March 2017
  • TechCrunch – Cyan Forensics and the Scottish Pavilion 8th December 2016

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