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No guide to being a startup CEO can be definitive, but this is a pretty good introduction to what might be involved, and should be thought provoking for anyone thinking of taking the leap… [...]

Last year I collaborated with legal and tax experts to produce a free eBook “Equity – A Resource for Startups”, An entrepreneur’s guide to rewarding staff and paying for [...]

If you’re selling to big businesses, this newsletter post is a “must read”.  It’s focussed on software, but many of they key points apply almost any small company selling [...]

It is very important to me that I respect the confidentiality of the people I work with, so when I write this blog I seldom say much about the work I’m doing at any particular moment in [...]

There is a phenomenon I have been observing lately that I’m calling the “Hero Hump”.  It concerns the ability of an enterprise to grow beyond its founder, and it’s a question I need to consider [...]

EIE13 takes place in Edinburgh tomorrow, and is one of the biggest investment focussed events we see in Scotland.  Some companies will be pitching from the main stage or in one of the specialist [...]

From the YCF Newsletter: “In Autumn 2013, YCF plans to launch a Guide to Finance for Young Companies, online (as a website) and offline (as a printed publication).  This will include a [...]

Today, I will mostly be blogging about economics, a subject I know almost nothing about.  I’d love to hear comments from anyone who does… I recently listened to a Radio 4 programme on Zombie [...]

I’ve met Alex van Someren a couple of times before in his role at the Amadeus Seed Fund, and although I’ve read his bio before his talk this evening really brought his story to life – I thought [...]

Do entrepreneurs really understand how VCs make money?  Another great post from StartupCFO Mark MacLeod: Venture Math 101