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I’ve long wanted to write something on the topic of how to decide how much money to raise, but I haven’t yet come up with anything I’m happy to share!  Fortunately someone has done a big analysis [...]

Very often it is difficult for founders of companies that are founder/employee owned and which have grown organically to get an “exit”.  A trade sale or IPO would completely change [...]

Most of my work is with startups in the high-technology sector, but I also volunteer as a trustee and non-executive director for social enterprise charity Forth Sector.  There we have a number of [...]

I quite regularly re-post content from Mark Suster at Both Sides Of the Table but I do so without apology as he has a great blog! This week it’s two great articles on boards: Why you’re not [...]

This Friday Link is of no practical use, but I love the concept of a service to play “lost” music which makes selections that are by definition self-destructing! [...]

I’ve been to quite a number of professional development events this month, and I have more planned, so I thought I’d share what I’d been up to in case anyone else is looking for similar training. [...]

One of the companies I am a non-exec director for is starting to sell product online as well as face-to-face.  I thought I’d share two articles that we’ve found very useful: How to use UTM [...]

Last year when I was reviewing what I had done to continue to build my professional skills, I realised it was a long time since I had done anything on sales. Sales is an important part of my [...]