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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: [...]

I was delighted to attend the launch of the 2015 Converge Challenge yesterday.    There was a tremendous buzz of excitement in the room from prospective entrants, and it is clear that the [...]

In the first post in this series I looked at the extra barriers that face startups in selling a new product or service: Inertia, Limited Resources, Risk and Size.  My previous post looked at the [...]

This was my first StartpGrind, and it was really good .  I like the “fireside chat” format of it makes a change to just having one person telling their story, and makes it easier for [...]

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 – [...]

I was at a networking event recently talking to a self-professed online marketing expert, who told me a story about a recent “success” with A/B testing on a client’s website.  [...]

An interesting discussion of some of the myths about working as an engineer in a startup, and the truths.  A must-read for any engineer considering a move to startups, or trying to recruit [...]

In the last post in this series I looked at the extra barriers that face startups in selling a new product or service.  Inertia, Limited Resources, Risk and Size all make it harder for a startup [...]

My last “state of the nation” was when Salient Point was Three, so I thought that at 5 years in it would be good to review where we are again. As I said last time, I started working [...]

I spend a lot of time thinking and reading about creating new businesses, so it was really interesting to read about the orderly shut down of Canvas Networks and consider the other end of the [...]