You’re sitting at your desk wondering why you ever started this crazy business in the first place. Well, there is always something, no matter what time of the day or night, that you can do. Here’s 5 recommendations to get you started. They might sound mundane, but not everyone is…
Taking a comical look at the perils of finding good PR Dr Peevish, the CEO and founder of the world’s greatest app: Hey there, great to meet – thanks so much for talking the time to….. Cortana Grichqwik-Sponger, founder of Grickkwik- Sponger PR; Yeah, sit down. DR P: Oh, ok,…
Can you imagine what it must be like for an angel investor listening to a founder deliver a terrible pitch? This Angel has probably worked hard all their life to get themselves into a position where they can help to fund the future. They have spent most of their waking…
Spend too much time on LinkedIn or Medium and you will start to believe “Angels” really do come from heaven. Fail fast, fail harder! Scale up! Hack your way to the top! Whatever happened to simply growing a company organically? It goes something like this. “Hmm, I’ve always wanted to…
Do you have what it takes To get under the skin of this most conflicted of people? A couple of weeks ago in these “pages” we discussed what being a “Hipster” is really all about, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to look deeper into the characteristics of a…
Because it’s never too early to get the lawyers onside. I was recently at a startup get together and casually asked the person standing next to me; “so when do you need to bring in the lawyers when you’re starting a business. After a couple of years?” They stared at…
One for the pros – and probably the best startup crowd-solving event in the world. This Monday When we started GaP-GaS wa-aay, way back in March 2015, we think it was, there was simply nothing else like it. Are we claiming too much credit? Nope, it was a genuinely ground-breaking…
And we’re not sorry to see it go. Pivoting was what you did when you had spent so much time woo-ing investors that you hadn’t noticed your business model had failed. It was what you told angry mobs of crowdfunders after you had just banked half-a-million and realised you had…
VCs love to play the game, and being outside of their comfort zones – so help them! If you find yourself in the lucky position that several investors are fighting between themselves for your favour, or rather for a chance to back your company, that either means you have a…
Pulling the trigger is the hardest thing a founder has to do – or is it? Somebody in your organisation is not pulling their weight. They regularly turn up late for meetings, spend most of their time studying their Facebook feed, and when challenged, say they are doing some research…
Time for another event. @HipHacHus ready to bring it! #speedpitch pic.twitter.com/cZdJ84kcOZ
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