We've just finished a nightime conference call between our web developer, our video producer and one of our directors of the company. The purpose of the call was a fun one, to establish the type of character, the look and feel...
Diary of a Startup Articles
Diary of a Start-up: Running a Marathon
Building a company form scratch is a lot like training for a marathon - it requires stamina and determination to keep going through the rough bits. We've had quite a few rough bits recently, it's been the equivalent of mile 16...
Diary of a Start-up: Believe
Yesterday I met my good friend Jack Mcmanus and his lovely fiancee (plus Harry the dog!) for breakfast. In a moment of spontaneity about a month ago, Jack went to get the above tattoo. I had to take a photo of it as it sums up...
Startup Spotlight: Carhoots
by Penny Lin, Associate at Amoo Venture Capital Advisory, Feb. 13, 2013Q: It is very nice to meet you,...
Diary of a Start-up: Collaboration
We've just finished a nightime conference call between our web developer, our video producer and one of our...
Diary of a Start-up: Running a Marathon
Building a company form scratch is a lot like training for a marathon - it requires stamina and...
Diary of a Start-up: Believe
Yesterday I met my good friend Jack Mcmanus and his lovely fiancee (plus Harry the dog!) for breakfast. In a...
Diary of a Start-up / Technology: Special Mention
A quick special mention to my main man in the US of A who has just raised $2m for his company, Stella...
Diary of a Start-up: Dancing with no music
Stretching on the gym floor last night, I noticed a man in the corner breakdancing. The moves he were...
Diary of a Start-up: Learning from Others – the importance of a smile
Dripping with sweat as I evacuated the treadmill last night, I ran into a guy that I'd consider to be a...
Diary of a Start-up: Enthusiasm required
Starting a business is schizophrenic. It is exciting at the same time as it's frustrating at the same time...
Diary of a Start-up: Wheels in Motion!
Any youngster today should read the (slightly cheesy, but inspiring) 'Art of the Deal' by Donald J.Trump....
Diary of a Start-up: Analysing Risk
Boy, what a boring sounding title for a blog! Nonetheless, I'm reminded today by a quote uttered by a fellow...
Diary of a Start-up: The Importance of Brand
Spend a couple of hours wandering amongst the throngs of people in Harrod's on a busy Saturday and the...
Diary of a Start-up: J(f)DI!!
Not so much a post today, more a quote that totally resonated with me from Foursquare founder Dennis...
Diary of a Start-Up: Early start, great meeting!
The early bird catches the worm so they say. If today is anything to go by then that adage is true. Dave and...
Diary of a Start-Up: The Power of a Network
I’ve just returned from one of the most fun and touching days I’ve had in a while. We have as of today,...
Diary of a Start-Up: Incredible generosity from legal eagles
In his book, ‘Confessions of an Entrepreneur’, Chris Robson lays out some simple-to-follow advice when...
Diary of a Start-Up: The First Negativity
It had to happen at one point or another. A problem of being educated and looking at developing a start-up...
Diary of a Start-Up: Choosing a partner
Having worked in Venture Capital origination, I have been fortunate to grow a fairly reasonable network. I...
Diary of a Start-Up: Pushing the concept into reality
Having researched fairly extensively online, I couldn’t find a similar business that fused all of the...
Diary of a Start-Up: Mulling over the concept
Having a good idea is like when you see the girl of your dreams on a train – your heart rate quickens and...
Diary of a Start-Up: An idea is born
The tech world can often get carried away with itself, future proofing this, mitigating that and has been...
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