The latest venture capital seed and angel deals for London startups for 21/2/19 featuring funding details for Capitalise, Tail, Payhawk, and much much more.
What VCs Say After You Leave
Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall after a meeting with an investor? After the platitudes have been exchanged, the masks fall and the gloves come off?
CryptoWinter Has Nothing On FAMGA Winter Market Cap Loss
Per CoinMarketCap, total crypto market capped peaked at $795.8 billion on January 7, 2018. Since that time, we’ve lost over $680 billion in market cap. We’re down over 85%. Crypto total market cap bottomed at $102 billion. So at the bottom, crypto had lost $692 billion. However, the total amount lost by FAMGA (my acronym […]
What Made Your Startup Great Won’t Keep It Great
Many modern software product teams believe agile development translates to constant improvement for customers, and as a result, resist formal roadmaps. But as products and categories mature, the game changes. Scaling startups face completely different market challenges than when they first entered their markets. Do they move into an adjacent category to get more share […]
5 Common Company Problems And Solutions That Demand Attention
I wanted to round up four problems you may face as a company leader and offer my solutions to those problems. Whether you’re a small startup or a Fortune 500, these four pieces of advice have always helped me in growing and maintaining my businesses.
5 Priceless Lessons From One Successful Entrepreneur’s Mother
I often think about how my mother raised me to become the person I am today. Not only was she a single parent, she was also an immigrant new to the country. Through her drive and dedication, my mother had the biggest impact on how I chose to spend my time. From a young age, […]
#LondonTech Week in Review: 10/2/19-16/2/19
With so much going on in London’s thriving tech ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space. We keep you abreast of a few of things that you may have missed in London Tech News for the week ending 16/2 including the London startup fundings, exits, and events featuring news for Starling Bank, Rapyd, […]
The London TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 19/2/19
The latest venture capital seed and angel deals for London startups for 19/2/19 featuring funding details for Mayku, GoCardless, and Senseon.
Machines That Smell Trouble
Abruptly, I enter the cab escaping the arctic weather to confront something worse than freezing rain – body odor. Luckily, another taxi pulled to the curb and I continued my journey to last Tuesday’s RobotLab forum on Cybersecurity & Machines. Moderating a panel at the new Global Cyber Center, with John Frankel of ffVC and Guy Franklin of SOSA, I […]
5 Lessons I Learned After I Started My Own Business
If you are an entrepreneur, you already know that starting a business is a lot of work. While courses and degrees may help you prepare, there are some things you just have to learn on the job. Through trial and error, I learned some hard lessons deep in the trenches. Here are 5 things I wish I knew before starting my own business.