Stop Chasing Funding: Why Bootstrapping Forces Better Decisions
If you read the tech press, you would be forgiven for thinking that the primary goal of a startup is to raise venture capital. Announcements of Seed and Series A rounds are celebrated as massive victories, while the actual work
21 Aug
StartUp Cash Management
Founders often like to focus on innovation and their ideas but we all know that in the early days cash flow is often king. The result of this can be chaotic, running dangerously low on cash, forcing founders to defer
24 Jun
What is Bootstrapping?
So recently anyone who has seen my blogs will have seen a real focus on bootstrapping and various aspects of it, although it occurred to me that I hadn’t said what bootstrapping is. So…. What is Bootstrapping? Why you ask
24 Jun
Fundraising isn’t the be all and end all
When it comes to launching a startup, one of the biggest decisions an entrepreneur faces is when to fundraise. With the barrage of shows such as The Apprentice and Dragon’s Den, a lot of founders can view fund raising as
24 Jun
What is Early Stage Investment these days?
I had the pleasure of attending Climb23 last week, an event in Leeds attended by a coterie of startups, scale-ups, investors and the great and good of those who support the startup ecosystem. During the conference, there was an interesting
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