A cracker of an idea. A business idea. I should start a business with this idea right now. Figure it out in my spare time and then just set it up…
For me, startup never happens like this.
It starts with a hunch, a curiosity, almost an irritation. So much uncertainty. So many unknowns. It’s half-baked plan hinges on finding good people and figuring out how to keep them.
There’s a model that’s often peddled – multiple rounds of external funding with the hook of the big exit that’ll make everyone rich. And it makes sense – if you’re an investor. But I’m not comfortable with it, for every external investment is a big chain pulling you away from the “why” of your business. I don’t start businesses to make money. I start businesses to change the world or at least a few people’s world…
It’s a long burn.
It seems that somebody somewhere is using new and sneaky ways of getting messages into…
I was giving a public talk at a Life Sciences museum in Göttingen, Germany earlier…
I was reminded this week whilst running a Visual Storytelling workshop with a group of…
"How do you find a good name for your start-up?" someone asked. "Hold it lightly…
I'm a fan of Edith Pritchett's Venn Diagrams that appear in the Saturday Guardian (UK).…