VC/Advisors
Behavioral Innovation, the Need To Pivot, Why We Don’t and What We Can Do About It
Written by Christine Thong and Evan Shellshear When was the last time you seriously thought about your blue chip investments →
Is Your Startup Idea Worth Nothing?
The mantra of ideas being worthless can be heard from all corners of the globe. Venture capitalists back founders and →
How to Increase Your Capability for Consistently Achieving Exponential Growth
Think about all the vagaries of running a high-technology venture – as executive leaders you need to be setting the vision, formulating strategies for success and operationally attracting and retaining top-level talent, leading and managing teams, sourcing and deploying scarce resources and negotiating ongoing funding rounds, all while building a →
400+ Deals – Top Technology Investments & Acquisitions by Sector – 2014
Thanks to the team at Internet Deal Book for putting together this fantastic report which details the more than 400 →
Bored with Board Meetings? Here is a new board game that can also add value to your company
© Ian Andrew Maxwell Introduction For almost twenty years now I have been ‘enduring’ board meetings. This is a phenomenon →
Raising Capital & Term Sheets – what you must know before you sign
Photo Credit – Steve Jurvetson Ed: The backstory to this photo is at the bottom of the page. Congratulations, so you’ve found an investor →
New Australian Venture Capital Funds are actively chasing deal flow – The Nuclear Winter is Thawing
I sense the nuclear winter of startup funding in Australia is finally thawing. In the last few months we have had a number of funds and investors actively launching pitching events and promotions and are actively chasing deals and trying to generate deal flow. Even back in the dot com boom I →
The Physics of Startup financings, or why you can’t raise a Series A
Photo by EWFTT There is a fundamental paradox in the startup world: A lot more founders try to raise money than successfully do. But for those that do, they raise on incredibly friendly valuation terms relative to other areas of the business world. The reason is growth and it’s useful →