Venture Capital – A Necessary Evil?

January 29, 2010
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It’s now the end of Month #1 on my start-up journey, and some sort of progress report is in order. But before doing so, I want to talk a little about the funding model I’ve chosen for the business. For any start-up, there are two basic funding models: externally funded (via VC, angel or similar), [...]

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Four devs good, two devs (and a project manager) better?

January 22, 2010
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When I re-read my last article, it struck me that I was perhaps being a little unfair to the many people who have a regular job that they find rewarding, enjoyable and satisfying.  I didn’t intend the article to be dismissive – after all, if everyone was out there starting something new, nobody would ever be [...]

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Management – a Necessary Evil?

January 15, 2010
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Following on from my last post about the kind of company I want to build, I got to thinking about how to make the new business a remarkable place to work.  Putting myself in the shoes of perspective employees, I started thinking about the kind of company I would want to work in, if I was [...]

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What kind of founder do you want to be?

January 8, 2010
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Having no customers, no product and therefore no real problems (yet), I’ve had the luxury this week to think about the kind of company I want to build. When I left Reuters in 1998 to start my first business, I had the idea that I was going to build a company that I would be proud to be a [...]

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Act 1, Scene 1 – Where to Start?

January 1, 2010
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The beginning of the year is the time for New Year’s Resolutions – you know, stop smoking, drink less, be nicer to the wife, or in my case, start a new business.  Having worked for the last four years three months and ten days for the company that acquired my first business, I decided a [...]

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