business plans

I recently came across a start-up in the ‘video communication’ space. In twelve months just past, going from idea through prototype, beta release and $100 a year subscription launch whilst securing $100m funding and a possible $400m valuation. It helps that the founder could text a major Californian

When lecturing at Cambridge University recently, my attention was happily re-drawn to venture capital guru Guy Kawasaki. Seven years ago he wrote this seminal blog on the delusions of people that pitch him their new business idea. These eleven traps must be absent from your business plan. And of course,

Having been paid to write business plans, I’m always interested in the parallels between launching start-ups and selling new products. A young Aussie entrepreneur here provides his checklist of 10 reasons investors don’t invest in start-ups. Inexperienced management team No proof of concept No cashflow No understanding