Comments on: Of venture capital and bubbles http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/02/14/of-venture-capital-and-bubbles/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nic http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/02/14/of-venture-capital-and-bubbles/#comment-1405 nic Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:13:06 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/02/14/of-venture-capital-and-bubbles/#comment-1405 Hi Martin - totally agree, I would capture these under the organic strategy I didn't really talk much about in this post. Hi Martin – totally agree, I would capture these under the organic strategy I didn’t really talk much about in this post.

]]> By: nic http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/02/14/of-venture-capital-and-bubbles/#comment-11125 nic Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:13:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/02/14/of-venture-capital-and-bubbles/#comment-11125 Hi Martin - totally agree, I would capture these under the organic strategy I didn't really talk much about in this post. Hi Martin – totally agree, I would capture these under the organic strategy I didn’t really talk much about in this post.

]]> By: Martin Owen http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/02/14/of-venture-capital-and-bubbles/#comment-1404 Martin Owen Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:23:52 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/02/14/of-venture-capital-and-bubbles/#comment-1404 From the start-up UK there are other ways of viewing the situation- especially if you are not London focussed. The 101 alternative list offers some pointers. In more economically pressed areas of the UK there is alternative support (Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland for instance). There are innovation grants, regional job creation grants, business incubation support and so on. These enable you to bootstrap your company and build value which puts you in a stronger position and a safer option for the VC when you need larger funds for scaling your company. From the start-up UK there are other ways of viewing the situation- especially if you are not London focussed.

The 101 alternative list offers some pointers. In more economically pressed areas of the UK there is alternative support (Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland for instance). There are innovation grants, regional job creation grants, business incubation support and so on. These enable you to bootstrap your company and build value which puts you in a stronger position and a safer option for the VC when you need larger funds for scaling your company.

]]> By: Martin Owen http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/02/14/of-venture-capital-and-bubbles/#comment-11124 Martin Owen Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:23:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/02/14/of-venture-capital-and-bubbles/#comment-11124 From the start-up UK there are other ways of viewing the situation- especially if you are not London focussed. The 101 alternative list offers some pointers. In more economically pressed areas of the UK there is alternative support (Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland for instance). There are innovation grants, regional job creation grants, business incubation support and so on. These enable you to bootstrap your company and build value which puts you in a stronger position and a safer option for the VC when you need larger funds for scaling your company. From the start-up UK there are other ways of viewing the situation- especially if you are not London focussed.

The 101 alternative list offers some pointers. In more economically pressed areas of the UK there is alternative support (Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland for instance). There are innovation grants, regional job creation grants, business incubation support and so on. These enable you to bootstrap your company and build value which puts you in a stronger position and a safer option for the VC when you need larger funds for scaling your company.

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