The Equity Kicker

Keeping focused on the stuff that counts

Since I read Tim Ferris’s 4 Hour Working Week I’ve been on a constant drive to focus on the things that really count – both at work and at home. These three questions from the folks at the Positivity Blog to ask about your next task are a great tool for doing just that:

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50 Questions – What exactly is an ‘investor’? and What are the different types of early stage funder?

As regular readers will be aware I am writing a series of posts with Nicholas Lovell of Gamesbrief which together will form the 50 questions you should ask before raising venture capital.

I have posted three questions so far on this blog and Nicholas has posted two. I realised yesterday that I have [...]

Internet ad spend still has a long way to rise

This graphic from Mary Meeker’s annual presentation to the recent Web2.0 conference in San Francisco shows very clearly that the ratio of ad dollars spent to time spent on the internet is way lower than other media, and hence set to rise. Print and TV are in the worst shape, particularly print, which is [...]

Where do VCs get their money from?

Fifth in a series of weekly posts by myself and Nicholas Lovell of Gamesbrief which answer the fifty questions you should ask before raising venture capital. We expect the series to run for a year after which we will collate the posts into a book. You can find the rationale behind the series here, [...]