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Consumer internet – the hype is over, now the work really starts

I have been saying for some time that building consumer internet businesses is going to get harder. I wrote two posts on the subject in January – Consumer internet – the changing nature of the game Part I and (you guessed it) Part II.

My point was that marketing and development costs will rise as [...]

March 22nd, 2007 | Category: Angels, Consumer Internet, Search, Social networks, TV, Venture Capital, Video | 4 comments

Equity gap?

The received wisdom in this country seems to be that there is an “equity gap” in financing for small businesses. The argument has it that there are lots of good businesses that can’t find financing in the £100k-£2m range because of an inefficiency in the market and that the government therefore needs to step in.

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October 13th, 2006 | Category: Angels, Entrepreneurs, Equity gap, Venture Capital | 5 comments