Between 2006 and 2016, I wrote something on this blog almost every working day. It…
Nic BrisbourneJuly 1, 2019
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Nic BrisbourneJune 4, 2018
Earlier this week a friend was asking me whether her fundraising chances would be improved…
Nic BrisbourneMay 29, 2018
Let me start by saying that I'm a massive believer in the power of metrics.…
Nic BrisbourneMay 3, 2018
In our experience, structured customer development work is right up there amongst the most valuable…
Nic BrisbourneMarch 26, 2018
Every company has to strike a balance between focusing on being great at what they do…
Regular readers will know that for me the rising pace of change is one of…
I was talking with an old friend on Friday about the fundraising pitch for his…
I’ve been asked how to analyse cohorts by a couple of companies recently, so I thought…
I love it when complicated things are made simple and this Guardian animation does exactly that…
I just read a review of a new Wiley book Design a better business which argues that:…
When I read in David Kelnar’s ‘Respect your elders’ and five other powerful trends shaping consumer…
I’ve finally got round to reading Andy Grove‘s High Output Management, widely regarded as a…
‘Flow’ is the almost magical state of extreme creativity and productivity. Most often associated with artists…
I just read an old post by Nir Eyal about The psychology of sports: How…
I read two great posts advising founders on fundraising this morning. The first was a…
The cue for this post was Harry Stebbing’s 20MinuteVC interview with David Pakman, the partner…
In November 2013 I saw the headline Five cognitive distortions of people who get stuff…
I’m sure you’ve heard about how unless we’re careful we very often make our minds…
BRIEF BIO
Managing Partner at Forward Partners – on a mission to invest in the UK’s best eCommerce companies.