Between 2006 and 2016, I wrote something on this blog almost every working day. It…
Nic BrisbourneJuly 1, 2019
We all know that things get difficult when someone wants something too much. You might…
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
We see a lot of startups that fail, it’s the nature of the beast in…
I just read the following quote in a post about platform failures: Because platforms depend…
“No VC has ever failed because of NOT having invested into a company.” This quote…
This post originally appeared on the Forward Partners blog. ————————————————————————————————————————- “Plus ça change, plus c’est…
Benedict Evans recently published a post noting that there’s no Facebook of ecommerce. He notes that…
“Keep calm and carry on” is so deeply ingrained into the British psyche that we’ve made…
I was as surprised and disappointed as most Londoners after we voted to leave Europe last…
Investors often put pressure on startups to hire senior people from big companies. Sometimes that’s…
If you’ve ever been frustrated that your neat logical arguments aren’t persuading people, this article…
The increasing capital efficiency of startups has been changing the face of venture for the…
ValueWalk have reported on new data out from Prequin that shows continued growth Micro-VC fundraising. Micro-VC…
Stage-by-Stage Change in US Venture Capital Deployed (Deal Value) – Mattermark …
New data out from BRC-KPMG shows online sales of non food products grew 13.7% in…
I just worked my way through 213 slides of Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends publication. If…
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