Angels Speak
Things I wish I had known
03-Feb-08
You can read academic advice about IPOs and VCs anywhere. Very rarely are we offered an insight into the emotional demands made on entrepreneurs. A recent study has sought to change that and what follows are candid and compelling tales of entrepreneurs who’ve made it — and the price they’ve paid to do so.
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Biting Point
03-Feb-08 Rene Carayol
Respected broadcaster and business guru René Carayol reveals that attitude may now be the key factor when it comes to recruitment.
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Risky Business
05-Nov-07 Rene Carayol
Take one outgoing Prime Minister with an unquestioned flair, a natural charisma and the confidence to make radical decisions. Add his successor, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer; a man with a dour public persona and a history of taking the cautious path. The equation doesn’t immediately point to a new era of British politics in which risk is once again embraced instead of being talked about dismissively as yet another four-letter word.
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Business and Culture
21-Jun-07 Rene Carayol
Ask any small start up company what their top priority is and time and again the resounding answer is to get profitable and grow quickly. The hardest thing any new business has to overcome is their lack of established brand and a non-existent track record; two things that makes getting new customers highly problematic.
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Jeffrey Sohl
19-Apr-07 Brian Perry
Over the past twenty years Jeffrey Sohl has been regarded as the leading expert and voice of venture capital and angel investment in the United States. As the Director of The Center for Venture Research, he shares some of his insights and views on VC and angel investment.
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Saul Klein Interview
30-Mar-07 Brian Perry
Saul Klein is a founder (Lovefilm), serial angel investor, former global head of marketing with communications giant Skype, and a venture partner with venture capital firm Index Ventures, based in London. Mr, Klein shares with Brian Perry some of his thoughts and insights on angel investing and where the future of start-ups in Europe might be headed .
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Dr. Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven Interview
02-Jan-07 Anthony Rommens
Dr. Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven has business investments, companies, and an entrepreneurial organisation that spans the globe. He is perhaps the archetypal Business Angel and Venture Capitalist. This issue, Dr. Twaalfhoven shares his special insights and experience with Anthony Rommens.
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Chris Clegg Interview
01-Nov-06 Brian Perry
Chris Clegg was one of the original advisors with Beer & Partners and the founder of Equity Entrepreneur. As an experienced Angel Investment advisor, Chris shares some of his key insights on Angel Investing with Brian Perry.
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Deborah Meaden Interview
06-Oct-06 Brian Perry
The Dragons keep providing us with sound & insightful advice on Angel Investing. This issue, Deborah Meaden from BBC’s The Dragons’ Den shares her views on various topics.
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Richard Farleigh Interview
09-Sep-06
The Dragons’ Den Richard Farleigh Shares Some Tips. Richard Farleigh was born one of eleven children in the Australian outback and is now a full time business angel who has possibly invested in more new UK companies than any other British investor.
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Charles Parten: Succeeding Through Failure
21-Jul-06
Charles Parten knows what it’s like to have it all – big house, perfect family, wealth and power. And as a personal executive coach, it’s his job to help others achieve career and business success. But he has a different story he prefers to tell.
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Rachel Elnaugh Interview
06-Jun-06 Brian Perry
Rachel Elnaugh, from the hit BBC television programme The Dragons’ Den shares her views on angel investing and gives insight in to what she looks for in a pitch.
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