Raising Capital

• 27/02/2025in Raising Capital

  Your Startup Pitch is Bad; Let me Explain How I Know

  Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been pushing us to question traditional startup methodologies such as lean startup or how venture capitalists discern investments, through an exploration with you of First Principles Thinking and the Bell Mason Diagnostic. In fact, I’m not inherently a detractor of either, rather frequently advocating...
• 20/02/2025in Raising Capital, Startup Ecosystems

  The Bell Mason Diagnostic and First Principles Thinking in Venture Capital

  Why Venture Capital Needs a First Principles Overhaul Venture capital is broken. Not in the “bubble’s about to pop” and certainly not in the sense that so many are pissed off because they aren’t getting funded, but in the “founders keep getting bad funding advice from firms still operating on outdated, ineffective methodologies” sense.  In th...
• 28/01/2025in Raising Capital, Startup Ecosystems

  What the Best Angel Investors Do Differently in Startup Investing

  The rush to become an angel investor mirrors the increase in the appeal of the “celebrity entrepreneur” we’ve seen over the last couple of decades.  To flourish, the investor community must consolidate more (i.e. become an LP in a fund vs doing our own thing) and those who remain independent must level up their value-add. I...