Our approach to EIS & SEIS investing is different to other investors. It’s been very deliberately designed by my business partner Paul Soanes & I, based on insight from 14 years of angel investing together and our experience from entrepreneurial, corporate and consulting careers in...
It’s been 14 years since I made my first investment in a start-up business. A £58k investment returned me £376k after 4 years. So I carried on seed investing – after all, what could go wrong? As it happened - all sorts. Although, along with...
You’re running your own small business, raising and running out of cash, dealing with customers, building a team, growing before a competitor grabs the market. There’s never enough time in the day, and it can be difficult to turn off. During all this activity, do you...
Whatever happens this afternoon, it’s not too late to save 2017/18 tax As we wait to see what our Chancellor pulls out of his budget box this afternoon, we can assume he won’t be giving us any tax back. But we can still reduce our tax bill for...
If you’ve successfully raised some cash, the pressure now really starts. Investors will be expecting you to accelerate your growth and demonstrate some proof points before your next round of funding. So you’ll be thinking about how to gather more talent around you. When so,...