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Lately I’ve been reading up about Tesla Motors, the automotive company founded by PayPal co-founder, Elon Musk.   I’ve been thinking ab…

I have to admit that I’ve been a bit behind on my blogging lately. Since November, I’ve been pretty flat out closing an investment round…

I think there is an interesting discussion to be had around the idea of learning to code versus getting an MBA. Both are very different disc…

When founding a start-up, there are hundreds of decisions to be made during the course of the early years that can significantly impact your…

When building products for the internet, no one builds ‘everything’ from scratch.   Web services are almost always a mash-up of exist…

As the chief executive of a start-up, when investors ask you how you intend to spend their money, your answer is most likely going to be peo…

This article first appeared on February 17th, 2012.   I am lucky to live in Australia. However, as we all know, luck eventually runs out. …

Last week, we saw the relationship between Zynga and Facebook change. You can read the SEC filings here.   Starting in May next year, Fa…

I often hear from other entrepreneurs it’s important to operate out of Silicon Valley, or that you need to be in New York if you are serio…

Entrepreneurs often fall into the trap of chasing after VC funding while failing to explore the strategic options that might be available to…

There has been some debate lately about two forms of investment structure used by VCs, namely “priced rounds” and “convertible notes�…

It’s been a while since my last post and I feel like I should have written a few more times since then.   However, I’ve been pretty …