Some years ago, I was lucky enough to hear Eric Ries speak. I was just embarking on my founder journey, and he’d written the business bibl…
Some years ago, I was lucky enough to hear Eric Ries speak. I was just embarking on my founder journey, and he’d written the business bibl…
Entrepreneurs are dreamers. We create ideas for products that never existed and then embark on the hard slog of turning them into reality. A…
Until recently, I’ve done a fairly poor job of selling my company. Yes, I was good at exciting people. No, I was not translating excitemen…
In my second week of high school, our teacher set us an assignment for our social studies program: what career did we want to follow? We had…
For the past few weeks, I’ve focused on recruiting more team members for our offices in Sydney and Manila. We’re hiring senior and junior…
Now, in the New Year, I can admit it: 2013 sucked and I’m glad it’s over. For the first eight months, I ran around the US trying to l…
When I closed my first round of funding for Posse, I asked one of the lead investors – what’s the first thing you think I should focus on?…
I caught up with one of our investors in Auckland a few weeks ago – Peter, a wise chap who’s had a lot of success. Our conversation d…
At a board meeting this morning, I couldn’t help reflecting on our awesome group. A good start-up board helps in many ways but can hinder in…
Start-ups with limited resources may be tempted into outsourcing to cheaper places. I’m sure you’ve heard horror stories of entrepren…
I admit I’m biased. I grew up in New Zealand and I love the place. The landscape is stunning, streets are safe, people are friendly and l…
Hang around a few start-up events and it’s likely you’ll bump into someone who’s interested in becoming your ‘corporate advisor’. Most li…
