Author Archives: Silicon Roundabout

What have been your biggest learnings at Algotec, and how do you apply them as a board member in your portfolio companies? At Algotec, I gained invaluable insights into the crucial role of deep domain expertise in creating best-in-class products. …

What were your biggest learnings at Deloitte, Barclays Ventures, and Augmentum Fintech? Across my past roles I’ve come to appreciate some things that are constant across all stages of investing. For me, one of those is the team. In times …

What were your biggest learnings from your time at Wrapp, AdProfit and HDWR from bootstrapping through to scaling a business internationally? My main takeaway when looking holistically at my founder years is that there is a huge range of differences …

Startup forecasts, valuations and capital requirements are all largely driven by the founders’ and their backers’ views on the future scale of the opportunity at hand. If the opportunity is vast and unprecedented, it is likely to attract investment to …

Did you know that humans spend 90% of their time indoors? That’s crazy, isn’t it? And yet navigation / mapping apps only seem to work outdoors.   Why is that? It’s for a very simple reason, and it’s also not for …

Despite projections towards the end of 2023 saying we’d start to see economic uplift in 2024, UK businesses, including in the tech sector, continue to struggle amidst a horde of significant challenges. And an ongoing funding slowdown isn’t helping the …

Before becoming Principal of Seraphim Space Manager LLP you were Senior Director at Astra and COO at Apollo Fusion and are currently Board Observer at D-Orbit. What have been your biggest learnings and pivotal insights gained on your journey thus …

Ever since I could remember, I have been into fitness- always on the search for the best health supplements. When I started to help my now-wife, Mari Llewellyn, on her fitness journey, we quickly realized there weren’t female-focused supplements that …

Set one clear goal for the company to align around, with each person a “Single Threaded Owner” (STO) of an action to achieve it. Dan Thompson CEO, Kluster

Always Be Closing (ABC). Founders are their companies’ best salespeople and also the first to stop selling, handing it over to others — go out and get the revenues. Avi Eyal Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Entrée Capital