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For start-ups and scale-ups in the tech sector, having the right team in place is critical. Product development, market penetration and securing investment all depend on having the right people, and so businesses in this sector generally act swiftly when …

What have been your biggest learnings at Dawn Capital and HV Capital and how have you applied them to your roles at Portfolio companies such as Exein, LeanIX, Fonoa and Templafy? Where to start… The biggest two are related. Number …

Every serious business runs on financial data. It shapes pricing, investment, procurement and risk. Over the next decade, another dataset will start influencing those decisions just as directly: carbon data. For years, emissions reporting was treated as an annual compliance …

Q: What makes you lean forward in the first five minutes of a B2B SaaS pitch? Clarity of problem and founder depth. Early on, I want to feel that this person has lived the problem and that they’ve spent time …

My career has basically been about platforms. I started in the early days of the internet, building Global Media’s digital portal, then helping flesh out Orange’s web and WAP portals. Yep – I’m that old!

An introduction to Co-Founder Agreements Starting a business with co-founders is exhilarating, but it can also be a leap into the unknown. When co-founders are aligned, things run smoothly. But what happens when opinions clash, someone wants out, or life …

  Magnetic Leadership It’s not how loud you are; it’s how far your influence reaches. Most people hear “magnetic leader” and imagine a charismatic Founder with a strong brand, someone who speaks at all the big conferences, who appears on …

I’m on a personal mission to eliminate bias in this process and bring data to founders that will help them scale themselves and their teams all the way to successful exit. The result is six key traits that define founder …

At EQT Ventures, I meet all of the Founders we bring forward for investment. What I’ve learned is that founder success isn’t random: it follows measurable patterns.

Approximately 90% of startups fail.   That failure rate is high enough to scare promising would-be founders off the journey. It scares me just to look at it.