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School for Startups Entrepreneurs Say:
- This is an excellent programme for startups who face so many challenges and limited budgets – Susan Benjamin
- Excellent Day, Interesting Anecdotes, Energetic Delivery – Matt Robinson
- It’s nice to hear from a man who has done the walk and is able to talk the talk, John Hynes
- Great day – great setting, really interesting and reassuring – Clare Byrnley-Jones
- Great Venue, charismatic presenter and good time slots - Ross Wallin, Pitcher and Piano
- Doug Richard is great, open and has a great sense of humour. Phil Wilkinson was a very valuable addition – Phillip Gibbs, Synergy Linx Ltd
- Thank you for an interesting and inspirational day – lots of humour too! – Colette Grantham, Care Home Quest Plus
- Brilliant, loved the interactive approach with audience to give real on-the-spot examples – Vanessa Knight, 100 Percent Art
- Informative, Interesting and Invaluable – Omran Kier
- Great, practical, and thoroughly motivational day, Crispin Scott, Chadshunt Ltd
- Doug is a very powerful, positive speaker, Gesmay Paynter
- Makes you think outside the box, Gesmay Paynter
- Using volunteers’ ideas to form business solutions was very good. Overall fantastic – Schagufta Anjum
- Dragon’s Den exerts were helpful – Colleen Stephenson
- Intelligent, non-patronising delivery, Thank you – Diana Horner, The Gift Card Company (UK) Ltd
- Thought provoking, good pace, good content, Julien Barber
- Worth it, simple, straight forward help that can be put into practice. Case Studies were helpful – Sharina Shah, Jonny Langford
- A positive day which I can highly recommend to others, Joanna Anthony
S4Stv: Entrepreneurs Talk About School for Startups
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Monday 4 January
The Startup & The Scammer: A Real Story
Finally, Nigel you really do offer an unusual collection of services. I took a look at your website. You offer offshore banking, offshore company formation, secured loans, unsecured loans, venture capital, cashback for reading online subscriptions, business consultancy, IT Training, and even claim backs for unfair credit card charges. You are a talented and diverse man Nigel.
Monday 2 November
The Price of Money Part 4: Say No, No, No, No Till Your Tongue Bleeds
I have been writing a series of articles recently entitled “The Price of Money” that grew out of my unease that people neither understood how great the cost of capital is nor the enormous difficulty involved in pricing capital. I was further dis-enchanted by the rhetoric amongst government ministers reciting mantras of entrepreneurship and access [...]
Saturday 31 October
The Price of Money Part 2: At Least You Can Eat Catfish
When Angel Networks are actually providing a corporate finance function they should be able to show their past funding success. If the cannot, one should be suspicious. If they insist on charging for investment readiness training beforehand then they should un-tie that obligation from presenting.
Friday 30 October
The Price of Money Part 1: Sex, Lies & The Bottom Feeders of the Angel Community
Not all angel investors are created equal. Some are real, some are actually corporate finance houses and should be judged on their track record and some are snake oil salesmen who are taking your money for no good reason. You need to be able to tell them apart.
Tuesday 27 October
Living Without Air: How to Need Very Little Capital (Part 1)
In Part 1 of our Living without Capital series I explore how startup companies should focus on creating a small feature set that is completely integrated with the world. Marketing is woven into the code. API’s real or metaphorical should be part of version 1. It’s more important to do a few things well and interoperable with the rest of the world than it is so do alot…
Thursday 22 October
Marketing is All About Frames, So Put Your Products In the Picture
Marketing is about framing your product so it can be understood by your customers. It must be integrated into a narrative, a story so they can position it and you can attach it to things they want their products attached to.
Saturday 3 October
My New Year’s List* (Yes I know its August)
So this is my New Year’s resolution list, which is really my “god look at all the stuff I’m doing list” which I write occasionally. (Because if I do, then I do less and focus more). Now you may ask why am I doing my New Year’s list in the middle of the summer? Well, [...]
Thursday 13 August
UK Entrepreneurs Talk About School for Startups
Doug Richard’s School for Startups offers accelerated instruction to UK entrepreneurs in how to start and run businesses more profitably. The truth is that not all businesses are created equal. Some are better than others. They are better because those who start them have a more useful understanding of what it takes to get a [...]
Tuesday 6 January