Why everyone, and venture capital investors in particular, should read ‘Competing against luck’ — The COVID induced public market dip in March 2020 did not stop global venture capital (VC) investment surging well into H1 2022. And while a year over year (YOY) drop was noted in 2022, comparing data from various analyses shows 2021 was off the charts. …

The 3 business growth pillars — Brand, User and Customer experience, also referred to as BX, UX & CX, will be familiar topics to those working on building, maintaining, marketing and/or selling any given ‘product’. …

The PR battle between the mainstream (financial) press and the crypto warriors has been ongoing ever since crypto became big enough to touch society in some way or form. Bitcoin has been pronounced dead many times and any use of crypto in illegal activities has been thoroughly fleshed out in the news, tv shows and movies. This PR battle took on a whole new dimension as the market capitalisation of all cryptocurrencies rose above the $1 trillion mark in early January 2021.

All for one and one for all — 22/11/2021 Edit — Visualisation 2 changed to reflect Draper Esprit’s name change to Molten Ventures. Earlier this year the term ‘Retail investors’ reverberated across the world’s (financial) media outlets. Whether described as heroes, rebels or clueless crusaders, as a force they successfully upended the status quo in public markets with…

A microbrand world; from transactions to experiences — The way people shop, and all the ways in which our path to purchase might change in a fully tech-enabled world, has been a hotly debated topic for several years. Intricate pre-pandemic discussions on what retailers and brands need to consider when designing future proof strategies often concluded with answers…

The concept of money is so ubiquitous in our daily lives that we often do not stop to think why we actually ascribe value to it in and of itself. Whether we have zillions or zilch the money we know today is relatively new. The majority of us* are old…

Let’s all apply a growth mindset to the scalability conundrum of sustainable solutions The word ‘sustainability’ is everywhere and, occasionally, when a word is used in many ways by many people it might lose meaning, create confusion and/or its impact is diluted. I’m hoping this post will help reinvigorate your excitement for a future in which people, planet and ‘growth’ live in harmony. …

Deconstruct bias to raise floors & break ceilings — Many interesting panel discussions took place during the DIAL global summit in February (see below quote for context), not least a highly engaged panel on D&I trends that are crucial to consider for any business leader moving into 2021. To view the discussion, click here for a 12 min video summary. The below concise article briefly summarises this session’s highlights.

Breaking down the journey that led me to study at Quantic, a truly innovative MBA experience — In 2015 I wrote a short article on Edtech*; advocating that I thought it wise to take an adaptive and resilient approach to education and learning throughout your career. The 3 main reasons for writing this was to celebrate Edtech companies such as EdX and Coursera, to evaluate the importance…