It's common for small companies to have a CTO who, in reality, is a senior developer with the nominal title "CTO", and whose role is actually lead architect and coder. They might be a co-founder or employee #1. Either way, it's common to have a CTO wh...
This is an article in my series "Lessons for tech startups", about ways startups can prepare themselves for the many ways they’ll be scrutinised in their path to growth and funding. Entrepreneurs are odd people. Speaking as a long-time entrepreneur my...
This is an article in my series "Lessons for tech startups", about ways startups can prepare themselves for the many ways they’ll be scrutinised in their path to funding. Think back to around 10 years ago - Ruby on Rails was the greatest platform for ...
This is an article in my series "Lessons for tech startups", about ways startups can prepare themselves for the many ways they’ll be scrutinised in their path to funding. If you’re a first-time entrepreneur, "due diligence" is a phrase you’ll probably...
This is an article in my series "Lessons for tech startups", about ways startups can prepare themselves for the many ways they’ll be scrutinised in their path to funding. We’ve been told that an essential ingredient to building a successful company is...
This is an article in my series "Lessons for tech startups", about ways startups can prepare themselves for the many ways they’ll be scrutinised in their path to funding. "Not Invented Here" syndrome is something I’ve come across regularly when I’ve b...
In the course of your fundraising for your tech startup, you’ll probably be grilled more times than you can keep track of on your product, business and people. I’ve co-founded several companies and fundraised for several more, and I wish someone had gi...
In setting up this blog, I trawled back through 15 years of old blogging platform accounts (remember Blogger?) and came across my 4 essential, totally must-have digital tools from 9 years ago. It’s a nice bit of nostalgia, and a helpful reminder of how...
I live in a typically London flat with my family - in other words, not huge, and with some challenging limitations on how we can use our space. Fortunately, as ex-canal boat owners, we’re better than the average family at finding ways to - ehem - optim...