“There’s no way that company exists in a year.” – Tom Siebel, founder of software firm Siebel Systems. This was Tom Siebel talking about Salesforce.com, easily one of the hottest companies in the cloud computing space, and the reason behind founder Marc Benioff’s billionaire status. Siebel Systems, on the other
I haven’t kept very close track, but Mark and I have now been running this website for nearly 2 years. For readers who’ve been with us for any length of time it should be clear what we do with our spare time. OK, scrap that, it should be clear what
We’ve invested in many early stage businesses at the angel level, and many more private placements – both brokered and non-brokered. It’s easily the most high octane, lucrative area we’ve ever been involved in. We’ve made, lost and made money over the years, and have learned and relearned some lessons.
Early stage companies are always going to have upsets. Financing falls over at the 11th hour, a software glitch puts their entire launch in jeopardy, biological waste is dumped on their doorstep, resignation of a director, fraud and theft from within the company (yep, been there), a new government regulation alters the
Recently I found myself interviewing a founder of a business who is seeking funding. While on a video call I could hear a TV talk show in the background, and during our conversation the gentleman I was talking to kept a text messaging conversation going on his mobile phone. While
Let’s make something perfectly clear; I’ve made some ridiculously stupid investment decisions. I’ve also made some which in hindsight appear to be genius (buying SLV leaps over a year ago, for example). When structuring deals where our own capital was at risk, we’ve structured some poorly, and others far more astutely. I
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