Also known as the morning meeting, the 15-minute meeting can be either a productive, welcome part of your team’s calendar or be dreaded...

There are lots of different methods for structuring goal-setting in an organisation. I like to use OKRs. After all, I spent years...

In my experience, a company's communication architecture is a key responsibility of the CEO. However, many CEOs will only communicate to...

After years of frustration, I want to share with you the steps I took to make my meetings more productive. My personal frustrations were...

Like most leaders, my time is always limited, and as my organisation has grown, I've found it harder to maintain good communication with...

Every day we are bombarded with things that are vying for our attention. From the moment we wake up in the morning and look at our phone...

Receiving VC fundraising for your startup will be one of the biggest things you do in your business career. Therefore, you shouldn’t...

The outcome of your negotiations is not set in stone. Neither are they decided purely based on the facts of your business, product and...

If you are in the process of or about to start negotiating for VC fundraising, then you need every bit of help you can get. Negotiating...

A key component of negotiation is staying nimble and responding to changes in the situation as they arise. You don’t want to miss out on...

If you’re waiting to receive your term sheets and therefore about to start negotiating you need to make sure you are prepared. These are...

You survived your pitch, connected with the audience and sparked their investment interest. The negotiation stage is fast approaching and...

This is the final post in a series of three where I have shared with you myths and truths from my own experience of VC fundraising....

Believing in myths about how and when to fundraise could leave you and your startup vulnerable. In my own experience of working with...

When pitching to VCs for fundraising you need to go into the meeting with your eyes wide open. There are far too many myths surrounding...

You’re on the right path. As a founder with a fundraising pitch coming up, you have avoided the temptation of jumping straight into your...

Most founders make a key mistake when crafting their pitch. All too often a founder reads a how-to blog on pitching and then immediately...

A 6-step story is an approach to designing your pitch around your audience. After all, the audience is the whole point and if you don’t...

Your pitch is a story and stories need structure. There is a reason why almost every story ever told has a beginning, middle and end....

Your body and mind are full of autonomous responses to anxiety and nervousness. If like me you sometimes find yourself almost a slave to...