Jonathan Bullock
5 tips to make your 15-minute meeting more engaging
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...
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Jonathan Bullock
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OKR back-to-basics that it is good to remember
There are lots of different methods for structuring goal-setting in an organisation. I like to use OKRs. After all, I spent years...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Why you need to send a weekly CEO email
In my experience, a company's communication architecture is a key responsibility of the CEO. However, many CEOs will only communicate to...
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Jonathan Bullock
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How to change your meetings from pointless to productive
After years of frustration, I want to share with you the steps I took to make my meetings more productive. My personal frustrations were...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Reclaim your calendar with these 5 meetings
Like most leaders, my time is always limited, and as my organisation has grown, I've found it harder to maintain good communication with...
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Jonathan Bullock
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As a leader, you need to stay focused and avoid distractions
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...
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Jonathan Bullock
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5 more tips to elevate your negotiating style
Receiving VC fundraising for your startup will be one of the biggest things you do in your business career. Therefore, you shouldn’t...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Hone your negotiating style with these 5 tips
The outcome of your negotiations is not set in stone. Neither are they decided purely based on the facts of your business, product and...
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Jonathan Bullock
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5 more hacks to staying nimble when negotiating
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...
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Jonathan Bullock
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How to stay nimble when negotiating for VC fundraising
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...
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Jonathan Bullock
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5 more ways to set yourself up for good fundraising negotiations
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...
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Jonathan Bullock
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4 ways to set yourself up for fundraising negotiations
You survived your pitch, connected with the audience and sparked their investment interest. The negotiation stage is fast approaching and...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Busting 6 more VC fundraising myths
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....
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Jonathan Bullock
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5 more VC fundraising myths you need to know the truth about
Believing in myths about how and when to fundraise could leave you and your startup vulnerable. In my own experience of working with...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Learn the truth of these 5 VC fundraising myths
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...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Elevate your pitch narrative from good to great
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...
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Jonathan Bullock
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The presentation 'Magic Move'
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...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Secure fundraising with a 6 Step Story
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...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Pitching using the Rule-Of-Three
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....
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Jonathan Bullock
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Prime your body and mind for success at your next presentation pitch
Your body and mind are full of autonomous responses to anxiety and nervousness. If like me you sometimes find yourself almost a slave to...
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