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John Haining
Transparency of Results
I love the work Techstars have done in presenting the “live” status of their seed accelerator. Check out this page on their site: http://www.techstars.org/results/ I can think of so many different funding bodies, such as government granting (Commercialisation Australia, for instance), that would benefit from such transparent data. This would help with program accountability as [...]
Hidden Capital
Capital is a fickle thing. Well allocated, it helps you deliver returns that are outstanding. When leveraged appropriately you can magnify those returns even further. But all capital is risk capital. And capital has options – in terms of where it’s invested, the risk/return profile and the patience it demonstrates. And capital is broader than [...]
Why is External Perspective so Valuable?
“The reason you can’t see what I see is that you’re not standing where I’m standing.”* My job is to help you see what I see, from outside. That’s why you need to move. * I don’t know if that’s someone else’s quote, or whether it’s mine. Any help on attribution appreciated!
External Perspective: How strong is your management?
How strong is your management? If you’re considering raising capital, going for growth or simply remaining competitive, you must have a handle on the strength of your management. Strength has two components: Competence Depth Competence We’ll explore this theme in more depth over time, but the competence of management is interrelated with the strategy you [...]
Serendipity and Silver Linings
Serendipity plays out in our lives. Few people have found The Three Princes of Serendip (Wikipedia) and understood its message. Common usage allows us to say that serendipity is what happens when we’re looking for one thing, but find something better in the process. The story of the princes is better. It covers the serendipity [...]
Curious About (#1)
As I am working more with the team at Geoff Harrington & Co (GHC) I’m starting to treat this part of my site a lot more like a blog. One of the first things that has my interest is in gathering information about who is out there doing smaller debt and equity transactions on a [...]
Thar be dragons (or, why overwhelm is a constant development risk)
In maps of old, unchartered territories were marked with dragons. These dragons represented the perils of the unknown, the dread that the unexplored and unimaginable suggested. Dragons on those maps had their purpose, of course. They scared away those who never wanted to go beyond their limits and they allowed those brave enough to venture [...]
Beware the one eyed strategist
Have you ever tried driving with one eye closed? With one eye closed everything looks flat. Only the size of objects lets you know how far away things are. You lose the rich information that comes from binocular vision. Driving with one eye closed kills your depth perception. The combination of parallax, perspective and binocular [...]
A Trivial Pursuit?
In managing your career or your life you have two main options: focus or diversification. If your career were a game of Trivial Pursuit, would you prefer it if the game was won by collecting pieces that are all of the same colour, or collecting pieces of different colours? These are the options, and getting [...]
Relationships are the key …
1. Think about every relationship that helps you get results in your life. 2. Think about every relationship where you give something (time, money, support, emotion). 3. Notice where they are relationships in balance. 4. Notice where the value each way is disproportionate to giving or getting. 5. Notice where there are gaps in things [...]
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