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Grim Fairy Tales – Part III » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. Laquo; Doing your duty. Grim Fairy Tales – Part IV. Grim Fairy Tales – Part III. June 11, 2012. This is the third in a six part set of blogs about “how not to raise money for your start-up”. The grim stories you read hear are based on real life events – meetings and conversations I have had over the years, and will no doubt form the basis for my next book. So far I’ve covered Management in Part I. And Valuation in Part II. This week we’ll take a look at USP. 1 You don’t know your market.

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What we do » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. ConCap was formed in 2008 by Stuart Hillston, after he left EIS Fund Manager Pre-X Capital Management. The Company was formed to help technology companies and their owners to develop and articulate a commercial strategy that would appeal to investors – whether private or professional. Raising equity finance for early-stage companies requires 4 things:. Your business strategy to turn a technology product into a scalable business must be compelling. 8230; at the right time. Into The Fox’s Lair!

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Grim Fairy Tales – Part IV » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. Laquo; Grim Fairy Tales – Part III. 10 things you shouldn’t put in your business plan…. Grim Fairy Tales – Part IV. October 13, 2012. This is the fourth in a six part set of blogs about “how not to raise money for your start-up”. The grim stories you read here are based on real life events – meetings and conversations I have had over the years, and will no doubt form the basis for my next book. So far I’ve covered Management in Part I. Valuation in Part II. And USP/Market in Part III. Tale f...

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10 things you shouldn’t put in your business plan… » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. Laquo; Grim Fairy Tales – Part IV. Grim Fairy Tales – Part V. 10 things you shouldn’t put in your business plan…. November 7, 2012. 8230; but probably will anyway! 1 “The numbers are conservative”. Of course they are. They are a guess. So make them realistic not pessimistic/optimistic. 2 The entire product brochure/manual with long lists of bulleted features. I want to hear more about the market and how you will address it than I do about the offset of the flange sprocket from the slave shaft.

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Grim Fairy Tales – Part II » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. Laquo; Grim Fairy Tales – Part I. Grim Fairy Tales – Part II. May 28, 2012. You learn something new every day (they say) and I certainly find this to be the case. Whilst I am often asked how to raise money or attract investors, I find it is easier to demonstrate how not to do it, based on my own experiences (and those of people I know). Last week for instance I told the tale of the CEO and CTO who got into an argument during an investment pitch ( see here. The man on the other end introduced...

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Grim Fairy Tales – Part VI » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. Laquo; Grim Fairy Tales – Part V. Conkers (or acorns if you prefer) and investing in startups. Grim Fairy Tales – Part VI. February 14, 2013. This is the final part in a six part set of blogs about “how not to raise money for your start-up”. The grim stories you read here are based on real life events – meetings and conversations I have had over the years, and will no doubt form the basis for my next book. So far I’ve covered:. This final time we’ll take a look at Scale and Scalability.

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Grim Fairy Tales – Part V » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. Laquo; 10 things you shouldn’t put in your business plan…. Grim Fairy Tales – Part VI. Grim Fairy Tales – Part V. January 15, 2013. This is the fifth in a six part set of blogs about “how not to raise money for your start-up”. The grim stories you read here are based on real life events – meetings and conversations I have had over the years, and will no doubt form the basis for my next book. So far I’ve covered:. This time we’ll take a look at Exit. However possibly the worst example of poor...

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Spirit of the Age » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. Laquo; No scale? Grim Fairy Tales – Part I. Spirit of the Age. March 11, 2012. There can be no escaping the economic climate; for all but a rare few, its impact is being felt daily and affects our quality of life, employment, trading and confidence. We are adjusting to this slowly but surely – cutting our cloth accordingly. A fundamental shift in thinking now has spawned what you might call businesses of the hour. Not driven to grow as big and as quickly as possible, they will grow more orga...

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Conkers (or acorns if you prefer) and investing in startups » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. Laquo; Grim Fairy Tales – Part VI. The future’s bright – hear more @digitaldoughnut #DLUK Trends Briefing. Conkers (or acorns if you prefer) and investing in startups. March 7, 2014. In the early 1970s, British Railways ran excursion trains at weekends for families to get away for the day. For the most part they went to known destinations, but there were also “mystery trains” where you knew the duration of the journey but not the destination. So we caught a bus (on a Sunday! I trailed last a...

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Doing your duty » ConCap Ltd.

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Hare & Moon. Laquo; Grim Fairy Tales – Part II. Grim Fairy Tales – Part III. June 8, 2012. As some of you know I have been on jury duty for two weeks, ending today (June 8th). I really didn’t know what to expect, so for those of you yet to serve, here is my story. As Aneurin Bevan. Once said, “This is my truth, tell me yours”. Aylesbury does not hear murder or manslaughter cases (they go to Reading or Oxford apparently) and we were advised that most trials lasted 1 or 2 days normally. So in theory, i...