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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: The Autumn Budget: What It Really Means for Founders Raising Capital in 2025 and beyond linkedin.com/pulse/autumn-bu… via @LinkedIn
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Founders Always Ask? Am I actually ready to raise?
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/founde…
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Founders think they’re being smart when they sound complex.
Smart founders know clarity is the strategy.
You don’t earn belief by confusing people into nodding.
You earn it by making them say, “That’s obvious - why doesn’t it already exist?”
The founders who raise fast aren’t the ones with the biggest decks.
They’re the ones who can say what they do - and why it matters - in one breath.
Simplicity doesn’t mean dumbing it down.
It means cutting everything that doesn’t convert belief into trust.
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Investors don’t fund logic.
They fund belief.
You can’t spreadsheet your way into conviction - you have to make people feel it.
Before it’s a business, it’s a feeling.
Founders who forget that, raise slower.
(See Dale Carnegie’s classic - still the best guide to emotional intelligence in business.)
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Fundraising? Remember - Investors want to say yes. But as a Founder, you’ve got 90 seconds to prove why they should.
I'll be unpacking this in The Only 5 Slides That Matter -
Thurs 9th @ Innovation Week Prague
🕐 13:00–13:45 | 📍 Startup Room.
#Fundraising #InnovationWeek
Cautionary tale. Bought some AirPods on @vinted. All seemed legit, but sadly informed by the Apple Store they were fake. Contacted CS team straight away, and despite all their claims, appears they are happy to facilitate fraudulent transactions.
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Question - are pre-election polls indirect election interference? As an example, if a candidate is 10+’points ahead, does that promote apathy?
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Waiting for @LionelRichie to rock on stage at Broadlands. Many thanks to @skytv for the great tickets! Get entering those VIP Rewards!
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Wise words from @daraobriain
Here is my annual reminder that if Santa is bringing a games console, Santa might want to plug it in and turn it on and get all the updates done now, in advance, so that it is all ready to go on the big day.
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David Graham retweeted
Someone shared this with me, and it sums up many of the challenges with who is managing and owning the contingent workforce.
"It is easier for a company to pay $1M to another company than it is for a company to pay $100 to a freelancer."
What could only be described as a somber maiden PM speech…
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David Graham retweeted
Great day @wearelegalgeek Wonderful to catch up with the fine people @barbri @CraftyCounselHQ @onendaclub @ls2_0 @slaughterandmay @Mishcon_de_Reya @bettyblocks @Summize_it
Great article from @matthewhughes on why he is breaking up with Otter. Confident that @justaccesshq can help!
Hard to think of a company that's self-sabotaging as spectacularly as Otter.ai.
knowtechie.com/im-breaking-u…
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David Graham retweeted
UK #NationalCinemaDay2022 tomorrow - tickets only £3.00. Thought we'd share some famous movies quotes (with captions). Did you know that 92% of all mobile video is watched with the sound off, making captions a necessity! We can help - link in bio... youtu.be/gFveCxlrW3s
David Graham retweeted
Given that so many are #BackToSchool over the coming days, we thought we would talk about the most common punctuation mistakes we come across in our blog today. just-access.org/top-5-punctu… Let us know of any that drive you wild… 🤯
David Graham retweeted
Will Schaffer from @Mercia_PLC explaining why @justaccesshq is such a promising investment on its journey to revolutionise #transcriptionservices linkedin.com/posts/justacces…