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Why Silicon Valley rocks

Silicon Valley is like a supermarket for entrepreneurs – everything is available within a few square miles, from finance to technology teams, lawyers, networks and resources, and of course it’s sunny.

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Not enough good VC deals

An article we posted last week on ‘what VCs are looking for’ annoyed quite a few people, some of them entrepreneurs who had sought funding themselves.

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Learn to switch off

Picture yourself in a situation where your bankers are becoming increasingly difficult or you are losing money and have to make job cuts among friends and colleagues to survive. It may not be that difficult to imagine.

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Get on your staff’s wavelength

Listening will make you a better leader and that’s all the more true when times are hard.

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We need to get real on debt

The UK no longer leads Europe in many things, but we do top the table when it comes to distressed companies.

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A white hot summer

In contrast to the European summer slowdown, momentum is building here in the US. I’m at the NASA Ames research park near San Fransisco as part of a group of 40 entrepreneurs and scientists from all over the world on a “summer project” called Singularity University.

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Why ideas aren’t enough

I've got a great idea for a business. I can't tell you what it is, because I still think it could make millions one day.

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Building a business on the cheap

It may seem out of character for a venture capitalist to say this, but you don't need investment to create a great business.

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Why ideas aren’t enough

I've got a great idea for a business. I can't tell you what it is, because I still think it could make millions one day.

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Building a business on the cheap

It may seem out of character for a venture capitalist to say this, but you don't need investment to create a great business.

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Why women don’t reach the top

Pick an AIM company at random and the chances of the CEO being female are roughly 50-1.

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Business Negotiation Nuances

If people think about negotiating at all, they assume you should play it hard and reveal nothing.

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Loyal to the last

From the past fortnight's events, you could be forgiven for thinking that the notion of loyalty is dead.

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Creative destruction

‘Every act of creation is an act of destruction,’ mused Pablo Picasso. Another way of putting of it would be: ‘You can’t make an omelette without cracking a few eggs.’

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