Business plan
Trying to make sense of my world
Trying hard to make sense ???? Techcelerate Group includes: Techcelerate SkilledUp Life, previously incubated by Techcelerate Labs Techcelerate Labs Techcelerate Labs include: Deal Lite Progress Hero with Andrew Threlfall Leaderboard built 100% by SkilledUp Lifers and many more Sadly our Twitter App is buggered – Free API cancelled by Elon! I’ve not yet succeeded in building […]
My latest #GetMeOutOfHere strategy
This is how I feel… I was born to do more. Yet I don’t have all the right tools to achieve it. So I must persevere. So how am I going to persevere? Life’s passion – building technology companies. Helping others – helping other tech entrepreneurs grow their tech businesses through strategy, partnerships, integrations and more […]
My 2017 Plan
Unlike the 2016 plan, my 2017 plan has multi-focus. In 2016, it was about singular focus. In 2017, this will change to: UnifiedVU – Continue to build the company. Venture 9 – Advisory and consultancy services to software development delivered not just by me, but bringing specific talent from my close network.
Template for a simplified investor pitch deck
I’ve been speaking to Paul Rawlings, a Manchester based tech entrepreneur and Techcelerate Member, quite a lot these days to simplify our story and thought of sharing what we came up with. Cover slide – logo, who you are and what your business is in one short sentence. Background – in my case, ran few […]
My Kick-Ass Ninja Team with Permission Kick My Arse
I like to think I am the king of crowdsourcing (if not the king, at least good at it). edocr.com remained a going concern thanks to the help I received from many individuals from Andy Yelland to Alex Goldstone and Stuart Scott-Goldstone. This time I want to take this to another level. I’ve appointed a […]
Scaling pre-maturely is a killer for startups
Scaling pre-maturely is a killer for startups. So why am I doing it? 1. Its about planting seeds for the long run 2. Get me to think about scaling On the negative side, its a big distraction to immediate revenues Two weeks ago, we started our distribution channel, with Xero Accountants and in future with […]
UnifiedVU Progress Update
Just a quick update on progress of my latest tech startup, UnifiedVU (this is more of a note to myself than anything else): The Pre-Start: 2014 Nov – Idea agreed with Phil Brown and left Causeway/Livestax 2014 Dec – Company incorporated Break 2015 Jan – Approached by Accusoft to acquire edocr. Focus shift to edocr […]
Emotional Day!
Just got back home from two days of discussing strategy and commercialisation of Livestax with the full team and facilitators. We covered an amazing amount of work, got to know the strengths and weaknesses of the team much better than ever before. It has taken over 3 years since Phil Brown of Causeway Technologies and […]
Business Plan #2 – The Team
Many investors will bet on the team than the product or the market opportunity. So what is the ideal startup team? According to Mark Suster, its 5 software engineers and a CEO. But edocr.com is now 3 years old, yet it has no full-time employees. What it has is a team, made up of freelancers […]
Business plan #1 – Starting point
There are many ways to write a business plan. But how do you start the process? You could start by thinking of: Product – Where would you like to see the product in 18 months? Sales – How much revenues would you like to generate in 5 years time? Market – How much market share […]