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Think of me as a disruption specialist. I help organisations ranging from large scale…
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Why diversity needs to be at the core of your business?
Why diversity needs to be at the core of your business?
We all know diversity leads to better talent, innovation and business performance. Research from McKinsey shows…
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"The people were super smart and nice. I felt no posturing or BS." Feedback that pretty much sums it up. Last week I hosted an invite-only founder…
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Product/market fit is not a prize for your startup's hard work. You have to treat it as a maths problem. Here's how 👇 As a founder and operator…
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Engineers Volunteer
- Present 13 years 11 months
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
Engineers Volunteer aims to provide Young Members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers with the opportunity to conceive, develop and perform outreach projects both in the UK and Internationally.
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Project Moz Irrigation
- Present 14 years 2 months
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
A team of Young Engineers from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), have partnered with a charity in Mozambique, to design and build an irrigation system for a community of 500. The project aims to help the local rural community by using a bottom up approach to increase agricultural productivity and income.
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Top 100 Asian Stars in UK Tech 2015
Diversity UK
The Top 100 Asian Stars in UK Tech list, in association with KPMG, NewAsianPost and Wayra, was announced by Diversity UK focused on Leading Lights within executive levels within established companies and Founders in startups.
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Design Council 70 Ones to Watch
Design Council
To celebrate its 70th anniversary, the Design Council named 70 of Britain's most exciting up-and-coming innovators.
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Debbie Wosskow, OBE
I’ve backed and advised dozens of early-stage businesses. A few things I wish more investors spoke about openly: 1️⃣ Founder-market fit matters more than anything. I used to get caught up in slick decks and glossy projections. Now, I back the founder who lives the problem they’re solving. If they’ve been in the weeds, felt the pain, and care enough to fix it - that’s my signal. 2️⃣ Capital discipline is underrated. Big raises don’t mean big businesses. The best founders I’ve worked with are surgical with spend, even when the bank balance is healthy. A lean mindset builds resilience and makes every penny work harder. 3️⃣ Hype is not a strategy. If the market’s hot, great. But I’ve seen too many teams chase trends rather than build for real-world needs. I now back founders who build for utility before virality. 4️⃣ Great investors don’t interrogate - they collaborate. I’ve invested in enough successes to know: founders don’t need more pressure. They need perspective. The most effective investors are honest, low-ego, and always make space for the hard conversations. 5️⃣ Network = oxygen. Access can change a founder’s trajectory. I’ve seen a single introduction unlock funding, press, distribution, etc. That’s why I try to open doors wherever I can - especially for those who traditionally wouldn’t otherwise have access to the high table. — Bonus tip: The older I get, the more I believe: your reputation is the real portfolio. Build a reputation that precedes you and will outlive you. That’s what I’m trying to do anyway.
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Viraj Acharya
We had Tom Charman (Co-founder at Blok) on Ventures, Fresh out of stealth having raised $7.5m He explains why their star-studded team is building Blok "A lot of companies aren't particularly good at predicting how their customers are going to behave, but more importantly, they're not necessarily targeting the right customer." "Most companies will optimise for short-term benefit as opposed to long-term gain - what's actually happening is in the long term they're shooting themselves in the foot." "Nine in ten experiments are failing, it's taking too long to run experiments, teams don't know which experiments to run." "If we're going to move towards a world where it's multimodal interfaces with lots of different UI, knowing what to generate for who and when is going to become significantly more difficult." You can watch the full conversation by searching "Tom Charman, Co-founder @ blok: How We're Predicting User Behaviour Before Writing Code"
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Avik Ashar
Friday rant time. Investors don't take risks. Everyone wants Tier-1 background. Nobody is out there for the little guy. Sharing a brief breakdown of VC economics (deep dive link in comments). VC is NOT charity, it's pure financial services. The NUMBER ONE metric we're measured by (for older funds) is DPI, fancy term for how much money you've given back. 1x, shut shop and go home. 2x, better, but still bad. 3x, now you have a reason to live. (for folks wondering how young funds are measured, it's typically MOIC + IRR, basically, how are companies you've invested in performing at present). Assume a ₹200 crore seed stage fund. Needs to give back ₹600 crore at least. Ignoring fees and expenses, you can invest ₹10 crore in 20 companies, for 10% each. Since it's quite clear (Fractal, Zomato, BlueStone, Nykaa) that it takes 12-14 years to IPO a startup in India, you can't wait that long (fund life is 10 years). So you have to exit to Series C/D investors who WILL want a discount. Assume 3 rounds of dilution, leaves you with ~5%, 20% discount, so 4% held. Seed has ~75% mortality rate, so 5 companies left. These 5 have to get you ₹600 crore. At 4% held: 1 company needs to raise at ₹15000 - Just NOT happening 2 companies raise at ₹7500 - Still VERY unlikely 3 companies raise at ₹5000 - Closer 4 companies raise at ₹3750 - Possible 5 companies raise at ₹3000 - More possible ^This is also the price Minimalist was acquired by HUL, which was an OUTLIER outcome and first of it's kind for consumer startups. The above should illustrate how hard the business is. Hence when funds insist on backing folks with successful exits, strong corporate careers, or absent both, just a great educational background, is maximizing luck. At Seed, there are two things that swing it for you. I call it Numbers & Story. If you have a GREAT story (I sold my last company for ₹500 crores), you can have ~no numbers. If you have a good story (I was VP Google India), once again, numbers are lower priority. If you're 22, from a small town college, breaking it down harshly, you NEED numbers. As an investor, we just DON'T ignore amazing growth. That being said, since this is a (very hard) financial business, we're looking at any and every indicator of possible success. Experience here helps in two ways: - Have already made dumb mistakes on OTHER peoples money - Have a network who will pick up the phone and help you/become first customer #venturecapital #startups #funding
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