How to create a compelling board profile
Your board profile is your “shop window” to the world. It’s your brand. Done well, it’ll reap real rewards. Don’t just add to your old executive CV! Here are the key steps to optimise your profile: [...]
Revenue solves most problems
The current technology sector media narrative suggests Europe is generally weak when compared with the US. Despite being a UK citizen, I do identify as European, and I would like to see its tech ventures do [...]
“If the CEO needs a coach, we’ve hired the wrong CEO”
The key to successful interviewing (and to running a series of interviews conducted by your executive team) is to remain tightly focussed. Here are Spectrum’s top 10 tips for interviewing prospective executive and board hires:
The Kalifa Review of UK Fintech
Independent report on the UK Fintech sector by Ron Kalifa, OBE. At Budget 2020, the Chancellor asked Ron Kalifa, OBE to conduct an independent review to identify priority areas to support the UK’s fintech sector. The [...]
VC Alternatives Needed
It's time for more alternatives to venture capital cash, argues the Omidyar Network's Sarah Drinkwater — and for more startups focused on making positive contributions to the world.
Are You Adapting Your Leadership Strategy as Your Startup Grows?
Pivoting from an initial product design or business model has become a given in the startup playbook. But even as startup leaders shift their businesses to meet a newly discovered need, they often fail to apply the same logic to themselves — and there they get into trouble. Startup leaders must be willing to pivot their leadership approach, or their board and investors will end up doing it for them.