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Freemium – Have we lost our way?

by Ian Smith | Sep 6, 2009 | Compelling Stories, Management Help, start ups, Strategy

This post is inspired by a recent Jason Fried of 37 Signals post. It seems astonishing to me the amount of stuff that we now have at our finger tips that’s free – software tools, platforms, white papers, blog entries, Wikipedia, email, images,...

VC Industry – lost the plot

by Ian Smith | Jul 8, 2009 | start ups, VC industry, VCs misaligned

So I’m looking at the latest VC investment numbers, 3 months to June 09 and I’m thinking the VC world has lost the plot! Let me share with you some very simple numbers. My arms will not leave my body at anytime during this presentation. 2009 figures (3...