The Five Forces of Business Acumen – Advice to Founders
This is a column that builds on the topic I raised a while back. It’s the topic of how do you, as the founder or...
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Do You Have Time? And the Collision of Two Approaches
In the space business, there is an old adage. If you don’t have time to do it right. Do you have time to do it...
Founders, Separating the Urgent From the Important
One of the most important jobs of a founder of startup business – well of any business is what I refer to as the process...
Leadership Is…
Leadership is the art of influencing human behaviour so as to achieve the mission in the manner desired by the leader. That is the definition...
What Is A Lead Investor Anyway? And is the Role Changing?
If you have ever tried to raise money for a business, you will be familiar with the term “Lead Investor.” If you have not had...
Let’s Get It Together People
In the last two columns I have talked about why space, as an investment sector, is not really like other “Deep Tech” sectors. At times, I...
A Market That Is Out of This World
In my last column I spent some time looking at the investment environment in the space sector, including why I think that it may not...
A Unique Investment Space
The space sector is seeing a shift in funding. Five years ago, private sector funding was on the rise. Government spending was decreasing and appeared...
Leading Your Way Out of a Complex Project
I introduced the concept of complexity a couple of columns ago. In the last column I talked about the effect it can have on organizational culture...
Advice to Founders, Avoiding Blame and Seeking Success
In the last column I talked about the concept of complexity as it applies to the management of large projects. In that column I also...
