Author Archives: Doug Scott

Andrew Weisz – Angel Investor

Andrew Weisz – Angel Investor Weissy is what I call him so please do that too:) I promised I would not write anything slanderous about Andy as I love him so much..true:):) He grew up in North London and went to a shitty school, then he was super smart and went to Oxford and to…

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Should you really raise money?

Should you really raise money? James has a point: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-dont-have-raise-money-james-routledge When you raise money: You often lose a level of actual board control (depending on the amount raised and terms) You can’t be a nice profitable ‘lifestyle’ business. Investors want the business to be a 10x return because that’s how they make money. You can’t…

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Toby Ramsden – Ingenious Media

Toby Ramsden –  Ingenious Media Wow does the tax man like Ingenious….they are ingenious:):) I don’t think that part is wor Toby…….but it makes a story:) Doug     Toby is Managing Director at Ingenious Media. Experienced corporate finance advisor to media & technology companies. Recent completed transactions led include advising: leading insurer Direct Line…

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Alasdair McPherson – Angel Investor

Alasdair McPherson – Angel Investor Is he a jock, Is he Welsh – what and who is Alasdair McP? He a friend of Edie Mc Credie You can see Alasdair at 32 seconds into the song:) Alasdair obviously came from Balamorey, which is not the same the place where Susan Boyle is from…to people not…

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Steve Pankhurst – Angel – Friends Reunited

Steve Pankhurst – Angel – Friends Reunited Spanky Hurst is his nickname due to something that happen in his life many years ago, that everyone has forgotten about, but be sure when you see Steve to ask him. Steve was bored one day and decide he wanted more friends…..so off he went making Friends Reunited……many…

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Potential disrupts Asia

It’s been a busy couple of weeks. A few of the potential team set off to Asia to see how things are done elsewhere. First stop was Singapore, then Kuala Lumper, and Bali where we got to meet some of our team in Asia(potential.asia) for the first time. Awesome and enlightening trip. Strangely wherever we…

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Sitar Teli – Connect Ventures – VC

Sitar Teli – Connect Ventures – VC For some reason I thought Sitar was a singer or something to do with music….so I looked it up on Google ( or Alphabet ) and remembered that Sitar was a musical instrument So the next question is how did Sitar get her name. I am sure if…

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