Author Archives: Silicon Roundabout

What were your biggest learnings whilst working at Goldman Sachs and subsequently driving FirstMinute’s work into South Africa, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Egypt? At Goldman Sachs, I worked in the Financial Institutions M&A Group working on transactions for Banks, Insurance and …

What were your biggest learnings as a founder? Being a founder is an ongoing learning experience. You make so many smaller and bigger mistakes. You learn from them, adapt and move on. If you only see the media it is …

What inspired you to become a VC and was there a ‘lightbulb’ moment? As the founder of a bootstrapped company, and an early employee twice over (most recently at Airtable, where I built our first growth team and led partnerships), …

What were your biggest learnings as Partner at SURFnCode,Board Member at Hadean,Co Founder of Luminous Ventures and Mentor at Entrepreneur First? I think the biggest takeaway throughout my tech career is that this sector (no matter whether you are a …

What were your biggest learnings at Citigroup and DailyInternship? I would define my Investment Banking and entrepreneurial experiences as complementary. One could expect that the biggest learning from a banking experience would be related to modelling / financial analysis but …

What advice would you give to Founders looking to raise funds in the current climate and what Terms should they focus upon? Founders are naturally wary of lower valuations in the current climate, but this market reset should not spook …

Let’s call out the elephant in the room. We may not officially be in a recession yet, but the market we’re operating in is incredibly different right now.  Over the past few months, we’ve seen hiring freezes and layoffs, as …

It’s just over eight years since Angie, Andy and I set up Faculty. From a kitchen table in 2014, to a team of over 250 amazing colleagues today – together helping companies use AI to solve their biggest problems. It’s …

My co-founder Raffi and I started Passionfruit in recognition of the fact that work isn’t working very well for people and businesses. This problem is felt acutely by the new generation of skilled knowledge workers. With many of them entering …

The summer holidays are over and children have returned to school this week. But getting employees back to the office after 30 months of home or hybrid working is not as straightforward.  Many bosses are increasingly keen to get employees …