Tall & Stupid – Meet the CEO
By brendan at 18 September, 2010, 4:18 pm
The average height of an Australian Male in 1995 was measured at 174.8cm (~ 5ft 9in) by the ABS. I am 174cm (5ft 8in & ½) tall. So imagine my irritation when I met with the CEO of a major (AUD$1B in revenue) Australian organisation who was around 188cm (6ft 2”). He followed me around [...]
Read More >>Hard or soft serve?
By admin at 23 April, 2008, 12:32 pm
Last year I met with a British researcher who was out in Australia to talk about Innovation policy. From my point of view, the interesting thing about David Connell was that not only was he a researcher at Cambridge, but he was also, until recent years, the CEO of a Venture Capital fund specializing in [...]
Read More >>From Kitchen table to IPO – Pick up the New Skills
By admin at 18 April, 2008, 6:34 pm
Last week I talked about the selecting your Advisors when going public that came out of the Churchill Club programme “from Kitchen table to IPO”. which we ran on the 17th April. We were joined by Silvio Salom of Adacel Technologies Ltd , Leon Lau of Peoplebank Ltd and Michael Abela of Mobi Ltd . [...]
Read More >>From Kitchen Table to IPO – Select your Advisor carefully
By admin at 18 April, 2008, 1:43 pm
Last week I talked about the strategy for going public that came out of the Churchill Club programme “from Kitchen table to IPO”. which we ran on the 17th April. We were joined by Silvio Salom of Adacel Technologies Ltd , Leon Lau of Peoplebank Ltd and Michael Abela of Mobi Ltd .. This week [...]
Read More >>From Kitchen Table to IPO – What’s your strategy?
By admin at 18 April, 2008, 1:21 pm
During the dotcom era, the Holy Grail was to found a technology company, get capital, list it then move on. But very few achieved this. In fact the few that did setup business that listed generally hung around and had some fascinating learning experiences on the way. So on the 17th April at the Churchill [...]
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