Notes On Fundraising In the Time of COVID-19 Based On Discussions with Sovereign Wealth Funds, Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Family Offices

I’d like to share with you some findings based on feedback I’ve received during discussions [...]

The World Is Sneezing – COVID19 And Why You May Need To Find New Ways Of Making Side Money In Days, Weeks and Months To Come

It has been an inexcusably long time since my last post, something I’ll attribute to [...]

Let Bullshitters Bullshit And Just Focus On Delivering Value – True Tale Of A Silver Tongued Frenchie In The Conference Room

Finance attracts the mother of all bullshitters. The most skilled you’ll find anywhere. That’s because [...]

Business Travel: Some Things You Should Plan, Other Things You Ought To Leave To Fate

One morning a few weekends ago I decided to go for a leisurely walk. I [...]

Why I Don’t Mind Hitting Up Kuwait For 5 Hours

A few months ago I was in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council = Bahrain, Kuwait, [...]

Here’s How To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone Today And Begin To Grow

If you want to succeed then you need get out of your comfort zone. Period. [...]

January 2019 India Trip – Seeing Investors, Meeting A Potential Client And Checking Out The Jaipur Literature Festival

Going forward I’d like to provide some highlights and takeaways from my travels as a [...]

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How I Met A USD160 Billion Institutional Investor By Checking Myself Out In An Office Window

I’d spent weeks trying to get hold of an individual heading the European office for [...]

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When Someone Tells You ‘We’re Not Interested’ Then Find A Way To Make It Interesting

In 2018 I helped a client raise over GBP230m from one of the biggest real [...]