Climate Change… Sustainable Agriculture 27 Apr 202123 Jan 2023 Size of the Problem Food systems: land use (mainly for agriculture), processing, packaging, shipping, and consumption, account for 25% to 33% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, food…
Basics… Average “ticket size” 14 Jul 202013 Jul 2020 I could start with, “it depends”, but I will try to give you a more straightforward answer. If you are a founder and have landed on this page, why are…
First Order Principles… Value investing in startups? 31 Mar 202031 Mar 2020 The critical question is whether value investing techniques can be applied or not to early-stage investing in startups?. The conclusion is that although you may adopt the methodology, for seed…
Climate Change… A decarbonised future? 19 Mar 20205 Mar 2020 Elliot Coad, Co-Founder of Offset Earth recently asked me(*) to answer the following questions (kind of a personality test for someone that has worked for over twenty-five years in the…
Climate Change… Accelerating the fight against climate change 5 Mar 20204 Mar 2020 Borrowing some inspiration from Everything is a Remix, I would like to recast some thoughts that Stephen Lacey first shared in The Energy Gang Podcast. The question that he answered,…
impinv… Preventing food waste 29 Jan 20205 Feb 2020 Ludovic Libert, Co-founder of Happy Hours Market (*) shares how to overcome the challenges of scaling up a food waste avoidance startup. Why did you start Happy Hours Market, and…
Valuation of seed stage startups 21 Jan 202017 Jan 2020 I don’t care that much about valuation, and thus pay slight attention to this parameter when deciding whether to invest or not in a startup. Apparently, I am not the…
impinv… Fundraising – Angel Investor Perspective 18 Dec 20191 Dec 2019 The purpose of this post is not to patronize you on how to fund-raise. There are plenty of places all over the internet where you can learn that. My goal…