Evaluating startups

Recently I met quite a few startups through business/coaching and it has led me to one simple question.

What if John Lennon pitches to modern day startup investors/mentors/judges about making songs that could change the world?

創業綜緩金

我們其實不難看到全世界的政府都在支持創業，當然香港也一樣。

先不說為什麼政府要支持創業（這個話題可以談很久），可是可以肯定的是，支持創業的撥款的確是越來越多。如果再加上一些“業餘”天使跟白熱化的創投市場，“錢”真的多得很（也先不討論QE跟低息環境是不是把這些“錢”變便宜了）。

表面看起來，這樣對於有心有力創業的人，一定是好事。可是對於整體環境來說，這是好事嗎？

Startup vs Corporate

Coming from a big corporate background, I have often been asked (perhaps none more so than myself), how do I compare the two?

Being someone senior in a large corporate, our job is like reading a map. Figuring out precisely where the starting and finishing points…

Transition

The essence of the word ‘transition’ suggests change. Yet change is implicitly embedded within the concept of time, which in totality represents our experience of life in this world.

And life is temporary.

Startup lesson

Recently I was involved in (albeit in a rather limited fashion) putting together a mini-entrepreneurship program for a local university. We covered most of the key topics in the startup literature world — lean canvas, business model, market validation, design thinking, fund raising, financial…