Pete Martin

So, you've identified the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) as fantastic ways to get funding for your business.

Your cap table is so much more than just a breakdown of who owns your company and how much they own. It tells a story of how your company is being run and how it has reached this...

We’ve all seen it on Dragons Den, I’m sure. Watched behind our fingers as an overconfident founder has their fuzzy figures torn apart by the investors, the credibility of their...

Capitlisation tables (cap tables) demonstrate much more to potential investors than just a snapshot of your company’s equity - they also tell a story of the decision-making and...

Co-founder disputes are among the most common causes of early-stage startup failure, so your choice here is among the most important you’ll ever make.

If you are an entrepreneur (or a budding one) there’s a good chance some of your friends are too.

JD Rockefeller. Henry Ford. Walt Disney. Bill Gates. Steve Jobs. Mark Zuckerberg. Elon Musk. The image of the CEO and founder may be central to capitalist mythology but they are,...

General Motors in 1892. Hewlett-Packard in 1939. Microsoft in 1975.What do these companies all have in common?

Together with cash flow issues and insufficient market need, co-founder conflict is one of THE biggest contributors to startup failure. And yet it rarely gets a look-in when...