In 1982 I was lucky enough to get tickets to see Iron Maiden in concert at Sheffield City Hall. This was on the "Number Of The Beast" tour. Any heavy metal fans out there will know that this album was a breakthrough for Iron Maiden, it marked the

Do you know what you are going to be doing later today? Probably. This weekend? Maybe. This time next year? Some vague ideas. How about 3 years from now? You have no idea. So how come we make 3 year business plans and expect them to come true? Predicting the

We like to understand "why" and we like to use the word "because". When something is spectacularly successfully, there are no end of commentators that talk about how the success came about. In particular, the owner of the success (CEO, politician, entertainer, investor) likes to attribute

I find the term "omnichannel" to crop up more and more in my reading these days. It's a 2014 business buzz word used in the world of retail. ("Big data" is so 2013, as was "twerking" and "selfies"). Omnichannel retailing

The legendary soul sensation James Brown had an incredible stage presence. Mick Jagger is producing a bio-pic telling Brown's life story called "Get On Up", to be released this year. This reminded me of a story about Brown's dancing. He was known to dance

On Quora, I saw this question... Do VCs care about seeing financial projections for all stages of fundraising (seed, series A, B, etc.) or only some? When does it not matter? [http://www.quora.com/Do-VCs-care-about-seeing-financial-projections-for-all-stages-of-fundraising-seed-series-A-B-etc-or-only-some-When-does-it-not-matter] I answered the question but I thought it worth repeating here... It's

eCommerce in the UK shows no sign of slowing. The IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index March 2014 [http://www.imrg.org/index.php?catalog=806] shows > the UK online retail sector has experienced its strongest Q1 growth in three years, representing an estimated £23.1 bn spent online. Q1

Do all AC/DC songs sound the same to you? Do they only know three chords? (Most AC/DC songs seem to rely heavily on A, G and D). Angus Young, their lead guitarist and younger brother of band founder Malcolm was asked about this > I'm sick

One of the questions you sometimes get as an investor is, "what areas do you see as interesting at the moment?" (Interesting as in; interesting areas to invest). My answer to this usually includes some reference to "hyper-personalisation". "What's that?", I get