Our Chairman, Luke Johnson, writes a weekly column for the Financial Times and is regularly invited to speak on entrepreneurship and enterprise. Recent activity and appearances are set out below.
Luke Johnson regularly writes a column for the Financial Times on entrepeneurship.
Walking away is often the best option
15/05/2013
Deciding when and if to let go makes all the difference
Giving is a must for successful founders
08/05/2013
Why the wealthy donate is irrelevant. What matters is that they put their cash to work
Inferiority complexes can be useful
01/05/2013
A thirst to prove critics and rivals wrong can act as a powerful driver
We need big banks but they need us more
24/04/2013
They are hobbled by an ingrained culture in which individual consumers really don’t matter
Grand old man eclipses the VC academics
13/01/2011
A book review by Luke Johnson in The Financial Times
My name is Business, and I’m a recovering debtaholic
08/09/2010
The capital structure of deals has changed beyond recognition
A capital guide to how entrepreneurship really happens
13/05/2010
A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms
Exploding the myths of private equity
09/03/2010
A number of myths have sprung up about the relationship between private equity and entrepreneurship, thanks to the fact that the sector’s operations are by their very nature not public.
