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.
Gambler? No, I am a compulsive capitalist
22/02/2012
Are entrepreneurs really just gamblers at heart?
All great leaders need great lieutenants
15/02/2012
Does every great leader have a great assistant?
Setbacks that lead to success
08/02/2012
Too many people who think about launching a start-up don’t take the plunge because they suffer from an irrational fear of failure
Stop demonising the wealth creators
01/02/2012
If societies want to stimulate enterprise, they need to applaud risk-takers and cheer on positive role models
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.
