Building a company is hard. Do it alone and you also find it’s an incredibly lonely place to be. I know this as I did…
Simon PensonMarch 9, 2023
"Ninety percent of selling is conviction and ten percent is persuasion." Truly great sales strategy and execution is the bedrock of any and all business…
Simon PensonMay 26, 2022
Busy fools – the reason why you’re not growing profits – why pricing is key. One of the biggest challenges facing businesses as they ‘scale…
Simon PensonApril 14, 2022
As a founder you’ll be wired to get it done. In the early days if you don’t do it then it gets left undone. And…
Simon PensonJanuary 10, 2022
It was Benjamin Franklin that uttered the immortal idiom ‘in this world nothing is certain except death and taxes. It appears however, that he was…
Simon PensonJuly 19, 2021
Incredibly it has now been almost two years since I closed the doors on my first ‘proper exit’, leaving behind the incredible team at Zazzle/Stickeyes…
Simon PensonJune 2, 2021
Four 'game changing' startups have this week joined the fast-growing Haatch Ventures portfolio, capping off a record-breaking year for the investment business. In what is…
Simon PensonApril 7, 2021
Building a funded start up is a unique experience. If you’re more used to bootstrapping your way to victory then you’ll know that a tight…
Simon PensonMarch 11, 2021
Haatch's start-up investment arm is to bolster its ranks further this week with the hire of an experienced associate to support its growing portfolio. The…
Simon PensonMarch 8, 2021
