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Coming to London as a graduate
Eeeh, in my day, we were sent down to London on the back of a coal truck and told to run for 14 miles to find somewhere to sleep while being chased by pack hounds. We had no clothes so we'd make do with the Evening Standard and
The Microsoft Outage - A Lesson For The City in Concentration Risk
As Crowdstrike’s share price continues to slide today, Microsoft is doing its best to distance itself from the massive outage of 8.5 million Windows devices. The funny thing is, I was penning a piece for you on how smug Microsoft has been of late due to its success
There’s no time to waste
Will it be calmer under Starmer? “There’s no time to waste.” Several members of the Cabinet have used this phrase since Friday including the PM himself… It’s a simple, subtle message you may have missed, but the fact it’s been repeated so many times means it’s
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Downturn in VCs, Upturn in M&A
While stagnant VCs have been stalled on investments for the last 18 months, M&A conversations have been ramping up. Small to medium-sized US tech companies are shopping for bargains in Europe. There’s some great IP and without funding, founders are more likely to move straight to exit.
A few updates for you
What have I been hearing? The election dominates conversations but with malaise. Whichever MP flavour you favour, no politician is going into the next term without being tarnished by the behaviour of the last bunch. Trust is at an all-time low. And when I say ‘bunch’, most of the Blue
Growth Blockers Q2
We decided to hold off on launching the Growth Blockers Survey until after the election this week. A lot of business decisions have been delayed until after the election, so we would like to get a sense of what’s next after this. It’s not too late to add
Update on The Executive Summary
City of London CEOs and CIOs The Executive Summary increases its focus on business and technology leaders, but from hereon will only focus on CEOs and CIOs in the City of London. That means, our content is designed for those folks running and operating businesses mainly in financial, professional and
July in the City: Top 20 Events for CXO's
If you are a CXO that want’s to network with professionals or learn from industry leaders in the Tech or Finance field, here are the top 20 events you must attend in the City of London this July. Don’t miss out on these exciting opportunities to connect and
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Sad Ads Friday
This week’s weak political leadership debates have dominated headlines with party messaging that is so bad, it makes business advertising look good. Almost. This week’s corporate ad gems were found in the FT this morning. 1. SEB First up, it’s Swedish bank, SEB. Where this one is