Reflections from 10+ years amongst startup investors
From Malta's traditional business environment to the forefront of global tech investment, Adrian Galea has spent over a decade navigating the complexities of venture capital. His story provides a unique perspective on the challenges and triumphs of supporting innovative startups.
Courage to Create
Why do we require courage to create? Creativity should feel like the most natural of actions. What happens to us as we age that makes it such that we fear retribution for daring to bring something new or imaginative into the world? Unfortunately, we are educated into conformity and the marketing powers that be, transform us into
What’s Wrong With What’s New
The information age throws at us never-ending NEW ideas that favor chaotic discourse, status games, speculation over truth. Reality entrepreneurs are struggling to keep our attention whether or not truth is their currency, so as to extract profit until the NEW thing goes out-of-style by design.
RIGHT AND ALONE: a venture capital thesis
be rigorous in your search for truth in order to be RIGHT be courageous in developing your thesis in order to be ALONE
Startup Founder Advisors: Emerging talent requires hard truths to grow
Startup talent needs great advisors to progress further in their founder journey
I had a chat with Artificial Intelligence
I wanted to test its article writing creativity, and therefore simply decided to have a conversation with the A.I. and record the outcome:
MSS Series – Venture Capital Conviction
VC Conviction (1/6) I haven’t done a series of posts for a while 🤨 I’ve been engaged at a Venture Capital firm since April 2020. From a founder perspective, this has made me realize that most entrepreneurs under-estimate the type of outcomes needed by the VC economic model when they invest in a startup […]
Creating Entrepreneurs: Deliberately seeking uncertainty
The feature discusses key pillars that contribute to "Creating Entrepreneurs": ℹ️ seeking uncertainty as a path to profit ℹ️ ecosystem building through public/private measures ℹ️ entrepreneurs working with peers through cohort groups ℹ️ successful entrepreneurs become lighthouses 🎇
The Malta startup scene: Uncertain outcomes, a worthy investment
This article featured on Tech.Mag issue 3, 2021 as part of a feature on the startup ecosystem in Malta. https://bemags.com/magazines/techmag It’s a few years that Malta is progressively making efforts to attract new businesses and startups. For example, one of the latest initiatives is the introduction of a “start-up visa”
MSS Aug 22 Editorial: Founder Cohorts, resource hiding in plain sight
Social Capital amongst entrepreneurs is a critical element in an innovative ecosystem. Entrepreneurs arrive at missing resources through the relationships and interactions of their networks. These interactions create an environment in which they not only could learn from their peers, but also support each other emotionally throu
Building Lighthouses
Startups are a bet that the future will be radically different from the present, and they are valuable on the way up because they are, effectively, setting out to discover whether a project, deliberately fraught with uncertainty, may one day become a scalable and repeatable business. According to Alex Danco, as he described in o
Article Feature on The Accountant: Venture Capital & Startups
The article hereunder appeared in the 1st edition of 2022 of the Accountant, a magazine issued by the The Malta Institute of Accountants. The article is linked to a course in collaboration with the MIA. M22021: CFO perspective: Venture Capital & Start-ups 7-8 April | 9:15 – 12:30, delivered online At the time when Malt
MSS Posts: Founders Agreement
Disclaimer: I am not a legal professional. The hereunder is for information purposes and does not constitute advice (1/6) : Why ? Putting together shared goals, visions and thoughts is beneficial ⌛📍 Focussing on long term projections not just short term issues Learning how to deal with constructive arguments and criticism I
MSS Jan2022: Changing of the Startup Guard
The two big stories of 2021 were undoubtedly the acquisition of Malta’s flagship tech startups. Altaro announced its acquisition by backup solution provider Hornetsecurity and more recently Contentsquare acquired Hotjar following the French company’s $500 million in funding at a $2.8 billion valuation. Whilst this ne
MSS Posts: Guide to Startup First Employees 💁🏻♀️
Mentality 🧠 – Pros vs Cons (1/6) Pros 👍: Rubbing shoulders with inspirational and visionary founders. If there is one base requisite it is this – be inspired by the founding team! Working around a group of people who genuinely enjoy their job makes needing to perform an easier task Chances are you’ll be given
MSS Post Series: Edward deBono
Edward De Bono series 1/6 In my early 20s I read “Lateral Thinking”, the phrase he is mostly renowned for. The mental exercises were good fun, but only now, following the news of his sad passing that I tried to explore his work. I hope this series will be a stepping stone for others […]
