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
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
EDUCATIONAL VERSUS TRANSACTIONAL MINDSET
Welcome! To the third edition of the Malta Startup Space update. When I set out on this journey, my concern was that I would not have enough of the type of content I wanted to keep the momentum going. What I mean here is: deal$, deal$, deal$. Read the Sep21 Malta Startup Update – […]
Startup Ecosystem building starts with talent and a conversation
I recently sat down with @Luca Arrigo from Negozju, a platform that informs about #startups and #digitalnomad life in #Malta The goal was to share our combined experiences in Malta Startup Space, myself as moderator of the Facebook group, and Luca as an engaged user of the same Topics discussed are:- Building an Audience- Work
Stock Market Vs Start-Up Investing
This article looks at the start-up scene locally and internationally and assess where one can place an investment within a successful start-up, whilst also gaining an understanding on the life of a start-up and its mission to overcome the ‘valley of death’. In contrast to this, we thought we’d add our own section wher
Building an audience: investing in social capital
Reality entrepreneurs (source: NFX) I think we’re now in a world where you do have to play this game, you don’t have an option anymore. I think the notion that you could have one job forever and it could be pretty secure as long as you just did a good job in that position, I feel […]
Games don’t solve problems….and theories about digital spaces
@LEET is a digital game environment for sports enthusiast communities The problem statement is a core component of most pitch decks I received over my young career in early stage financing. Founders have expressed many narratives about market opportunities with intense pain points and desperate users seeking to resolve for them
