Showing articles written by Dave Sharp

Employee ownership is increasingly recognised as a powerful model for business success. This article looks at the pros and cons of employee ownership.

Failing to plan is often seen as planning to fail. Start ups dont plan effectiely and end up in cyclic redevelopment of their core technologies.

There is a long-established bit of wisdom that says that ideas being exposed to 3rd parties by the creators should be covered by a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). The concept has existed for generations and in a dates to a pre-digital era. In the modern world of entrepreneurism and investing, is an NDA still a valid requirement? Why do many investors refuse to sign them and what are the implications?

Analysis paralysis (or paralysis by analysis) describes an individual or group process when overanalyzing or overthinking a situation can cause forward motion or decision-making to become "paralyzed", meaning that no solution or course of action is decided upon. This short article is about the possible actions to get out of the syndrome.

Investment deals that are subject to a IT due diligence process have a higher chance of success. IT due diligence creates evidence-based reporting that contributes to making informed decisions by driving the quality of information available to decision makers. This article covers the basics of the due diligence process.

While the activity of playing video games can be seen as trivial and frivolous, the industry around developing, and publishing video games is now big business. There are 2.7 Billion video game players around the world, one third of the population of the planet, creating global revenues of £160Billion by the end of 2020, and the sector is still growing. A compound annual growth rate of 12% is forecast between 2020 and 2025, is an indication that there is a lot of room for the sector to continue to grow.

Entreprenurism is a massive mental strain in almost every regard. The challenge around developing the product or service, financing the development, what technology to use finding the right employees, procurement etc. is just massive. "Doing the right thing" in an ethical sense sometimes will seem like a very low priority, so what stance can entrepreneurs take to get some ethics into the company culture early on?

Going back to the pre-internet era, expertise was probably determined through academic qualifications, publications or just having been doing something longer than everyone else. When the internet came along, everyone became an expert at something and set out to prove it by blogging, posting, commenting, flaming or out-right promoting. This article is really a reflection of how I see it and not off the back of any empirical study.

One of the most frequent calls/emails I get is someone getting in touch because something has gone wrong with their web developer or their hosting provider. This article looks at the process of appointing the right software developer.