- Concentrate on building a durable business
- Be bold & go for global opportunities immediately
- Raise all finance in the form of equity or quasi equity
sufficient to take the business beyond short term, or raise
commercial debt
- Shop internationally for capital, select your shareholders
based on their global knowledge, expertise and contact networks
- Convene an international board dominated by non - executives
- Involve non - executives particularly in financial forecasting
and compensation issues
- Ignore your market rate in determining your salary. Ensure
that the expected capital gain compensates for this and
instead draw only what you need
- Get soulmate(s) whose skills complement those of the founder
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Malcolm Durham:
Chairman
Malcolm spent six years
at BDO Stoy Hayward, during which time he rose to Manager
in the corporate finance team that was ranked second
in the UK in flotations on the Unlisted Securities Market.
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