Eliran Ben-David MBA2020 describes one of the most common fundraising instruments for startups, and its advantages and disadvantages, to help entrepreneurs make an informed decision. As a corporate lawyer in Israel, I advised venture capital funds and early-stage ventures on establishing their business, commercial affairs and negotiations, and of course, M&A transactions and financing rounds. […]
In my previous article, we covered 10 very commonly stated reasons that people give for wanting to become business owners, and why I think many of those are in fact potentially rather bad reasons. Today we are on a more positive bent, and drawing from my learnings from eight years in entrepreneurship, I’ll cover some what […]
Even though my own entrepreneurship journey is on an indefinitely pause, I still love chatting to people who are thinking of becoming business founders. It is always encouraging to learn that even in the current hyper-competitive, over-monopolised business climate, there are still many people who are willing to take the risk inherent to starting a business […]
In Entrepreneurship, we mostly hear the success stories. The idealist whose concepts changed an industry, the maverick inventor whose products now inhabit countless homes, the whizz kid who raised millions in VC funding – these are the men and women who are called upon to do the fireside chats, the TEDx talks, the guest lectures, […]
1. It is simply not enough to have a fantastic idea. If you do not put in the blood, sweat and tears necessary to bring an idea to fruition, it will never become more than an idea. Fantastic ideas are wonderful and truly exciting, but gradually over time they either become tired small talks or […]
We hear from Eido Almog (MBA2020) who has been a fundamental part of LBS Launchpad for about two years. Launchpad is a start-up pre-accelerator programme led by our Entrepreneurship Club. Hi Eido, tell us about your background and your decision to join LBS. During my time working as a financial consultant I had the opportunity […]
It became evident really quickly in lockdown that many businesses were going to struggle and have very little support to deal with issues such as renegotiating leases and looking into government aid. On the other side, there were students who were really willing to help, in typical LBS style, in any way they could, to […]