It has been a while since I provided my views on the market from both an entrepreneur and investor perspective. Post-Covid, the media have continued to ramp up their efforts and apply an anxiety-inducing doom and gloom lens on almost everything. A budding entrepreneur wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that now is the worst time to launch their idea or product and grow it. Current entrepreneurs wouldn’t be blamed for…
Read MoreFollowing on from our recent blog and podcast episode exploring ‘Life as an entrepreneur in a woke world’, we thought we’d continue with this theme and delve into a few areas that whilst exciting and full of opportunity for many people, there is a degree of hot air surrounding them. Topics such as the metaverse, anti-woke/ESG funds and the digitisation of everything post-Covid. Our CEO, Daniel Hansen, was recently in conversation with…
Read MoreWhen the EU launched its long-term budget (The multiannual financial framework covering 2021-2027), which was adopted 17 December 2020, together with its recovery plan NextGenerationEU (NGEU), the temporary instrument designed to boost the recovery of the pandemic, it was the largest stimulus package ever financed in Europe. The amount is a staggering EUR 2.018 trillion to help rebuild a post-COVID-19 Europe. The NGEU plan is a more than EUR 800 billion temporary recovery…
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On 1 September, we launched our very own podcast series “The Dot Connectors”. Our goal is to create a podcast series that provides insight into some of the world’s most creative founders and entrepreneurs and the journey they have been on; navigating the conservative world of funding, investment vehicles and going public. In some episodes, I will join our guests – in others, we will let our guests do all…
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In April 2020, I became a father for the first time – meaning I now have a year and half’s experience combining fatherhood with being the CEO of OMNIA Global. Every single parent knows how your life changes when you become a parent; the sleepless nights, the worries and the endless love (and diapers). But what does fatherhood look like when you’re also running your own company? Since my daughter…
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Seeking out disruptive and challenging investment opportunities is my passion. At OMNIA, nothing is more important than making sure every investment opportunity is carefully selected and fully explored. Imagine you’d invested in Alphabet, Amazon or Netflix at the right time. The phenomenal success of these companies has revolutionised entertainment, e-commerce and many other aspects of day-to-day life. But what’s up next? Here are five potentially viable new investment markets. New…
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As human beings, we set great store in the idea of originality. We enjoy it when we see it in sport – the footballer who plays an unthinkable pass, or the chess player who makes a move that no one else would see. These people are the norm breakers – the ones who disrupt traditional ways of doing things, and who show everyone else that there are many different ways…
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It’s a bold statement, but I’m prepared to go as far as to say that being able to network well is the single most important skill I have as a successful entrepreneur. Why? Well, because it is the skill that brings me more opportunities to do interesting work, to build more relationships and to grow my business in more ways, than anything else I do. It’s how I promote myself,…
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Malcolm Gladwell, in his ground-breaking book ‘Blink’, made a great case for the importance of instinct in business. It argued against the long-standing and traditionally accepted idea that we make better decisions only after processing huge amounts of data, and instead showed how our best decisions are often those we make with our ‘gut’. And as the mountain of data we have available to help us to make more informed…
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Type ‘productivity’ into Google and the response is overwhelming – there are endless tips on how to boost it, apps to help you hone it and courses you can sign up for that claim they will change the way you work forever. And it’s not surprising – we all, ultimately, want to be more productive, whether in our personal lives or at work. But we are bombarded with so many…
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