Daniel Hansen Archives - DANIEL HANSEN, OMNIA Global Founder & CEO

A take on the hot air that exists in the market right now

07/02/202321/02/2023 Administrator

Following 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…

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When will SMEs get their hands on the EU’s largest stimulus package ever?

03/11/202121/02/2023 Administrator

When 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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We’ve just launched our podcast series ”The Dot Connectors”!

07/09/202121/02/2023 Administrator

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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The importance of instinct in business

15/07/201825/09/2018 Administrator

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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Ways to boost your business productivity – Daniel Hansen on the little-known differentiators that make a difference

28/02/201830/07/2018 Administrator

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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What is leveraged finance? – Daniel Hansen explains

19/02/201830/07/2018 Administrator

Back in November last year, OMNIA was invited to attend the Global Capital Leveraged Finance Conference in London. It was a great event – one that attracted issuers, investors and financial intermediaries from across the sector – and it was a chance to share best practice and network with some very talented and interesting people. The event was particularly interesting for me because the keynote speaker – Patrick Amis, Director…

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Go your own way – why OMNIA Private Equity is the right partner for entrepreneurs

01/02/201803/08/2018 Administrator

‘Synergy’ is a tired word. Today, it’s sorely over-used in business, and has become almost meaningless in many of the contexts in which it is used. Which is a shame, because at heart, it actually perfectly describes a truth that I believe is one of the most important aspects of doing business – that sometimes, by working together, we can be a lot more than just the sum of our…

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Everything you should know about asset-backed lending

01/02/201815/03/2021 Administrator

In recent years, I’ve often been asked about the relatively new phenomenon of asset-backed lending. This kind of financing has become increasingly popular in recent years – largely because since the financial crisis it has become more and more difficult for many small and medium-sized companies to access the extra funds they need in the form of unsecured loans. So, I thought it might be valuable to share a few…

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How AI, VR and AR are creating the entertainment industry of tomorrow

31/01/201803/08/2018 Administrator

Here’s a prediction for you: good stories will never stop being important. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, as it becomes more and more clear that the entertainment industry is going through yet another period of dramatic change. The new medium The transformation this time – driven, as always it seems in our modern world, by radically new technology – is from creating experiences that are simply watched,…

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Deal making 101 – for entrepreneurs.

31/01/201803/08/2018 Administrator

The recent political impasse in Washington, that saw the entire US government shut down after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a mutually acceptable agreement to keep everything running, reminded me again of just how fundamentally important deal making is – not just in politics, but of course in business too. Throughout my career as an entrepreneur, I’ve struck deals – some large, some small, some that I’ve been pleased…