Author: Simon Cole

And so, here we are, 6 months have speedily elapsed (a bit more) since emerging from our Techstars Cocoon in the freezing December of Berlin – home of the hallowed Accelerator. Berlin was the beacon for where all the Tech Read More

Having a great business, a great product, great people and a marvellously planned and plotted stratospheric trajectory, and meticulous mesmeric user journey is critical. Of course. But in order to get in the game, stand up and scale, “cash” and Read More

In September 2016 Apparier joined the Techstar program in Berlin – founders / entrepreneurs / eternal optimists… coiled springs of business acumen and risk embraced all gathered, harmonising sweetly in the German capita and on one of many popular programs Read More

In the 1980’s, the definition of “consultants”, would be the person who borrows your own watch to tell you the time…and then keeps the watch. Even years ago, before reality TV had really taken its hold on the world, Sir Read More

Whats not under debate is that you need to have a great product and or service, you definitely need inspirational founders that are outstanding and motivated, you will definitely need a strong slice of luck, and a lead investor that Read More

Rights My Guitar Gently Weeps – Recovering Ownership of the Beatles Catalogue The naivety of financial arrangements in the 1960s led to the mercurial nature of the stars of the 1970s and 1980s and on to the business moguls we Read More

Unicorns are mythical business creatures – majestically grazing in the land of plenty (of opportunity). They represent the term for a start-up company that has achieved a stunning valuation in excess of $1B and most importantly, has done so within Read More

Start up – Build up – Cash up Who would believe that the hopes and dreams of an entrepreneur – extend much beyond optimistic survival initially? A sensation that is intermittently superseded with daring to dream about the ultimate endorsement Read More

Molewood Consulting led by Damian Hall Partner and Senior Commercial Consultant has launched recently the Tech ready market disrupter www.venue10.com a free casual dining reservation platform for users with a unique subscription based model for Casual dining Groups, brands and Read More

While many quick service restaurants and casual dining restaurants have the appetite for international expansion, they often wind up with indigestion after investing significant resources. The reason? These brands treat their international divisions as ancillary businesses, rather than as primary Read More

The Walt Disney Company’s costly acquisition strategy looks increasingly shrewd as Avengers: Age of Ultron pushes the Marvel Cinematic Universe to being the world’s highest grossing film franchise The numbers are in and quite unlike the events that often assemble Read More

The Telecoms sector according to Budde.com employs more people than any other sector on the planet. Staggeringly there are 7.4 billion active mobile phones out there (considerably more than the total number of Earth dwellers) and not surprisingly 6 billion Read More

The Uber of the restaurant sector has arrived… After a year of beta testing its Reservation and Marketing platform for Restaurants, Bars and Meeting Places, Venue10 is launching on 28th February 2015.  Specialising in table and group reservations, the online platform has Read More

With Tech start-ups in Britain having attracted around £600m of investment in this year alone, there is a huge and palpable appetite within the flourishing sector that is up by 30% from 2013 and nearly 10 times up from 2010. Read More

Venue10 a company that Molewood Consulting invested in 12 month ago and is now one of the fastest growing start-ups in London. Well done Venue10! Venue10 is proud to announce its presence on the world’s leading investment crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube – www.crowdcube.com/venue10. This relationship will Read More

Molewood Consulting has developed a Mobile Application, which will track asset movement and status – in the case of most businesses this would be the hardware, stock and products that your business requires in order to stay in business and operate effectively. Read More

It was announced yesterday that Microsoft had the audacity to pay £1billion for the gamers favourite company – Mojang, the makers of Minecraft. Clearly the fact that 2 billion hours of game play had been stacked up on the Xbox Read More

And Apple Today keeps the Dr at Bay As acquisition season continues, $3 billion will be transferred over to the headphone makers Beats  Electronics. Just what the Dr ordered… The business started out in 2008 and  was valued at $1 billion Read More

In our article “Evolving your game plan”, from December 2013, Molewood Consulting reflected on the rejected $3 billion offer by Facebook, for the dissolvable social media platform – SnapChat. We asked, if the management’s rejection of a seemingly generous offer, Read More

In our article “Evolving your game plan”, from December 2013, Molewood Consulting reflected on the rejected $3 billion offer by Facebook, for the dissolvable social media platform – SnapChat. We asked, if the management’s rejection of a seemingly generous offer, Read More

As Molewood Consulting continues its series of articles on the internet power players – King Entertainment, WhatsApp, SnapChat and the likes, we stop to rest our attentions on Airbnb (boiled down from AirBed and Breakfast) and now simmering gently with Read More

King Digital Entertainment have created a very clever game, which has in turn created a very clever product, making this very clever company worth a cool $7 billion. Candy Crush Saga is a wall to wall (Street) past-time on the commute these Read More

London Bridge, London – It has been a busy six months for the Molewood Consulting Private Equity team, juggling a myriad of business ventures, all in varying stages of life and development. Extremely rewarding then, for the stakeholders and teams involved, Read More

So Facebook have just paid $19 Billion for What$App. Clearly it’s more than an inventive company name, that tickled the fancy of The Facebook Board. So where does the value lie? Founded in 2009 by some Yahoo’s, Wazzzzap was designed as a Read More

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Another year over. You made it through 2013. No mean feat, bearing in mind everything they threw at us. Possibly you work for a company that paid a Christmas Bonus, very generous, if not alien to others. Presumably the lack Read More