Start-ups

3 TOP TIPS FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Anil Hansjee MBCS CITP, Chair of BCS Entrepreneurs, has the following top tips for entrepreneurs. Anil previously worked at Google where he ran mergers and acquisitions. He also worked as a venture capitalist in the IT entrepreneurial scene, in investment banking and more recently as an angel investor in the start-up scene.

HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM

• Know what you are (and are not) good at.
• Know who you want to plug the gaps – whether it’s new team members or advisers. Have a shortlist, follow them, court them and know what it will take to get them.
• Demonstrate why you are the right team, for example focus on facts such as how long have you known each other or worked together; how you complement each other.

KNOW YOUR ...