I’ve met some remarkable sales people over the years – many of them, I’m pleased to say, who have been working for me. I’ve always believed that watching how people sell can give you some fascinating insights into their personality – it’s a great way to see how they operate, and to understand what makes them tick as people. As to whether they’re born, or made – well, that’s hard…
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Fintech. I’m sure it’s a term you’ll have heard a lot of over recent years – but I thought that it would be well worth reflecting on what exactly this very broad term covers – and its implications not just for banking, but also for the way we all do business today and in the future. A quick definition Fintech is short for ‘financial technology’ – an area that covers…
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Every business reaches a critical moment – a tipping point – where it needs extra investment in order to take the next step. I’ve been there myself, many times, both as an entrepreneur and a potential investor – and so I’ve seen how important it is to get this right. So, what are my tips for finding investors for your start-up? The innovative approach Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) were huge…
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There are plenty of great reasons why you should attempt to expand your business into new territories. Quite reasonably, it’s the goal of many new businesses – I know that in my case having a global footprint and all of the opportunities that can offer was certainly a big driver for me when I set up OMNIA initially. And over the years, as the company has expanded and new opportunities…
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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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When working for yourself and building and growing your own business is a passion – as it has been for me, all my life –balancing work and life isn’t always easy. It certainly hasn’t always been for me over the years – and I’ve learned some tough lessons about making sure that I get it right. Of course, one of the best things about being an entrepreneur who has his…
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I am, like most people, pretty much always busy. I guess it’s partly just the way I’m wired – I’ve never been someone who is happy to sit back and let things come to them. I’m proactive, and I love to get out there and engage with real people to try and understand how I can help them via OMNIA. But it’s equally important for me to apply that same…
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I love feeling that I am at the centre of things. Not in an egotistical way, I want to quickly add – but in the sense that I am in a place where things are happening and new ideas are being born all the time. It’s just one of the many reasons that I love being based here in the canton of Zug, in Switzerland. As well as being where…
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Remember Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)? Filecoin’s ICO raised over $257 million last year. Ethereum, who had their initial coin offering way back in 2014, sold 11.9 million ether tokens and raising an eye-watering $16 million. And the ICO for Block.one’s EOS platform raised over $185 million. One narrative goes that ICOs were the Next Big Thing for a long time, offering huge returns on investment and an innovative new way…
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Daniel Hansen discusses the importance of the entrepreneurial spirit behind the companies OMNIA invests in. I really do believe that doing business successfully comes down to one thing – and I’m not talking about money. It’s all about people, how they lead and the relationships they build. Over the years I’ve come to the conclusion that the driving force behind any successful business is the people in it, rather than…
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