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Curious Leadership with Dominic MonkhouseE268 | The VC Helping Founders Beat The Odds with Nic BrisbourneThis week on The Melting Pot, we delve into the world of venture capital, IPOs, and the limitations of traditional investment structures. We learned from Nic Brisbourne, a serial founder of VC firms and founding partner at Forward Partners, which has some rarity value. It's one of only a handful of VC firms in the UK that has gone through an IPO. Every year, they get 4,000 pitch decks, from which they only interview 400. Ultimately, they only invest in 1% of the people they meet. That's a very wide funnel at the top and incredibly narrow at the bottom....2023-10-1041 min
LSE Focal Point PodcastNic Brisbourne - CEO and Founder of Forward PartnersJoin us for another fascinating episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Nic Brisbourne, the CEO, Founder and Managing Partner of Forward Partners. Prior to founding Forward Partners in 2013, he was a founding partner at Draper Esprit and was a strategy consultant for Gemini Consulting and the Operis Group.
Recorded in September 2022.2022-10-1818 min
London Fintech PodcastLFP188 – How to IPO w/Nic Brisbourne CEO of recently-IPO-ed Forward PartnersEvery startup in the tech world is after a “realisation” – or put in other terms a point in time at which someone puts a real as opposed to notional valuation on your firm – when you sell out in whole via a Trade Sale or in part via an IPO. But how do you […]2021-09-2343 min
Fireside with a VCMeditation for Startups with Nic Brisbourne on Fireside with a VCDiscussing meditation for startups with Nic Brisbourne, Managing Partner, Forward Partners in London on podcast “Fireside with a VC”. How meditation will be understood to be as necessary as physical exercise. Nic is a former Partner at DFJ Esprit and former Associate at Reuters Venture Capital. Find and subscribe to audio on Spotify, iTunes, Google & other podcast platforms at anchor.fm/andrew-romans. Full video at youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC. #meditation #startups #London #venturecapital #VC
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2020-06-1121 min
Fireside with a VCNic Brisbourne, Forward Partners in London, talking about "Applied VC"Nic Brisbourne, Managing Partner, Forward Partners in London on podcast “Fireside with a VC” discusses “Applied VC” and how his venture firm employs a Venture Studio to help portfolio companies with a range of technical and marketing services. We explore the need to add value to startups beyond just cash. Nic is a former Partner at DFJ Esprit and former Associate at Reuters Venture Capital. Full video version of this podcast can be found at https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC. #London #appliedvc #venturecapital #VC
Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on...2020-05-1929 min
Product Hunt RadioThe future of venture capital and how mindfulness can help founders with Nic BrisbourneOn this episode Abadesi talks to Nic Brisbourne, managing partner at Forward Partners, and creator of the popular email newsletter, The Equity Kicker.
In this episode they talk about...
The future of venture capital and the concept of “applied venture”
“Why stop at having a few people on payroll to help your portfolio companies succeed? Why not find a way to have as many as possible? That allows you to help your portfolio companies with many more things, offer better service, and that should see the companies go on to achieve greater results.”
N...2019-09-0400 min
Distilling Venture CapitalIs A Startup Co-founder Essential?When you read about startups or startup accelerators, you almost hear about teams of co-founders. That’s because there most often, having co-founders is the right way to go. But can a solo founder succeed? What’s a poor startup founder to do if s/he can’t find the right co-founders? Just hang-out and wait? In this episode of Distilling Venture Capital, I look at these questions. Below are some of the articles and resources that I mention. For the detailed show notes and bonus information about Nic Brisbourn go to MarkWKing.com/5 Startups Are Ha...2017-04-0921 min
This Much I Know - The Seedcamp PodcastNic Brisbourne, Managing Partner at Forward PartnersIn this new episode of the Seedcamp Podcast Nic Brisbourne, Managing Partner at Forward Partners joins Carlos Espinal.
Being passionate about both maths and sciences during his high-school years Nic ended up studying Social and Political Science at Cambridge for three years. His first job right out of university was in a traditional company where he worked as a consultant at Gemini Consulting. This first experience allowed him to have a unique view on the existing parallels between being a VC and being a consultant. After this first experience Nic moved on to the venture industry in 1999 living through four...2016-09-0833 min
Silicon RealNic Brisbourne - Founder of Forward PartnersNic Brisbourne who is the Founder of Forward Partners, an investment
business which works with e-commerce companies from raw idea through to
Series A, offering a package of investment, proven methodologies & office
space.2015-02-1700 min
momolondon_movMobile Monday London 3rd July 2006 - FundingIntro - Paul Cooper - Clarity Capital PartnersThe Panel:- Laurence Garrett - 3i- Vesa Jormakka - Argo Global Capital- John Taysom - RVC and Private Investor- Nic Brisbourne - Esprit Capital PartnersThe Companies:- Ann Zitterkopf - Weeworld- Ramesh Kumar - Active Media Technology- Peter Bond - Otodio- Martin Coul - Redbend- Dennis Morrison - Zzizzlfilmshttp://momo.claritycp.com/media/momolo060703.movmomolondon .mov2006-07-1600 min