ICON66 – Volume 7
Maximising Value on Your Exit
Practique
It’s one thing to sell a business when you’re ready to cash in and move on. It’s quite another to sell a business when you want to stay with it and help it continue to grow and achieve its greater potential.
Selling Your Business: Are You Ready?
Declan's Top Tips
Ensure your business processes and records are in good shape well before the transaction process starts. Appoint professional advisers who have the experience and style that suit you.
Diary Of A Deal
Insurance 4 Car Hire
Meeting CEO Larry Ursich and his Chairman, I was immediately struck by the beauty and simplicity of the I4CH operation. Had Larry created a near perfect online business? Like the old Remington advert, I liked it so much that I came away from the meeting and immediately purchased an I4CH policy for a forthcoming weekend ski trip.
Lord West Talks Defence Tactics
Alan Bristow Talks to the Minister for Counter Terrorism
The UK defence industry reports that investment in research and technology has been falling; and warns that we will lose an important part of the industry unless action is taken. ICON talks to Lord West about the importance of continued investment.
Show Me The Money
ICON's VC Roundtable
Carl Francis of P2i and Bryan Keating of Axis Three share their experiences of successful fundraising at our VC Roundtable, alongside VC investor Stephen Brooke of Swarraton Partners.
Get Funded
The global venture capital marketplace is very much open for business. There are significant funds within the venture capital market and VCs frequently complain about the lack of high quality opportunities for investment. The bar is always high but there are actions you can take to get noticed. However, it’s worth remembering that raising capital is not a quick process.
CEO Leadership Summit
London: ICON’s Leadership Summit at the London Stock Exchange brought together a panel of international experts to share ideas on funding, innovation and globalisation.
ICON's IT Giants
We launched IT Giants™ to find out what global success looks like from the inside. As it turned out, we discovered a lot more besides. Throughout this series of interviews the “Giants” have given their fascinating insights on such critical factors as growth, customers, execution, leadership and innovation… and candidly revealed some major challenges.
A Day In The Life
ICON's Eddie Harding
Up at the crack of dawn to get a quick gym session in before the kids wake up! A twenty minute set on the rowing machine is the perfect way to clear my head before I have to start preparing mentally for the day.
