Latest from Simon Daniel
Simon Daniel is the inventor of the USB battery and folding keyboard. He’s also CEO of Moixa, a fast-growing renewable energy group.
Be a winner, not a whiner
If complaining was an Olympic sport, the Brits would win hands down.
Talent farming
The importance of national and corporate boundaries is diminishing as everyone piles into the global war for talent.
On the wrong tack
Governments may be too constrained to take truly tough decisions, but business owners have little choice.
California dreaming
With Moixa part of the 16 strong UK delegation taking part in the fifth annual Clean and Cool Mission, CEO Simon Daniel gives his account of the event.
Why Ebay doesn't sell anything
Or: The reality of protecting intellectual property for an SME
Fair pay
There used to be an old joke at the major accountant firms and consultancies that the fastest way to become a partner was to join John Lewis.
Europe still loves UK innovation
It’s totally wrong for the UK to be asked for €50 billion a year just to allow France and Germany collateral to borrow a trillion from China to pay off their banking losses.
Selling IPR: the background
With the need for additional funding, it's time for some quantitative easing of our own. My company has decided to put some of our intellectual property rights (IPR) patent portfolios up for sale.
Something wonderful
In Arthur C Clarke's 2010, there is a scene where Dave Bowman reappears and says 'something wonderful' is going to happen. The world needs such a moment.
Post Hackgate
2011 seems to be a year of anger. Everyone, it appears, is arguing and complaining. Post hackgate, we need positivity.
Weathering the finance storm
‘The Raft of the Medusa’ is a famous painting by Gericault, which likely should hang on any would-be British entrepreneur's wall.
Proud of British 'can do'
The market remains a bit like the weather - gloriously sunny one day then ice cold the next.
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