20:20 Vision Podcast — Episode 2 Once described as one of the 10 most powerful women in the UK, Gail Rebuck is as active today as when she was Chair and Chief Executive of Random House UK. …

20:20 Vision Podcast -Episode 1 Over the last 18 months, scientists have reluctantly emerged as some of the hidden heroes of the pandemic. One of these heroes is Professor Peter Piot, who will be joining me in this month’s 20/20 Vision with Robin Klein https://linktr.ee/2020VisionWithRobinKlein Peter is retiring from his…

This article first appeared in the Telegraph and the on-line Telegraph on 22nd February 2021. After a dearth of IPOs in 2020, 2021 has seen a flurry of new listings — many of them UK tech companies — with more, including Deliveroo, Transferwise and Darktrace, slated to happen this year. …

This post first appeared as an Op-Ed in The Telegraph on 21st April 2020. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/04/21/bridge-troubled-water-will-help-startups-make/ The torrents are raging, the river is rising and some will not get to the other side. …

Strategies for Managing in Crisis like #Covid-19 There is a ton of stuff on how to keep yourself and team safe and healthy – perhaps not enough on how to use your time, ingenuity and capital to make your business stronger. Here are some tips which may apply (of course…

The article below first appeared in CityAm on 11th June, 2018. Two recent IPOs by British tech startups demonstrate what an important solution a stock market listing is for many companies, writes entrepreneur and investor Robin Klein. The decision for a startup to move to an initial public offering (IPO)…

The press headlines focus on the fact that investors lost 90% of their investment. Irish Times. The story they don’t tell is how the global community of fixers and makers will continue to grow. Sugru sold for only £7.6m. @localglobe.vc we lost most of our investment as did others. Jane…

Royal Bank of Scotland, founded in 1724 yesterday acquired FreeAgent, founded 2007. It was RBS first acquisition since the financial crisis of 2007/2008 — around the time FreeAgent was born in Edinburgh. …

Adzuna wins UK Government contract for Universal Job Match The Universal JobMatch is a service offered by Gov.UK (Department of Work and Pensions) to enable people to search and apply for jobs. It is one of the largest job search websites in Europe — and its about to get a whole lot bigger. …