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Ford raised $23.4B by putting its entire business up as collateral

Nov 25, 2025

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11 min read

Ford raised $23.4B by putting its entire business up as collateral

The raise that rescued a heritage brand

Fast Five Friday: How Blank Street Cracked the Code

Nov 21, 2025

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4 min read

Fast Five Friday: How Blank Street Cracked the Code

Capital raising lessons you can steal from a coffee empire

James Robson
James Robson
How Blank Street brewed a $500M valuation

Nov 18, 2025

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11 min read

How Blank Street brewed a $500M valuation

Turns out “good enough” coffee + flawless execution beats fancy latte art

Fast Five Friday: How to raise like Ramsay

Nov 14, 2025

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4 min read

Fast Five Friday: How to raise like Ramsay

The fundraising lessons without the kitchen nightmares

James Robson
James Robson
Ramsay raised $100M for Hell’s Kitchen, not haute cuisine

Nov 11, 2025

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12 min read

Ramsay raised $100M for Hell’s Kitchen, not haute cuisine

Prestige feeds your ego. Airtime feeds your cap table

One thing before you check out for the weekend

Nov 7, 2025

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3 min read

One thing before you check out for the weekend

The 30% rule that protects ambitious founders

James Robson
James Robson
Tesla's biggest investment was $56bn... on Musk

Nov 4, 2025

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12 min read

Tesla's biggest investment was $56bn... on Musk

How Tesla proved sometimes the founder is the product

Learn from Pret A Manger what they do best.

Oct 31, 2025

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3 min read

Learn from Pret A Manger what they do best.

Not brewing a cup of coffee.

James Robson
James Robson
Pret poured £63M free coffees. What it really banked was customer behaviour.

Oct 28, 2025

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11 min read

Pret poured £63M free coffees. What it really banked was customer behaviour.

Which is how a loss-making chain ends up with a £2bn price tag.

5-point Friday: How Fuse Energy raised £750M selling gas

Oct 24, 2025

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4 min read

5-point Friday: How Fuse Energy raised £750M selling gas

Why controversy helped them find the right investors

James Robson
James Robson
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