There’s an interesting interview in The Guardian today with Richard Farleigh, the rather pleasant (except for the spat in the most recent episode) entrepreneur on BBC2’s Dragon’s Den.
The affable Australian seems …
There’s an interesting interview in The Guardian today with Richard Farleigh, the rather pleasant (except for the spat in the most recent episode) entrepreneur on BBC2’s Dragon’s Den.
The affable Australian seems to rely more on his gut instinct than the financial analytics of his fellow Dragons. As he says to The Guardian:
Investing is like a date. Within the first five minutes you kind of know if it’s going to work. And most of the time, your first impression is right.
He’s also a chess master which I didn’t know, competing in the chess Olympiad for Monaco and Bermuda. OK, neither of those nations is a world chess power, but nevertheless interesting. I love chess, but only reached county level. Perhaps there’s a correlation between entrepreneurial success and chess ability. Maybe that explains why I’ve yet to make my first million.
Are there any other famous chess playing entrepreneurs out there, I wonder – other than Cameron Reilly of The Podcast Network?
Tags: farleigh, VC, investment, SMB
Hey – I’m famous? Quick, someone tell my mum. I’d never heard of Richard Farleigh either, but I’m going to subscribe to the Den podcast right now! Thanks fr the tip and the plug.
cheers
Cameron Reilly
CEO, The Podcast Network (www.thepodcastnetwork.com) &
Host of Australia’s #1 podcast G’Day World (www.gdayworld.com)
A pleasure Cameron. You … famous? … you heard it here first 🙂