• What business can learn from the Avon lady
    Tuesday, 9th March 2010
    DRAGON'S VIEW
    JULIE MEYER
    LAST week I spoke to a convention of Avon sales representatives about being an “accidental” business person. The theme seemed to resonate. Many in the predominantly female audience were achieving... [Read more]

  • All-girls schools lead to bright businesswomen
    Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
    DRAGON'S VIEW
    JULIE MEYER
    EARLIER this week, I met a new friend for breakfast – an M&A man for some of the biggest media executives. He told me all about his daughters; one will represent the UK at the Olympics, while... [Read more]
  • Business models now matter more than sales
    Tuesday, 23rd February 2010
    DRAGON’S VIEW
    JULIE MEYER
    When I was in my late twenties, I had a baptism of fire while trying to establish the Power PC chip as a new industry standard. In early 1992, IBM, Apple and Motorola announced that they would be... [Read more]
  • Diversity is a great asset if managed properly
    Tuesday, 16th February 2010
    JULIE MEYER
    Love means never having to say you’re sorry. Or so the 1970s film Love Story, starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neil, famously claimed. I never agreed with that sentiment then – and I still do not... [Read more]

  • An investment gap is hindering UK start-ups
    Tuesday, 9th February 2010
    DRAGON’S VIEW
    JULIE MEYER
    A thriving technology sector is a key driver for success against the background of a weak economic recovery and an ongoing debate about the relative values of the service economy and declining... [Read more]
  • Davos is outdated as power is redistributed
    Tuesday, 2nd February 2010
    Dragon’s View
    Julie Meyer
    So you didn’t go to the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. Me neither. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. As Davos coverage spun through the media again this year, I wondered whether those... [Read more]
  • Forget Cadbury, entrepreneurs will save UK
    Tuesday, 26th January 2010
    DRAGON’S VIEW
    JULIE MEYER
    OCCASIONALLY on a Friday night as I review the remains of the week, I wonder why I put myself through it. Last week, one of my portfolio companies nearly hit a wall, and I had to coach the existing... [Read more]
  • Entrepreneur gathering gives views on 2010
    Tuesday, 19th January 2010
    DRAGON’S VIEW
    JULIE MEYER
    LAST Thursday, 260 delegates braved the cold to come and hear leading entrepreneurs, politicians and think-tank leaders share their views at the 6th Entrepreneur Country Forum, which had the theme “... [Read more]
  • Tech-savvy entrepreneurs want less government
    Tuesday, 12th January 2010
    DRAGON'S VIEW
    JULIE MEYER
    AT the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, new smartphones, e-readers and tablet PCs were unveiled. Although the event was over 5,000 miles away, it’s worth considering the implications... [Read more]
  • It’s still possible to build a business in a recession
    Tuesday, 22nd December 2009
    DRAGON’S VIEW
    THOSE of us who were there in the early part of this century when Alastair Lukies was walking the streets of the City of London with his vision for Mobile Money can remember the days before the banks... [Read more]
  • The government should learn from entrepreneurs
    Tuesday, 15th December 2009
    DRAGON’S VIEW
    Julie Meyer
    REGARDLESS of their social class, the thing that unites most of the people that I work with is the aspiration to use their lives to build something amazing. Many of the people I deal with have... [Read more]