Edward Snow, Author at Elite Business Magazine

Edward Snow

Snow has been involved with growth companies his entire career. Having floated his first venture aged 26, he has since made his name as a hands-on investor, attempting to ease the growing pains of more than 20 businesses. He has a degree in engineering and an MBA from INSEAD, where he was a Sainsbury Management Fellow.

Private + public = patient: how the traditional sources of growth capital bred a hybrid

Edward Snow

May 10 '17

Enabling investors to guide a startup’s direction while removing the pressure for entrepreneurs to secure an early exit, patient capital provides the best of both worlds

The joy of tax: how incentives have reduced investment risk and changed behaviour

Edward Snow

Apr 7 '17

Schemes like EIS, SEIS and VCTs don’t only allow investors to reduce their tax bills but they’re helping to foster investment in capital-hungry fast-growing startups

Failure is just feedback: how old-world attitudes towards risk-takers are improving

Edward Snow

Feb 22 '17

Whilst entrepreneurs on this side of the pond have traditionally been rather risk averse, British attitudes toward failure are rapidly transforming

Where angels fear to tread: ensuring friends, fools and family don’t scupper future deals

Edward Snow

Jan 27 '17

While you may be eager to raise seed capital as fast as possible, venture capitalist Edward Snow explains hasty deals struck with initial investors can come back to haunt you