Another FKA Friday ● 2 February 2024#02

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2 February 2024 #02 864+313  We have seen 9 founders since we started up ADI in 2024. For more clarity we have updated the ADI.Clinic website with Before You Come and Who You Meet, with mugshots of 'The Usual Suspects'. Regulation may aim to protect individuals but can also hamstring unnecessarily. What happens in the UK could also happen HERE in NZ but shouldn't! A helpful alert from Lovina McMurchy regarding changes in US R&D treatment and the implications for NZ startups. More discussion HERE. You are mistaken to think that Jordan is winding down, reducing time to being an AM angel only. He has been a positive and important influence in the ANZ angel space and deserves to be a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). HERE! It is very likely that you'll spot him at the NZ Angel Summit. He has attended more of them than anybody else, even outdoing Suse. □ If you're looking for a date with an angel, Jordon, Suse or othewise, Valentines Day makes for perfect timing. May the One Minute Millionaire video background serve as a contrast to the propriety of the occasion. Bloody well deserved, Jordan! Not all startup and VC wisdom comes from the US. Elina Åkerlind from Sweden has some smart observerstions. HERE! Make a brainless undies ad and you get a hilarious beer ad. Haha! Unexpect humour from a German brewery with its BRLO Naked range. Some very astute observations by Jaqui Lane, HERE. The moral of this story is: Follow other investors at your peril, do your own DD! Cool as Adam Newman was that didn't give the underlying old business model of WeWork a new twist, subletting office space. EasyRent, Kiki, or Girls who NYC seems to be essentially about subletting flats. Also, on LinkedIn and over 2,000 FKA GIFs on GIPHY.