Saturday Series

Do you feel like you're drowning?

Listed life comes in waves: macro shocks, micro setbacks and a marketing landscape that keeps shifting. Borrowing a lesson from champion surfer Layne Beachley on separating what you can control from what you can't.

Ben Williamson

7 May 2026 · 2 min read

"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf" (Layne Beachley, seven time world champion surfer)

First off, how cool to be a world champion at something? Let alone seven times over.

Now, this isn't an original Layne quote. She has borrowed it from Jon Kabat-Zinn and lived it especially hard.

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Saturday Series

When there's no multiple, they're backing you

If you're high-growth, R&D-heavy or an explorer, there is no easy multiple for the market to anchor to. Investors are backing two things instead: a story they can understand, and a team they can see.

Ben Williamson · 9 July 2026

Saturday Series

Stop being such a Jorc!

Most of your investors are not professionals in your field, and if you only speak to the ones who already understand you, you're ignoring 99% of the public. The two answers to closing the gap between where you are and how you're priced: education and trust.

Ben Williamson · 2 July 2026

Saturday Series

Does your share price reflect reality?

Your work today won't turn into reported results for months, so the market often prices where you were, not where you are. A prompt to think about how big that gap is for your company, and how you communicate it.

Ben Williamson · 26 June 2026