The secret start-up: Part Nine

There's huge enthusiasm for the start-up at a dream meeting of potential investors in New York, where even Bono hears about his plans

In a New York minute, everything can change

After six and a half years of ups and downs, I found myself in London to meet a proper VC, at the bar in the Ritz no less. I was wearing new clothes bought with the few bob the gregarious Dublin businessman had given me. It had felt like Communion money: once I got it, I just had to spend it. I bought the essentials ...