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2023 will be the year of the Ant, not the Grasshopper!

Predictions are always hard to make.

The perfect storm

What do we get if we take a dose of entrepreneurial impostor syndrome, media, and a female founder? The potential for a perfect storm that leads to business failure before it has even had the chance to bloom.

What’s in Store for Tomorrow’s Startups?

Among the questions I am most frequently asked is this one: When is the best time to pursue a start-up?

Why now’s the time to think beyond survival to growth

There’s no question that UK small businesses are feeling the strain right now. These SMEs are contending with a cocktail of rising overheads, while customers have less cash in their pockets to spend.

5 Simple Steps To A Winning Content Marketing Strategy For SaaS Startups

Content marketing is a huge playground. It allows brands to spend money in many different ways. 

Scaling a tech startup during a financial crisis

The tech industry is resilient.

Five ways to reignite/supercharge your business (plan)

If you’re a startup and the beginning of 2023 has got you stumbling, it’s completely understandable.

How to market your business this year on a tight budget

Getting your business the attention it needs to thrive can be a daunting task.

3 Tactics to Improve Your Company’s Quoting Productivity and Accuracy

Quote creation is one of the most crucial aspects of sales.

The value of a good prototype and the pitfalls in getting there

This is the second article in Anglia’s series taking technology startups through the process of developing a new product. This time it focuses on the second step leading into full production. Your team has been busy developing the hardware and software as well as the aesthetic aspects, the overall look and feel, the user experience. You are now ready to build a prototype before doing final checks and pushing the button to start manufacturing.

NASA’S funding programme for small business innovation

While it’s easy to appreciate the insight that the aerospace industry can bring to consumer electronics and tech startups, the reverse extreme can be just as important. In this Launchpad feature, Sam Holland discusses NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research programme and considers what this means for startups and other up-and-coming tech companies.

Delving into Dublin

Diverse, welcoming, lively, and breathtakingly beautiful, Dublin has so much more to offer than pubs, Guinness and brilliant craic. The capital city attracts millions of tourists each year, with endless experiences and hidden gems to explore. Ranked as one of the top European tech cities by the Financial Times’ FDI Intelligence Tech Cities of the Future 2020, Dublin is home to a thriving startup ecosystem and is an ideal location for budding entrepreneurs.

Random Acts of Kindness Day

What a lovely theme to which one should dedicate an entire day!

How IT establishes hero status in workplace experience

Before the industrial revolution, work was often conducted in or around the home with vocations like blacksmiths and seamstresses working alongside or underneath their living quarters.

How To Stay Motivated During A Career Change

A career change at any age can be daunting, but it also requires a lot of time and effort to move into a different trajectory.

New year, new demands: The SME expectation for broadband in 2023

The new year is meant to be filled with hopes for what could be, and for many new businesses in the UK that are beginning their journey, there are challenging times ahead.

Pitched at first sight: Co-founding a startup with a stranger

What’s the most important part of a startup’s infrastructure? Its foundations. This news may come as no surprise; the founding team – be it one person or many – is responsible for weaving the very fabric of the company, which will be worn long after the business gets up and running.

Creating the UK’s first digital raffling platform which gives back to charity

Ever since I was young, giving back to good causes has always been a passion of mine. Whether it was through volunteering for various charities after school hours or tutoring children from disadvantaged backgrounds as I got older, the desire to help others has remained constant.

The Ultimate White Label Tech Stack for Growing Agencies

White-label software tools are essentially proprietary apps that can be rebranded and customized by another company or agency to be used and promoted as their own.

Delivering an LGBTQ+ inclusive culture all year round

Awareness months serve as an important reminder for organisations to pause and consider how their employee value proposition (EVP) is serving the communities that make up their workforce. LGBT+ History Month is a brilliant example of this.