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9 smart steps to protect your startup during a separation
9 smart steps to protect your startup during a separation

Running a business brings responsibility that extends beyond day-to-day operations. Personal circumstances can shift quickly,…

Business, marriage, and the art of making it work
Business, marriage, and the art of making it work

My husband and I have worked together for eight years and have been married for…

After Zuckerberg, every CEO could have an AI deputy
After Zuckerberg, every CEO could have an AI deputy

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building a personal AI agent to shoulder some of his executive…

Beyond the algorithm: why facial recognition risk is now a boardroom issue
Beyond the algorithm: why facial recognition risk is now a boardroom issue

For many businesses, new technologies are treated as, well, just that. Technology – something for…

Why is ethics at the heart of good leadership?
Why is ethics at the heart of good leadership?

In the field of leadership, we often talk about effective leadership, good leadership, or great…

Entrepreneurship has an addiction problem: the fix is a simple question
Entrepreneurship has an addiction problem: the fix is a simple question

Around 75% of startups fail. Globally, entrepreneurs spend trillions every year on products that never…

Start your own mini VC: the founder’s guide to syndicate investing
Start your own mini VC: the founder’s guide to syndicate investing

Throughout the last six months, I’ve been sharing different ways founders, like yourselves, can build…

Why Europe must seize the competitive advantage of employee ownership
Why Europe must seize the competitive advantage of employee ownership

Europe is edging toward a unified employee stock option framework. It’s about time. In January,…

What five years of building a business taught me about sustaining growth after the startup phase
What five years of building a business taught me about sustaining growth after the startup phase

Every January, my LinkedIn feed fills with the same energy. ‘We’ve just launched X business’…

UK economy missing out on £5Bn by not helping refugee businesses grow
UK economy missing out on £5Bn by not helping refugee businesses grow

Entrepreneurship can be a catalyst for solving the UK’s economic growth problem, if these entrepreneurs…

Building European software champions – why should we all care?
Building European software champions – why should we all care?

Much has been said recently about reducing dependency on established tech giants, whether US or…

Cyber Essentials: why doing the basics well still protects most SMEs
Cyber Essentials: why doing the basics well still protects most SMEs

Cyber security headlines can feel relentless. Ransomware attacks, phishing scams, and data breaches dominate the…

How to make strategy part of everyday work (not just annual planning)
How to make strategy part of everyday work (not just annual planning)

A CEO we recently worked with asked a fair question during a strategy session with…

Demystifying AI for SMEs
Demystifying AI for SMEs

AI has become a commonplace topic of conversation in the business world, moving from being…

The clearing house: rebuilding the bottom layer of global finance
The clearing house: rebuilding the bottom layer of global finance

George Davis is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lorum, and he has spent his career…

Growth beyond the M25 depends on the infrastructure of ideas
Growth beyond the M25 depends on the infrastructure of ideas

The Business Secretary, Peter Kyle, has said he wants the UK to go “toe to…

Beyond borders: building trust and scale across Europe
Beyond borders: building trust and scale across Europe

Let’s be honest – scaling a business across Europe sounds more exciting on paper. New…

UK founders: stop confusing a pitch desk with investment readiness
UK founders: stop confusing a pitch desk with investment readiness

Rupert Lyle, FPC Regional’s Investment Director and Fund Principal of the West Midlands Co-Investment Fund…

Why scaling is harder than raising capital – how founders can prepare
Why scaling is harder than raising capital – how founders can prepare

Startups rely on funding from every source possible. Contacting business partners who were once college…

Keeping the human touch: using AI for growth
Keeping the human touch: using AI for growth

Digital marketing specialist Hannah Ajiboye explains how AI can be used to supercharge your sales…