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Do all business need PR? A startup perspective on timing, value, and approach
Do all business need PR? A startup perspective on timing, value, and approach

Public relations often enters the conversation at a later stage in a company’s growth, after…

Investors back people: how to use personal branding to raise capital
Investors back people: how to use personal branding to raise capital

Raising capital has never been more competitive. Pitch decks are sharper, markets are tougher, and…

June Angelides MBE on living a portfolio life
June Angelides MBE on living a portfolio life

In a room packed with women in technology, at the everywoman in Tech forum, venture…

The death of the pitch deck (and the rise of the founder brand)
The death of the pitch deck (and the rise of the founder brand)

A cursory web search for “pitch deck guide” yields forty-five million results. This deluge of…

Spring clean your pension plans
Spring clean your pension plans

Around this time of year, as the days get longer and (hopefully!) warmer and sunnier,…

Why mediation is the solution to saving your business
Why mediation is the solution to saving your business

Co-founder disputes are one of the leading causes of startup failure, and they often stem…

Britain’s growth strategy must start with backing first-time founders
Britain’s growth strategy must start with backing first-time founders

Britain has ambitions to become the best place in the world to start a business,…

Scaling health tech: 6 Lessons from launching a second brand 32Co
Scaling health tech: 6 lessons from launching a second brand

When I launched 32Co in 2022, the company was built around two convictions. First, that…

Why faster iteration matters in startups – insights from Ruslan Tymofieiev
Why faster iteration matters in startups – insights from Ruslan Tymofieiev

Speed in startups is an execution standard that directly affects outcomes. While one team is…

Europe’s energy storage startup landscape
Europe’s energy storage startup landscape

For much of the past decade, energy storage has been discussed primarily as an enabling…

Top 5 security mistakes startups make and how to avoid them
Top 5 security mistakes startups make and how to avoid them

Startups have a lot of ground to cover, with funding, hiring, growth, product development, and…

Undervalued human infrastructure powering Britain’s small business
Undervalued human infrastructure powering Britain’s small business

With headlines dominated by cost pressures, closures and tightening margins, it would be easy to…

10 things every startup founder needs to know about MTD
10 things every startup founder needs to know about MTD

With a month to go until it kicks in, thousands of founders still aren’t sure…

The case for patience CVC
The case for patience

In venture, speed is treated as a moral imperative. Founders are taught to sprint. Investors…

Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises largest-ever seed round
Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises largest-ever seed round

Yann LeCun’s, much anticipated startup, Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI Labs), has raised a $1.03 billion…

Your AI adoption strategy is missing its most critical component
Your AI adoption strategy is missing its most critical component

The data on women and AI is alarming but the conversation we are having about…

MWC 2026: robots, foldables, and AI dominate the show in Barcelona
MWC 2026: robots, foldables, and AI dominated the show in Barcelona

Rising interest in hardware, humanoid robots, and AI agents across industries – coupled with the…

Compliance as a scaling strategy
Compliance as a scaling strategy

Among early-stage startup founders, compliance is often seen as a slow money drain. Something that…

The empathy deficit: the mistake most founders make with AI
The empathy deficit: the mistake most founders make with AI

Every founder knows the pressure: ship fast, stay lean, beat the competition to market. AI…

International Women’s Day: women in tech call for action
International Women’s Day: women in tech call for action

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is Give to Gain, encouraging generosity and collaboration. Give…