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Is your business ready for the new era of ESG communication?
Is your business ready for the new era of ESG communication?

For SMEs just starting their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) journey – or those already…

The new due diligence: why VCs are walking away from AI startups with hidden legal risk
The new due diligence: why VCs are walking away from AI startups with hidden legal risk

Legal risk used to be a lawyer’s problem, discovered after the term sheet. In 2026,…

What EdTech founders get wrong about global scale
What EdTech founders get wrong about global scale

Scaling an education product globally sounds like a distribution problem. Build a good product, translate…

Stockholm is experiencing its second tech surge in 20 years: here’s why
Stockholm is experiencing its second tech surge in 20 years: here’s why

At the turn of the century, the majority of technology activity, and the world’s attention…

Inside Carbon13’s mission to back the world’s boldest climate founders
Inside Carbon13’s mission to back the world’s boldest climate founders

When it comes to climate tech, the stakes are brutally simple: if a traditional B2B…

Why the best startups need industry as much as they need investment
Why the best startups need industry as much as they need investment

The UK has long been recognised for the strength of its universities, research capability, and…

What YC’s Startup School taught me, and the gap it made impossible to ignore
What YC’s Startup School taught me, and the gap it made impossible to ignore

I just finished Y Combinator’s Startup School. Not the in-person batch in San Francisco –…

One hallucination, a thousand claims: why viral AI litigation is the new startup risk
One hallucination, a thousand claims: why viral AI litigation is the new startup risk

Mass, AI-drafted legal claims are quietly becoming the biggest existential threat to generative AI startups.…

Why I relocated to Abu Dhabi, and why Middle East is calling for UK startups
Why I relocated to Abu Dhabi, and why Middle East is calling for UK startups

For the past decade, the UK tech sector has benefited from one of Europe’s strongest…

Why do leaders who are emotionally literate operate differently?
Why do leaders who are emotionally literate operate differently?

As a society, we value logic, the intellect and the conceptual over emotional literacy. However,…

Profit with purpose: why Gen Z founders are rewriting the rules of business
Profit with purpose: why Gen Z founders are rewriting the rules of business

From orange peel golf tees to high-fibre bars made from surplus fruit, the next generation…

Silverstone is a reminder of what Britain does best
Silverstone is a reminder of what Britain does best

This Sunday, the roar of engines will fill the Berkshire air as Silverstone once again…

Two weeks until the Hustle Awards: what to expect
One week until the Hustle Awards: what to expect

The Hustle Awards 2026 are only one week away, and we couldn’t be more excited!…

AI can automate work, but it can’t automate trust
AI can automate work, but it can’t automate trust

Businesses are moving quickly to bring artificial intelligence (AI) into the workplace, exploring how it…

Why insurance is becoming one of the next major opportunities for AI startups
Why insurance is becoming one of the next major opportunities for AI startups

There is a pattern in enterprise AI that is becoming difficult to ignore. Founders are…

How to prepare for a deepfake attack
How to prepare for a deepfake attack

In February 2024, an employee at Arup, the British engineering firm behind the Sydney Opera…

Why the UK must reframe the startup journey
Why the UK must reframe the startup journey

It’s a common assumption that fast-growing startups follow a predictable hockey-stick growth curve. Founders project…

Why the routines that built your business could be holding it back
Why the routines that built your business could be holding it back

There’s a saying I often share with the SME leaders I work with – ‘if…

5 things most businesses don't realise about their startup's reporting requirements
5 things most businesses don’t realise about their startup’s reporting requirements

The admin side of running a startup isn’t glamorous, but get it wrong and the…

British Business Bank backs new generation of UK VC investors
British Business Bank backs new generation of UK VC investors

The British Business Bank is committing up to £90 million to support a new generation…