Do you remember that time you posted something accidentally on your Instagram and then you tried to delete it? How many likes did you get before the post came down?
It was recently announced that total venture capital (VC) funding for London’s tech companies rose by an unprecedented 87% last year to reach $9.7bn, over double that raised in Berlin and triple that raised in Paris.
Co-founder of the MIT Innovation Lab and global thought leader, Dr Dave Richards, shares his a startup guide to ‘entrepreneurial spirit’.
Brexit is dominating the news and has created a lot of uncertainty for all of us in the UK. In this politically neutral article, I’m going to explore how I think Brexit will affect R&D tax credits in the UK.
SETsquared Bristol is delighted to announce that its 80+ tech startup and scaleup members have collectively achieved record turnover revenues exceeding £58m in 2019. In addition, its members, across 27 sectors, created 240 new jobs in the city region last year.
The process of raising investment differs for every startup according to numerous factors, including the stage of development of your product, how much money your business requires and the type of investors you target.
Global Gen Z research from Nintex reveals how organisations can make the most of the tech skills and experience of digital natives.
You would be familiar with user experience design, if you work in the tech industry, or you have a product which has an interface. In case you are unfamiliar with UX design, here is a quick explanation: a user experience design creates a meaningful and relevant digital experience for users.
In December, Tesco stopped producing Christmas cards at a Chinese factory after Florence Widdicombe, a six-year-old girl from London, opened a box of cards and found a message inside.
In the exciting world of startups and small businesses, sometimes it’s far too easy to forget about the ageing population when hiring. An obvious first thought is ‘cheap labour’ in the form of an ambitious and career hungry graduate.
I remember my first CEO role. God I was scared. Would my staff do as I asked? Who could go to for help? Was I expected to be omnipotent? Fortunately I had a great Chairman who had been there, got the T-shirt, and the scars.
As a Mentor, one of the things that I am often asked about is how to find reliable partners, and indeed who those partners should be. I recently overheard that very point when a lady was asking “who should I ask to help me and what exactly are the best roles for them to play?”
What determines success vs failure? Why do so many businesses fail while others thrive? It is widely reported 90% of all startups fail.
Having worked across a number of industries such as manufacturing, food-servicing, software, cosmetics, plastics and engineering, The Leyton Group sets out to help companies generate bottom-line savings. But how did Leyton emerge from CES as a true champion for developing companies?
If we can learn anything from Great British Bake Off, it’s that nobody wants a soggy bottom. A half-baked idea must stay in the oven for an adequate time to rise to its full potential. The same thinking can be applied to the start of a new business or venture.
Many companies think the only way to grow is through Venture Capital (VC) investment. Most companies who seek VC investment, however, fail to get it.
One of the very common themes that I come across with entrepreneurs and founders is that they are generally over confident. About everything! That goes from the valuation of their business to how quick and easy it will be to raise funding.
A self-made entrepreneur, starting his business from his room at University of Leeds while studying Cinema and Photography, Sam Stoffel is now the founder and CEO of matched betting platform, Profit Accumulator – a multi-million pound technology business. We spoke to Stoffel to learn more about his route from student to CEO.
Google for Startups has completed a number of cohorts now based around different areas in the startup world, some of the most recent ones including African and Women, but now the organisation has issued a call to startup founders from across the UK. Its new UK Immersion Cohort brings a 12 week programme designed to bring the best of Google and the London startup ecosystem to tech companies from all over the United Kingdom.
If you asked fifty young people in the UK to name a female entrepreneurial role model, only one would be able to answer. This statistic, which was among the findings of a new study into young peoples’ ambition by Entrepreneur First, isn’t just disappointing – it’s damaging.
