Advice - Interviews

‘I wanted to make meaning, not money’

A candle flickers into life in the darkness. It’s a powerful image - and one adopted by a Manch...

My journey from Manchester markets to a £1m business

If there is one thing Manchester is famous for, it’s the weather (okay, Manchester United and Manc...

‘With a crystal ball I’d have raised more funding’

There are pros and cons to raising startup investment early. The ability to hire talent quickly, ...

Boldness, resilience & scalability – the key to business success

Do you have the acorn of an idea for a tech business? Finding a productive foil in a co-founder; ...

Why don’t we teach entrepreneurship in schools?

SMEs are the backbone of the UK economy - so why are the skills needed to build a business not taugh...

I tied my identity into my startup – then it disappeared

You need a certain amount of confidence to launch a business. But dreaming big and talking a good...

I met my ‘tech for good’ co-founder on Instagram!

Ahrum Pak seemingly had it all. Born in Hawaii to Korean parents, she spent most of her childhood...

How do you take a startup from ‘impossible’ to ‘done’?

When something has never been done before, the challenge of creating a successful company to provide...

How WeWork crash changed VCs’ mindset

The spectacular crash of WeWork in September 2019 was a wake-up call to the global tech sector. T...

‘I won’t let chronic disease dominate my life’ 

One of the North West’s best known entrepreneurs has spoken publicly for the first time about his ...

‘We scaled from 20 to 350 people in 2.5 years’

A new breed of ‘hypergrowth’ technology startups have hit the headlines for the right and wrong ...

Don’t begin your investment conversations cold

The life of a startup entrepreneur can feel like a never-ending quest to raise funding. Already t...