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‘Why an IPO was right for musicMagpie’ – Steve Oliver

A lot has changed since Walter Gleeson and Steve Oliver launched musicMagpie from a garage in Hazel ...

The key ingredient for global growth which is often forgotten

The majority of tech startups have international ambitions. While tech products themselves are ty...

The rise and rise of musicMagpie

December 2021 marks the 15th anniversary of the nadir in Steve Oliver’s professional career and t...

Why former PayPoint CEO couldn’t wait to return to startup world

When a chief executive departs a high-profile company they typically land another executive role - o...

Meet the man taking on Just Eat and Deliveroo

Ardian Mula’s story reads more like a Hollywood movie than a real-life story. Having grown up i...

How startup turbocharging VCs began with a blog

Rémy Astié has big ambitions for a startup with origins in an online blog. With record levels o...

‘Having a disabled son changed my outlook on life’

James Wilkinson recently turned 40 and is a changed man. He’s the CEO and co-founder of car fin...

Taking funding vs bootstrapping – what’s best?

$1.4 trillion! According to Richard Faulkner, managing director at Silicon Valley Bank, that’s ...

Are SMEs’ global ambitions being thwarted by banks?

Thanks to technology, one of the most fertile areas for startup growth is overseas expansion. Alm...

‘Don’t create a company for the sake of it’

Before you create a company to launch your amazing idea, be honest with yourself: is there really a ...

Launching: Bound – protecting SMEs against yo-yoing exchange rates

Who? Bound’s founders built software for professional risk managers and traders from some of th...

How to build and sell two businesses for £50m inside a decade 

For a man who has, alongside his co-founder David Hague, built and sold two businesses with an aggre...