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Partnerships drive growth at $3.2bn EdTech

A SoftBank-backed EdTech unicorn has supported the learning of a quarter of the million people - all...

You must stay humble in business – just look at Manchester City

Humility isn’t a word normally associated with recruitment, but Steven Jagger says it’s in the D...

Launching: Lindus Health – revolutionising health research

Who? Lindus Health was founded by Michael Young and Meri Beckwith, a special adviser to the Prime...

We raised £400k from family and friends – and lost it

When Gisela and Daniel Wood raised more than £400,000 from family and friends, they did their homew...

Backing of high-profile investor transformed business

E-Sign is a Liverpool-based electronic signature service provider that speeds up the process of col...

Why turnover is for vanity and profit is for sanity

After 13 years in business Paul Woods now looks for one number – gross profit. The managing dir...

‘We had 2 staff when we landed Channel 4 as a client’

When Rob Ellis’ agency Two Stories started to land some big clients, he didn’t hesitate to bring...

Why steering a startup is like captaining a super yacht

Super yachts have become the ultimate symbol of wealth. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is reported to ...

Unicorn founder: Why we stopped selling our product for months

The founder of a hyper-growth French unicorn launching a base on London’s Silicon Roundabout has s...

Don’t entertain buyer’s remorse when you take investment

Accountant-turned-software developer John Whelan says founders shouldn’t regret giving away equity...

McDonald’s was the order we just couldn’t turn down

Dean Ward will never forget the meeting with McDonald’s that added rocket fuel to Evoke Creative�...

Launching: Pitchspace – helping founders secure capital

Who? PitchSpace was founded by Serkan Ferah and John Auckland, who have worked together since 201...