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Founder says patient capital is key ahead of US launch

The founder of a prize-winning AgriTech startup set to launch in the United States has spoken of the...

Building Our Startup: Ian & Lisa McCartney, Plytime Learning

Our series profiling companies from our Startups 2.0 lists continues with Ian McCartney, co-founder ...

‘My mentor told me to get rid of my cockney accent’

If someone told you to change the way you speak, would you follow their advice? Emma O’Brien is...

PlayStation VR creator ‘giving voice’ to North’s games sector

Throughout gaming history, the giants of the industry typically emerged from Japan - think PlayStati...

Building My Startup: Rob Illidge, CEO, Vulse

In the first edition of a series profiling companies from our Startups 2.0 lists, we speak with Rob ...

‘Deepen roots, branch out then remove the deadwood’

The FinTech and RegTech sectors have nurtured some of the UK’s fastest-growing technology scaleups...

New entrepreneurs should draw upon ‘social capital’

Several of the most resilient startup entrepreneurs I have met have a traditional career behind them...

Should your business harness the power of podcasting?

Podcasting has come a long way since the days of downloading in iTunes and syncing shows to your iPo...

The art of resilience (& climbing Kilimanjaro after a broken elbow)

After I ran the London Marathon in April, the first question Andy Nicol asked was: “Have you got t...

‘You have to meet people on their level in tech’

When you live and breathe a business, it is easy to forget that not everyone has even a basic unders...

VIOOH CEO: Why we recruit on values, not culture fit

Culture is nowadays celebrated as a powerful tool in driving business productivity and keeping emplo...

‘I see an inbuilt bias against female founders’

The awareness around women-led startups and female-focused investment funds seems to be on the incre...