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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...

Why retailers must now focus on customers, not products

The CEO of a RetailTech firm working with the world’s leading apparel and footwear brands says pla...

eCommerce high-flyer’s mental health mission

With eCommerce marketplace launches for JustEat, YOOX Net-a-Porter Group, Gianni Versace and Conde N...

GigPig presented with Trailblazing Tech Award

One of our promising early-stage Manchester Startups 2.0 companies has been handed the Trailblazing ...

Why hardware entrepreneurs should start small

IPG Energy is a company with big ambitions - and a technology to match. The London firm has deve...

‘You can’t sprint forever – it’ll kill you’

The days of ‘hyper-growth’ startups are receding somewhat as investors increasingly look for mor...

‘A market-ready product was key to our success’

There are two main schools of thought when it comes to going to market. The first is to launch yo...