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When should a startup establish a board?

When Chloe Barrett launched her EdTech startup, one of her first decisions was to create a board. ...

Co-founder’s coma triggered InsurTech DeadHappy

If you were to die today, what would be the impact on your family? A difficult enough sentence to...

‘In the startup world, a good idea often isn’t enough’

Entrepreneurs behind businesses of all kinds agree that a good idea will never go anywhere unless it...

What do you do when your best friend and business partner dies?

In January this year Andy Sawer, co-founder of Pareto Law, died after a 16-month battle with an aggr...

Mission Control: How to raise investment remotely

A few years ago Rory Cellan-Jones spoke of investor ‘trainophobia’ at a tech event in the North ...

‘I was a financial nightmare – so I built a business to help other women’

Tech entrepreneur Laura Pomfret openly admits she had a problem with managing her own finances. A...

From football touchline to trailblazing FinTech

Many a startup has origins in a conversation from the pub or workplace - but the idea for GoHenry wa...

Don’t apologise for putting growth before profit

Manchester-based software-as-a-service company Pimberly made headlines in November after securing £...

Why? The one-word question you need to ask yourself in business

Steve Purdham and the fellow board members of software company SurfControl had no idea what to expe...

Why Bristol is the Boston of the UK tech scene

Deep tech depends heavily on partnerships with research institutions such as universities. The un...

‘I didn’t believe it was Sir Terry Leahy on the phone’

Liz Ashall-Payne had only just written a business plan for her health app evaluation platform ORCHA ...

Startups should follow ‘scientific method’ to success

If one thing is certain in business, it is that experience informs decision-making. Serial entrep...