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The 5 biggest challenges facing tech leaders, according to Tech Nation

Estimates suggest that up to 23% of startups and scaleups fail as they don’t have the right team, ...

Investor rejection is hard to stomach – but don’t discount their views

Pitching to investors is one of the most daunting experiences a startup founder can face - especiall...

Tred co-founders win latest TechBlast Star of the Week award

Green FinTech entrepreneurs Peter Kirby and Will Smith are the joint winners of the latest TechBlast...

Launching: Onoco – more than just a baby tracker

Who? Founded by mother-of-two Margaret Zablocka (CEO), parenting app Onoco is also led by CTO Osk...

Driving UK’s coronavirus vaccine programme – meet Axiologik

Ben Davison still remembers the day COVID came calling to the door of Leeds-based digital delivery c...

ADHD inspired top entrepreneur’s business

Amy Whitell dropped the bombshell right at the end of our interview. She’s the founder of Manch...

‘We raised £400k in 90 minutes with our 67th business idea’

Peter Kirby will never forget the moment he went on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise funds f...

Pivoting your business into a SaaS-based model

Entrepreneur James Richmond never considered switching to a SaaS-based business until his chairman B...

‘Lord Sugar’s boardroom rebuke changed my life’

It was back in 2013 that Neil Clough became a reluctant TV star. Clough had been one of the favou...

Sarah Pawson is inaugural winner of TechBlast Star of the Week award

Sarah Pawson is the first winner of the TechBlast Star of the Week award. The accolade is a new i...

Beware of early dilution and other funding ‘rabbit holes’

When I first met David Levine in Manchester Science Park back in 2016, I was blown away by the augme...

How to launch a startup in a pandemic – and succeed

Sarah Pawson is much happier talking about her approach to risk than she is about herself. In 200...