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The seven essentials for impressing angel investors

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The seven essentials that will impress angel investors

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Pete Martin: 27 September 2022

Last updated: 13 August 2024. We’ve all seen it on Dragons Den, I’m sure. Watched behind our fingers as an overconfident founder has their fuzzy figures torn apart by the investors, the credibility of their project (and likely, the last few years of...

Investment

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AMA: Samantha-Jane Agbontaen, founder of House Designer

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AMA: Samantha-Jane Agbontaen, founder of House Designer

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Grace Henley: 26 September 2022

Samantha-Jane Agbontaen is the interior design specialist and self-taught techie who founded House Designer, the UK's most popular interior and...

Interview

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What are the new changes to SEIS and EIS

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SEIS: What changed?

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Liam Hallam: 23 September 2022

This article is more than two years old. Some information may no longer be current. Kwasi Kwarteng announced the new government’s Growth Plan on 23...

SEIS/EIS

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What leaders are getting wrong about working from home

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What leaders are getting wrong about working from home

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Alyssa Burnette: 22 September 2022

This article is more than 2 years old. Some information may no longer be current. Do in-person offices really matter? Malcolm Gladwell certainly...

Remote working

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what do investors look for in a cap table

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What do investors actively look for in a cap table?

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Pete Martin: 21 September 2022

Last updated: 19 April 2024 Capitlisation tables (cap tables) demonstrate much more to potential investors than just a snapshot of your company’s...

Cap table

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What business leaders are getting wrong about quiet quitting

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What business leaders are getting wrong about quiet quitting

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Alyssa Burnette: 15 September 2022

There are tons of articles and LinkedIn threads proclaiming that quiet quitting is a new and insidious trend which has the power to wreak serious...

Retention Company culture

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What questions should I ask a potential co-founder

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What questions should I ask a potential co-founder?

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Pete Martin: 13 September 2022

Last updated: 5 August 2024. Co-founder disputes are among the most common causes of early-stage startup failure, so your choice here is among the...

Agile Partnerships Founders

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The dos and don'ts of founding a business with your best friend

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The dos and don'ts of founding a business with your best friend

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Pete Martin: 13 September 2022

Last updated: 5 August 2024. If you are an entrepreneur (or a budding one) there’s a good chance some of your friends are too.

Agile Partnerships Founders

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You don’t have to be a superhero to be an entrepreneur

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You don’t have to be a superhero to be an entrepreneur

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Thomas Edin: 09 September 2022

There are a lot of myths surrounding entrepreneurship, some of them more outlandish than others. Entrepreneurship gets a lot of attention in the...

Startups Founders

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How to be a freelancer's dream (and get what you need)

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How to be a freelancer's dream (and get what you need)

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Alyssa Burnette: 08 September 2022

Last updated: 10 February 2025. Startups, if you’re thinking of hiring a freelancer, you’ll find that most of the resources out there fixate on a...

Recruitment

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