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Start-ups

Entrepreneurs

The hustler, hacker and hipster: The personality types every tech start-up needs

Hiring for your business means thinking about its longevity. Here are the three personalities you need in your tech start-up.

Entrepreneurs

5 tips for balancing a start-up with marriage and kids

Susannah Davda, the founder and director of The Shoe Consultant Ltd launched her footwear consultancy in April 2015, juggling being an entrepreneur, spouse, and mother throughout. Here are her five tips on getting the balance right.

Entrepreneurs

Why Ireland trumps the rest of Europe as the best place to start up

London may not be be the best place for ambitious businesses looking to grow in Europe, according to new research.

Growth Planning

20 ways to avoid start-up failure

Founders of a previously successful business have a 30 per cent better chance of success with their next venture. Here's how to avoid start-up pitfalls on your way to the top.

Growth Planning

2016 global start-up capitals REVEALED

From San Francisco to Singapore, here are the top cities for start-ups for 2016

News

Why Britain’s best start-ups love America

The United States offers British start-ups over 300 million sophisticated consumers, roughly 500 "active" venture capital firms, and the opportunity to be a charming British import.

Technology

Tech Innovators: Monuva

From saving Hilton Grand Vacations over Euro40,000 by reducing invoice delinquency at one of its Italian resorts, to being handpicked for the UKTI's Global Entrepreneur Programme, Monuva has taken off even before its launch. Co-founder and director, James Shattock, explains how the start-up aims to pick up the pace once it secures seed funding.|From saving Hilton Grand Vacations over Euro40,000 by reducing invoice delinquency at one of its Italian resorts, to being handpicked for the UKTI's Global Entrepreneur Programme, Monuva has taken off even before its launch. Co-founder and director, James Shattock, explains how the start-up aims to pick up the pace once it secures seed funding.

News

​Google to support ten UK start-ups to go global

The start-ups identified by Google will receive support to scale at the company's Campus London workspace

Opinion

Beware the start-up bubble

​​Silicon Valley investors may dismiss the idea of a 'tech bubble', let alone of it bursting, but according to entrepreneur and investor Leon Emirali, today’s market conditions mirror those of the dot-com bubble.

Venture Capital Funding

University of Bristol launches investment fund for high-tech start-ups

West-country uni reaches out to investors to help fund science and technology companies founded on campus.

News

North-West tech start-ups ‘tapping in’ to networks to flourish

The young companies of the North-West are now better equipped than ever to secure funding and growth: but more can still be done, according to Mils & Reeve partner Paul Knight.

News

Digital Enterprise Hub aims to make Oldham ‘Shoreditch of the North’

10 digital start-up teams will initially be housed in the Northern hub following investment from Oldham Council.