E-campus is 1 month closer to launch
Thank you all who sent us feedback on this initiative so far. We have received a lot of good ideas on what entrepreneurs and startups need. Many of you mentioned access to customers and investors, a forum to test or pilot products/services, a better way for finding reliable web-designers or other suppliers and more effective networking opportunities.
As a result, we have [...]
The Future of Startup Funding
I run a FastTrack meetup event in June on The Future of Startup Funding, where we were very lucky to have experts from all key areas of business funding: banks, investors, incubators and crowd funding. In the present economic environment, raising finance is extremely challenging for small companies that cannot promise rocket propelled growth rates and need modest sums (it [...]
Read more5 reasons why a Business Angel might not invest in your business
1. It’s about you, you, you - For example naming the company after yourself or asking for investment so that you can have a salary “you deserve” while developing your idea, etc.. The money should go on creating assets that are saleable in the future and not on rewarding you.
2. Lifestyle companies - What is [...]
Say bye-bye to Business Link
Mark Prisk announced, after several weeks of speculations about its future, that BusinessLink is to be shut down because “the regional Business Links have spent too much time signposting and not enough time actually advising,” According to the analysis of 46 government websites the current BusinessLink site http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/ is the most expensive at an annual [...]
Read more£1 billion fund to help regional business – deadline 6th September
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg launched a £1 billion Regional Growth Fund to help areas and communities at risk of being particularly affected by public spending cuts.The fund, which will operate in 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 will help areas most dependent on public sector employment as the country makes the transition to private sector-led growth and [...]
Read moreThe future of trade conventions and business networking
A recent survey on the future of trade shows (Fast Future Research) suggests that most people find trade shows too costly to attend relative to their often poor organisation and design. According to the 1000+ respondents, in the future the quality of content, technology made available and opportunities for networking will increasingly be the main drivers [...]
Read moreThe top 10 Worldcup lessons for startups
Always start the business under promising circumstances.
Be ambitious, aim high….
…and be ready to fight the competition
Trust your team-mates to do their job…
… choose a manager who drives the business to success….
…and appoint a non-exec team that can drum up support in hard times
Make sure you hit your targets….
…but never stop watching out for disruptive technologies
And [...]
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