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Startups - Finding Your Money Route

How Can Startups Navigate The World Of Grant Funding

The number one priority for startups and most businesses is accessing finance especially when it’s needed to get the business start-up and running. For young entrepreneurs, who don’t have years of experience working full-time or piles of savings in the bank, the challenge is arguably even greater. This makes grant funding particularly attractive options for […]

Twipes Wet Wipes

The Student Startup – Twipes – Tackling Britain’s Costly Eco Issue With ‘Flushable’ Wet Wipes

Student entrepreneurs Ellenor McIntosh and Alborz Bozorgi are using their invention – Twipes – to tackle Britain’s environmental issues around ‘flushable’ wet wipes and possibly save taxpayers millions of pounds each year. Twipes is a chemical-free ‘biodegradable’ wet wipes, which dissolves in water within three hours and fits into existing toilet roll holders. The environmentally-friendly […]

Brand Logo

A Beginner’s Guide To Designing The Perfect Brand Logo For Your Business

Your brand logo is the face of the company and ultimately defines your entire business. Designing your business logo is the perfect opportunity to convey your brand, its ethics and personality. Yet, creating an effective design isn’t always an easy task for beginners. You need to ensure that your logo is memorable, unique and leaves […]

Low-Carbon Startup

The 10 Things You Need To Know About Building A Low-Carbon Startup

Starting a business can be a daunting prospect for any young entrepreneur – Let alone building a low-carbon startup with its own set of challenges. For example, it is much more difficult for a business within the renewable energy sector to access finance as there are fewer financial providers specialising in those areas within the […]

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Disperse.io

Disperse.io – Denis Konoplev and Felix Neufeld

Denis Konoplev’s Disperse.io technology concept uses wireless sensors to monitor overcrowding and give real-time information to help people avoid busy locations. The life-saving tech idea aims to prevent overcrowding, which leads to crushing and injury – It uses wireless sensors to monitor people’s movements at events, in cities, and around public transport networks. Denis, 24, […]

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WEWORK GROWTH CAMPUS

WeWork launches ‘Growth Campus’ to kickstart the UK startup scene – post covid

The newly launched £15 million initiative Growth Campus by WeWork – a global workspace hub – is aimed at boosting the UK’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and playing its part in the economic recovery. The pandemic has opened up a big challenge for growth-companies, with innovation being key to a thriving economy and Growth Campus wants to […]

STARTUP STORY

tutoring

Share Your Start-Up Story – Tutoring with ‘Tutora’

Tutora is an online marketplace helping students and parents find the best local tutors for one-to-one tuition in their own homes. Users simply search by subject and postcode, read reviews left by each tutors’ previous students then send a message to their chosen tutors to book lessons. Scott Woodley discovered Tutora, with his friend Mark […]

My Startup Story - photo gallery

My Startup Story Photo Gallery……..Annnnnndddd it’s the 4 week countdown!

My Startup Story photo gallery flashback – giving young founders the platform to share and empower us with their startup stories. The next group of young founders will be sharing tips on how to turn your business dreams into reality, and they will also be discussing their startup stories on diversity, mental health, sharing economy, and […]

Alzheimer's

Share Your Start-Up Story – Fighting Alzheimer’s with ‘Javoo’

Javoo is a social network app helping Alzheimer’s sufferers keep record of their memorable moments and engage in daily activities to battle memory loss. The ingenious idea, launched last month, was discovered by two brothers Sam, 21, and Scott Rosenberg, 23, after losing their grandfather to Alzheimer’s disease in 2013. Javoo has the support of the University of Nottingham’s […]

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family

How To: Balance Running A Business and Family Life

Raising a family in this day and age isn’t easy when one member of the partnership is working full time – Let’s face it, one salary is seldom enough to provide for everything these days. This also leaves a huge amount of pressure on the other parent to raise a family while generating some form […]

Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Award - sustainability

Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Award 2018 – Searching for young innovators with bright ideas tackling the world’s biggest sustainability issues

Are you aged 18-35 or know someone with an idea, product or service that’s tackling the world’s sustainability issues?  Apply for the Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Award and win a slice of €100k funding to grow your innovation. The Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Award, organised by Unilever and Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL), aims to celebrate and […]

Simon Crowther - flood defence business 'Flood Protection Solutions'

I Used My Student Loan to Self-Fund My Business

I often see entrepreneurs bragging about how they dropped out from University to launch a business – I hope this is proof that you can do both. Simon Crowther launched his flood defence business ‘Flood Protection Solutions’ just three weeks after starting his Civil Engineering course at the University of Nottingham in 2012. He explains […]

KPMG - Black Entrepreneurs' Award

KPMG launches ‘Black Entrepreneurs Award’ – Supporting Black founders to become investment-ready

The UK accounting watchdog – KPMG – launches the ‘Black Entrepreneurs Award’ aimed at supporting three budding black founders to turn their business dreams into reality. Studies show that Black professionals often face barriers in progressing beyond middle management. This has subsequently led to the growth of Black-founded startups and a growing trend in self-employment. […]

CRL Accelerator programme

CRL’s Accelerator Programme Opens For ‘Product and Hardware Focused Startups’

The Central Research Laboratory (CRL) 6-month accelerator programme is once again open – Supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs running product and hardware-focused startups. CRL is an accelerator, incubator, and co-working space part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund to continue their work of supporting innovative startups to create high-tech jobs. The programme aims to help product-focused startups develop […]

#lifestyle - stylish

#Lifestyle – 10 stylish picks for you

We know you’re always busy so we’ve saved you the hassle. All you need to do is simply click on the stylish item that catches your eye and get it from the comfort of your computer.   Champagne Spoon Stopper Say it in words with this vintage silver plated spoon hand-stamped with ‘Keep the bubbly […]

My Startup Story

WATCH: A Little Snippet Of What We Did At My Startup Story Event

#mystartupstoryuk – June 13 marked the launch of My Startup Story event as the place for inspirational young entrepreneurs to share their entrepreneurial stories and inspire the next generation of business leaders. The very first group of young speakers to grace the stage at #mystartupstoryuk were the founders of Pouch, Twipes and Onaria Technologies (PlaqueChecker). […]

Tryatec - The online sharing economy platform - Sabine Opis and Elena Sokolova

Share Your Startup Story – The Founders Of The Online Marketplace For Renting The Latest Tech ‘Tryatec’ Are Tapping Into The Sharing Economy

Despite trust issues plaguing peer-to-peer (P2P) ‘sharing culture’, predictions show that the UK’s sharing economy transactions could reach £140bn by 2025, according to consultancy PwC. This figure, up from an estimated £7bn in 2015, is on track for continued rapid growth thanks to people becoming more aware of how these sharing economy platforms operate and […]

Lizzy Hodcroft - The Sweet Beet Food Business

How My Food Business Saved My Life And Why Resilience Is Key To Entrepreneurship

When you find yourself waking up in a Mental Hospital one morning, you don’t exactly feel as though you’ll be successful in life – Success at that point meant trying to live a normal life and it certainly was not the type of success I was trying to achieve with my food business. Lizzy Hodcroft, the […]

MSDUK Innovation Challenge Competition

Applications Open For MSDUK Innovation Challenge Competition: Hunting For The Top UK Ethnic Minority-led Businesses

Are you a BAME entrepreneur running a B2B venture? Are you looking to see your product or service to corporate organisations? Then apply for the MSDUK Innovation Challenge 2018 – The UK-wide pitching competition helping ethnic minority founders to bring their innovative idea or product to market. The MSDUK Innovation Challenge, organised by MSDUK – a […]

Disneyland Paris - The Castle Hub

Disneyland Paris Launches ‘The Castle Hub’ Programme To Partner With Startups With Innovative Ideas To Enhance Customer Experiences Across The Resort. 

Disneyland Paris – Europe’s well-known tourist destination – is looking to partner with startups with innovative ideas to enhance customer experiences within its resort through its newly launched startup programme – The Castle Hub. The Castle Hub initiative aims to foster collaborations between Disneyland Paris and startups with new or existing marketing innovative solutions. In […]

My Startup Story - Thank you for supporting us

My Startup Story 2018 – Join Us At WeWork Aldwych on June 13th

Three weeks to go before My Startup Story and the impatience is growing – But only because we’re excited to network with you all as we learn and celebrate together everything about entrepreneurship, startups, and young people. What’s so special about giving young business owners the platform to share their entrepreneurial journey? The answer:- Empowerment | […]

GENERATE - Imperial College London

Calling Healthtech, Cleantech & Biotech Startups: Imperial College London Is Offering £2k Innovation Vouchers To Grow Your Business – GENERATE

Are you a UK-based small and medium enterprise with interest in the clean technology, renewables, biotech or digital/data security sector? You could be eligible for the Imperial College London innovation vouchers aimed at accelerating fast-growth startups – GENERATE. GENERATE is part of Imperial new pilot initiative aimed at giving high-growth companies a one-off opportunity to claim […]

Ideal Flatmate

Flat-sharing Social Network Helping ‘Generation Rent’ Find Compatible Housemates Raises £1m From Investors – Ideal Flatmate

The UK’s first algorithm based flatmate matching site aimed at helping ‘generation rent’ find compatible house companions raises £1m within 4 weeks, just as house prices across the UK hit a record high in May. Ideal Flatmate was founded by young tech entrepreneurs Tom Gatzen and Rob Imonikhe after becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack […]