The Female Founders Pitching At One Of The UK’s First BAME Incubator Programme
These Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) female founders have been chosen to pitch their business ideas at one of the UK’s first incubator programme targeting ethnic minority-led startups – Female Founders Accelerator. Launched recently by Hatch Enterprise – a London-based enterprise charity – together with support from NatWest and eBay, the Female Founders Accelerator […]
Fashion Meets Finance With Urenna Okonkwo’s ‘Cashmere App’
This fintech social savings platform for fashionable millennials is all you need now to live as lavishly as possible without having to dip into your savings – All thanks to Urenna Okonkwo’s Cashmere app. Cashmere app uses MangoPay digital wallet to help young women save regularly each month to spend on luxury items without the need […]
HOW TO: 5 Quick Steps To Help You Build Your Business Online Reputation
One of the biggest mistakes you can make when planning to launch your startup is not first building your business’s online reputation. The key is to make sure that people know about you, your business and what you have in the pipeline for any upcoming ideas. Here are our 5 quick steps on how to […]
Boosting Your Startup’s Chance Of Success
Success in today’s market basically needs you to offer your startup to potential clients as a more appealing option than your competitors. As a business owner, you should already be aware of who your business rivals are and how tough competition is out there. If you’re struggling to grow and keep the momentum high of customer traffic, […]
5 Ways To Create And Attract Customers With A Winning Window Display
Designing an attractive window display for your retail startup might be one of your least things to worry about but it can be the make-or-break factor in your customer’s decision. Whether you’re new to the scene or you’ve been running your business for a while – getting your window display just right is a tough […]
Apple Launches Entrepreneur Camp To Help Female App Developers
The new app development program – Entrepreneur Camp – recently launched by Apple aims to support female founders into leadership roles within the tech sector. Entrepreneur Camp is a new initiative designed to provide female founders, within the app space, with access to resources, networking and mentoring opportunities. Applicants applying for the programme must have […]
Three Ways To Protect Your Business Funds When Starting Up
There is no bigger threat to your startup than a lack of revenue when starting out as a small business owner. With such a small chance of surviving past the five first years, the work you put into building a solid foundation for yourself and safeguarding your business might just be what you need to […]
The Power Of Collaboration
Collaboration is an essential ingredient in keeping up your startup’s competitive edge – Innovation comes when you recognise the undeniable strength in working effectively together. Long gone is the traditional business model where staying competitive is all about ‘outdoing your competitors’. Startups are now outperforming established businesses using the ‘Corporate Innovation‘ model because they’ve been […]
Using My Tech Startup To Stand Up Against Gender, Racial And Disability Bias In The Workplace
Recruitment is just one of the ways that direct or indirect bias can slip into our decision-making. We need to do more to ensure that these biased views have no place within the working environment – That is where my startup seeks to make the change. Mac Alonge created his tech platform ‘The Equal Group’ […]
WeWork London Creators Awards Grand Finale: ‘Wild Card’ Investment Pitch Winner – Joshua Ogunnote
This year’s WeWork London Creators Awards grand finale saw celebrity actor Ashton Kutcher surprise members of the audience by inviting them to pitch and win funding for their business – ‘Wild Card’ pitch. Joshua Ogunnote, founder of a new social media music app ‘Chune’, won the audience member ‘Wild Card’ pitch investment of £13,000 to scale up […]