Successful crowdfunding is more than just raising funds
There is a great opportunity for UK entrepreneurs but working smart is key to growth and success. Although crowdfunding ticks the funding box, it can bolster other crucial aspects of your business as you grow. You have your business idea or even a prototype of your product, but you’ve hit a stumbling block: Money. VCs […]
Richard Branson’s Voom Pitch 2018 Is Open – £1M Prize Pot Is Up for grabs
Voom Pitch 2018 – Virgin Media Business is looking for the most innovative and exciting small and medium-sized businesses in the UK and Ireland. This years’ competition is opening up to more established small and medium-sized businesses as well as start-ups, with two entry categories: Scale & Grow | Spark & Start-up. As well as […]
CEO ADVICE: How To Attract Investors To Your Startup With A Winning Business Plan
Entrepreneurs looking for funding to launch or grow their startups are 16% more likely to succeed with a business plan, according to a recent study from the University of Edinburgh Business School and RWTH Aachen University. The research findings, published mid-last year in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, studied more than 1,000 entrepreneurs and their startups […]
Young Entrepreneur Bags £30,000 Investment From Dragons’ Den For His Mobile Billboard Advertising Business
The 15th series of Dragons’ Den saw 22-year-old solo founder Edward Hollands secure £30,000 investment from ex-career banker entrepreneur Jenny Campbell for his lorry billboard business ‘DrivenMedia’. The “highly investable” young entrepreneur discovered his innovative idea while staring at blank truck trailers in a traffic jam, also ‘broke the record for the fastest Dragons’ Den […]
Virgin StartUp Launches Equity Crowdfunding Accelerator – CrowdBoost
Virgin StartUp launches equity crowdfunding accelerator – CrowdBoost – for start-up entrepreneurs looking to scale their business. CrowdBoost aims to address the “critical funding gap” for start-ups looking to scale, by teaching entrepreneurs how to maximise opportunities available through equity crowdfunding. According to Virgin, 42% of start-ups fail in their fourth year due to lack […]
CEO ADVICE: How To Launch Your Startup With Just Less Than £500
A new Yell Business research shows that 40% of small businesses launched in the UK were started with just less than £500 – No more losing sleep over startup costs. The survey of 1,500 SME’s also revealed that a further 32% started with £250 or less, with 93% of these businesses turning over profit in the […]
Wayra UK ‘Fair By Design’ – New Accelerator Tackling ‘poverty premium’
Wayra – a Telefónica backed accelerator network – is launching a new startup accelerator programme ‘Fair By Design’ to solve Britain’s so-called ‘poverty premium’. Wayra Fair By Design aims to support seven tech startups yearly to find solutions to prevent low-income families paying more for services such as energy, insurance, borrowing and transport. The three year accelerator […]
NACUE’s Varsity Pitch Competition Is Open – Students & Graduate Entrepreneurs Apply
NACUE’s Varsity Pitch competition is back – The hunt is on for the Top UK students and graduate entrepreneurs with £10,000 up for grabs. The National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs partners with Tata for another year of exhibiting and celebrating the best early-stage business ideas to come out of colleges and universities across […]
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 […]
The Mayor’s Entrepreneur 2017 – Shortlist Out
See the student entrepreneurs who made it to the finals and one step closer to becoming this year’s Mayor’s Entrepreneur. The Mayor’s Entrepreneur yearly competition looks to award £20,000 start up fund to a London student entrepreneur with the most innovative idea on how to address issues facing the capital. Check out the shortlisted top ten […]