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Posted by Alex Bellinger on 7th November 2008.
Anne Glover of Amadeus Capital Partners fears real value destruction for fast growth startups, while the launch of another micro business tells a bootstrapping story for our times.
Posted by David Tebbutt on 29th July 2007.
Vator.tv (yep, that’s a web address) has come up with an idea which works at many levels. Fundamentally, it invites entrepreneurs and innovators to record and submit their pitches. Then anyone who’s interested (that angel funder you’ve been looking for?) can see you and make up their minds if they want to take things further.
Not [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 2nd July 2007.
Last week, Library House - a research organisation which tracks early stage companies from birth to their liquidation event - held another of its excellent conferences at BFI’s IMAX theatre in Waterloo.
This time, the theme was ‘Essential Web’ and the event was packed with venture capitalists, support organisations, journalists and bloggers. They were all there [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 24th June 2007.
The editor has asked me to drop in the occasional profile of an entrepreneur. Here goes then:
Charles Armstrong thinks he’s had some lucky breaks on his way to securing a £3M investment in his social software company, Trampoline Systems. Like most luck, it comes to those who’ve prepared well.
If he didn’t know his subject (ethnography) [...]
Posted by Alex Bellinger on 9th May 2007.
The popularity of Dragon’s Den has been one of the inspirations behind the launch of new online funding service Angels Den, according to its managing director Bill Morrow.
Very simply Angels Den connects UK business angels with entrepreneurs seeking investment. It aims to help fill the sub-£500,000 funding gap for early stage businesses. It [...]
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SmallBizPod #32 - from stuntman to stockmarketAndy Egan, CEO of the Felix Group, talks about his entrepreneurial journey and taking his business to a listing on AIM. [Please note Andy Egan stepped down as CEO of Felix Group in December 2007]  Details |  iTunes |
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SmallBizPod #37 - enterprise culture & startups UK vs USShaa Wasmund, CEO of Brightstation Ventures, and Professor Zoltan Acs of George Mason University discuss web 2.0, online business and the difference between US and UK entrepreneurs. Details | iTunes |
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