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Everyone shows you the good bits about being a founder. Nobody shows the sacrifices

Everyone shows you the good bits.  The launch post, the funding announcement, the team photo whe...

A growth ambition isn’t the same as a growth plan

Most businesses I’ve worked with aren’t short of growth activity. There’s a sales target. A...

AI can do the thinking – but leaders still need to make the call

Ask anyone in San Francisco what AI is doing to their company and youʼll get an answer about produc...

I built a $1bn company without venture capital

When I founded Transformify (TFY) in London in 2015, I didn’t set out to build a unicorn. I wan...

Building my business while pregnant made me a better leader

Nobody tells you that the hardest part of being a founder is not the fundraising, or the product, or...

UK’s growth blind spot: Why angel investment needs more women

Just 14% of active angel investors in the UK are women. The obvious question is: why is this figure ...

Why founding a business is different second time round

When you have built and sold a business, people tend to assume that you have reached the end of your...

When my first business fell apart it was so hard – but so valuable

Before Venture Forge came Squeeze Digital. My first agency, and my first proper failure. It start...

Building before funding: how solving a real industry problem shaped Onetrace

I've spent more than 24 years in construction, running subcontracting businesses across multiple tra...

What we’re seeing in North’s next generation of startups

There’s a lot of talk about the North’s rising stock, thanks to a renewed focus on devolution an...

Why I turned my worst travel experience into a business

Most travel companies are founded because someone who loves travel spots a gap in the market. Plotpa...

What I learned going from $0 to $10m ARR in 12 months

How does a startup go from $0 to $10m ARR just 12 months after launch? That’s a question I get as...

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