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Good ideas are easy. Execution is what matters

My biggest mistake as an entrepreneur was trying to solve a problem nobody had asked me to solve. L...

Four hard truths every founder should hear before starting up

Founder advice has become locked in an echo chamber. Much of it is repeated by people who say what t...

Founders aren’t born confident, real confidence comes later

Most people talk about starting a business in terms of the idea, the decision and taking the leap. ...

Lifted Ventures’ Jordan Dargue: What angels are looking for in a founder

At the earliest stage, investors are backing people as much as the business itself. Ideas evolve, ma...

Why flexible working drives winning businesses

Nobody tells you how hard it really is to build a flexible team in a high-performance business, and ...

What nobody tells you about selling your business

I sold my first company, Pariti, to Tandem Bank almost eight years ago now. It was a small exit, ne...

The role of a founder evolves over time – get ready for change

It’s easy to look at all CEOs and think that they are all faced with the same pressures and challe...

The only constant in a founder’s week is that nothing stays constant

There's a version of this job that looks, from the outside, like a calendar full of important meetin...

I walked into building Navigator without truly grasping what it would ask of me

My dad told me my life would change when I became a father. I smiled, nodded, thanked him for the wi...

A week in the life of Craig Brennan – from boardroom to touchline

Over the past 20 years, I have founded three businesses, which all sit under my holding company, SK4...

Great businesses need courage as much as good ideas

In 2023, I left my legal career to pursue art full-time. For many people, that probably sounds like...

A week in the life of Today Team founder Jamie Boyd

After a serious knee injury ended Jamie Boyd’s rugby career at just 24, he used a £3,000 loan fro...

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