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Choo Choo! Meet young founder taking on train ticket giants

At 23, Alfie Willis has built a National Rail-accredited train ticket app after discovering that mil...

Dear Younger Me: The ‘2am problems’ will pass – celebrate your successes

A decade ago, I made the transition from practising trauma and orthopaedic surgeon to first-time fou...

Thought Machine CEO on ‘difficult’ IPO as it raises £75m

Thought Machine has surpassed $100 million in revenue - but an anticipated stock market flotation is...

Simon Swan: How I got Michael Vaughan to join my startup

Simon Swan is on a mission to shake up the health supplements market, with backing from former Engla...

Former JLR figure raises £4.7m for battery startup TaiSan

TaiSan – a London company whose technology could unlock the use of sodium-ion batteries for mass m...

musicMagpie’s Steve Oliver follows Pep in announcing exit

Steve Oliver has announced his exit from musicMagpie. Oliver famously co-founded the business with ...

Hip Pop’s journey from kitchen kombucha to Supergirl

There is a changing of the guard in the drinks industry - and Manchester brand Hip Pop is at the for...

Why Cambridge Tech Week matters (more than ever)

Every September, Cambridge becomes the meeting place for people shaping the future of technology.  ...

YFM meets 1,000 founders a year. What are we looking for?

Every year, YFM will meet over a thousand founders looking for investment and only invest in 1%.  ...

Childhood friends raise $1m for Manchester startup BidScript

Two childhood friends have now raised $1 million for their Manchester-based AI startup BidScript. ...

Simon Squibb launches DreamFund

Entrepreneur and investor Simon Squibb has launched DreamFund to back would-be founders who lack acc...

Solve a real problem and customers will find you

We’ve always had a low tolerance for things that don’t work properly. Once, on a family holid...

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