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Don’t quit before the compound effect kicks in

I started NEOM Wellbeing as a side hustle with £15k of personal savings. My co-founder Nicola Elli...

Founders aren’t born with confidence; they build it

Nobody tells you that confidence is not something you start with as a founder. It is something yo...

Will Ahmed: The man behind WHOOP

Will Ahmed was a collegiate athlete studying at Harvard when he had an idea that would change the wo...

WHOOP eyes UK expansion after $575m Series G raise

WHOOP, the human performance company, has raised $575m in Series G funding at a $10.1bn valuation. ...

From arch-enemies to best friends – the CONDUCTR story

As befits a company specialising in storytelling, Peter Cliff and Jos van der Steen have a remarkabl...

Empirical Ventures secures £10m to back ‘venture scientists’

The British Business Bank has announced a new £10 million commitment through its Regional Angels Pr...

Aura, founded by inspirational MND sufferer, backed by YFM

YFM Equity Partners has invested in Aura Life, a digital provider of funeral plans and end-of-life p...

Nobody tells founders about growing pains

Building a successful company and scaling it are two completely different problems. Most founders...

Founder 250: Search begins for UK’s best founder businesses

Today, BusinessCloud launches the search for the UK’s best founder-led and founder-influenced busi...

Shy bairns get nowt in business

‘Welcome to 11 Downing Street’ are words I never thought I would hear myself say. But not only ...

Female founders make history in landmark trip to 11 Downing Street

For over 300 years, Downing Street has been at the heart of UK politics. For centuries, heads of st...

‘Why I cashed in my pension at 55 to launch an AI business’

On an unseasonably hot March morning in London, I am late for my meeting with ICS.AI founder Martin ...

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