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Dragons’ Den appearance cost me £20k

An entrepreneur has estimated her appearance on Dragons’ Den cost her £20,000. Danielle Close is...

Tech bro culture and a very public spat

It’s the row that has got the tech world talking. At the centre of the dispute is a politician, a...

The reality of being a founder vs the LinkedIn myth

I was once told that 80 per cent of founders who take on PE or VC investment aren’t in the busines...

FinTech Zuto on road to hit £100m turnover

Car finance FinTech Zuto is on track to hit £100m turnover this year after another stellar performa...

Appearing on Dragons’ Den changed our lives

1. Don't be a chicken Fred Parry is the founder of Chicken Rush and appeared in the latest series o...

I had it all and then I got divorced

Hayley Roberts had it all. And then she didn’t. Professionally, she founded specialist IT cyberse...

Mercia Ventures named latest sponsor of Founder 250 list

Investor Mercia Ventures is the latest sponsor of BusinessCloud’s new Founder 250 list. Mercia ...

My biggest founder mistake (and what it taught me)

One of my biggest failures in business came at a time that initially felt like success. Our company...

The Naked Founder enters Apple’s podcast charts – inside two days

BusinessCloud’s new Naked Founder podcast has already entered the UK’s top Apple podcast charts ...

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...

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