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Special objects for all: growing an online auction business with Catawiki

Developing an online auction site into the large and still-growing, Frank Pon explains the growth of Catawiki.

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs

Diversity and inclusivity: The entrepreneur’s challenge

Diversity and inclusion can be addressed in businesses of any size. It's the entrepreneur's responsibility to make sure company culture is diverse and inclusive from the get-go. The Scale Factory's Jon Topper writes.

Entrepreneurs

Is Sir James Dyson Elon Musk’s biggest rival yet in the Electric Revolution?

James Dyson versus Elon Musk: are these the two biggest rivals in the electric revolution?

Entrepreneurs

10 tips to avoid corporate governance gaffs

Corporate governance expert Gerry Brown shares his top 10 tried and tested tips for successfully hiring effective independent minded non-executive directors, while avoiding corporate governance gaffs.

Entrepreneurs

Which unfavourable personality trait makes a great entrepreneur?

There are ten distinct personality types in every office, from the chatterbox to the micromanager. But which ‘unfavourable’ office trait can make for a great Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs

Nuuk finds a niche in crowdfunding

Here's how Lina Gantar and Luka Cvikl started their business, Nuuk, in 2015, to help start-up raising investment on crowdfunding platforms.

Entrepreneurs

Get in your work zone – how to be more productive in the office

It can be hard to motivate yourself at work sometimes. Here, take a look at nine simple steps to be more productive at work and get into the zone.

Entrepreneurs

10 haikus about office life every entrepreneur can relate to

Hold the awkward elevator! You're late for an echoey conference call. These 10 haikus highlight the best and worst relatable moments of office life.

Entrepreneurs

Get in your work zone – how to be more productive in the office

It can be hard to motivate yourself at work sometimes. Here, take a look at nine simple steps to be more productive at work and get into the zone.

Entrepreneurs

10 haikus about office life every entrepreneur can relate to

Hold the awkward elevator! You're late for an echoey conference call. These 10 haikus highlight the best and worst relatable moments of office life.

Entrepreneurs

Business and management on the edge: how to survive in an era of chaos

Here, Piotr Ploszajski of the Warsaw School of Economics, looks at how disruptive technology shapes and re-invents business, management and entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurs

Making UK unicorns a more common breed

Nearly half of all small businesses fail within their first five years, but what is the cause? Can better leadership skills help you build a unicorn?

Entrepreneurs

Why Jerry Brand relies on ‘CLICK’: Creativity, leadership, impact, confidence and knowledge

Jerry Brand has a lot under his belt; a booming transatlantic contract catering business, a successful retail company Russell & Brand, a restaurant chain, a late-career MBA, an eProcurement company, a registered charity for entrepreneurs, and more. He talks to us about what keeps him going from strength to strength.

Entrepreneurs

Jacob Lorek: from piano prodigy to millionaire property entrepreneur

He arrived in the UK as a teenager with £200 in his pocket; two years later he was the co-owner of a multimillion construction firm.