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What UK scale-ups need to learn from Silicon Valley

Scott Longley talks to John Bailye about why so many UK start-up founders fail compared to US entrepreneurs

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Book review: My Story by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

In his candid new memoir, My Story, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum reveals how his passion for business and relentless drive to succeed transformed the UAE’s largest city from a simple trading port into a multi-billion dollar economic hub.

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Isabel Dos Santos shares how entrepreneurship empowers people

Angolan businesswoman Isabel Dos Santos on how social consciousness goes hand-in-hand with economic growth

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How we’ve grown our business – Emma Watkinson, CEO SilkFred

E-commerce platform SilkFred began in 2011 raising £150,000 in seed money. Today, it employs 70 staff and sells 600 fashion brands online.

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Sahar Hashemi Q&A – ‘Scale-ups need to step onto the podium’

Coffee Republic co-founder believes government needs to pay just as much to scale-ups as flashy startups

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How I’ve grown my business – Lana Elie, founder Floom

Floom has turned the traditional online florist model on its head, enabling indie florists to show off their creativity and what they have in stock. It expects to make £5m in sales in 2019. Now it’s moving into creating websites for florists

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How I’ve grown my business – Mike Turner, co-founder Bird & Blend

Bird & Blend has disrupted the staid tea-drinking market selling its offbeat teas both online and through seven shops nationwide. It has taken a similarly innovative approach to growing its business

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How I’ve grown my business – Joe Sillett, The Funky Iron Company

Joe Sillett launched his retro electric iron after deciding that other models lacked design panache. Here, Joe shares his advice for growing your business

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How I’ve grown my business – Mike Turner, co-founder Bird & Blend

Bird & Blend has disrupted the staid tea-drinking market selling its offbeat teas both online and through seven shops nationwide. It has taken a similarly innovative approach to growing its business

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How I’ve grown my business – Joe Sillett, The Funky Iron Company

Joe Sillett launched his retro electric iron after deciding that other models lacked design panache. Here, Joe shares his advice for growing your business

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How I’ve grown my business – Dan Ritsema, Cranes Drinks

Cranes Drinks began as a part-time venture for brothers Ben and Dan Ritsema. Here, Dan shares his advice for growing your business.

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How I’ve grown my business – Kaizen CEO Pete Reis-Campbell

Kaizen CEO Pete Reis-Campbell began his content marketing agency in his bedroom five years ago. Today its clients include TUI, Npower and Lastminute.com. Kaizen was voted Content Marketing Agency of the Year 2018

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How I’ve grown my business – Guy Blaskey, founder Pooch & Mutt

Pooch & Mutt has averaged 60 per cent growth year-on-year for the past five years. Founder Guy Blaskey shares his tips for keeping an engaged workforce, disrupting the market and why his mentor is a 2,000-year-old Roman

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Q&A Piers Linney – ‘Staying where you are is dangerous’

Former investor on Dragon's Den has become passionate advocate for scaleups.

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