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Entrepreneurship

  • Friday, 29 December, 2023
    News in-depthVenture capital investment
    Big Tech outspends venture capital firms in AI investment frenzy

    Microsoft, Google and Amazon crowd out traditional Silicon Valley investors in blockbuster deals with AI start-ups in 2023

    A string of deals by Microsoft, Google and Amazon amounted to two-thirds of the $27bn raised by fledgling AI companies in 2023,
  • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
    European business schools
    How a dancer stepped up to launch a start-up

    Study story: forced to give up dance training, Isabella Agdestein sought new challenges

    Isabella Agdestein, one fist under her chin
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    European business schools
    Europe’s business schools target Africa’s entrepreneurs

    Expansion on continent focuses on a young, ambitious demographic hungry for skills

    Amon Hugues-Michel Amon
  • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
    Venture capital investment
    Investors shake up VC market by raising money to buy out start-ups

    Aim is to take advantage of economic headwinds to acquire promising businesses at a discount

    San Francisco-based Arising Ventures, has been looking to buy up start-ups with viable business models but slowing growth
  • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
    Media
    Entrepreneurs launch global media buying and marketing agency for start-ups

    Media executive Marc Boyan and Founders Forum boss Brent Hoberman join forces to help struggling start-ups

    Brent Hoberman and Marc Boyan
  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    Neil Torney
    When the Bank of Mum and Dad should think twice

    Parents should finance property and pocket money, not corporate cash

  • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
    David Pilling
    Why small is not beautiful when it comes to development

    The cult of the smallholder and the micro-entrepreneur is a wrong-headed approach to poverty alleviation in Africa

    Ben Hickey illustration of several cogs of different sizes and shapes. Two people are holding one cog, while near them another person is holding a smaller cog
  • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
    ‘I just lost the fear’: why more older people are founding start-ups

    Research suggests experienced founders are more likely to succeed, despite the prejudices of investors

    Kay Miller
  • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
    John Thornhill
    The VC industry needs to rip up the playbook and start again

    The boom is over but Silicon Valley’s optimism is masking problems with investor capital and returns

    Aerial view of the cities of Mountain View and Palo
  • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
    Women in business
    From philosophy fan to wind energy entrepreneur

    The founder of a company that has developed a revolutionary turbine blade explains how she moved from the classics to engineering to business start-up

    A woman smiles for the camera. Behind her from afar is a tower with wind turbine blades
  • Monday, 16 October, 2023
    General Catalyst Partners
    General Catalyst in German VC tie-up as part of European tech push

    Silicon Valley firm to merge with Berlin-based La Famiglia for regional start-up expertise

    Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    Dear JonathanJonathan Black
    Can I start a business when I have MS?

    Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

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  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    Q&AMy First Million
    My First Million: Thom Elliot, co-founder, Pizza Pilgrims

    Launched from the back of a tuk-tuk, the rise of a chain that now has more than 20 branches

    Pizza Pilgrims founder Thom Elliot with brother James
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Special ReportDecarbonisation
    Accelerators switch on to cleantech opportunities

    The world’s biggest booster schemes for business start-ups are increasingly focusing on climate ventures

    A Zipline drone drops off medical supplies attached toa parachute
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Q&AMy First Million
    My First Million: Aron Gelbard, co-founder of Bloom & Wild

    Online florist plans to expand product range as sales of flowers fluctuate

    Aron Gelbard, founder of Bloom & Wild
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    Tech start-ups
    Nutrition, sleep and mental health advice offered to tech founders at risk of burnout

    VC firm Balderton will launch wellness packages as stress takes toll on entrepreneurs

    A cutout of Simon Beckerman against a backdrop of products and logos from his Depop and Delli businesses
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    In Nigeria the optimism of Lagos start-up scene prevails

    Entrepreneurs show much can be achieved with relatively small investments

    medical technician getting a blood sample from a patient at home
  • Sunday, 11 June, 2023
    Masters in Finance
    Schools boost efforts to encourage entrepreneurial mindset in finance

    Students welcome progress but urge more teaching on business launches

    Top view of men using laptops for coding and writing. Coworkers sitting by the table and working.
  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    Neil Shen
    Neil Shen goes it alone in China after Sequoia split

    Billionaire founder takes on challenge after break-up of partnership with US

    Montage including photo of Neil Shen
  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Nathan Valbonesi
    How to sell your business . . . and retire

    Entrepreneurs must prepare themselves as well as their companies

    A woman poses at a tropical beach
  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    News in-depthRocket Internet AG
    Rocket Internet backs away from start-up investing in tech downturn

    Oliver Samwer quietly transforms one of Europe’s most aggressive VC firms into a more conservative investment house

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Q&AMy First Million
    My First Million: Joanna Jensen, founder of Childs Farm

    Entrepreneur survived divorce, major abdominal surgery and cervical cancer on way to selling a £36mn business

    Joanna Jensen, founder of Childs Farm, with her horse Albie
  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Indian start-up valuations are slashed by global investors

    Markdowns approach 50% for edtech group Byju’s and food delivery service Swiggy

    An Indian student looks at the education technology start-up Byju’s app
  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    African companies
    Global shocks put Africa’s resilient spirit to the test

    Entrepreneurial flair continues to be key feature of continent’s economic dynamism

    illustration of marathon runners dumping cash on their heads from drinking cups
  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    John Thornhill
    Europe needs to ‘Frankenstein’ its start-up sector

    Germany is an example of a country with entrepreneurial potential, but it lacks domestic funding

    A green Flix train in Berlin
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