What advice would you give to Founders looking to raise funds in the current climate and what Terms should they focus upon? Founders are naturally wary of lower valuations in the current climate, but this market reset should not spook early stage businesses. For SMEs that are hopefully years off…

Let’s call out the elephant in the room. We may not officially be in a recession yet, but the market we’re operating in is incredibly different right now. Over the past few months, we’ve seen hiring freezes and layoffs, as well as VC companies taking caution with where they put…

It’s just over eight years since Angie, Andy and I set up Faculty. From a kitchen table in 2014, to a team of over 250 amazing colleagues today — together helping companies use AI to solve their biggest problems. It’s been quite the journey. How did Faculty start? Well, I…

My co-founder Raffi and I started Passionfruit in recognition of the fact that work isn’t working very well for people and businesses. This problem is felt acutely by the new generation of skilled knowledge workers. With many of them entering the workforce over the last few years, they have felt…

The summer holidays are over and children have returned to school this week. But getting employees back to the office after 30 months of home or hybrid working is not as straightforward. Many bosses are increasingly keen to get employees back, concerned about preserving culture, encouraging collaboration, innovation — so…

1. What were your biggest learnings at MarketInvoice? The importance of attracting and retaining the top calibre talent and how the profile of that talent evolves as the company moves through different maturity stages from Seed to Growth. You may have the best and most cohesive founding team, but if…

“How well a system is designed must always be distinguished from how well it is funded; the NHS is quite well designed but under-provisioned. By contrast, the US healthcare system is richly funded but designed so that it maximizes waste, inefficiency, and inequity.” The above quote is from a paper…

I will start with a confession — I’m relatively new to the travel industry (with just 3 years under my belt) and whilst being a CEO in Travel, I still have lots to learn about what seems to be a fascinating industry. …

Marketing cryptoassets Under the “financial promotion” rules, as an invitation or inducement to engage in financial activity can only be made by a person with FCA authorisation. Advertising FCA regulated cryptoassets is subject to the same requirements. The content of promotions relating to regulated tokens that fall within the financial…