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Karen Meager, co-founder of Monkey Puzzle Training shares some insights on how leadership has changed in the last decade, and what it takes to be a great leader today. Anyone launching their first startup should be aware of what will be required of them as a leader of the business. And it may be useful to know that leadership has changed over the last ten or so years.  In 2012, Monkey Puz...
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Freight rate management platform Freightify raises Series A investment to support further international growth and mission to help more freight forwarding companies digitize their operations. Global freight forwarding is a $300B industry that facilitates the movement of cargo from one place to another through a series of manual and legacy processes. Freightify’s freight rate management p...
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Crowdfunding success for Omni, the vegan dog food brand, reaffirms the recession-proof growth of the pet nutrition industry. One of the UK’s fastest growing vegan pet food brands, Omni, has launched a record breaking crowd-funding campaign. The brand, which is one of the first British, vet-founded plant-based pet food brands, set a new record in its category, having overfunded within 15 m...
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Want to learn a new language? Weeve is an innovative startup that has created an innovative, creative and effective way to help you do just that. Learning a new language is both difficult and rewarding. It’s easier to just go to a foreign country and speak louder and louder at people until they understand, right? But for some reason people tend to respect you a little more if you actuall...
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Want to build an investable, scalable tech startup? The Raise Accelerator programme is now open for applications and will help you do just that. Raise Ventures have opened applications for the next cohort of startups to join their Accelerator Programme. The Raise Accelerator is designed to build investable, scalable tech startups, supporting founders solving real-world problems with the commer...
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Fashion innovation thanks to Italian Artisan and its B2B one-stop marketplace that connects international brands with hard-to-get authentic artisans. When people think Italy, they tend to think of the best of all things. The best weather, the best ice cream, the best food, the best coffee, the best sports cars, the best fashion houses. The craftsmanship that comes out of Italy has made ‘M...
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Want to gain an edge over your business competitors? Listening to your audience is an absolute must. Owner of a business but facing a stunt in growth? If you are looking for ways to overcome this hurdle and enable your business to thrive, you have come to the right place. In a highly-saturated market, you need to be able to make your business stand out from the competition.  How can you ...
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The Clothes Doctor mission to fight fast fashion continues as the innovative eco clothing care brand raises £1m to support further growth. Eco-friendly clothing care business, Clothes Doctor, has secured £1million of investment to fuel growth of its business, as consumer demand increases for ways to maintain a sustainable wardrobe and prolong the life of loved fashion items. The inv...
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If you plan on using social media to promote your brand, these simple rules will help, increasing both brand awareness and the number of consumers. The modern world is progressing very quickly. Things that were impossible yesterday already seem everyday and ordinary today. Many things that appeared not so long ago are so firmly included in the life of a modern person that it is already impossib...
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  High-potential social impact startups sought for the 9th annual Les Tremplins by Voyage Privé programme. Voyage Privé is proud to announce the launch of its 9th annual Les Tremplins by Voyage Privé competition for two high-potential social impact start-ups to win bespoke mentoring on its accelerated two-month programme. This is the first time this ...
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  The lowdown on Danish startup EvodiaBio and its innovative tech that produces sustainable aromas for the food and beverage industry. Have you ever thought about how the process of removing alcohol from beer to make non-alcoholic beer also removes the smell of beer? That’s rhetorical - of course you have. The process, which is usually heat-based, kills off that hoppy scent, and as we...
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Odd Coffee Company - the startup that's tackling coffee wastage by offering sustainably-sourced surplus coffee, rescued from British roasters. They say that the Earth revolves around the sun. They say that the Earth rotates 15 degrees per hour. We say that it’s coffee that makes the world go round and gives us the sunrise - that spark, that glimmer of hope, that signal that it’s tim...
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