Monthly Archives: September 2018

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This Lyft Exec's Entrepreneurial Past Inspired Her to Create a Business Pitch Competition for Lyft Drivers

by Lydia Belanger • September 27, 2018 • 0 Comments

Lyft recently surveyed its drivers and learned that nearly one-fifth of them run or aspire to run a company.

British Small Business Awards 2018: Final shortlist released!

by Ben Lobel • September 27, 2018 • 0 Comments

The British Small Business Awards is the leading celebration of the UK’s small business sector, recognising the nation’s best sole traders, micro businesses and small companies – as well as the services providers and advisers that support them. At the start of 2017, there were an estimated 5.7 million small businesses (defined as those with
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Five ways small businesses can compete with giants in SEO

by Ben Lobel • September 27, 2018 • 0 Comments

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is no longer about sheer volume. It’s not about who’s been on the web the longest, who has the most inbound connections, or even who has the greatest library of extraordinary substance. It’s about which page or site is the most applicable for the searcher. Realising that, there are a few
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Making Tax Digital: what do I need to do before it’s introduced?

by Anna Jordan • September 27, 2018 • 0 Comments

We are now less than a year away from the start of Making Tax Digital (MTD). Margaret Laidlaw, partner at Mazars, provides an overview of what MTD is and what you need to do before it’s introduced. What should I expect? The first raft of affected businesses will be those with a turnover above the
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The 4 Cognitive Biases Entrepreneurs Should Avoid

by Hayden Field • September 27, 2018 • 0 Comments

Here’s how to stop potentially problematic ways of thinking from becoming career blind spots.

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Why This Comforter Startup Had to Make Its Product Less Perfect

by Maggie Wiley • September 27, 2018 • 0 Comments

When Buffy set out to build a cozy, cooling, eco-friendly comforter, they encountered an unexpected problem in manufacturing — and had to solve it by making the item less perfect.

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'She Was One of My Business Idols,' Says This Fashion Entrepreneur About Her Mentor and Net-A-Porter Founder Natalie Massenet

by Stephanie Schomer • September 27, 2018 • 0 Comments

As Emma Grede builds inclusive denim brand Good American (alongside co-founder Khloe Kardashian) she leans on Massenet for emotional and professional support.