Author Archives: Alison Benson

Can you start a business doing what you love? Charles Nasser did…

Today, businesses and individuals are grappling with AI agents and applications and coming to terms with the fact that these rapidly advancing technologies will upend ‘business as usual’. As ever, forward-thinking organisations have already been experimenting with AI pilots to improve operational efficiencies, lift margins and boost the user experience, while others may just be […]

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Work fast, iterate and be ridiculously obsessive – Brent Hoberman on building a successful company

The co-founder of Lastminute.com, Made.com, Founders Forum and Founders Factory speaks at London Business School about his entrepreneurship journey – and offers some sage advice to his younger self as well as the next generation of founders Brent Hoberman is one of the most well-known names in modern British business. He is the Co-Founder and […]

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Meet the winners of HackLBS 2024

A digital affiliate marketing aggregator, an event planning app for friends and an AI-powered pest management tool were this year’s winners of our fiercely competitive HackLBS competition held on 2-3 March 2024 at Nuffield Hall, London Business School. About the hackathon Aspiring entrepreneurs with big ambitions to solve real-world challenges gathered at London Business School […]

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Ammar Naveed and Haider Raza MBA2021, co-founders of DealCart

LBS alumnus and DealCart co-founder who recently raised $4.5m in pre-seed funding shares his journey

DealCart, co-founded by Haider Raza MBA2022, is swimming against the tide. While many tech firms are cost-cutting, downsizing and realigning their focus amid difficult economic conditions and steep inflation, Karachi-based DealCart, which opened for business in March as global financial markets started to turn sour, is on the up and up. The trailblazing startup, which […]

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