Category Archives: Entrepreneurial Journey

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The Future is Not What It Used to Be: A Yogi Berra View on the Evolution of Startup-Corporate Dynamics

Startups and corporations face a transformative year, with challenges and shifts opening new strategies for collaboration and success. As we cap off the start of the year, we reflect on recent dynamics and the shape of opportunities for startups and corporations in the year to come. There is much hope that the current startup winter […]

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Arka Dhar and Ioannis Ioannou in conversation in front of an audience

AI for Good: How is Generative AI going to change the world? 

It was a huge pleasure to host Arka Dhar at our IEPC event last week on “AI for Good”.  While there are many people speaking on this topic, few are as well informed as Arka, the current Product Lead at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and also a recent graduate of our Sloan Programme. Arka’s […]

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Regulations and compliance

Private Equity: Staying Ahead of the Game with Strong Compliance Practices

Private equity firms operate in a complex regulatory landscape that varies by jurisdiction, and navigating these regulations can be a challenge. In the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates private equity firms that manage over $150 million in assets under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. This requires private equity firms to […]

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Meet the 2023 LBS Launchpad Cohort

We are excited to announce our 2023 LBS Launchpad Cohort! Launchpad is London Business School’s startup pre-accelerator program, organised by the LBS Entrepreneurship Club and supported by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital. Launchpad helps London’s brightest minds transform ideas into viable businesses. This year we’re thankful to our sponsors Nigel Morris MSc19 (1985) and Lori Morris. This […]

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Vishnu Chundi (MBA2017), the founder and CEO of AssetVault

AssetVault founder shares how an ‘old school’ issue was answered by a high-tech solution

AssetVault founder and LBS alumnus Vishnu Chundi leverages AI and Blockchain to remedy an age-old concern. There is a staggering $6bn left in unclaimed assets in India and a further $4bn unclaimed by the Indian diaspora located around the world, and this figure is set to quadruple in the years ahead.  This money is simply […]

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Swizzle co-founders Guillaume Jacomin MBA2022 and Capucine Codron MBA2022

Swizzle co-founder shares tips on how to recession-proof your startup

London-based Swizzle launched in August 2022 just as the UK’s economic downturn worsened. In this Q&A, cofounder Capucine Codron MBA2022 reveals why the threat of recession failed to deter her and fellow co-founder Guillaume Jacomin MBA2022 from launching a startup during an economic downturn. 5 tips for starting up in a downturn Investors don’t want […]

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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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