In these unprecedented times of (using the word unprecedented) economic uncertainty and an aging workforce threatened by remote/younger workforce options, entrepreneurship could be explored as a promising career path, particularly for older adults with 15+ years of experience in the corporate world. However, we have often seen that corporate professionals are more plagued by indecisiveness […]
Apart from the prospect of sunshine and blue skies, for me, summer means welcoming our new students into the London Business School ‘family’. With so many having entrepreneurial aspirations, it’s always great to see their energy for endless ideas for new ventures as well as having an equal number being excited about the idea of […]
Neil Dillon, MBA 2021, Equity Manager at Swoop Funding and VP of LBS Launchpad, delves deep into the many ways startups can find funding. Many startups that Neil works with have raised through these means or Neil is helping them directly through his work at Swoop Funding. There are many ways to peel a kiwi […]
With soaring temperatures in excess of 30 degrees, the prospect of a ‘staycation’ in the UK seems much more likely (and favourable) than jumping on a plane to sunnier overseas destinations. When I think back to when I last travelled – back in February – when I was in Dubai just ahead of the chaos breaking […]
In my previous article, we covered 10 very commonly stated reasons that people give for wanting to become business owners, and why I think many of those are in fact potentially rather bad reasons. Today we are on a more positive bent, and drawing from my learnings from eight years in entrepreneurship, I’ll cover some what […]
Even though my own entrepreneurship journey is on an indefinitely pause, I still love chatting to people who are thinking of becoming business founders. It is always encouraging to learn that even in the current hyper-competitive, over-monopolised business climate, there are still many people who are willing to take the risk inherent to starting a business […]
Jane Khedair, Chair of the LBS Incubator Programme, shares her findings on how the Incubator start-ups have responded to the current challenges and some insights about the programme. From this… Last September we welcomed the 10th cohort into London Business School’s Incubator programme, launched in 2010 on the back of a request from a couple […]
1. It is simply not enough to have a fantastic idea. If you do not put in the blood, sweat and tears necessary to bring an idea to fruition, it will never become more than an idea. Fantastic ideas are wonderful and truly exciting, but gradually over time they either become tired small talks or […]