Cringe-making, toe-curling, awkward, confusing, arrogant, shabby, disorganised, unbelievable, deluded … all words that could be used to describe the worst business pitches. And most of us have been there, at one side of the table or another. If you want to avoid pitfalls with pitches, then read on. First up, I don’t consider myself to […]
Gary Dushnitsky, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, talks to his former MBA student Akriti Dokania, Investor at Octopus Ventures. Have you always dreamt about finding and funding innovative startups? Does the venture capital sector interest you? Are you a technology person who wants to play an active role in supporting […]
No entrepreneur in the past few months can say that this has been an easy period. Not least myself running a tech-enabled home care service for dementia patients – some of the most vulnerable people affected by COVID-19. But in many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been the least stressful and most rewarding period 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 […]
When teaching entrepreneurship, we focus attention on the trials and tribulations attendant on starting a business. But starting a business is only the start of the trial. For London Business School entrepreneurs who have been able to satisfactorily answer Hamlet’s more famous existential question regarding their new businesses, the more difficult questions come afterwards and […]
Victor Stekly EMBA2015 Founder of Sportskred, a social media campaign management tool used by sports clubs, reflects on the past few months since the COVID-19 crisis hit and gives his account of how he overcame the challenges he faced as a result. My particular start-up has been going for 4 years – a triumph of […]
Evgenia Sopochkina MBA2021 shares her reflections after attending a recent fireside chat between Michael Moore, Director General of British Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (BVCA) and Luisa Alemany, Associate Professor of Management Practice and Academic Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. The event was jointly hosted by the […]
Eliran Ben-David MBA2020 describes one of the most common fundraising instruments for startups, and its advantages and disadvantages, to help entrepreneurs make an informed decision. As a corporate lawyer in Israel, I advised venture capital funds and early-stage ventures on establishing their business, commercial affairs and negotiations, and of course, M&A transactions and financing rounds. […]
When Thomas graduated from LBS’s Masters in Management (MiM) in 2010 he knew that he wanted to start his own business and it wasn’t long before he joined forces with co-founder, Dominik Richter, and HelloFresh was born. Hear from Thomas about his journey to building a global company with over 7,000 employees, the lessons he […]
Luisa Alemany, Associate Professor of Management Practice and Academic Director of Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, writes about her latest case study which recently won an award in the EFMD Case Competition in the category of ‘Inclusive Business Model’. While growing up, Richard Bbaale saw his sister missing school due to […]