LBS StartHub Blog

Welcome to the LBS StartHub blog, hosted by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital (IEPC) at London Business School. This platform is open for the School's entrepreneurship community and the wider London ecosystem to share experiences, observations, perspectives and research. We invite you to read, comment, share, and enjoy! If you have content proposals, please do get in touch with us: iepc@london.edu.

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LBS Alumni Anuj Srivastava and Mark Kornfilt receive the Accomplished Entrepreneur Awards

By Nick Mickshik28 January 2021Entrepreneurial Journey, Institute NewsAlumni, Entrepreneurship, LBS Entrepreneur Spotlight

Livspace co-founder Anuj Srivastava MBA2003 and Mark Kornfilt EMBALS2014, co-founder of Livestream, have been recognised by the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) at London Business School for their entrepreneurial achievements. The Accomplished Entrepreneur Awards were established in 2010 to celebrate alumni who have built innovative businesses, the awards have become a highly anticipated moment […]

STORIES FROM THE PARTI PRIS – Surviving “Survivorship bias”

By Chennakeshav (Keshav) Adya EMBALJ201527 January 2021Alumni voice, Build, EMIR, Entrepreneurial Journey, Zymurgist DiariesAlumni, LBS Entrepreneur Spotlight

In these unprecedented times of (using the word unprecedented) uncertainty, many of us are contemplating taking the leap of faith and becoming a fulltime entrepreneur. In this edition of the Zymurgist Diaries, let’s aim to understand how various biases trick founders and why founders continue to succumb to them, and what they can do about it. […]

10 Lessons from the Animal Kingdom for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Investors

By Mahesh Dumbre MBA201125 January 2021Alumni voice, Build, Entrepreneurial JourneyLeadership, Motivating people

There are many great voices but not all are human. While animals cannot speak, they can teach us amazing lessons without saying anything. These lessons are especially useful for entrepreneurs, executives, professionals, and students. Mahesh Dumbre shares 10 lessons worth pondering from the Animal Kingdom. 1. Feed the eagles and eat the chicken. This is how the […]

“Entrepreneurship is not a career, it’s a burning obsession” – Greg Moran, Founder and CEO of Zoomcar

By Hamant Maini MiF202120 January 2021Reflections, Student voice

At this TELL Series event, we heard Greg Moran’s enthralling story of building Zoomcar, and his motivation and learnings in entrepreneurship. Born in United States, he dropped out of business school and relocated to India to start Zoomcar, a pan-India personal mobility company. Spotting the early trends of wide-scale technology adoption and changing demography, he […]

Michael Hay and the Foundations of Entrepreneurship at LBS

By John Bates18 January 2021Faculty voice, Institute News, ReflectionsEntrepreneurship, London Business School, Michael Hay

Many people will remember the late Professor Michael Hay who was a major champion of entrepreneurship at LBS over many years and pioneered so many early initiatives that established entrepreneurship teaching and new venture support at the School. He also played a leading role in establishing London Business School’s Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in […]

We’re hiring: Part-time Research Associate in Entrepreneurship

By Prof. Olenka Kacperczyk, Prof. Ioannis Ioannou and Prof. Luisa Alemany15 January 2021Faculty voice, Institute News, Research

This is a part-time appointment, competitively compensated on an hourly basis, to start as soon as possible. The position will offer first-hand exposure to the scholarship of leading LBS faculty – Prof. Olenka Kacperczyk, Prof. Ioannis Ioannou and Prof. Luisa Alemany – and practitioners in the fields of venture capital, entrepreneurship and sustainability. It will […]

Evidence that investors penalize female founders for lack of industry fit

By Dana Kanze and Rubina Kalra14 January 2021Faculty voice, Reflections, ResearchFunding, Fundraising, Investor, Research

Behind the Research with LBS Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour Dana Kanze. We “sat down” with LBS Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour Dana Kanze to talk about the work she and her colleagues—Professors Mark A. Conley of Stockholm School of Economics, House of Innovation; Tyler G. Okimoto of The University of Queensland; Damon J. Phillips […]

40 Lessons Learned by 40

By Rupal Patel MBA201311 January 2021Alumni voice, Entrepreneurial Journey, Reflections

Life is full of lessons and there’s no better time than the start of a new year to reflect on them! In the following piece, entrepreneur Rupal Patel MBA2013 shares 40 takeaways from her life and career so far. Looking back on 2020, it was a big year: I turned 40, had another baby, ramped […]

STORIES FROM THE ZZZZzzzz – How can sleep make or break a startup?

By Chennakeshav (Keshav) Adya EMBALJ201529 December 2020Alumni voice, EMIR, Entrepreneurial Journey, Reflections, Zymurgist Diaries

In these unprecedented times of (using the word unprecedented) uncertainty, many of us are contemplating taking the leap of faith and becoming a fulltime entrepreneur. In 2020’s final edition of the Zymurgist Diaries, let’s aim to understand why founders tend to throw caution to the wind and fall victim to “struggle porn” i.e. the perception/pretence of […]

Serendipitous Discovery: Interview with Omar Gabr, CEO of Instabug and Professor Julian Birkinshaw

By LBS Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship team 22 December 2020Entrepreneurial Journey

Exciting innovations are often born by accident. Omar Gabr, CEO and Co-Founder of Instabug, experienced this first-hand with the serendipitous development of Instabug. For this reason, his innovation won the Judge’s Choice Award under the Alexander Fleming Serendipity category at the 2020 Real Innovation Awards hosted by the London Business School Institute of Innovation and […]

Insights, reflections, and news from the entrepreneurship community at LBS