Whittling down just under 50 applications to select the final cohort for the next Incubator programme was no mean feat this year. Whilst the criteria for selection has remained constant over the years, it’s no real surprise that the growth in interest in entrepreneurship at the School has been reflected by a year-on-year increase in […]
Is your business partner from another planet? When companies are growing fast, pressures can bring personal differences to the surface, and these can become major disagreements. In the following piece, Stefano Maifreni SEMBA2012 shares his thoughts on these questions. How do you prepare for conflict, and deal with it in a professional way? Experience has […]
Are entrepreneurs born or made? Alexis Prenn, Co-Founder and Chairman of Receipt Bank shares his experience as an entrepreneur with Jeff Skinner, the Executive Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship as part of the LBS TELL Series. The interview covers what it means to be a growing start-up, hurdles of entrepreneurship and Alexis’ […]
Family businesses have more in common than they often realise. Rupert Merson, Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School and family business expert explores the sources of unhappiness family-owned companies face time and time again in his latest blog. ‘All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own […]
The mobility industry, like most, has felt an impact from the pandemic. But, what’s next? Julien Trost MBA2021 explores micromobility and related venture opportunities. The use of Micromobility as a word is a relatively new trend that coincides with the birth of Lime and Bird, the electric scooters sharing services, in 2017. But the history […]
In these unprecedented times of (using the word unprecedented) uncertainty, many of us are contemplating taking the leap of faith and becoming a full-time entrepreneur. One of the most common questions I have encountered is – “Co-Founders and where/why/how/when do I find them?” So, is the Fit-Founder a myth? Err… The Founder-Fit… Is the Founder-Fit a […]
Although building sites were never officially closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction industry was thrown into crisis and forced to rethink ways of working overnight. Social distancing requirements placed restrictions on the number of people that could safely be together on a building site, which gave rise to all manner of tactics […]
Are you contemplating launching a startup in the throes of the Covid-19 induced recession? John Mullins shows why recessions can be a good time to start a new venture. Even better, he argues that, even in a recession, the customer is not only king. He or she can be your VC, too! Does timing matter […]
In these unprecedented times of (using the word unprecedented) uncertainty, many of us are feeling rudderless and adrift in the vast emptiness of the unknown ocean that lies around us… Many contemplate whether they should continue with their corporate role, or take the leap of faith to become a full-time entrepreneur. One of the most common […]
Every single day, aspiring first-time entrepreneurs around the world spend their time chasing the shadows cast by LinkedIn reports of their peers getting funded and they enter Dreamland, where they start chasing one shadow after the next after the next. Over the past few weeks, I have been approached by a number of folks about […]