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 […]
Venture capital is an exciting career option for MBA students. The London start-up scene is fast-growing, and many MBAs contribute to both start-ups and VCs in meaningful ways during their time at London Business School. The school’s Strategy and Entrepreneurship concentration and courses allow us the chance to practice some of the key things we’d […]
Useful and relevant insights for founders and investors Over the past 5 years, I’ve had the opportunity to evaluate more than 500 startups around the world as part of one of the best global angel investor networks, Keiretsu Forum (as identified by the Pitchbook rankings), and also as a part of one of the largest […]
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 why most Founders (and most humans) often fall prey to the “Future-positive”, “Present-hedonistic” and “Past-pessimistic” time perspectives. And, it is […]
New research by Olenka Kacperczyk and Peter Younkin shows that ex-entrepreneurs often struggle to find ‘regular’ employment. Jeff Skinner explains how the ‘founding penalty’ works. The implications of bias against entrepreneurs are problematic for businesses and entrepreneurs alike. Businesses are missing out on a talent pool of highly motivated individuals, and aspiring entrepreneurs may find […]
Oh, what a year it’s been! We’ve learned so much about resilience in entrepreneurship and in life in 2020. As we kick off the holiday season, we asked a handful of London Business School Strategy and Entrepreneurship faculty for their favourite entrepreneurship literature. Add this collection to your holiday reading list – and enjoy! […]
Innovation rarely keeps to a plan. It evolves at its own pace – guided and fed by entrepreneurs who understand its true value. The Real Innovation Awards is London Business School’s annual celebration of business innovation as it really happens acknowledging not only success, but also persistence, serendipity and reinvention. The following article shares highlights […]
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 look at the similarities between running startups and parenting. While on the surface, they may seem to be worlds apart – both literally […]
The LBS Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship aims to inspire and equip entrepreneurial thinkers. The Institute ran an information session for all current LBS students to provide an overview of all the opportunities and resources available at the school. Some slides from the session are highlighted below.
Most entrepreneurs realise that it’s important to invest in brand – not least because they realise that most of the exit value of the business will come down to brand (rather than the original product innovation). But how do you determine brand character? How do you build a brand with no money and how deeply […]