Blogging for your startup - a beginner’s guide

For those of you who already have blogs, you will find this article next to pointless - go and spend your time at johnchow.com and learn how to make some lovely cash. For the rest of you who just want to find out what a blog is, and what it can do for your business, read on. More »

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Being entrepreneurial without the risk (getting work in a startup)

The enormous popularity of programmes such as The Dragon’s Den and The Apprentice has had a big effect on the public’s perception of entrepreneurship. Seeing seemingly ordinary people up there on the TV pitching, getting funding and building their businesses has, in the UK at least, sparked interest in a career that otherwise might have seemed inaccessible and frankly terrifying before. I have met many young people who have shown an interest in entrepreneurship, but either don’t have an idea they want to take forward, or simply do not feel they have the skills to launch a business at such an early stage of their career. Whilst there is a strong argument that actually the best way is to just leap into starting a venture with unbridled optimism and learn as you go (in the style of Richard Branson/Duncan Bannatyne/James Dyson), young people may be better prepared for succeeding in business by working in someone else’s startup first. Here’s a guide to getting work at a startup, making the most of that time, and avoiding the pitfalls of slipping into the ‘easy’ life of a 9 to 5.

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