Luke Johnson | Latest Management columns from the Financial Times

Luke Johnson runs Risk Capital Partners, a private equity firm and is chairman of the Royal Society of Arts. He is the author of 'Start It Up: Why Running Your Own Business is Easier Than You Think' (Penguin)

He is an owner and Chairman of Giraffe, Patisserie Valerie and Gail’s. Previously he chaired PizzaExpress, and is the former chairman of Channel 4 Television Corporation.

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Relations tend to be more intense, volatile and intimate than other business arrangements

Entrepreneurship is a journey in self-education

Do activists think new products and services appear thanks to government?

Focus is important; stubbornness can be a liability

Lessons UK government could draw from studying commercial comebacks

Learning the lessons from partnership splits

Litigious culture hampers good business thinking

It takes courage to follow one’s instincts

Banks are restricting lending to industry

The answer to economic stagnation is not more state subsidy

The era of research and development innovation appears to be fading

If wealth creators are admired rather than vilified, they might inspire the next generation

Many who prefer self-employment don’t plan to build a big business

Practical guide to living with a business junkie

Problems face those stepping up to the board

Taking a risk in business is not the same as betting it all on the off chance that you might win

You can’t do your job if you are buried in admin

Too many suffer from an irrational fear of failure

To stimulate enterprise and growth, it is time societies started to applaud risk-takers

Market forces eliminate industry’s worst excesses

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