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  • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
    Inside BusinessIPOs
    Time for the UK to back entrepreneurs with listing reforms

    UK institutional shareholder resistance to proposed changes is myopic

  • Saturday, 28 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    UK government must act to help start-ups

    We need a public-private fund to invest in promising but lossmaking businesses

  • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
    Entrepreneurship
    Founders Factory trains students as venture capitalists

    Brent Hoberman gives students at 13 universities money to invest in on-campus start-ups

  • Monday, 9 September, 2019
    Business education
    Lastminute.com founder Hoberman backs free alt-MBA

    Founders Academy course to be led by entrepreneurs and offer paid tech internships

  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2019
    UK business & economy
    A road map for Brexit Britain to strengthen its tech appeal

    Let’s go out and scout international talent and pay relocation costs for overseas stars

  • Thursday, 4 October, 2018
    Personal & Household Goods
    Made.com accelerates expansion in Europe

    UK-based start-up lifts revenue 40% to £127m but losses continue

  • Tuesday, 10 October, 2017
    UK business & economy
    Apple’s Cook to open Oxford university start-up hub

    High-profile backers for The Foundry endorse institution’s entrepreneurial credentials

  • Sunday, 11 June, 2017
    Venture capital investment
    Seed fund raises $60m to back tech start-ups

    Firstminute to focus on robotics, artificial intelligence and the internet of things

  • Friday, 24 June, 2016
    Tech start-ups
    Brexit leaves London tech ‘shell shocked’

    Investors and founders in Europe’s leading start-up hub digest decision to quit EU

  • Promoted Content
  • Sunday, 17 January, 2016
    European companies
    Atomico teams up with entrepreneurs

    Venture capital fund to co-invest with Supercell, Lastminute.com and Jawbone founders

  • Monday, 5 October, 2015
    Entrepreneurship
    Once-in-a-century opportunity

    The UK wants to be a leading technology nation, but can it rise to the challenge?

  • Sunday, 19 July, 2015
    UK small companies
    Made.com raises £40m for European growth

    Brent Hoberman’s online furniture group looks to generate more revenues from outside UK

  • Sunday, 5 April, 2015
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Fridman eyes $16bn telecoms spree

    Russian investor lines up heavyweight advisory team to challenge traditional operators

  • Tuesday, 3 March, 2015
    Work & Careers
    A golden age for young founders

    Helping children to master the art of assessing risk is vital, writes Brent Hoberman

  • Sunday, 15 February, 2015
    Entrepreneurship
    Do entrepreneurs need an MBA?

    Two founders of start-ups share their opposing views, register now for the live Q&A

  • Thursday, 8 January, 2015
    Managing yourself
    The lessons learnt by early high flyers

    What is it really like to achieve extraordinary success at a tender age?

  • Tuesday, 30 December, 2014
    UK business & economy
    Start up investor Hoberman honoured

    Ex co-founder of Lastminute.com is one of UK’s most well known ‘disruptive’ internet entrepreneurs

  • Sunday, 14 December, 2014
    Feature of the Week
    On the path of digital disruption

    Technology venture SmartUp has plans to shake up the changing MBA market

  • Thursday, 20 November, 2014
    Automobiles
    Younger generation stops buying cars

    Car sharing schemes are expected to expand rapidly

  • Sunday, 1 June, 2014
    Retail sector
    Made.com considers IPO and options
  • Sunday, 30 March, 2014
    Entrepreneurship
    London’s patchwork of tech success
  • Wednesday, 30 January, 2013
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Made.com vows to stay street wise
  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2012
    FT Tech HubPrivate equity
    Internet companies dominate EU fundraising in January
  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2011
    FT Tech HubTim Bradshaw
    Time Out snaps up UK daily deals bargain Keynoir
  • Wednesday, 17 September, 2008
    FT Tech HubTim Bradshaw
    The best of times, the worst of times
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