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Salesforce Ventures Launches New $125 Million Europe Trailblazer Fund

Entrepreneurs / 28th May 2019

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced that Salesforce Ventures, the company’s global corporate investment group, has launched a $125 million Europe Trailblazer Fund to continue to fuel enterprise...

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Science2Startup Symposium Convened Close to 300 Academic Researchers, Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs, and Pharmaceutical Executives, Creating Connections to Advance Scientific Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Career Climbers / 10th May 2019

 Science2Startup (S2S TM), an invitation-only symposium, convened close to 300 members of the biotech ecosystem at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on April 23, 2019. The Symposium featured 12 university researchers and first-time entrepreneurs...

Choosing the Right Funding Route for Your Business

Entrepreneurs / 29th April 2019

  For today’s business looking for investment finance there are myriad funding routes open to them. There are the more traditional venture capitalists and angel investors, as well as newer...

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Babson College Startups Win Big at B.E.T.A. (Babson Entrepreneurial Thought & Action®) Challenge

Entrepreneurs / 24th April 2019

Babson celebrated entrepreneurial spirit by awarding more than $300,000 in cash and prizes to alumni, graduate, and undergraduate startups Yad, Taylor Custom Rings, and Perkzilla, as well as to special award winners...

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Poor Branding Putting Companies at Risk of Losing Customers

Career Climbers / 1st April 2019

With the average UK consumer exposed to dozens of advertisements every day, standing out from the competition has become a challenge for all businesses. However, many companies’ obscure branding and...

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5.3 Million Brits Want To Go Freelance

Entrepreneurs / 28th March 2019

The entrepreneurial dream is alive and well in the UK reveals new research collated by Direct Line for Business.1 Some 5.3 million people (10 per cent) dream of becoming their own...

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Top Startups From 40 Countries to Compete for $1 Million Prize

Entrepreneurs / 24th March 2019

Innovative startups from 40 major markets around the world will compete for a $1 million prize, with the winner to be announced on May 17 at the Startup World Cup (SWC) Grand Finale Event. Renowned judges...

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Women-Owned Small Businesses Facing Growth Challenges Despite Overall Small Business Optimism Heading into the Fourth Quarter

Entrepreneurs / 6th December 2018

Access to bank loans for small businesses climbed last quarter signalling strength and optimism in the economy, according to the latest Private Capital Access Index (PCA Index) from Dun &...

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Angel Investments – Finding Finance Outside of the Den

Entrepreneurs / 28th September 2018

Over the years, programmes such as Dragons Den have both glamorised yet alienated the role of angel investors, with the most prolific image of stern faced investors surrounded by stacks of money ingrained into popular media....

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Berlin-Based ‘wincubator’ Teams Up With Imagine H2O, Making a Splash in the Water Innovation Marketplace

Entrepreneurs / 7th March 2018

Imagine H2OTM, the leading accelerator for water innovation, has launched a partnership with the wincubatorTM to support the international programming and outreach of their organizations. Based in Berlin, Germany, the wincubator invests in and...