The coronavirus pandemic is an exceptionally challenging time for start-ups. Here’s a guide to help new businesses survive.
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Only a quarter of UK startups have a female in their founding team and just 5% of SMEs are minority ethnic group led.
Employees working in startups may disproportionately suffer in the wake of the pandemic as their employers cut back to skeletal staffs or shutter their companies altogether.
Sustainable start-ups are better off choosing an investor with aligned interests that can lend them legitimacy.
Co-working spaces have become popular since they were created in 2005, allowing self-employed workers to have a professional space outside an office and avoid isolation. But does it really work?
Entrepreneurial ecosystems are the perfect environment to help new start-ups develop and thrive – it’s all about being connected.
Adam Neumann both controlled and managed the co-working company he founded in 2011. A finance scholar explains why that can be a serious problem in venture capital-backed startups.
WeWork’s uncertain future reflects how investors have wised up to the hype around Silicon Valley start ups.
Fundamentally, WeWork’s finances do not look good. It is still a long way from profitability.
Most universities focus on teaching basic sciences with little reference to commercialisation of ideas and new technologies.
Canadian technology start-ups that incorporate an approach that learns from failure tend to perform and innovate with greater success than start-ups that seek to assign blame.
Business minds using up leftovers.
Today, business students are likely learn about the lean startup (LSU) method. However, recent academic studies alert to the possible limitations and downsides.
Astronomic valuations for non-profitable companies are popular in Silicon Valley but how are they calculated and what do they reflect?
Innovation and industry policy is receiving the least attention just when it may matter most to our economic future.
Elizabeth Holmes conformed to a myth of entrepreneurial success. This was ultimately her downfall.
Always delicate balancing act, ensuring London maintains its appeal to tech start-ups will prove more difficult after Brexit.
To move towards a knowledge-based economy, Indonesia needs to invest its research funds strategically.
Shareholder pressure and influence brings with it the quest for short-term returns at the expense of longer-term creativity and innovation.
Rather than bypass college to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams, members of Generation Z are increasingly partnering with universities to launch new startups, a university president says.
Top contributors
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney
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ANZ Chair in Business Growth. Director, Australian Centre for Business Growth, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Business Administration, McGill University
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Associate Professor for Entrepreneurship and Strategy, ESCP Business School
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Visiting Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Professor and Industry Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University
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Executive Director, Australian Centre for Innovation, University of Sydney
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Professor of Urban and Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
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Co-director, Centre for Digital Business, University of Salford
