29 November 2016
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AppKettle Goes to Market What is it? AppKettle is a clever invention and the brainchild of Robert and Richard Hill. Simply put, the ultimate smart kettle that can be activated by an easy to use phone app. You can keep the water for that next cuppa warm, have it ready for when you get home [...]
7 November 2016
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Global Entrepreneurship Week: November 2016 How many times have you sat down and thought about starting your own business? Global Entrepreneurship Week was created to encourage people to go it alone, become business leaders and create the successful businesses of the future. The aim of this week-long celebration of everything entrepreneurial is designed to get [...]
11 August 2016
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The Dragons’ Den is Back and as Brilliant as Ever For all you committed inventors and innovators out there, Dragons’ Den is no doubt one of your favourites TV programmes. Not only do you get to look at some brilliant business and design ideas, there are some epic fails in there every week as well. [...]
5 April 2016
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#VOOM is coming? Are you ready #VOOM 2016 gives you the opportunity to pitch to Rich; are you ready? #VOOM is a supercharged way in which innovators can get their idea into the open and in the hands of a manufacturer/backer. Through their broadband streaming software and the 2016 VOOM pitching competition, the chance to [...]
5 January 2016
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Dragons’ Den Season 13 shows a key problem in startup businesses Businesses are failing to adequately assessing their worth prior to pitching While the show continues to grow in its viewers, those that are actually invested in the show have shown a decline in their business value. This is not to say that the businesses/inventors [...]
2 December 2015
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What's your invention or idea worth? How much is my idea worth? by Lawrence J. Udell (Lawrence J. Udell is co-founder and executive director of The Center for New Venture Alliance. He has extensive “hands-on” experience in new product development and management of small businesses, including establishing more than twenty corporations in the last 40 [...]
12 October 2015
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The Apprentice starts Wednesday 14 October on BBC 1 A student, a Victoria Beckham wannabe and a builder: The Apprentice is hitting our screens again and viewers are in high anticipation as there is a new member of the panel in town and eighteen fresh outspoken candidates ready to face Lord Sugar. The wait is [...]
21 September 2015
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Crowdfunding Round-Up: September 2015 There's been a lot happening in the crowdfunding world this month, so let's get right to the news! Global Crowdfunding Now Worth €30 Billion; Changing the Global Banking System According to data from Massolution reported on Consultancy.uk, the global crowdfunding market is now at €30 billion, with at least €2 billion [...]
29 May 2015
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JACS (Junior Adaptive Baby Carrier) on Kickstarter Our client, Scott Haslam, a former soldier and dad to a 3 year old is launching his new product idea: - JACS (Junior Adaptive Baby Carrier) This is a modular and adaptable soft structured baby carrying system designed for dads (although Mums can use it too!) It comes [...]
15 April 2015
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Crowdfunding Latest News in the First Quarter of 2015 In 1997, both the Internet and crowdfunding were new concepts in the UK. Crowdfunding originally gave business owners who were frustrated with the application process and structure of traditional bank loans the opportunity to raise funds according to their own terms. A donation in exchange for [...]
