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I dropped out of school at 16 due to poor mental health and a desperate lack of fulfilment. I remember being sat in the school’s careers office being told - in no uncertain terms - that without higher education, I would never make it in life. “Fine”, I thought, “there are more important things than success to me right now”, and what I meant by that was survival.
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Lea Turner
08.02.2025
I’m Andy Shovel (yes, like the spade), and I’ve been a founder for around 17 years, across four different businesses, resulting in many centimeters of receding hairline.
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Andy Shovel
05.02.2025
After nearly a decade as a management consultant at a Big Four firm, and three years leading a startup that’s deeply engaged with over 100,000 teens and tweens, I can confidently say this: working with young people has taught me more about leadership than traditional corporate environments ever did.
29.01.2025
Want to make more money? Good, me too. But how to do that by staying true to your values? Here’s the thing: inclusion isn’t just a “nice to have”, something for companies to do to show how right-on they are.
23.01.2025
The UK Government’s recently published AI Action Plan led by Matt Clifford, underscores the need for the UK to adopt AI on a grand scale. The Prime Minister outlined in his speech at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, AI is “the defining opportunity of our generation.” With a £14B investment commitment and goals spanning computing power, data, and talent, the UK’s economic trajectory will hinge on the execution of enhancing overall productivity.
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Gavin Poole
22.01.2025
In early 2018 I was Lime’s first hire in Europe, promoting kick scooters at the iconic Galerie Lafayette, there I met the discreetly charismatic Myriam Vander Elst. A word led to another, here we were sharing our perspectives on philanthropy.
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Noa Khamallah
02.01.2025
Family businesses have long been the backbone of the global economy, contributing significantly to employment, innovation, and economic resilience. As we approach 2025 and beyond, family businesses must adapt to a range of emerging trends to stay competitive, sustainable, and aligned with the expectations of future generations. In this article, we discuss the key trends to watch in 2025.
30.12.2024
Lea Turner is the founder of The HoLT business community and host of the podcast The HoLT’s Survival Guide for Small Businesses, in this piece she shares some of her experiences since becoming popular on the internet and how you can deal with the online visibility your business can bring you.
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Lea Turner
27.12.2024
As an introvert, you’ve probably been given feedback for how to enhance your skills and advance your career, such as "speak early in a meeting to make it clear that you contribute", or been told to network to get to know the right people to benefit your career longer term
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Sissel Heiberg
23.12.2024
While humans and nature seem disconnected in modern times, that is not the reality. As the world has recovered from the devastation of a global pandemic, many hope that answers are being looked for to ensure this situation might never occur again. How we can secure our health, as well as the health of all beings on Earth, not only lies not in human health, but that of animals domestic and wild.
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Loic Jegou
19.12.2024
It’s been a funny old year for women in tech. The statistics coming out of the sector have been pretty bleak.
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Eleanor Kaye
19.12.2024
In over 20 years as a working professional in the tech industry across Europe, one of the most consistently rewarding experiences of my career has been the mentor-mentee relationship.
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Serhiy Tokarev
18.12.2024
Imagine a world where the next groundbreaking innovation is overlooked because the founder didn’t fit the “typical” VC mold. That’s the reality we risk if we don’t address bias in investment. My cofounder Eva de Mol and I have experienced the power of gender bias firsthand. When raising our first fund, we were met with comments like, “You really need a man on your team,” and “Real men like numbers and women don’t”.
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Janneke Niessen
11.12.2024
The democratisation of healthy and sustainable food is no longer an idealistic aspiration - it is a moral, social and environmental imperative. Equitable access to nutritious and environmentally responsible food options must transcend barriers of income, geography and social status.
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Azhar Murtuza
05.12.2024
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