Today, my co-founder and I decided we would register our high technology UK-based start-up for VAT. We are already enrolled on the HMRC’s digital service called Government Gateway, so it ought to be a 5[…]
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Tag: startup
If only an exit was this easy
Exits are usually illuminated and clearly marked. The doors often open outwards to make egress even more straightforward. If only exiting a business was as easy as leaving a building. In reality, growing a business[…]
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Make your way calmly towards the exit
People whom are lucky enough to survive a fire tend to be those positioned near an emergency exit, having clocked the evacuation route ahead of time, and are sufficiently alert and agile to jump to action[…]
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Does your business lase?
When an army is marching in step, there is a powerful resonance that can instil fear in the heart of the enemy. The regimented advance is focused, controlled and impressive. So much so that battalions[…]
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Is there a Moore’s Law for business?
Back in the 1965, Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors on a chip would through technological advance double every (two) year(s). He made one prediction based on the period of a year, and[…]
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Shedding light on the startup spectrum
Not all businesses are created equal. When an entrepreneur or group of would-be co-founders set out to start a new venture, their business idea and mindset will often define where on the enterprise spectrum their[…]
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Data data everywhere, time to stop and think
As your startup business grows, you’ll be generating all kinds of data. Probably not Big Data like the big boys, but still enough to swamp you with information such that you can no longer see[…]
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Wanted: Scale-ups
A report published just over a year ago by Sherry Coutu CBE, non-executive director of the London Stock Exchange, titled “The Scale-up Report on UK Economic Growth” highlighted some of the challenges of ensuring that small medium enterprises are[…]
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