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Connect with experts and peers as you navigate the tricky world of growing your business ...
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Raising capital for your business? This online course is designed to help you raise funding for your new venture ...
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Trying to find the right coach or mentor while growing your business? Clarity can help you find and connect with the right advice to succeed ...
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Give your business a marketing edge by enrolling this online course which provides the tools and knowledge to develop your marketing strategy. Brought to you by the Digital Business Academy of TechCity UK ...
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Are you an SEO and Search Marketing beginner? ...
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Have you done your Business Model Canvas? Now zoom in now on your value proposition ...
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Are you a first time director? Companies House seminars are a great resource ...
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The government provides excellent resources for entrepreneurs. Use this tool to find them ...
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Innovation vouchers are worth up to £5,000 to pay for external experts to help your business grow ...
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Can you solve public sector challenges? SBRI generates new business opportunities for companies like yours to improve public services and providing you with a path to market. You could be offered a contract worth around £1 million or more to develop your solution for a better public sector ...
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Before you settle on your company or product name make sure that it isn’t already trademarked. The WIPO database does an international scan for you ...
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Looking for opportunities to work on open source or private software projects ...
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Access up to £5000 in innovation vouchers from Invest in Northern Ireland ...
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Are your company's file accessible across devices and stored securely in the cloud? Give Dropbox a try and secure your peace of mind ...
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Seeking information on how to protect your Intellectual Property? The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law of the University of Cambridge brings you a group of specialist speakers on copyright, patents, trademarks, design rights and other intangible assets ...
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Not sure if you’re making the most of social media? This online course teaches practical ways to build a strong presence that helps your business grow. Brought to you by the Digital Business Academy and TechCity UK ...
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Research designs from around the world through the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s Global Design Database ...
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Learn effective methods of connecting with customers online with this free course ...
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Looking to join a community of product makers? ...
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Reinvent the way you work ...
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Looking to build a new product or business? Learn how you can validate your product, UI/UX, run Google Design Sprints and get actionable metrics ...
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Connect with TechCity’s movers and shakers on #techlondon ...
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Life is too short for bad design work. Connect with a professional for your next logo, web, or graphic design ...
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Is your marketing approach not working? HubSpot founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah tell you why it's not working and how it should be done ...
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TechCity News curates the best of startup and tech events around London ...
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Startups and scale-ups, even large companies, talk about being lean. But how can you put these principles into a methodology most effectively? ...
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Make your pitch deck or landing page stand out from the crowd ...
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Does your digital marketing need a boost? Try this step-by-step guide to the fundamentals in pulling users and customers to your product. You’ll also have the opportunity to get yourself certified! ...
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Need a tool to better connect with customers and clients? Intercom's solutions help your team communicate at scale ...
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Do you lack the skill to conduct usability testing? This how-to companion teaches you everything you need to do when testing your product with real users ...
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Access EU funding through the Eurostars programme. With funding up to €300,000 to cover 50% of your project costs you could fund your research or develop an innovative product, process or service and have the opportunity to collaborate with prospective partners from other European countries ...
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Need techniques for brainstorming? ...
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Want to start a digital business but don’t know the first thing about coding? Learn to code for free on Codecademy ...
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Search the Word Intellectual Property Organisation’s international patent documents database ...
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Harvard’s podcast on innovative projects developed by Harvard students, faculty, staff and alumni from across disciplines ...
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Have you considered working with universities and tapping into their pool of talent? The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme can support a three-way partnership between an academic institution, a graduate and your business to work on a specific project ...
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This online course provides you the tools and frameworks necessary to develop innovative solution that solves real customer needs. Designed and brought to you by the Digital Business Academy of TechCity UK ...
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Are you utilising A/B tests? This course from Udacity and Google will teach you how to set up online experiments to generate usable data could to improve your website or mobile app ...
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Are you in need of guidance in putting together the best possible pitch deck for investors? These are the only ten slides you need! ...
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Thinking about expanding or exporting overseas? UKTI events are a great resource to set you on the right path ...
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If you’re a UK business or research organisation you could win an Innovate UK grant worth up to £400,000. The funding will help you test your business idea and develop your product, service or process. Your completed project may also be showcase at a Collaboration Nation event ...
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Feedback is vital when launching a new product. We want to know that what we are building addresses a market need and will be used and bought by customers. But are we going about it in the right way? ...
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Entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel on how to build a better business and a better future ...
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Are you looking to become a location independent entrepreneur? Earn your tropical MBA! ...
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Looking for a chat community for makers? ...
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Access the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s database of industrial designs ...
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Discover world class events hosted and curated by techUK ...
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The Scottish Funding Council’s Innovation Voucher Scheme can fund innovation projects up to £5,000 -- and you don't have to be based in Scotland ...
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Are you struggling with risk when taking decisions? This book shows you how to measure the "immeasurable", including customer satisfaction, organisational flexibility, technology risk and technology ROI ...
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Have you built a habit-forming product? ...
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This online course shows you how to transform digital product development ideas into reality. It covers everything from brainstorming product ideas, drawing wireframes, developing prototypes, interviewing customers and even coding. Brought to you by the Digital Business Academy and TechCity UK ...
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Looking for a crash course in effective startup marketing? ...
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Stanford's Technology Entrepreneurship course can take you through the fundamentals and how to start your new venture. Learn the techniques that were pioneered in Silicon Valley ...
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Need new business tools to work more efficiently? Want to save lots of money? Check out F6S for great discounts and deals on software tools to help grow your business ...
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Are you using a lean approach to building your business? Learn how continual innovation leads to a radically successful business ...
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Are you building a startup? Paul Graham's essays are a great resource in helping you meet the challenges ahead ...
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How great would it be if all your different software applications spoke to one another? Zapier can make it happen! ...
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Are you a lean entrepreneur? ...
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Looking to improve the user experience of your product using lean methodologies? ...
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Centralise communications and knowledge in one place for your team ...
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Seeking funding rewards from government to test and develop products and services? Whether you are a business or a university, Innovate UK offers you the guidance you need ...
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Does your disruptive innovation need an equally disruptive business model? ...
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Are you a UK business or research organisation in the agri-tech, biomedical, energy or industrial biotechnology industries and need some financial support? Innovate UK could support your research and development project with funding from £150,000 to £10 million ...
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Looking to build a strong and meaningful brand? This online course will help you stand our from the crowd. Brought to you by the Digital Business Academy and TechCity UK ...
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Make sure your business or product name isn't already trademarked with The World Intellectual Property Organisation's international trademark registry ...
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Are you in need for some lightweight marketing automation? ...
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Have you thought about how to present your IP to potential lenders and investors? The UK Intellectual Property Office’s IP toolkit can help you present your IP in the the best light ...
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Want access to the advice and insights that Y Combinator startups recieve? Sam Altman and the YC team have distilled their teachings into a digital playbook ...
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Seeking insights, advice and commentary by leading entrepreneurs and experts? Follow this podcast series curated by Judge Business School, University of Cambridge ...
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If you an early-stage micro, small or medium-sized UK business, or even thinking of starting a new business, in the science, engineering or technology industries, then the Smart funding programme could fund you with up to £250,000 ...
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Want to engage in a chat community for small businesses? Join the #smallbiz Slack channel ...
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Are you finding it difficult to find and acquire customers? ...
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You aren’t using the same password for all of your online profiles still — are you? ...
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Need an easy to use, lightweight CRM? ...
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Said Business School, University of Oxford presents an excellent lecture via series (via podcast) on the fundamentals of setting up a business ...
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Follow events hosted by the British Chambers of Commerce ...
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Need help with something creative? Hire someone on Fiverr to help you develop a video, create a presentation, translate your work or even draw you a cartoon ...
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Unsure of how much funding your startup needs? Use this tool to see how long until you are profitable and how much cash you will burn along the way ...
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Learn how you can access innovation vouchers from £2k to £25k from Business Wales ...
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Are you looking to take that first step as an entrepreneur? The Essential Guide to Entrepreneurship will teach you everything you need to know about launching a company ...
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Want to learn to build your business from the best? Join as Seth Godin helps 30 entrepreneurs in this excellent podcast series ...
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Want to avoid pitfalls around company formation, staffing and resourcing while setting up your business? This online course, brought to you by the Digital Business Academy and TechCity UK, covers those areas and much more! ...
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Turn your ideas into new ventures — take the first step in becoming a successful entrepreneur ...
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University of California, Irvine offers this online course covering the essentials of entrepreneurship that will equip you with the skills necessary to start your business ...
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Looking for ways to track your startup’s performance? This course helps you identify which metrics to focus on ...
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Listen in as Aaron Harris interviews successful founders on how they built their business ...
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Finding it hard to remember and stay on top of things? With Trello you can organise everything you need to do visually with your team! ...
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Need inspiration from fellow entrepreneurs? Listen to Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders speak at Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program ...
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Find events hosted by NESTA — the UK’s innovation charity whose mission is to bring innovative ideas to life ...
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Boostrapping a business and feel alone? #Boostrappedchat is a Slack channel for people like you! ...
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Access EU funding through the Horizon 2020 programme. Any type of organisation is eligible to apply ...
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Manage and schedule content to your social media accounts with Buffer ...
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Join events hosted by the Institute of Directors across the UK ...
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Financial knowledge is important for every entrepreneur. Learn the financial concepts you need to start, run and grow your business into a successful venture. Brought to you by the Digital Business Academy and TechCity UK ...
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Are you building something that people want? Use data to build a better startup faster ...
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Find events hosted by the Knowledge Transfer Network — the UK’s innovation network ...
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Discover the best technology events hosted by TechCity UK ...
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Need to send better emails? Check out MailChimp -- it is not just the ad at the beginning of the Serial podcast! ...
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Need a crash course in the basics of intellectual property? The IP Tutor from the UK Intellectual Property Office is a great first step ...
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Follow along as Alex Blumberg launches a podcasting empire ...
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Learn how to run a digital marketing campaign though this online course ...
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Looking to connect with founders of startup companies? Join the #startup Slack channel ...
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“If people aren’t calling you crazy, you aren’t thinking big enough” -- Linda Rottenberg ...
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Are you starting up or running a micro, small or medium-sized UK business and need some help? Innovate UK can match you with a £5,000 voucher to find and pay an experts who will support you in growing your business ...
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Stay up to date on what is happening in the world of tech and startups with Hacker News ...
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Have you developed your business proposition? Use the business model canvass to design, communicate and understand your business model and value proposition ...
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Monitor over 1 million open-source software libraries across 31 different package managers ...
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Do you apply design thinking as a company? ...
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Are you a UK business working in science, engineering or technology industries? Find out more about Innovate UK’s collaborative R&D funding competitions for grants worth from £25,000 to £5 million or more ...
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A good pitch deck is incredibly important when going for investment. Take inspiration from a curated list of the best startup decks ...
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Udacity is offering a brand new nanodegree on Tech Entrepreneurship. Co-created by Google , this course will help you build a business around your mobile app ...
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Platform for building voice & messaging apps through an API ...
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