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Our Playbook series features founders from brilliant brands, giving you tips and insights into how to tackle all areas of startup life.
How to Get Investor Ready
With Alex Wright, co-founder of DASH Water
From a Virgin StartUp Loan, through to Angel Investors and Venture Capital, Alex distills each step of the investment journey on DASH's path to raising millions.
Build a Business on a Budget
With Ben Keene, co-founder of Rebel Book Club
From testing ideas, branding and bookkeeping, find out what tools and tricks to use to keep costs to a minimum when you're getting started on a new business.
How to Market Your StartUp
With Charlie Bowes-Lyon, co-founder of Wild
Wild co-foudner Charlie uncovers what he'd spend his first marketing budget on, and talks you through how to reach the right customers in the right way.
How to Build a Sales Strategy
With Lucy Busk, co-founder of NICE
Find out how to land contracts with major retailers like Virgin Atlantic, what the deal is with UK supermarkets, and how to prioritise time and resources.
How to Lead with Purpose
With Richard Johnson
What to grow but stay impactful? Richard was on the founding team of B-Labs, the team behind B-Corps, and uncovers how startup founders can lead without compromise.
How to Build a Winning Team
With Brent Hoberman
Serial founder of the likes of Lastminute.com, MADE and Founders Factory, Brent Hoberman talks through how to find your people, including a great co-founder.
How to Start a Business
With Charlie Jones, Business Advisor at Virgin StartUp
From generating brilliant ideas to creating a compelling business plan, find out how to go from 0 to 1 and start a new business today, with resident founder Charlie.
How to Look After Yourself
with James Routeledge, co-founder of Sanctus
Startup life is rewarding but challenging one. Find out how to prioritise and manage your own wellbeing as a founder, and how to take care of your teams.
How to Build a Better Business
With Kyle C Grant-Talbot, co-founder of Oxwash
On a mission to decarbonise the laundry and washing industries, Kyle knows what it takes to build a business which has impact at its core. Find out how they're doing it.
Listen to our podcasts
Hear all about it! Check out our latest podcasts including the brand new Founder to Founder podcast, plus our Changemakers series from the London events, and The Jump, a limited series featuring interviews of some of the UK's most purpose-driven founders.
Founder to Founder
On the power of mentoring and community
Guests include: David Abrahamovtich, founder of GRIND, Alex Partridge, founder of LADBible and UNILAD, Abi Selbey, co-foudner of SpaBreaks.Com, Andy McNulty, co-founder of TouchStay, Olivia Jenkins, founder of D Louise, and Pip Murray, founder of Pip & Nut.
The Changemakers Podcast
Interviews from our events hosted by Natalie Pearce
Listen to the full interviews with Simon Squibb, Joe Wicks, Nicola Elliot, Harriet Hastings, Chance Marshall, David Abrahamovitch, and many more. New episodes each month.
The Jump Podcast
Limited series hosted by Ben Keene, founder & community-builder
How do you know when it's time to take The Jump into entrepreneurship? Listen to our limited series, including the stories behind Flash Pack, Change Please, Oddbox, Just Like Me, Vitae London, and ByBi.
Get to grips with our founder guides to ... everything
Read our how-to's on everything from building a knockout brand and doing your finances.
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Founders Guide to Product Development
From idea, to MVP and beyond
Working on a new product for your startup? This guide takes you through it all, from getting a brilliant idea, testing it out and building your first prototype.
Founders Guide to Building a Business on a Budget
How to bootstrap your startup
Find out how to build brilliant business without breaking the bank. This guide breaks down the tools and strategies you can use to go from idea to launch whilst keeping costs down.
Founders Guide to Marketing and PR
How to market your new startup
You've build your business, now it's time to get it out there. Use this guide to uncover what it takes to market your business on a budget and start getting your first customers.
Building a Winning Team
From co-founder to growing your team
From finding the right co-founder, to making your first hire, and beyond, this guide uncovers how to build a brilliant team for your business.
Finance, Tax and Accounting
Everything you need to know about the numbers
Don't let your finances stand in your way. With this guide you'll understand how to manage your business finances, what taxes you'll owe, and how to manage your bookkeeping.
Changing Business for Good
It all starts with your 'why'
Find out how to put purpose at the heart of your business, and what building an impact-driven startup means in practice. From B-Corps and sustainability, do building a purposeful team, this guide has it all.
Founder Wellbeing
How to look after yourself as a founder
This guide uncovers how to prioritise and look after your wellbeing when building a new business. From managing your time, working with those around you and supporting your team.
Building a Knockout Brand
Your brilliant business needs a brand to match
A brand is more than a logo and name. This guide takes you through creating and growing a brilliant brand which inspires and connects with people.
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