Doug Richard's School for Startups

A Pound Saved is a Pound Earned According to Doug Richard

If you’ve ever attended a School for Startups event live, you’ve heard Doug Richard wax philosophic about the incredible importance of keeping startup costs down.

Entrepreneurs in the early, terrifying days, of starting a business often take out their credit card or open up their savings account to spend money on things that “might help” get their business off the ground.

Sometimes they spend money on office space, computers, software and advertising. Sometimes they hire programmers, graphic artists and sales professionals. Almost...

YouNoodle.com Calculates How Much Your Startup Will Be Worth in 3 Years

YouNoodle.com is a tool you can use to calculate the value of your startup in three years based on the characteristics of its team.

Kevin Farrar, IBM Global Entrepreneur Lead, UK & Ireland

We recently interviewed Kevin Farrar, who leads IBM's Global Entrepreneur program. This IBM initiative seeks to partner with technology entrepreneurs interested in delivering solutions address issues enterprise customers are facing in the areas of banking, buildings, cities, cloud computing, education, energy, food, government, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, oil, products, public safety, rail, retail, stimulus, telecommunications, traffic, water, and work . . .

Social Enterprises Get Some Help Getting Started from UnLtd and School for Startups

School for Startups has teamed up with UnLtd to make competitive Catalyst awards for up to £5,000 which will be given

Living Without Air: Ship Early, Ship Little, Ship Fast

Ship Early, Ship Little, Ship Fast. This article explores why startup companies should focus on creating products with a small feature set that is completely integrated with the outside world.

Growing a Successful Social Enterprise

Following the huge success of our seminars around the UK, Doug and the School for Startups team are returning to The Royal Institution. This must-attend event is for aspiring social/ethical entrepreneurs as well as existing small social/ethical businesses wishing to grow and become more successful and sustainable.

UK Startups are Prey for Rip Off Artists Disguised as Angel Groups & Financiers, says Doug Richard

"Just to be clear . . . start-ups should not be charged to pitch their businesses to angel investors. . . . Corporate financiers do not make their money on [upfront] fees but by taking a percentage of the money raised."

The Price of Money (At Least You Can Eat Catfish)

If you are a startup you must realize that if it’s too good to be true, then it’s too good to be true. People will want your money, what little you have, and will say or do anything to get it.

Sex, Lies and the Bottom Feeders of the Angel Community

Not all angel investors are created equal. Some are real, some are actually corporate finance houses and should be judged on their track record and some are snake oil salesmen who are taking your money for no good reason. You need to be able to tell them apart.

The Dirty Secret of Credit For Small Business: the Failure of the EFG Scheme

Small businesses do not benefit from the government schemes like the Enterprise Finance Scheme because the banks subvert the schemes to reduce their own risk rather than extending the scope of lending. The incoming government should beware.

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