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News
- Ministers prepare new finance council to support post-Brexit SME lending (CityAM)
- Will the UK remain a fintech leader? Digital Finance Forum study shows fintech founders uncertainty (tech.eu)
- Women entrepreneurs less likely to quit their business than men, say researchers (Independent cover University of Liverpool research)
- CBI: Businesses should do more to show their impact on local communities (CityAM)
Opinion
- Gen Z want to be founders but can’t name a single role model (Maija Palmer, senior report, Sifted)
- Blackpool has had some dark days – but its future could be bright (Paul Smith, partner, Eversheds Sutherland)
- How to spot a superstar founder: self-awareness trumps bravado (Maria Ljungberg, chief executive, Propel Capital)
- New immigration rules will stop overseas graduates starting the businesses we need (Robert Phillips, senior lecturer, University of Manchester)
- Money isn’t everything for the new generation of entrepreneurs (Sam Dumitriu, research director, The Entrepreneurs Network)
- What do businesses owe to society? (Justin King, vice chairman, Terra Firma and non exec director, Marks & Spencer)
Features
- The Drum: 25 from 25: Women who have shaped the digital industry (part 1)
- Tech.eu: F Station F? Helsinki’s Maria 01 unveils plans to create Europe’s largest startup campus by 2023
- CityAM: Meet Per Hedberg – the godfather of Sweden’s startups
- MIT Technology Review: Meet the new generation of entrepreneurs. They’re all over 65
- New York Times: The world’s first ambassador to the tech industry
- Economist: Shopify and the return of the merchant class
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