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Good business requires good governance, and startups require a particular kind of governance to help them grow and prosper. That's why it's so important for startups to get governance right early on.
How are startup entrepreneurs getting through the COVID-19 pandemic? Talking to each other to offer tips, expertise and a sympathetic ear is helpful, according to an ongoing study.
The coronavirus pandemic is an exceptionally challenging time for start-ups. Here's a guide to help new businesses survive.
Only a quarter of UK startups have a female in their founding team and just 5% of SMEs are minority ethnic group led.
Employees working in startups may disproportionately suffer in the wake of the pandemic as their employers cut back to skeletal staffs or shutter their companies altogether.
Sustainable start-ups are better off choosing an investor with aligned interests that can lend them legitimacy.
Co-working spaces have become popular since they were created in 2005, allowing self-employed workers to have a professional space outside an office and avoid isolation. But does it really work?
Entrepreneurial ecosystems are the perfect environment to help new start-ups develop and thrive – it's all about being connected.
Adam Neumann both controlled and managed the co-working company he founded in 2011. A finance scholar explains why that can be a serious problem in venture capital-backed startups.
WeWork's uncertain future reflects how investors have wised up to the hype around Silicon Valley start ups.
Fundamentally, WeWork's finances do not look good. It is still a long way from profitability.
Most universities focus on teaching basic sciences with little reference to commercialisation of ideas and new technologies.
Canadian technology start-ups that incorporate an approach that learns from failure tend to perform and innovate with greater success than start-ups that seek to assign blame.
Business minds using up leftovers.
Today, business students are likely learn about the lean startup (LSU) method. However, recent academic studies alert to the possible limitations and downsides.
Astronomic valuations for non-profitable companies are popular in Silicon Valley but how are they calculated and what do they reflect?
Innovation and industry policy is receiving the least attention just when it may matter most to our economic future.
Elizabeth Holmes conformed to a myth of entrepreneurial success. This was ultimately her downfall.
Always delicate balancing act, ensuring London maintains its appeal to tech start-ups will prove more difficult after Brexit.
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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