At one time business incubators seemed to be mentioned in the business section of every newspaper. Now they have a much lower profile and you might be forgiven for wondering what had became of them.
Since they tend to be focused on high growth, technology or knowledge-based industries, it’s not surprising that during the hay day [...]

 
As you can imagine, I see a lot of business plans and so does any Investor. While many are good, most are very poor indeed.
Here’s my top ten of most common mistakes:
 

Typos and spellings – it sounds small, but it is a killer. Now days there is just no excuse. My own spelling is atrocious, [...]

Business Angels are often thought to be tough and worldly-wise and it’s true that they are people who have made a success of their business life, but even a Business Angel needs to remember to use their head rather than just their heart when making investment choices.
There are a number of new business angel investors [...]

The EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme) was set up to encourage Investors, by giving them various tax breaks if they help to fund growing businesses.
The business must be set up as a limited company and the shares not listed on the stock market, which means a lot of small companies could use this to attract Investors, [...]

I originally put a similar article to this in our resources section, but we continue to get questions about what to do if you have invented a new product, so I’ve also put these 7 tips here in the blog to reach a wider audience.
1. Work out whether it is an “invention” or a more [...]

Angel Investors are not listed in the Yellow Pages and finding one can be a time consuming and expensive business, especially if using some of the pricey business angel intermediaries that are out there.
Actually the topic of where to find investors for a business opportunity deserves more attention and I’ll cover that in a later [...]