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Art, Culture… and digital R&D?

To me, the artistic and cultural world and the world of high-tech R&D have always seemed to be rather uneasy bedfellows, at least on those relatively rare occasions when they ended up in bed together in the first place (or on the wall, or in the stereo).

June 29, 2011
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“A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one”

This quote from Henry Ford is a pearl of wisdom that’s well worth bearing in mind for anyone who has a bright idea that they want to commercialise. It’s also the basis for the very first question that you’re likely to be asked when you seek funding for your bright idea; “what’s the market for this?”.

May 5, 2011
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Understanding Finance for Business meets The Business Hub

A contingent from the ‘Understanding Finance for Business’ team dropped in to The Business Hub studios on Friday to record today’s show.  In case you are not aware of The Business Hub, it’s a relatively new local radio show focused on business issues and it started up a year ago.  In fact today’s show is [...]

February 27, 2011
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The Startup Journey

Starting a business can seem like a daunting journey, not least when confused by financial burdens and the challenges of raising finance. Rosemary Francis’ start-up business, Ellexus, has just launched software called Breeze that helps to develop and debug complex scripted programs. It’s completely new technology that will change the way scripted systems are developed, so it was important that the company had the right financing in place to be able to take software development forward. As an engineer Rosemary found that navigating start up processes isn’t entirely straightforward! Here’s her account.

January 25, 2011
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Good news (and bad news) on grant funding

How often do we hear that micro- and small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy and the main source of new jobs? And that we need to move the economy away from an over-reliance on financial black magic and focus more on making real products? Add to that the fact that it isn’t easy for businesses to borrow money at the moment and you could be forgiven for expecting the Government to focus heavily on supporting small business. If you’re in this camp, you’re likely to be disappointed. But it’s not all bad news!

December 22, 2010
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