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Technology review: Noise cancelling Ferrari by Logic3 R300 headphones

The R300 headphones by Ferrari by Logic3 provide a comfortable and high quality way to listen to music on the move and at home.

Stephen Welton

Davor Hebel

Smartphone tool: The olloclip is a detachable device including a fisheye lens

Technology review: Three-in-one olloclip camera lens for iPhone

With fisheye, macro and wide-angle lenses all rolled into one, the olloclip allows users to get creative with their iPhone.

Video communication: Branded audio/visual business cards

Technology review: The business card 2.0

Business cards come in all shapes, sizes and colours and have now been given a video makeover by Vidioh.

Johnny Hewett

Market influencer: Klein hopes to help tech firms hit new growth heights

Robin Klein of Index Ventures on making UK IPOs easier for fast growth businesses

GrowthBusiness meets Robin Klein, venture partner at Index Ventures, to find out more about the new government-charged IPO initiative aimed at helping more technology-enabled businesses access the capital markets.

George Coelho

Sean Park has been a founding investor in Betfair, Weatherbill, and Seedcamp

Sean Park on the Finance 2.0 revolution

Ahead of his keynote speaker role during the Finance 2.0 section of this year's Tech Tour Solutions, Anthemis Group founder Sean Park tells GrowthBusiness why he sees so much promise in the space and why Tech Tour resonates with his investment firm.

Bob Taylor

Tech Tour founder Sven Lingjaerde

Sven Lingjaerde on Tech Tour

The founder of the European Tech Tour Association talks to GB about the state of venture capital in Europe and his mission to forge connections between VCs and entrepreneurs. 

Telecom tycoon: Ratheesan Yoganathan, CEO and co-founder of Lebara

Doing it the hard way

The story of Lebara’s CEO Ratheesan Yoganathan provides proof you really can build a business from nothing – but you’ll need guts and charm in abundance to pull it off. GrowthBusiness finds out how the Sri Lankan-born entrepreneur cracked the international telecoms market.

CSL's Sound Sofa retails for £999

Surround sound seating

The La-Z-Boy chair has long been the chill out chair of choice, but CSL's new five-seater sound sofa offers an upgrade with speakers and Bluetooth.

Aquila Diagnostic Systems is an early stage life sciences company

‘Domino’ diagnostic system

The ability to conduct a quick diagnosis is important in industries ranging from personal healthcare to agriculture, and new nanotechnology could be about to give them the power to do this.

Ken Olisa cut his teeth at IBM before embarking on his own entrepreneurial ventures

Civilised values

His tendency to speak his mind has got him booted out of two companies, but it’s also won him widespread respect. Ken Olisa talks to GrowthBusiness about a career spent at the intersection of entrepreneurship and the City.

Richard Bishop, head of investments at the Business Growth Fund

The Business Growth Fund one year on

A year after the formation of the bank-backed Business Growth Fund, Hunter Ruthven speaks to investment director Richard Bishop to find out how the firm has gone about selecting its investments and what the future looks like for the £2.5 billion fund.

Klaus Nyengaard, CEO of Just-Eat

Growing pains: Klaus Nyengaard

Just-Eat recently announced a third venture capital round, taking total funds raised to £80 million. CEO Klaus Nyengaard reveals lessons he’s learned at the online takeaway business, and in previous ventures.

Jon Moulton

C SEED Entertainment Systems is 201 inches in width and is waterproof

Big screen entertainment

Designed by the Porsche Design Studio and with a screen of 116 square feet, the C SEED 201 could be the perfect accompaniment to a summer of sport.

Front-runner

Riding on a wave of fast-growing European technology companies is Ben Holmes of Index Ventures. GrowthBusiness asks him about his personal investment approach and the prospects for British tech firms.

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Quality not quantity: David Barker was careful not to get clients from one sector

Diversifying the client base at launch and learning to say ‘No’ 

David Barker reflects on resisting the temptation to say 'Yes' to the first offer when he opened his data centre, and how choosing instead to diversify his client base at launch has enabled 4D Data Centres to maintain rapid growth in a recession.

Growing A Business

Drip, drip: Leaks within the corporate world can be costly on many fronts

Corporate leaks: How to prevent and investigate if they occur

Bob Mecrate-Butcher, partner at Charles Russell, looks at how corporate leaks can first be prevented and then plugged when they do occur.

Comment & Analysis

Channeling Instagram for start-up success

That a team of 13 could build a business worth $1 billion should be the inspiration that all entrepreneurs need.

Research

Source of growth: There are 64 UK-listed cash shells holding £237.9 million

The rise of cash shells

New research from GrowthBusiness shows that the number of UK cash shells is climbing. We speak to new entrants to the market and those that have recently closed deals to find out what’s driving shells’ increasing popularity.