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Venturers Club Content

Gapsquare CEO Dr Zara Nanu – ‘Go big or go home’

Dr Zara Nanu, CEO of Gapsquare, talks about what drove her to set up a pay-gap analytics firm, the importance of having a board and selling her business to XpertHR in August last year

Venturers Club Content

Venturers Club Content

How I’ve grown my business: Sammy Rubin, founder YuLife

Life insurance is the number one benefit employees want. Yet small businesses perceive it as being complex and poor value. Sammy Rubin wants to change that

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Cameron Shearer, co-founder Superscript

Disrupting one-sized-fits-all business insurance, Superscript offers bespoke cover to 1,000 business types. Cameron Shearer takes us on his five-year journey

Growth Planning

5 must-dos to help your business emerge from Covid-19 stronger

Fight a knee-jerk response to making people redundant and instead invest in R&D and marketing, say experts at Venturers Club virtual roundtable

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Mandeep Singh, co-founder Trouva

Mandeep Singh began independent retailer platform Trouva standing on shopkeepers’ doorsteps in the rain, trying to persuade them to sign up. Today, he has almost a thousand shops signed up in a dozen European countries

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business – Lex Deak, co-founder KinderList

Serial entrepreneur Lex Deak’s new KinderList children’s gifts site only launched in November. He talks about the challenges running a data-driven start-up with colleagues spread over Eastern Europe

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Rebecca Fitzgerald, founder of StrawberrySocial

StrawberrySocial founder Rebecca Fitzgerald defines what business success is for her and the challenges she faces with staffing

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Damon Bonser, CEO of British Design Fund

Damon Bonser, CEO of the British Design Fund, talks funding and the key challenges the company has faced since it launched

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Rebecca Fitzgerald, founder of StrawberrySocial

StrawberrySocial founder Rebecca Fitzgerald defines what business success is for her and the challenges she faces with staffing

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Damon Bonser, CEO of British Design Fund

Damon Bonser, CEO of the British Design Fund, talks funding and the key challenges the company has faced since it launched

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Lyndsey Simpson, CEO The Curve Group

The HR consultancy boss wears two hats: running a recruitment and HR outsourcing business and also owning a bar and restaurant. Here she talks about the lessons learnt and planning for the worst over a bottle of wine

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Jamie Waller, founder of Just

Jamie Waller has made millions from growing and selling businesses. Here he talks about what drives him and why you have to dig deep as an entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Adam Sopher, Joe & Seph’s popcorn

Adam Sopher of Jo & Seph’s popcorn has grown his business from literally the kitchen table to a £6m turnover brand employing 60 staff. Here he shares his recipe for growth