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Blog Series: Things Entrepreneur’s Forget (but shouldn’t) – 3

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  One of the best bits of our work is getting to meet hundreds of entrepreneurs each year. As you’d expect they are inspiring, energising and unique individuals. But… not that unique. It turns out that there are a few commonalities which we see crop up, so we thought we’d capture a few of the […]

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Blog Series: Things Entrepreneur’s Forget (but shouldn’t) – 2

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  One of the best bits of our work is getting to meet hundreds of entrepreneurs each year. As you’d expect they are inspiring, energising and unique individuals. But… not that unique. It turns out that there are a few commonalities which we see crop up, so we thought we’d capture a few of the […]

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Blog Series: Things Entrepreneur’s Forget (but shouldn’t) – 1

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  One of the best bits of our work is getting to meet hundreds of entrepreneurs each year. As you’d expect they are inspiring, energising and unique individuals. But… not that unique. It turns out that there are a few commonalities which we see crop up, so we thought we’d capture a few of the […]

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Are family businesses thriving?

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Good economic news might be a bit of a rare thing at the moment but new research from KPMG finds that European family firms are feeling buoyant. Read the full article featuring Isla’s comments here: https://www.virgin.com/entrepreneur/are-family-businesses-thriving      

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Social investment – why the hype may be unjustified…

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    Ruby Star Associate – Adrian Ashton explains…   I was able to make it along to this year’s “Working Capital” conference that was recently staged in Sheffield – a day to immerse myself in reflecting, arguing, sharing, and further exploring the wonderful world of ‘social investment’. Depending on who you speak with within […]

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Five tips for tackling talent retention

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  From work-life balance and office culture to accountability and benefits, these tips will help inform your talent retention strategy. Read the full article featuring Isla’s comments here.

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Why charities and social enterprises should be inspired by private firms, instead of attacking them…

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  Ruby Star Associate – Adrian Ashton explains… As someone who works a lot with charities and social enterprises, I’m struck by how many define themselves in comparison with privately owned businesses – presenting themselves as being somehow ‘better’, as they’re not solely seeking to make financial profits. But as someone who also works with […]

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Get Experimental: How – Beware Circular Logic

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  Those of you who’ve worked with us or attended an event with us will likely have heard us banging on about experiments. It is something which under pins a huge amount of our work, this blog series will look at the what, why and how getting experimental can work with your business.   How […]

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Get Experimental: How – Be data-led

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  Those of you who’ve worked with us or attended an event with us will likely have heard us banging on about experiments. It is something which under pins a huge amount of our work, this blog series will look at the what, why and how getting experimental can work with your business.   How- […]

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