Love is Blind (LiB) has just released its second season on Netflix and again it’s must see TV as a bunch of singletons get engaged ten days after meeting. A handful get married just four weeks after they first meet. This might seem crazy, but it works. So why does…

Entrepreneur First is delighted to be a supporting partner of Moving Forward as they launch in the UK. #MovingForward gathers VC commitments to foster a diverse, inclusive, and harassment-free workplace. Entrepreneurs shouldn’t have to accept harassment and discrimination as part of the fundraising process. And when this does happen there…

It matters what the most ambitious people do with their lives. At Entrepreneur First we believe the most ambitious and talented individuals should be founding companies. There is now a stage of Venture Capital dedicated to making sure this happens. This new stage are called ‘Talent Investors’ who are willing…

What does diversity and inclusion mean for Entrepreneur First? At Entrepreneur First this means that we aim to create an environment where individuals of any race, sexual orientation, gender, background, or religion feel welcome and set up to succeed. This is true for both the EF team and the cohort. …

In Part I we explored where ideas come from and why we use Edge based ideation, make sure you read that first. There is an opportunity cost to the startup you build — it’s the other startup you could be building. To ensure you’re building the most valuable startup possible…

Coming up with an idea is hard. I’ve seen more than 1000 individuals go through the process of trying to come up with a high value, high growth startup idea. It’s often a counter-intuitive process that takes a couple of attempts. So, what have we learnt from this? …

It’s 200 years since Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was published and I thought it was worth another read, having not picked it up for about a decade. As an investor in more than 70+ AI companies, it gave pause for thought. Frankenstein is an outlier. He is an extraordinary and unusual…

This piece is part of a collection about the traits we see in the best founders at Entrepreneur First (EF). Over the last six years of building companies, one of Michael Dearing’s Five Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done has been correlated with our most successful founders; Personal…

This is the sixth part in a 10-part series celebrating Entrepreneur First’s 10th London cohort, which starts in April 2018. Alice Bentinck, EF’s cofounder, shares when the right time to apply to EF is. …