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Meet the 15 women building Europe’s next set of tech startups to watch.
Meet the 15 women building Europe’s next set of tech startups to watch.
The tech industry’s gender gap is well documented, and yet we know that there are more and more women who have technical expertise and the…
Zoe May
Apr 5
8 Tips for Getting Started with Entrepreneur First
The One — It’s hard to tell when you’re in a bad co-founder relationship, but easy to tell when you’re in a good one. A good partnership…
should make your job feel easier, and as a result, you’ll get more done. If you feel like you’re managing your partner, or one of you isn’t delivering, or simply that it’s not fun anymore, then it’s time to call it quits.
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It’s not you, it’s me — Co-founder fit trumps almost everything else. If it feels like it’s not working, then it’s not working, do both of you a favour and split up. Everyone’s in the same boat so don’t worry about hurting someone’s feelings.
Marc Sloan
Apr 4
The three questions to ask when ideating
The three questions to ask when ideating
The sixth Entrepreneur First cohort have just started with us — 100 technologists from a range of backgrounds, some fresh out of their PhDs…
Alice Bentinck
Mar 31
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You’re doing lean wrong
You’re doing lean wrong
Lean is a much feted startup methodology, but there are some common misinterpretations of how to put it into practice.
Alice Bentinck
Mar 30
Understanding founder-idea fit
Understanding founder-idea fit
Founder-idea fit
Alice Bentinck
Feb 28
We need to stop putting students off Computer Science
We need to stop putting students off Computer Science
For the second year in a row, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced that computer science graduates are the…
Alice Bentinck
Feb 19
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The 5 books that changed the way I think this year.
The 5 books that changed the way I think this year.
Mindset — by Carole Dweck
Alice Bentinck
Dec 21, 2015
Finding your edge.
Finding your edge.
If you’re applying to Entrepreneur First, you’re applying because you want to build something big. Something that can make a difference…
Alice Bentinck
Oct 30, 2015
How we built 33 companies in 12 weeks.
How we built 33 companies in 12 weeks.
This week we invested in 33 companies produced through Entrepreneur First. This is our fifth cohort and our first at scale.
Alice Bentinck
Dec 15, 2015
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The Halloween Massacre — why we kill our startups
The Halloween Massacre — why we kill our startups
Around Halloween, six weeks into the Entrepreneur First winter cohort, we take steps to kill a large number of the startups we have spent…
Alice Bentinck
Oct 30, 2015
Working in a corporate doesn’t train you to build a startup
Working in a corporate doesn’t train you to build a startup
Not everyone should start a startup. Most people aren’t cut out for building and leading high growth companies. But, in Europe, there are…
Alice Bentinck
Sep 9, 2015
Preparing to be a founder
It’s about six weeks until the fifth EF programme begins. On Friday, I gave a talk for some of the incoming cohort that I thought might be…
Matt Clifford
Aug 13, 2015
Don’t be a badge collector
Don’t be a badge collector
Lots of people — especially young and ambitious people — say they want to start startups. Very few do. If you’re young-ish and ambitious…
Matt Clifford
Jun 15, 2015
What we learnt from the early days of EF
What we learnt from the early days of EF
This is the follow up post from “What we got wrong”. It’s worth giving that one a read too.
Alice Bentinck
Jun 10, 2015
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