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Exciting Funding Boost: Dorset LEP & Focused For Business Team Up

Dorset LEP & Focused for Business: Startup Funding Boost If you’re a startup or small business in Dorset looking to raise investment, help is

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8 Practical And Eye-opening Tips For Actually Finding Investors

8 Practical Tips to Help Startups Find Investors Last month we tried something new in Funding Masterminds: an Idea Swap workshop, where our founders

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Mentor Advice With Elliott Gaspar: What You Need To Know About Financial Reporting After Startup Investment

Elliott Gaspar, Founding UK Director of Standard Ledger UK and one of our trusted mentors in the Funding Accelerator programme, recently led a workshop

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Funding Secrets: Why Having a Lead Investor Makes Fundraising Easier

Securing a “lead” investor can often set off a domino effect, and be the catalyst you need to secure the remaining funds of your

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Why Your Executive Summary Is So Important for Startups

How to Write a Startup Executive Summary That Wins Investors The Moment Founders Get Wrong You’ve spent weeks polishing your pitch deck. You send

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Insider Knowledge: How To Make Raising Investment Easier

Get insider knowledge for making raising investment that bit easier! Julia Elliott Brown, one of our trusted and expert Funding Accelerator mentors, recently led

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Pitch Deck Secrets: These 3 Things Will Make Investors Love You

Gideon Barker, founder of Customer IQ and a trusted mentor at our Funding Accelerator, recently led a workshop about integrating market research into pitch

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Investors Appeal: Here’s 1 Interesting Truth To Make You Stand Out To Investors

One Truth That Makes Your Startup Stand Out to Investors The journey to securing investment is often a challenging one. But, there’s a strategic

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How to Show the Problem and Solution Slides In Your Pitch Deck With a Customer Journey

Framing the issue – or societal/customer problem – that your startup is tackling, and how it solves that issue, acts as a hook to

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