"Businesses are looking to put their money where it matters – their offering to customers and their people." Jeremy Over, a partner of Moore Barlow, commented on a recent survey according to which SMEs are more likely to choose non-traditional ways of accessing capital, like crowdfunding.
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CHANGING THE WORLD ONE KIND GESTURE AT A TIME
We are not only what we do but the intention underpinning it.

The secret of entrepreneurship? Connecting the dots
A group of students is organizing an event to connect with other student entrepreneurs and make things happen.

The lesson of crowdfunding at times of crisis
There is despair, but also a desire to react and come together to look ahead.

BrewDog goes green as it launches its last crowdfunding campaign
The company aims at raising £7.5 million for a sustainable future before going IPO.
Pitching is about persuading others by telling a story. What’s in it?
To raise funds via crowdfunding or by other means, entrepreneurs have to tell stories. And this is much more effective than just show numbers, studies say.
“People around the world are coming up with ideas on how to solve some of the problems and challenges we’ve faced in the last few weeks. For a lot of people, there’s a lot of time on their hands to do research, there’s a lot of thinking time. It is a perfect time to be doing that.”
Luke Lang, co-founder of equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, to CNBC
It’s Time To Build
Marc Andreessen shares his views on why every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings.

A generation’s moment
Wefunder launches crowdfunded small business loan and startup accelerator to help founders tackle the Coronavirus crisis.

Tackling Coronavirus: EU Call for Action
With a budget of €164 million, this call is “bottom up”, meaning there are no predefined thematic priorities
“The desire to get rich and create wealth will clearly not go away, nor should it. These findings do demonstrate that individual wealth creation is by no means the only driver for entrepreneurs. The new generation of entrepreneurs increasingly tend to be aspirational in other ways.”
Niels Bosma, Professor at Utrecht University School of Economics and Chair of the GEM’s Board of Directors

Planting 1 Billion Plants with Drones
This company promises to fight climate change through the use of technology to rapidly accelerate the rate of tree planting and ecological restoration on a planetary scale.
Father Of Social Entrepreneurship Says ‘Society Is At A Profound Turning Point’ [VIDEO]
Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, literally coined the term “social entrepreneur” when he founded the nonprofit back in 1980, almost 40 years ago. He also decided that changemaker was one word and not two, something the Oxford dictionary now recognizes (though Webster’s does not, to the Drayton’s consternation). Drayton says, “We all sense that society is at a profound, indeed historic turning point.”

Any Given Sunday
Playfinder, one of London’s fastest growing sports startups, has just successfully raise more than £700k to boost sport access in the UK.
What Should an Entrepreneur Look Like?
Why lack of diversity in entrepreneurship is bad for innovation.

Spinouts: The Top 5 UK Universities Helping Entrepreneurship Thrive
A new report measures the success of UK universities in converting research into successful companies.
Taking Risks
Risk taking is part of the entrepreneurial culture. What is it? This fascinating movie would help us get an idea.

Miss Representation
USA and UK female entrepreneurs face the highest levels of gender bias, a brand new survey by HSBC Private Banking reveals.

Kickstarter Partner With Factory Berlin To Foster Creative Communities
Kickstarter and Factory Berlin join forces to boost creativity.

The Story of Yves Klein
How the story of Yves Klein can inspire startuppers in establishing their brands. A guest post by Invaluable.
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