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Ukrainian founder reflects on wartime entrepreneurship, UK-Ukraine collaboration, resilience.

Weak links often unlock opportunities, insights, and career-changing connections.

Most founders grip tighter when the machine begins to roar. Anthony Godley chose the rarer move. After building Logix BPO into an international outsourcing business with more than 1,000 full-time staff, he stepped out of the chief executive seat and took the chairman’s role, staking his name on an idea many founders never dare test: […]

When Lal Abdul Salam, founder of Smithline Reinforced Composites, arrived in Dubai in 1992 with a background in chemical engineering, the UAE was entering a period of rapid industrial and infrastructure expansion that would reshape the region over the following decades. Large-scale utility systems and urban development projects were beginning to accelerate across the Gulf, […]

Founder story explores reinvention, resilience, growth, and unconventional career paths

Why strong systems underpin sustainable franchise growth and profitability.

Why better AI users, not better tools, drive results.

London’s Palantir decision exposed Europe’s growing dependence on American AI infrastructure.

The art and collectibles industry has long depended on relationships, intuition, and personal expertise. Collectors often rely on years of trust with galleries, advisors, auction specialists, and luxury professionals to navigate purchases that are deeply personal and frequently emotional. At the same time, the process behind those interactions has remained fragmented across emails, PDFs, spreadsheets, […]

UK employment law reforms raise hiring costs and reshape workforce strategy

Cornelius Schmahl says that every company he has invested in or worked with has run well at first without any system. Purely on the personal willpower of the founder holding everything together. That works for the first five employees. For the first ten. Depending on the team, sometimes even for the first twenty or thirty. […]

Giuliano Gonzalez did not set out to build an AI reputation firm. He spent years in public relations and brand strategy before ChatGPT existed, placing clients on top-tier media outlets and observing how Google’s algorithm rewarded brands that earned authority across the right sources on the internet. Then, in early 2025, he noticed a shift […]

How the contrasting styles of two entrepreneurs saw them team up as partners, taking them from startup risk to leading the UK arm of one of Europe’s top AI-driven consultancies Some business partnerships are engineered. Others form under pressure and hold because neither side ever gives the other a reason to doubt them. Steve Crowley […]

From an early age, ambition is often shaped by visibility. Maria Psarra, Founder and Director of Iris Wealth Management, reflects on this concept, recalling how childhood aspirations often begin with exposure. “For you and me to become what we wanted to be when we grew up, we saw it first,” she says. This insight informs […]

Dax Grant discusses business growth, digital transformation, and economic trend challenges.

The new players betting on cities, art and big money

If you spend enough time running events, you start to feel where things fall apart, and surprisingly, it’s rarely during the event itself. People show up, the experience works, and, for a moment, it feels like everything is clicking. Then it ends, and most of what you built fades faster than it should. The audience […]

Entrepreneurship demands resilience, purpose, and control amid uncertainty and pressure.

Brands must adapt quickly as trends accelerate beyond control today

Natarajan represents a new class of leaders who work to support the development of artificial intelligence in line with accountability, intention, and real-world impact. As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes industries, the conversation is not only centered on innovation but is also increasingly associated with considerations of responsibility. For Shekhar Natarajan, that shift has long been […]

Alex Stella, Managing Director at InvestorHub, argues that investor communication is undergoing a structural shift as public companies adjust to a shareholder base that behaves more like a digital audience than a traditional institutional network. InvestorHub is built for this reality, giving listed companies a unified platform to identify investors, track engagement, and communicate with […]

International trade remains essential for resilient, ambitious UK business growth today.

MR PORTER London founder discusses hospitality, design, growth and London’s competitive dining scene.

Mayeen Rahman’s journey to becoming a self-made entrepreneur started with one realization: no one was coming to change his life. He was living in Bangladesh and saw, through the internet, people all around the world who were changing their own lives, building success with their own hands. He wanted that for himself, too. Now, Mayeen […]

Global expansion shifts from ambition to necessity in volatile markets

Saudi Arabia’s tech-driven transformation creates vast opportunities for global founders