- The Week in Entrepreneurship – 21st September 2014 - News Policy makers urged to ‘lock-in’ record-breaking entrepreneur optimism Business Zone: The FSB has revealed record levels of confidence among UK small businesses and called on all political parties to support entrepreneurs. Read more. NB: the FSB manifesto launches on Monday More than 100 companies call for overhaul of business rates Telegraph: Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Boots, Whitbread and General Motors sign open letter warning that business rates are “critical problem” for UK. Read more. Tech firms want ‘digital ministers’ and easier migration BBC: techUK is calling on the UK to appoint ‘digital ministers’ in every government department. Read more. Read the techUK manifesto. Alternative funding portal bolstered by new recruit Real Business: P2P lending service Rebuilding Society is the latest funder to join Alternative Business Funding, the platform which looks set to become a point of referral for banks who reject business borrowers. Read more. Opinion Is social impact investing the next venture capital? Forbes: Sir Ronald Cohen (Big Society Capital) comments on the launch of the Social Impact Investment Taskforce final report ‘Impact investing: the invisible heart of markets’. Read more. The vexing issue of the bubble in startup land Wall Street Journal: The world may see bubble investing but top VCs are not stupid, writes Fred Dustin (Accel Partners). Read more. Geeks have all the power and it’s getting our goat Standard: Amol Rajan (The Independent) comments on the ‘tech-lash’ emerging across Europe – as predicted by the Economist’s Adrian Wooldridge. Read more. Why business must work with politics for the good of society CityAM: The relationship can be dysfunctional, but collaboration works to the benefit of all, writes Sarah Hathaway (ACCA). Read more. We can’t take Britain’s tech-friendly policies for granted Tech City News: We have to continue to earn the attention of politicians, writes Guy Levin (Coadec). Read more. Is Hollywood on its way to the UK? Forbes: Bona fide film investments have long been the preserve of the rich, famous and ultra-connected. Goncalo de Vasconcelos (Syndicate Room) looks at how this might be all about to change as the UK leads the charge for innovation in film financing. Read more. Why entrepreneurs lose their mojo and how to get it back Business Zone: Robert Craven (The Directors Centre) asks when is enough enough and why do business owners lose their mojo? Read more. Features London’s tech boom is more than just hype, the hard numbers say so TechCrunch: While London Technology Week may not yet rival London Fashion Week for glamour, there is real substance to the capital’s tech boom. Read more. Dancing with start-ups New York Times: Since at least Sarah Bernhardt’s time, celebrities have looked for ways to parlay their name recognition into extra cash. Now some celebrities – both established and up-and-coming – are lavishing their promotional love on start-ups rather than big brands. Read more. Status-seekers and ‘wantrepreneurs’ still far from Thiel’s tech utopia Wall Street Journal: In ‘New Atlantis’, one of Peter Thiel’s favourite books, the author Sir Francis Bacon describes a utopian society filled with enlightened people drive by a passion for scientific discovery. It’s impossible to read Mr Thiel’s debut book “Zero to One”, without sensing his heavy disappointment that Mr Bacon’s utopia hasn’t been materialised. Read more. Finding entrepreneurs before they’ve founded anything Harvard Business Review: Venture capital is slowly but surely becoming a more data-driven business. An increasing number of firms are relying on quantitative analysis to help determine which start-ups to back. But Bloomberg’s VC arm, Bloomberg Beta, is going one step further: it’s using an algorithm to try and select would-be entrepreneurs before they’ve even decided to start a company. Read more.
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