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Real Business: A founder community
A multimedia resource for busy entrepreneurs seeking motivation, inspiration and community.
The home of UK entrepreneurship
Real founder stories, real leadership lessons, real insights. Real Business is the leading resource for the UK founder community and the small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) they run. From interviews to opinion pieces and a podcast series, we tell the truth about founder and SME life today.
Interviews
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Ethical skincare founder Danielle Close on building a high performance brand
Meet My Skin Feels Founder, Danielle Close.
News
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Heat is now a business cost — and it is hitting small firms hardest
New Barclays research finds more than a quarter of small businesses lost productivity to this summer’s heat, while almost half …
News
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John Caudwell and Stuart Rose join campaign to reduce business taxation
The campaign urges the government to stem taxes on businesses.
Opinion
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Britain doesn’t have a business failure problem. It has a business growth problem
Fewer are taking the leap into starting businesses, says Charlie Mullins.
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The Real Founder Podcast is a deep-dive into the entrepreneurial mindset to discover what it takes to become a high performer today.
Guides
Improve decision making: leadership meditation tips to try
Today’s leaders are under more pressure than ever. You’re constantly expected to make high-stakes decisions and deliver results in fast-moving …
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Entrepreneur 14 min read
Skills needed to be an entrepreneur: What are the essential skills?
Entrepreneur earnings can vary widely depending on the type, stage and profitability of the business, while entrepreneurship also provides first-hand …
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Entrepreneur 7 min read
Founders share their tough and truthful leadership lessons
In entrepreneurial life there’s the nuts and bolts of the daily business grind. The operations. The dealing with suppliers, the …
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HR & Management 10 min read
Top tips for managing Gen Z employees
Generation Z employees have already been in the workplace for some time now. Those classed as Gen Z or ‘Zoomers’ …
Opinion
Go To Opinion
Opinion
4 min read
Britain doesn’t have a business failure problem. It has a business growth problem
Fewer are taking the leap into starting businesses, says Charlie Mullins.
Opinion
6 min read
Government is broken – but entrepreneurial mindset can fix it
Our biggest leadership problem isn't intelligence or effort. It's experience.
News
8 min read
What will our new PM do for business? SMEs react
British SME owners come together to discuss the new prime minister.
Opinion
4 min read
Strategy is overrated – here’s why (and why execution matters)
Strategy is easy to produce, but what happens after it's written?
Opinion
6 min read
Modern leadership is broken – here’s how to fix it
The leadership development industry is a thirty-billion-pound global business, and it has almost nothing useful to say to the person …
Opinion
4 min read
Don’t turn Britain into a postcode lottery for entrepreneurs
Running a business is hard enough without having to second guess what your local council might decide to charge you …
Entrepreneur
7 min read
Founders share their tough and truthful leadership lessons
In entrepreneurial life there’s the nuts and bolts of the daily business grind. The operations. The dealing with suppliers, the …
News
7 min read
What businesses think of Andy Burnham’s devolution plans
Andy Burnham’s tenure as prime minister could include a northern No 10 and the devolution of power outside of London, …
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Interviews
Interviews
3 min read
Ethical skincare founder Danielle Close on building a high performance brand
Meet My Skin Feels Founder, Danielle Close.
Interviews
3 min read
How Judy Joo grew Seoul Bird into an international fast casual food brand
Meet finance professional turned serial restaurant entrepreneur Judy Joo.
Interviews
8 min read
The robots are coming – to revolutionise your warehouses. The Dexory story.
Oana Jinga is using robots to optimise warehouses around the world.
Interviews
8 min read
From team GB to a £300m exit goal – Navigator founder, Steve Rowbotham
Steve Rowbotham uses lessons from the Olympics into entrepreneurship.
Interviews
8 min read
Meet Mark Sweeny of de Novo, the eighth fastest growing UK business
Mark Sweeny is helping Wales become a hub for tech innovation.
