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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.
Entrepreneurship
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How Judy Joo grew Seoul Bird into an international fast casual food brand
Meet the guest of our first Real Founder Podcast episode, restaurant entrepreneur, Judy Joo.
Opinion
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Government is broken – but entrepreneurial mindset can fix it
Britain keeps arguing about taxes, spending and ideology. But we’re asking the wrong question. The real question isn’t which party …
Interviews
8 min read
The robots are coming – to revolutionise your warehouses. The Dexory story.
AI, in true ‘Terminator’ fashion, is taking over jobs and rendering humans obsolete, or at least that’s the sensationalised sentiment. …
News
8 min read
What will our new PM do for business? SMEs react
What will our new PM do for business? – That has been in the minds of nearly every business owner …
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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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News 3 min read
Small business borrowing on the rise
Small businesses are borrowing more money, with one insurance firm reporting a sharp growth in applications. Purbeck Insurance Services, a …
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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
6 min read
Government is broken – but entrepreneurial mindset can fix it
Britain keeps arguing about taxes, spending and ideology. But we’re asking the wrong question. The real question isn’t which party …
News
8 min read
What will our new PM do for business? SMEs react
What will our new PM do for business? – That has been in the minds of nearly every business owner …
Opinion
4 min read
Strategy is overrated – here’s why (and why execution matters)
Imagine a startup with a clear strategy. It knows its ideal customer, it has a differentiated product, an experienced leadership …
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, …
News
8 min read
SME owners share what they want from the next prime minister
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned and will leave office within weeks. The competition to replace him begins early next …
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Interviews
Interviews
8 min read
The robots are coming – to revolutionise your warehouses. The Dexory story.
AI, in true ‘Terminator’ fashion, is taking over jobs and rendering humans obsolete, or at least that’s the sensationalised sentiment. …
Interviews
8 min read
From team GB to a £300m exit goal – Navigator founder, Steve Rowbotham
“I’ve tended to fall into things.” Those are the words of Steve Rowbotham, former Olympic rower (a highly decorated one, …
Interviews
8 min read
Meet Mark Sweeny of de Novo, the eighth fastest growing UK business
You know the term, digital transformation? Well, Mark Sweeny is something of an expert in it. He’s the founder de …
Interviews
9 min read
From Olympic trials to a £5m wealth management platform: Strabo’s Ben Waterman
Entrepreneurs are a resilient bunch; they experience challenges and disappointment regularly. Yet, the successful ones somehow manage to summon up …
Interviews
6 min read
Simon Brookes of Mineral Payroll on conflicts, new roles and his £30m revenue
When Simon Brookes secured his first job out of school as a sales representative selling plant hire equipment for a …