Mr Opportunity

This is Richard Lee, co-founder of Innovators Uncensored who organise events and share great startup opportunities and insights via their regular email and social activity. Definitely worth a look.

SW is best

I went to the (SOLD OUT!) SW Investment Summit on Wednesday this week at Exeter Science Park. It was a brilliant afternoon of insight, pitching and high energy. The SW has so much potential for startups and scaling businesses. Spread the word!

I ❤ GigPig

Here's a great example of a startup business that's tackling a real issue. We're losing countless live music venues in the UK. GigPig is here to help solve that via a two-sided marketplace to help artists and venues to connect

Startup funding downturn

Some analysis from Crunchbase focusing on Q3 '24 and demonstrating it's not particularly good news (yet!) despite the interest from investors in AI

What the flip is an 'omnibus'?

Ever heard of an 'omnibus survey'? They are a way for you to buy one, two or a few questions on an existing survey, rather than buying a whole one. A really cost effective way to buy robust data at low cost. But why the f*** is it called an omnibus?