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The short answer? No. Science and research startups aren’t all that different from other businesses. While—at heart, scientists and researchers want their work to just be about the science and the data—in most respects, the same thing that is true for all other businesses is true for them: they need money to survive.  If you’re a research scientist who has been thinking about striking out on his (or her!) own, here are some tips that you…

Have you ever been a tourist in London? It’s fantastic. You’ve got loads of things to do, places to eat, cosmopolitan happenings and surprises around every corner. But there’s one thing you’ll hear down every tourist-thronged street. You might even find yourself saying it at some point – “Crikey! How much?” Yup, a holiday to London isn’t exactly the cheapest option (a visit to a four-star hotel will cost an average of £159.94 per night).…

It can take an entire lifetime to come up with the perfect business idea, and some people still never manage to do it. You need to think of something that is guaranteed to make a significant profit, and that can be tricky. Still, if you’ve managed to get that far and now you’re setting the wheels in motion on your new project, it’s often finance that starts to cause hiccups. You see, in the past…

You want to set up an online business, but have no idea what you want to sell. Coming up with a unique business idea is the most difficult part of creating an online startup, especially when the internet is saturated with a lot of the same things. If you’re stuck for ideas then try your luck with some of ours. You don’t have to follow the idea exactly, just use it as a starting point…

Everyone has read stories about tiny startup companies that became billion dollar international titans, but the reality is that a lot of startups never make it off the ground and are dead before a single investment dollar is landed. An entrepreneur might have the idea of the century, but success depends on smart implementation and as few mistakes made as possible in those difficult first months of operation. Consider These Strategies & Tips to Increase…

As a start-up, positive press can be one of your most valuable assets and a great way to easily reach potential customers, investors and partners at scale. The problem is that not only are these stories hard to come by (just ask any reporter covering the start-up world how many PR pitches she gets on a daily basis), but the sheer volume of stories that are pumped out by the business and tech media has…