Financial Times - Entrepreneurship

Silicon Valley venture capital group hauls in one of the largest funds since downturn in tech sector

https://www.ft.com/content/fdef2f53-f8f7-4553-866b-1c9bfdbeea42

It aims to exploit its extraordinary cache of genetic data but changing corporate DNA is hard

https://www.ft.com/content/b6b5c33f-1eb5-446e-9024-bd11d12a9cb0

The sixth annual ranking of companies in the region with the highest growth. Health tech businesses thrive post-pandemic even as VC funding drops. Plus: Singapore draws in start-ups; new models o...

https://www.ft.com/reports/ft-asia-pacific-companies

The Munich-based lab has ambitions to turn Germany into one of the main centres for early-stage companies

https://www.ft.com/content/224b4972-a321-4742-a2da-39ffcfabbd92

VC money may be further away but regional start-up centres bank on local strengths to attract entrepreneurs

https://www.ft.com/content/6b6f48df-f4e8-4c64-b697-14fa64ad03ef

The city’s infrastructure, research centres and business schools are key attractions for international companies

https://www.ft.com/content/354f8659-fe96-4872-a395-d80d515b033e

Knowledge intensive companies can benefit from their co-location with strong academic centres

https://www.ft.com/content/0bf8a055-65b8-4faa-8da5-37f39dd26bc2

SETsquared, the number three start-up centre in Europe, follows a low-pressure approach to nurture a business

https://www.ft.com/content/f833d9e5-dbdf-4fd9-93cc-c2ca7731c74c

The UK heads the FT/Statista/Sifted ranking with the most hubs, followed by Germany and Spain

https://www.ft.com/content/d30a4ebc-21e5-4c49-9ac0-b930e87c30ac

Women continue to receive only a small fraction of the funding from firms

https://www.ft.com/content/6d537637-03a0-4073-b692-0c4e431d060b

Reducing angel investment would have had a domino effect on women in business

https://www.ft.com/content/4307c8e8-ce44-4757-8011-32ef1dcacf68

Tesla’s co-founder reveals a common nature by picking a legal fight with Sam Altman of OpenAI

https://www.ft.com/content/32691ae6-43bb-4a79-85cf-b478ff60c04f

Women at the top, workplace trends and career tips, including an interview with fashion entrepreneur Emma Grede. Plus: US unions woo women; managing tensions at work; grandmothers do childcare; l...

https://www.ft.com/reports/women-in-business

Three women reflect on how losing their jobs fed their entrepreneurial ambitions

https://www.ft.com/content/55c0298b-9bed-482f-bae7-d241b5b42e36

The entrepreneur talks about her efforts to combine fashion and inclusion

https://www.ft.com/content/cefe081f-1b16-446f-b835-0817b345cb6c

Study and an advert in the FT helped him start again as an entrepreneur and TV presenter

https://www.ft.com/content/ae715a39-8212-4966-8e6d-0babc1b46a3b

Far-sighted vision to shake up the staid sector of opticians

https://www.ft.com/content/4929b530-a390-441b-a3b3-a7f16696c4a0

US venture capitalists are sitting on a record amount of ‘dry powder’ as they avoid risky bets on fledgling companies

https://www.ft.com/content/eb2e085a-ef5a-4e91-8634-747e2a602fbe

The firm offers a Silicon-Valley approach to backing start-ups as an alternative to the traditional VC model

https://www.ft.com/content/a2ada3bc-b57e-4b1f-8ed0-5860e6a5704e

A 60% decline in 2023 from the year before sends a gloomy signal to funders and the start-ups that rely on them

https://www.ft.com/content/cfb186c8-22f4-4a82-b262-f4380a5d82b8

Microsoft, Google and Amazon crowd out traditional Silicon Valley investors in blockbuster deals with AI start-ups in 2023

https://www.ft.com/content/c6b47d24-b435-4f41-b197-2d826cce9532

Study story: forced to give up dance training, Isabella Agdestein sought new challenges

https://www.ft.com/content/f0208e78-931d-4cbe-906e-5e2f10b664d2

Expansion on continent focuses on a young, ambitious demographic hungry for skills

https://www.ft.com/content/71c87a0d-7703-4944-9fb0-700c17d9f72c

Aim is to take advantage of economic headwinds to acquire promising businesses at a discount

https://www.ft.com/content/7eaa42f1-6301-45e3-8468-2e22e666cf11

Media executive Marc Boyan and Founders Forum boss Brent Hoberman join forces to help struggling start-ups

https://www.ft.com/content/501baa4e-944d-4085-82a0-660eef85cf5b