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The UK is one of the most exciting fintech hubs globally. This year $4.9b has been invested into the UK’s fintech sector which puts it in second place globally to US, who had investment of $1.63b and just above India with $3.9b. China has dropped to 4th place with $1.8b. Greensill, a UK provider of supply chain finance to customers globally, was involved in the second largest deal worldwide last year when it raised $800m from Softbank. Charlotte Crosswell, chief executive of Innovate Finance says “We are a world-leading fintech hub, and as the figures reveal, the epicentre of fintech in Europe – all of which is a testament to the fact that the UK is a leading destination to start and scale a fintech business.” Funding Circle is an example of a UK Fintech company who has just announced a record year. Funding Circle links amateur lenders with people wanting to take out a small loan. The lenders can sell off all or part of their loan if they want to exit, but to date this has been a slow process. Image by liushuquan from Pixabay #PrivateEquity #Angelinvestor #GetFunded #VentureCapital #Bootstrapping �#fintech #fintechstartup #fintechstartups #startupfinance #startupfunding #businessfunding #businessgrowth #businesstips #microbusiness #microbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #businessopportunity #businessopportunities #businessowner #smallbiz #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurlife #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #startupschool #startupcompany #startupcommunity
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Startup Arrival has taken an order for 20,000 electric vans from UPS, with an option for a further 10,000 vans before it has built its own factory. Arrival, founded by Denis Sverdlov, will design the vans at its West London studios and build them in a new micro factory in Banbury, Oxfordshire. UPS has chosen Arrival's vehicles to help them transition to a zero-emission fleet, important for a company delivering in cities requiring clean vehicles. 2 weeks ago, Arrival became Britain's first automotive unicorn following a deal with Kia and Hyundai who took a E100m 3% stake in the Arrival, valuing it at E3.3b. As part of the deal Arrival will build vans for them under their own badges. Image by MikesPhotos from Pixabay #microbusiness #micro #microbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #businessinaday #inaday #oneday #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #leanstartup #leansixsigma #sixsigma #startup #businessstartup #startupbusiness #cowshedstartup #startuplife #opportunity #businessopportunity #businessopportunities #guildford #surrey #surreyhills #arundel #wimbledonvillage #cranleigh
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Its not just Britain who is exiting today, many startups are positioning themselves for a successful exit. Many first time business founders plunge into a business without ever thinking about how they will get out of it. At Cow-Shed we find its all about the end game right from the beginning. If you start thinking about your options for exiting while you build your business, your eventual sale should be a seamless transition. Getting your finances right from the start, building a product that bigger competitors can't afford not to snap up, hiring a COO/CFO advisor to keep you on track can all make the difference between your business limping along or achieving a profitable exit. Interested in finding out how to position your business for a successful exit? We'd love to have a chat. #businessexit #startupexit #lifeonthebeach #PrivateEquity #Angelinvestor #GetFunded #VentureCapital #Bootstrapping � #leanstartup #theleanstartup #leansixsigma #sixsigma #runninglean #scalinglean #leancanvas #businessgrowth #businesstips #microbusiness #microbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #businessopportunity #businessopportunities #businessowner #smallbiz #startupschool #startupcompany #startupcommunity #startupsuccess #startupnews
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Bounce, a Bangalore startup has raised over $100 million to expand its network of 20,000 dockless bikes and scooters in over 30 cities in India. Bounce originally had an operations team in each city to market the scooters. Customers rent the scooters for as little as 1 India rupee for the first kilometer they ride and then leave them in a docking station or partnered mom and pop store when they have finished. There are millions of mom and pop stores in Indian cities, towns and villages and Bounce are not the first startup to work with them. Recently Amazon partnered with more than 20,000 mom and pop stores to help them store and deliver packages. Co-founder and CEO Vivekananda Hallekere says “We realised that it was not the most efficient move to expand Bounce’s network on our own. We launch in the cities with our own vehicles, but over time, these micro-entrepreneurs deploy their own bikes and scooters. They are still using our app, and are part of the Bounce platform, but they don’t have to be locked into our scooter ecosystem. This new Business Model is scalable and profitable, and helps us create the most impact he explained. At Cow-Shed we believe getting your Business Model right is the secret to a successful business. Great news that Bounce is taking their Business Model seriously. #businessmodel #leancanvas #onepagebusinessmodel #startupbusinessmodel #microbusiness #micro #microbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #businessinaday #inaday #oneday #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #leanstartup #leansixsigma #sixsigma #startup #businessstartup #startupbusiness #cowshedstartup #startuplife #opportunity #businessopportunity #businessopportunities #guildford #surrey
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Thanks to the improvements in telecommunication technologies the number of digital nomads - people who are able to work from different locations has exploded. One of the most popular countries for digital nomads is Indonesia and this was emphasised when Bali was the location for a remote working conference this summer. Bali has a growing number of co-working spaces and entrepreneur focussed events and is a hub of startup activity. Sounds like a good excuse for a visit! #bali #balistartup #balicoworking #coworkingspaces #coworkingspace #leanstartup #theleanstartup #leansixsigma #sixsigma #runninglean #scalinglean #leancanvas #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurlife #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #startupschool #startupcompany #startupcommunity #startupsuccess #startupnews #StartupCompany #StartupProblems #startupsupport #startupcoach #startupdigital
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Indonesia is a great place for startups and has several unicorns. The first is GO-JEK a ride hailing startup valued at $9.5 billion Traveloka is a travel booking company valued at over $2 billion. Tokopedia is an online marketplace valued at $7 billion. #startupunicorn #startupunicorns #PrivateEquity #Angelinvestor #GetFunded #VentureCapital #Bootstrapping �#entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurlife #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #businessgrowth #businesstips #microbusiness #microbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #businessopportunity #businessopportunities #businessowner #smallbiz #indonesia #jakarta #indonesiastartup #southeastasiastartup
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Everyone loves making New Year's resolutions, but very few people manage to keep them. The book Willpower tells the story of a psychologist giving a talk to a group of 4 star generals at the Pentagon. He asked each of them to explain their military strategy in 25 words or less. Only one general (a woman) succeeded - she explained “I make a list of priorities: one, two, three, and so on. Then I cross out everything from three down.” All the other generals spent so long thinking about how they would accomplish their goals they forgot to decide what their goals were in the first place. This year when you are setting your New Year's resolution, we recommend thinking through what you really want to achieve in 2020 and then decide what is going to have the greatest effect on you reaching that goal. At Cow-Shed we will set our New Year's resolution up as a WIG and use the fabulous 4DX approach to give us the best chance of keeping it all year. #newyearsresolutions #newyearsresolution #4DX #4DisciplinesOfExecution #reportingsuccess #WildlyImportantGoals #LeadMeasures #ReportingDashboard #ReportingScoreboard #microbusiness #micro #microbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #leanstartup #leansixsigma #sixsigma #startup #businessstartup #startupbusiness #cowshedstartup #startuplife #opportunity #businessopportunity #businessopportunities
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@ruik is a Dutch perfume startup who create natural perfume from discarded Christmas Trees. The company pick apart each tree to separate out the pins from the branches and distil the needles and twigs in organic grin alcohol for 6 months to get a natural Christmas tree scent. The perfume is then created by mixing this Christmas oil with natural botanical fragrances. We love the fact that each wooden perfume bottle lid is made from the left over wood of the Christmas trees! #christmasperfume #christmasstartup #christmaspresent #microbusiness #micro #microbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #businessinaday #inaday #oneday #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #leanstartup #leansixsigma #sixsigma #startup #businessstartup #startupbusiness #cowshedstartup #startuplife #opportunity #businessopportunity #businessopportunities #guildford #surrey #surreyhills=
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Indonesia is a country of over 15,000 islands so despite having one of the fastest growing e-commerce markets in the world, the shipping logistics are a nightmare. Shipper is a startup with goal of giving Indonesian E-commerce companies access to Amazon level logistics. Indonesian e-commerce sellers use multiple platforms such as Shopee and Lazada and also often sell through Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, so the challenge of getting an order to a customer through one of the 2,500 Indonesian logistic providers causes many headaches. Shipper aim to create a technology platform to make the fulfilment and tracking of orders more efficient. We love the way Shipper used a #lean approach - starting by offering a pick up service to collect packages from vendors who were keeping inventory in their homes and distributing them to various distribution providers. When this stage was working well, they moved on to set up fulfilment centers across Indonesia and plan to open a new one every 2 weeks until they have covered all of Indonesia! #ecommercestartup #shopifystartup #shopify #indonesiastartup #microbusiness #micro #microbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #businessinaday #inaday #oneday #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #leanstartup #leansixsigma #sixsigma #startup #businessstartup #startupbusiness #cowshedstartup #startuplife #opportunity #businessopportunity #businessopportunities
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Indonesia has South East Asia's largest population (nearly 270 million people). It is the largest economy in South East Asia and is the 3rd fastest growing country in G20 after India and China. So it's not surprising that Indonesia is already home to a growing number of startups and that this number is likely to rise by 30% in the next year. In South East Asia, Indonesia is second only to Singapore in venture capital investment - in 2017 VC investments were over $130 million. The Indonesian government has launched a number of entrepreneurial projects - including one to encourage 1,000 startups by 2020. #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurlife #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #businessgrowth #businesstips #microbusiness #microbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #businessopportunity #businessopportunities #businessowner #smallbiz #indonesiastartup #Startup #Businessstartup #Startupbusiness #Startuplife #startupworld #Startupchecklist #Startuptips #Techstartup #StartupGrind #startupadvice
