Interviews

BU

Business Technology 5 min read

SMEs should do more to embrace big data and learn from the big players

Big data is a big bogeyman to many small and medium-sized companies which regard it as too complex and time consuming to deal with.

HR

HR & Management 4 min read

SME bosses should encourage their staff to be disobedient to protect their businesses

It might sound crazy but, according to Ira Chaleff, “Intelligent Disobedience,” means that employees should sometimes ignore the orders that they’re given by company owners and managers and do what they believe is right.

IN

Interviews 5 min read

A near tragedy that prompted a corporate lawyer to set up a cutting edge food company

Geeta Sidhu Robb was feeding her baby son one day when he suddenly came out in hives and developed difficulties breathing. Although she didn’t know it at the time, he was having an anaphylactic attack and was at risk of death.

IN

Interviews 4 min read

Marketing your company: Its time to stop embracing failure and chase perfection instead

There’s too much talk today about embracing failure, according to Matthew Robinson, group development director at digital content provider The Moment, who is also of the belief that the idea is misplaced.

AN

Any other business 5 min read

How one SME is working for real sustainability and what it can teach others

Ever since it entered the corporate lexicon a few years ago, “sustainability,” is something that almost every large company has aspired to. But shortly after this appearance another phrase developed along side it.

IN

Interviews 4 min read

TeachPitch to bring teachers around the world together so they can find and share best resources

As schools cry out for more teachers and those who are in the classroom see their workload increase, research by Censuswide found that 74.5 per cent of teachers believed students are more adept at using tech than they are. It’s to ease this burden that Aldo de Pape set up cloud-based learning platform TeachPitch.

IN

Interviews 4 min read

How coding helped CityFALCON founder make alterations and pivot the business quickly and easily

Only one in ten of us own shares, according to figures from the Share Centre. Ruzbeh Bacha believes that one reason for this relatively small number is a lack of timely and accessible information for private investors – which prompted him to set up CityFALCON.

HR

HR & Management 9 min read

Inside Dragons’ Den: What really happens when the TV cameras aren’t rolling

Real Business asked investors and applicants from BBC's Dragons’ Den what happened when the cameras weren’t rolling – from applying to be on the show to standing in front of the Dragons.

IN

Interviews 4 min read

HonestBrew uses strong customer base to bottle up crowdfunding round

Craft beer subscription brand HonestBrew has tapped into the lucrative food and beverage crowdfunding space by raising over £400,000, and now has its sights set on scaling quickly while still maintaining a small company feel.