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Adam French @ UK Tech News · 11/05/2024 08:43 EDT

Time to ditch the ‘friends and family round’ in startup funding

In a world where many of the most famous and wealthiest people in the world are tech founders, you would assume that society recognises entrepreneurship as one of the most valuable and important pursuits anyone can follow.  However, when I left a successful career in banking to become the co-founder of a startup, that couldn’t ...

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