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What do private investors want?

Beer and Partners like a detailed Executive Summary, TVIN work with a 10 minute pitching format and Angels Den like speed pitching.

Posted: 10th May 2012

Will your business qualify for the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme?

To qualify for SEIS and investors to benefit from tax relief, the company has to meet several requirements

Posted: 23rd Apr 2012

How do you find the best exporting idea in the South West?

If you haven’t heard already, Pilot Cottage has been helping to facilitate UKTI South West’s The Exporting for Growth Prize

Posted: 21st Apr 2012

Hello Magazine makes things crazy for Born Global finalist

April is going to be an unusually busy month for Born Global finalist Barbara Lees, who reports that things have gone crazy

Posted: 20th Apr 2012

Identity Protection Worldwide is now ‘live’ on Pilot Cottage Crowdfunding

Around one in four UK citizens have lost their identity at some time. When it happens, it can take months to get your life back in order.

Posted: 20th Apr 2012

Who Needs Venture Capitalists?

Pebble Smart Watch has so far raised over £3.1 million via crowdfunding. Pebble’s founder is currently pitching on Kickstarter

Posted: 20th Apr 2012

Early stage businesses need equity not debt!

Business loans are great when income is sufficient to reinvest in growth and service debt, but start up and early stage businesses have…

Posted: 3rd Apr 2012

Will investing in groups be the norm for UK business investors?

Not so long ago, the majority of private investment in early stage businesses was by individual investors

Posted: 21st Mar 2012

Time to go global: Pilot Cottage facilitates Exporting for Growth Prize

Entrepreneurs from across the South West Region have been competing for the last six weeks to win Exporting for Growth Prize awards

Posted: 21st Mar 2012

Angel Networks are failing start-ups and investors

It has been my experience that business angel networks are generally as good as the Deal Managers that run them

Posted: 20th Mar 2012

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