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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 2h

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: ⚗️ @MannVirdee on why AI means ideas are no longer the bottleneck in science 🔍 @Philip_Salter on why Innovate UK needs to track the firms it backs 🗺️ @iannghh on why clean power might level up Britain

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 21h

This morning we launched our JVF Female Founder Ambition Series report with the Jessica Vollman Foundation. Thank you to Kajal Sanghrajka, Juliet Gouldman and Geeta Sidhu-Robb for speaking. Read the full report: www.tenentrepreneurs.org/female-found...

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 📈 @philipsalter.bsky.social on slow growth causing zero-sum thinking 🌾 Mann Virdee on what US seed patents could teach Britain about breeding crops ⤴️ @iannghh.bsky.social on why the Scale-up Fund must not become a ministerial wish list

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 💾 Mann Virdee on how the UK's INMOS-era chip ambitions still haunt today's memory-manufacturing scale-up problem 🛒 Ian Ng argues for reforming incentives facing procurement officials 📈 Sophya Mashkoor on how investors can co-create fraud

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 🏦 @iannghh on Europe's late-stage funding gap and fixing it through pension reform 🏛️ @eamonnives on why entrepreneurs make good policy 📍 Sophya Mashkoor on AI and capital concentration entrepreneursnetwork.substack.com/p/three-big-...

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Ahana Banerjee built Clear after 200 funding applications and only 1 yes. After round 1, she found 90% of her capital came from female-led decisions Her policy ask: fix the UK’s reliance on warm intros Full interview: entrepreneursnetwork.substack.com/p/skin-in-th...

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Skin in the Game

Ahana Banerjee on why Britain’s reliance on warm introductions keeps out the founders most likely to build something worth backing

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Great to meet with a delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business this week. They’re in the UK exploring how we support startup formation & scale-up, access to capital, research commercialisation, and the role of innovation ecosystems in economic growth.

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🧵 We’ve just published more results from our latest Entrepreneurs Survey — this time on how Britain's founders see the UK and London as places to build a business. Here's what they told us. 1/

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Back in May, robotics founders reported insurance as a barrier to deploying robots at our robotics roundtable with the Regulatory Innovation Office. Insurance Business UK picked this up and looked at its implications as thousands of robots move into Tesco and Asda warehouses.

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 🥼 @mannvirdee.bsky.social on science strategy 🎢 @philipsalter.bsky.social on whether a risk-averse childhood is holding back entrepreneurship 🔧 @iannghh.bsky.social on how AI could plug Britain's skills gap in trades

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

As the Government considers competition reform, we examine the proposed changes and the uncertainty they risk creating. Proposed measures risk introducing further discretion — and with it, greater uncertainty. tenpolicyupdates.substack.com/p/compete-ov...

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In our latest policy update, we look at the ramifications for future R&D spending following the abolition of DSIT, and Jonathan Reynolds’s return to an expanded brief alongside Kanishka Narayan’s promotion to the Cabinet table. tenpolicyupdates.substack.com/p/burnhams-first-cabinet

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! 🔑 @philipsalter.bsky.social on the missing figures behind Britain’s founder boom 📈 @iannghh.bsky.social on our latest Entrepreneurs Survey 🔬 Dr Florence Young on why public support for R&D is not as deep as it should be

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🧵 This morning we published Wave 4 of our Entrepreneurs Survey — here's what Britain's founders told us. 1/

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🚨 We’re hiring! Join our team as a Researcher or Senior Researcher and help make Britain the best place for ambitious entrepreneurs to thrive. Expect to: 📊 Produce original policy analysis 🎙️ Convene and speak at events 🤝 Grow our network of supporters Link below!

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

🍂💷 With the Autumn Budget just around the corner, we’re calling on entrepreneurs to make their voices heard. Our Entrepreneurs Survey is open now, and your responses will help shape what we tell the Government, making sure the voices of Britain’s founders can’t be ignored. Follow the link below ⤵️

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Imagine you’re a 1st‑time founder with a half-built product, funds running thin and 3 tabs open: 📌Apply to Accelerator X 📌Join Incubator Y 📌Venture Studio Z: Accepts Ideas Now What gets you where you need to go? TLDR of our paper on startup support: entrepreneursnetwork.substack.com/p/up-to-speed

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Up to Speed

Accelerating Britain’s network of startup support programmes

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The Entrepreneurs Network @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🏎️🚨 NEW! Startup support programmes are booming. But how well are they performing? For founders, navigating them can be difficult. Too often, it’s unclear which programmes are high-quality, how long they’ll last, or what outcomes they actually deliver. 🧶 Here’s what we found…

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