Founder_Hour

Lockdown online community: The home of #founderhour, #30for50 and other SME initiatives championing businesses 🤘🏻🎉

[Founder_Hour @founder_hour]

#30for50: @ES_Entrepreneur sadly can't give time to everyone who wants to talk thru their biz idea/growth.

She’s opening up a few 30 min slots a week, for £50 each, that anyone can book. She’ll spend the $ on SMEs

https://t.co/32SdbYi1Xc…

#buysomethingsmallfromsomewheresmall

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

🦁In August, I'm joining people who inspire me like @willtravers walking 23,000 steps for the c23,000 lions left.
I intend to donate myself so don't feel £$ pressure. If all you do is learn about @BornFreeFDN that's enough for me. Or share or like!

➡️ https://t.co/sdOArLTU1j

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

A good chat on @LBC with @RachelSJohnson earlier on the Spring Budget & utter lack of support for business (at 9 mins 30). I hope i didn’t depress anyone too much :)

https://t.co/FLjFuAZdgT

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

🧵 In the last 24hours i’ve spoken to many women rejected by @innovateuk £4m Women in Innovation grants. Of c1500 applicants & 50 awards of £75k available, only 25 were awarded. In a world where women are wildly underfunded, can it be that 1,400+ applicants weren’t good enough?

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

❌Bad news for women in the UK: On Jan 31 new legislation comes in increasing barriers to entry for women angel investors.

➡️Now: investors on angel investing platforms have to earn over £100k.

➡️Jan 31: new legislation raises it to £170k.

😡Issue: This will disproportionally impact the size of the pool of female investors in the UK & founders. Less female angels to invest in female founders, who because they only get 2% of VC money, rely heavily on angel funding.

🤯Unfathomable decision that needs urgent reversing pls @KemiBadenoch

[BACKED 🏴 @BackedVC]

Our H1'23 highlights are out.
👉 https://t.co/Wgvmgt71Br 👈Feat. new fund, deals, hires, events & digs. Incl. @InvTechInc, @LopayOfficial, @OchreBio, @labgeni_us, @voltz_xyz, @UltimateApp, @Immutable, @zaptic, @OptimalAg & more. Helmets & seatbelts people - we're flying.

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

Good to see @MarkKleinmanSky raise awareness on Palace Capital. As a furious shareholder i’ve seen a 25% reduction in NAV. All Chairman Steven Owen seems concerned abt is enriching himself & practising major conflicts of interest. Dubiously I can’t vote online 4 the upcoming AGM.

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

Joining some of my friends (+people i want to be friends with!) on @useintro. Use the below link if you’d like to book time with me for business advice. I’ll be using any money made to support my refugee work ✌🏻

https://t.co/BqBey5ZBMq

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

Go @priyalakhani. Ending the working week by reading this great piece in @thetimes about an inspiring entrepreneur i know and admire 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

https://t.co/KS2Z2nFsWT

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

Keep going.

[Fred Destin @fdestin]

Founder energy is the resource a board most needs to protect in stormy times like these — yet mostly seem to do the opposite.

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

Six weeks to #IWD2023. *Reminder*: if you are hosting an event pay your speakers, buy from female vendors for the event (& more widely, supplier diversity matters. Revenue matters to women led businesses as much as equity). I say this every year but.... #buyourstuff

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

YES PLEASE! 🙏🏻

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

Exciting @BackedVC to see you’re hosting the @SlushHQ new Web3 event. We’re just old skool b2b saas 👀😱🤣……

…. but hopefully you’ll still let me in to meet/learn from some of the newest & brightest? 🙏🏻🇫🇮🎉

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

Delighted to be on the Taskforce on Women-Led High-Growth Enterprises set up by @trussliz, chaired by @AnneBoden w @SamSmithfinnCap, @PoppyGustafsson, @adepledge, @checkwarner, @deepalinangia, @JuneAngelides, @zandramoore, Helen Steers of Pantheon & more:

https://t.co/5HEOVEYm1Y

[gomarket @gomkting]

Well said @hannahprevett & @GilesEnglish @BremontNick in @thetimes.

‘You can’t just turn on online sales, add some digital marketing and watch the sales come in.’

We’re helping sme’s find new customers, audiences & revenues online. Let us know if you need help @Bremont 😜⌚️

[Emma Sinclair MBE @ES_Entrepreneur]

Journalist, author & radio show host @HarrietMinter is joining me #30for50. We're offering 3 x 30 min slots to help SMEs who want to talk to us ps we'll be spending the money on pet SME's (in honour of Blue, Harriet's very cute dog!)

Book us here: https://t.co/WPfxpjPyM0

[Your Mins @your_mins]

#vitamind #VitaminD #turmeric #vitamindgummies #thesunshinevitamin #health #immunity #yourmins #plantbased

[Laurence KC, ⓥ Pavegen @LaurenceKC]

Excited to take part in this! You built a movement Emma! A sad day and a tool that's bought entrepreneurs together during the lockdown as a key tool!

[Screen Moguls @screen_moguls]

We highly recommend any SME that follows us take advantage of this opportunity - @ES_Entrepreneur is incredibly knowledgable and so generous with her time and support of other entrepreneurs!