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Get Investors To Say Yes With a Business One-Pager

When a founder submits their application to Nova, one of the questions...

Megan McLatchie 09/12/20

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How to Build an Effective Business Strategy For Your Startup?

A business strategy is a lot like blueprints for a building. You can...

Olivia Greenberg 26/11/20

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Key Advice for Founders Who Started Their Startup During Lockdown

The pandemic has forced us to adapt to a new way of living and as a...

Luke Thomas 07/10/20

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Are Founders in the North West at a Disadvantage Compared to Their London Counterparts?

The reports and data show a positive story for the North West startup...

Megan McLatchie 22/07/20

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Balancing the gender scales in tech startups

We are currently riding the crest of a wave for female representation...

Olivia Greenberg 14/10/19

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How to evaluate and improve every part of a customers journey

Rishi Kapoor, Startup Consultant at Nova, was invited as a guest...

Megan McLatchie 08/10/19

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Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work is More Than Just a Poster in the Staff Room

“Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of...

Megan McLatchie 27/09/19

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Supporting startups at the cutting edge of tech growth

Nova was recently featured in the Business Desk’s State of the Region...

Megan McLatchie 19/09/19

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Why failure is great when building a tech startup

You may have heard the expressions ‘fail-fast’ or ‘fail-forward’. At...

Kate Birch 16/09/19

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6 Mistakes You Can Make In Sales Prospecting Emails

When done right, sales prospecting emails are a very effective tool for...

Nora Mork 02/09/19

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Putting your personas to good use

You’ve researched and built your personas, given them jazzy...

Paul Dodd 14/08/19

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How startups are shaping the smart cities of the future

Professor Paul Morrissey, Chairman of Nova, recently sat down with...

Paul Dodd 05/08/19

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Marvel Cinematic Universe: A lesson in employee engagement (Spoiler Free)

I always wanted to be a superhero. I was 4 when I received my brother’s...

Mark Lally 15/05/19

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My Top 10 Best Podcasts for Startup Founders

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Megan McLatchie 26/03/20

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Southeast Asia programme, January cohort - Key Information 🚀

After running a successful first cohort throughout October and November...

Pedro Uria-Recio 09/12/20

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A simple, no BS guide, to your startups B2B sales and marketing strategy

Unpopular opinion; early stage startups spend way too much time...

Paul Dodd 15/01/20

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Introducing Our New Startups of 2021 So Far

At Nova, we have the opportunity to work with some amazing businesses...

Megan McLatchie 12/05/21

Why Do So Many Applications To VCs Get Rejected?

I hate rejecting a founder's startup application. It’s nothing...

Dan Collins 15/07/20

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How To Beat Founder Burnout? Advice From Founders Who’ve Been There.

As a startup founder you’ll probably expect to face stressful,...

Megan McLatchie 10/02/21

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Over 90% of startups to fail, the cofoundery model combines the best parts of accelerators, incubators and mentorship programmes to reduce the risk of startups

What makes the Nova tech startup model unique?

We’ve created the Nova startup model using the insights gained from our...

Andrew Dean 05/10/18

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How to Construct an Elevator Pitch That Will Get You Investment

I’m pretty sure you’ve experienced this yourself. (Let me set the...

Megan McLatchie 01/07/20

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6 Must Read Books for Entrepreneurs From 2020

Skip back to this time last year. If I were to tell you that in 2020,...

Megan McLatchie 16/12/20

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