It has never been easier to get a startup off the ground. Having launched my own business, I've experienced this first hand. When looking at the core IT services that pin your company together, the choice of services is vast. The majority of these IT solutions are now available through...

On Wednesday, Avis Budget Group announced it would be purchasing car sharing service Zipcar for nearly $500m, (£307m). To many, this purchase was only a matter of time. Five years ago, we saw the writing on the wall: from the rise of Salesforce to the popularity of Netflix to Zipcar's...

Whether you're shopping for the latest fashion, the flashiest cars, or even the tastiest snacks - there's a subscription for that. And whether you're challenging established industries or doing something new, it's a great time to be an entrepreneur with a subscription business. But what many entrepreneurs don't realise is...

The decline of Variety magazine and its subsequent sale is further proof of the thin tightrope the media and publishing industries are walking today. The iconic magazine looked by all accounts to be doing the right thing: investing online and moving its content behind a paywall.

And "Paywall 1.0" was,...

The way in which we buy and consume products is rapidly changing. The world we once knew - where we owned physical products like CDs, DVDs, newspapers and even cars - is rapidly coming to a close.

Instead of buying products upfront, more people are subscribing to services and renting...

Why is Silicon Valley synonymous with technology innovation rather than the Thames Valley? What is the magic formula for nurturing start-ups and fostering the next generation of wealth creators? What are the carrots that we need to dangle before entrepreneurs to convince them that the UK can be ground zero...

In the last few years, London has emerged as one of the top three places for tech entrepreneurs to start a business, as a recent TechCrunch article on the Startup Genome unveiled.

The UK government clearly recognises the importance of encouraging growth in the start-up arena and is doing just...