Anil Stocker discusses how alternative finance helped grow his own business from three co-founders to a team of 100.

How to access alternative finance for your small business

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Next up, Anil Stocker, co-founder of MarketInvoice, a company which allows businesses to sell unpaid invoices to provide working capital, discusses alternative finance and growing his own business from three co-founders in 2011 to a team of over 100 today.

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The Small Business Sessions (S2E7): How to access alternative finance

Anil Stocker, co-founder of MarketInvoice, discusses alternative finance for small businesses and growing his own business from three to 100.

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I started my first business at 17. Back in the 80&apos;s there was no internet, no support and I didn&apos;t have a network of friends or family that could help. Over the next 40 years I have started many more from a courier company to an in-flight catering business.
As I gained experience, I would willingly share it with others. Sometimes people just want to bounce ideas around with someone that has experience and knowledge that leave you motivated and better informed. Unfortunately, not everyone has that important network so I decided to volunteer for The Prince&apos;s Trust.
Having someone believe your idea and you as an individual is invaluable, especially when no one else does. One of my first Prince&apos;s Trust mentees would give me a dozen reasons to pack it all in and I would give him a dozen to keep going. He eventually went on to win the prestigious Pride of Britain Awards. I volunteered for the Trust for over a decade not just as an advisor but the interim Chair of the awards panel.
I am a qualified business advisor, an accomplished business mentor and an accredited business coach. But most of all, I have decades of experience supporting start-ups. My personalised approach to support gives clients the confidence to implement ideas with the skills and resources to hand. My entrepreneurial mindset helps them identify a wider audience for their products or services.
In my last role I was the lead for Enterprise &amp; Innovation within a housing association. I helped to start and support over 300 businesses and social enterprises across the North-West of England. I ensured start-ups had access to funding, support and premises.
I am also the Director of a waste management company, an innovating and patent pending service that increases the capacity of communal bins with a mobile compacting service.
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Caroline brings more than 19 years of experience to her role as chief training officer at Vincita. She holds a Master of Arts from Loughborough University with a Distinction in Practice, Research &amp; Entrepreneurial Skills and a Gold Standard Certificate of Teaching from Cambridge.
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Caroline Kay is a lifestyle entrepreneur, high-performance business coach, and keynote speaker. In 2019 she founded Vincita, a performance accelerator operating in London, York and Rome.
Caroline brings more than 19 years of experience to her role as chief training officer at Vincita. She holds a Master of Arts from Loughborough University with a Distinction in Practice, Research &amp; Entrepreneurial Skills and a Gold Standard Certificate of Teaching from Cambridge.
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The Small Business Sessions (S2E7): How to access alternative finance

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