Learn how to craft a pitch, and how to quickly build a network of investors. Find out how to overcome gender bias and close a great deal.

Lunch and Learn: Five steps to fundraising for female founders

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, discusses the challenges that female founders must be aware of when raising investment in a male-dominated venture finance world. She also explains how to speak the language of investors and reach out to people who are most likely to back you.

Raising investment for growth is something many female founders consider as they move out of the launch phase of their business and prepare to scale. But it can feel like a daunting challenge, particularly if you've never raised finance before.

When is the right time to raise finance? What are the options available to you? And how do you go about managing your investment campaign to get the best outcome, while making sure you don't take your eye off running the business?

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I&apos;m Enterprise Nation&apos;s senior content manager, and I spend most of my time working on all types of content for the small business programmes and campaigns we run with our corporate, government and local-authority partners.

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Enterprise Nation unveils a new Funding Hub to help small businesses get finance

A new hub to give start-ups and small businesses quick access to the finance most suitable for them.

We&apos;re here to help you.
Accessible, jargon-free explanations to help you understand your finances, optimise your tax claims and grow your business successfully.
Benefit from:
<ol>
<li>Practical, relevant, commercial corporation tax, income tax, director remuneration tax and VAT advice.</li>
<li>Making your year end accounts tell the correct story to the public and HMRC.</li>
<li>Understanding your figures. What do they tell you? What&apos;s happening to your margins and underlying cash. We&apos;ll take you through it.</li>
<li>Specialist area advice such as R&amp;D and S/EIS advice and claims.</li>
<li>Signposting you to other trusted relevant services, such as bookkeepers.</li>
</ol>

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Small business taxation

This group is for small businesses from any sector to discuss taxation.



I founded <a href=&apos;https://bluedotconsulting.co.uk/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Blue Dot Consulting Limited</a>, Chartered Accountants, in 2001.
We&apos;re based at Putney Bridge, in London, and we work primarily with owner-managed business from those starting up through to multi-million turnover companies.
As businesses grow, their financial management evolves and we have an overview what businesses of different sizes might need to be dealing with:
<ul>
<li><a href=&apos;https://bluedotconsulting.co.uk/what-size-is-your-business/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Starting up to £100k sales</a></li>
<li><a href=&apos;https://bluedotconsulting.co.uk/what-size-is-your-business-2/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>£100k - £500k</a></li>
<li><a href=&apos;https://bluedotconsulting.co.uk/what-size-is-your-business-3/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>£500k to +£1m</a></li>
<li><a href=&apos;https://bluedotconsulting.co.uk/what-size-is-your-business-4/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>+£2m</a></li>
</ul>

If you&apos;re running a business then concentrate on good, solid bookkeeping, profitability and cashflow.
Within the context of Enterprise Nation, I am keen to help business owners with all of the above and any financial management, bookkeeping, accounting issues that come to mind.
Reach out and let&apos;s see if I can help.
Finally, you might find something useful in <a href=&apos;https://bluedotconsulting.co.uk/blog/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>the least &quot;accountanty&quot; blog</a> you&apos;ve ever seen from an accountant.

Michael

Founder and MD

Bookkeeping for business

Bookkeeping lies at the centre of every business and needs to be done consistently well. 

We help businesses get the bookkeeping they need, whether they outsource it all to us or we give their in-house team a nudge in the right direction. 

What does your business need and how can we help you?

Michael

Ellen Bishop empowers businesses to harness the transformative power of AI to address their unique challenges and achieve a competitive advantage. Using her extensive background in communications she guides organisations through their whole AI adoption journey, ensuring seamless integration of AI into existing frameworks. She is skilled in developing AI strategies and setting up AI councils for businesses that ensure AI adoption aligns with business objectives and fosters a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing. With experience of working in a diverse range of industries, including media, energy, and manufacturing, she is adept at tailoring her approach to each client&apos;s unique needs, ensuring that their AI initiatives are aligned with their specific business goals. Ellen’s focus is on the practical applications of AI to help businesses problem solve. Her passion for AI stems from her belief in its potential to revolutionise industries and the way we work and drive innovation.

With AI, it’s not an option to opt-out. So, the question really is:
How can you opt-in successfully?
Alcea works with your organisation, bringing your people together to learn, engage, and own the AI journey for their teams and organisation.
We have designed a three-stage setup and adoption process for AI tools that guide everyone in your business through the introduction to and solution of artificial intelligence – working with your teams, including them, every step of the way.
Adopting artificial intelligence into your business is a transition into the future. There are three stages to introducing and implementing AI tools successfully into your organisation.

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Ellen Bishop

Ellen Bishop empowers businesses to harness the transformative power of AI to address their unique challenges and achieve a competitive advantage. Using her extensive background in communications she guides organisations through their whole AI adoption journey, ensuring seamless integration of AI into existing frameworks. She is skilled in developing AI strategies and setting up AI councils for businesses that ensure AI adoption aligns with business objectives and fosters a culture of collabo

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