Startup Strategy

Skint and Shipping: How Being Broke Made British Software Better

There's a peculiar magic that happens when a British developer has a brilliant idea, a secondhand laptop, and approximately £200 left in the business account. Constraints, it turns out, are less a handicap and more a superpower — one the UK tech scene has been quietly wielding for decades. This is the story of how poverty of resource became richness of design.

Jul 14, 2026

From Pub Scribble to Pile of Ash: Why Your Big Idea Burned Through £50k Without Launching

Every great British tech startup begins the same way: a eureka moment, a biro, and the back of something disposable. But somewhere between that glorious scribble and a working product, thousands of founders watch their funding evaporate into thin air. We dig into why so many MVPs die before anyone gets to use them — and what you can actually do about it.

Jul 14, 2026