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Martha Lane Fox: 'He said, "We're done with women"'

Martha Lane Fox is a tech trailblazer who first made her name in the dot com era. Thirty years on, she still encounters gender bias in her industry

Inside FlightStory: the company scaling Steven Bartlett’s podcast empire

Behind one of the world’s biggest podcasts is a fast-growing company betting on long-form storytelling, technology and human creators

Ben Askins: 'Nail' hiring and the rest falls into place

Ben Askins started out in the world of luxury branding before moving into the carbon credit space. The two very different industries have taught him one key lesson: hiring is key in business

From benefits to a £10m exit: How Sam Stoffel built – and nearly derailed – his business

After starting out broke and living on benefits, Sam Stoffel built a matched betting platform into a £10m exit – learning hard lessons on pricing, rebranding, cashflow and dealmaking along the way

From Red Bull to Tenzing: How one founder built a natural energy drinks brand

A decade ago, Huib Van Bockel pitched his wife a risky plan at their kitchen table. Today, that idea has grown into Tenzing – a brand backed by Heineken and stocked by the UK’s biggest supermarkets.

Caspar Lee on turning online fame into a £100m business

The YouTube pioneer on building influence, professionalising creator marketing and backing early-stage tech founders

The marketing ‘alchemy’ most companies miss

Rory Sutherland is one of the UK’s best-known marketing thinkers. He sets out why businesses should rethink how they value marketing, from direct mail to call centres and customer kindness

Business lessons from a sofa entrepreneur

Rohan Blacker looks back at his time with e-commerce pioneer Sofa.com and explains the thinking behind his latest online furniture project

Rugby World Cup winner: The making of a resilient leader

Bob Skinstad’s journey from rugby prodigy to business leader is shaped by scrutiny, setbacks and second chances

How The Guardian pulled off one of Britain’s toughest turnarounds

After a decade as editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner is using her business acumen to reinvent The Guardian

How Hair Syrup went from a viral TikTok to a multi-million pound beauty brand

After creating her own hair oil blends as a student, Lucie Macloud grew Hair Syrup into a multi-million pound business that she’s now expanding into Europe and the US

Nails.INC founder Thea Green: Don’t sweat the small stuff

Thea Green, one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs in the beauty and self-care space, shares her advice