Stories Portfolio Investments Work Contact Resources to help startup teams get started. Sign up here to get #GetStarted conveniently delivered to your inbox, every Wednesday. Our history with #GetStarted 2016 December A Guide to Submitting Your App to the App Store November Buyer Personas for Lean Startups October Pre-Launch Landing Pages: Keep it Simple September Stealth Mode, Really? Why You Should Start Marketing Pre-Launch ChartMogul’s Nick Franklin on the Future of Metrics August ChartMogul’s Nick Franklin on Building a SaaS Startup July Dave McClure: Everybody Assumes Viral is the Only Good Way to Acquire Users Lessons Learned Releasing an Adult Themed App to the Apple App Store June Pirate Metrics 10 Years On: Interview With Dave McClure May Are We Really in Another Tech Bubble? Interview with Dave McClure April OLIO’s Mobile App Analytics Toolkit An Introduction to R&D Tax Relief for Startups March The Best Startup Mentors in Bristol and Bath Experiment: Using Beacons to Track Movements Share Schemes: Sharing our Portfolio’s Success With our Team February Startup Grants & Funding – A Guide For Busy Entrepreneurs January A Model to Identify Startup KPIs Do You Need to Protect Your Startup Idea with an NDA? 2015 November #GetStarted Curates Resources to Help Entrepreneurs Create Success Validating Assumptions for Your MVP in A Truly Lean Fashion October Slack as a Compromise Between Happiness and Communication September How We Approach Projects August The Four Pillars of a Successful Online Campaign – Social or Otherwise… How These Entrepreneurs Validated Their Startup Ideas June How One Ex Corporate Executive is Tackling the Major Problem of Food Waste WebRTC, Video Streaming and the Next Big Thing Quitting Your Job to Work Full-Time on Your Startup: Interview with Dimple Lalwani May We Came up With 13 Startup Ideas – Choose Your Favourite! Building technology to make the world a better place: Interview with Judith Clegg Part 2 Idea Validation vs Minimum Viable Product Boards With More Diverse People Have Better Financial Results: Interview With Judith Clegg Part 1 I Don’t Really Believe in Good Ideas: Interview with Serial Investor Gavin Eddy April How do Local Parliamentary Candidates Intend to Help Small Businesses and Startups in Bristol? How Will the Result of the General Election Affect Startups and Small Businesses? Get Started With Email Automation Workflows in MailChimp Tax Relief Schemes for Entrepreneurs and Investors February A Startup Founder’s Guide to Identifying and Setting Up Useful Marketing Goals in Google Analytics Show Your Team Some Love This Valentine’s Day 2014 October Startup Marketing and the Art of Being Cool by Association Startup Metrics For Beginners: Churn Rate September And the Winner of the #GetStarted2014 Startup Competition is… #GetStarted2014 Winner To Be Announced on September 15th August A Beginner’s Guide to Crowdfunding Your Startup Check Out the #GetStarted2014 Finalists’ Video Pitches 5 Secrets of Startup Marketing Every Entrepreneur Should Know #GetStarted2014 Finalists: These 10 Startups Could Win £50k of Support! July How to Make Your Startup Stand Out in a Crowded Market There is No Such Thing as a Good Startup Idea: Interview with Cindy Gallop What Makes a Good Startup Idea: Interview with VC Nicolas Wittenborn What Startup Investors Want: Interview with Christopher Muenchhoff June Tendering Guide For SMEs: 10 Tips for Winning Tenders How to Write a Startup Elevator Pitch How to Win a £50k Startup Competition May Risk Assessment: How to Avoid a Disaster When You’re Growing Rapidly 8 Ways to Get the Most From Your Web Hosting How to Tell if You Have a Good Startup Idea Startups! Are You Measuring The Wrong Metrics? April How we choose the best web hosting solution for our clients Win $70k of Support to Bring Your Startup Idea to Life Client primer: Discussing semantic markup with your development team March 5 mobile design mistakes that are driving your customers crazy 5 signs your startup is ready for a press launch An introduction to Agile projects February 5 years with Basecamp: Here’s what we’ve learned January Becoming a Web Developer: The Placement Year Student Perspective 10 growth hacks you’re already doing Quit SEO and start optimising for people Setting up your team for iOS app development 5 startup lessons we learned in 2013 2013 December Let your customers build your startup with a ‘Minimum Viable Product’ November How to win back angry customers Why you should stop pitching your startup to the press 4 online tools to help you give great customer service These 5 UX mistakes are wasting your customers’ time Why you shouldn’t care about the competition 5 online apps our web developers love How to tell your story and increase sales October How to live and breathe your brand What your startup can learn from The Walking Dead Startups: Stop saving, start spending! September 10 design mistakes that will cost your customers’ trust Is your team REALLY happy? August The 3 Government startup schemes you need to know about Can regular days out motivate your team? Tools for startups – HR July How to get your startup involved in your local community 8 Essential Tools for your Startup What work experience students can teach you about your business March Why we feed our staff 2012 May Understanding Bounce Rates April Optimisation Tactics March User stories, luvvies and conveying project scope February The Agile Manifesto January The First Rusic Hack Day was amazing Drupal vs WordPress: Which to use? WordPress Custom Post Types – Changing Slug 2011 November Krav Maga principles applied to IT support October Three simple questions for AB testing September Using WordPress: Managing users and adding your avatar August Tendering guide for SMEs – How to prepare a tender template Using WordPress: Adding & editing posts Using WordPress: Introduction What’s your motivation? Problems in the cloud The quest for a cheap startup logo July Things to consider when putting a website live! Random people in Google + Circles June 6 Things I Would Tell Someone About Start-Ups Deciding on your next Open Source Content Management System Cybertill and Magento playing nice March Does Business Link Contracts Finder actually find contracts? Facebook changes – what you need to know February Networking – 16 Top tips 5 tips for getting the most out of your Facebook page Thirsty Bristol #2 January Digital Integration – balancing your hub… 12 Common Sense Social Media Tips 2010 October Equal Opportunities = the right to be treated fairly and with respect September We use FreeAgent (review) July Grow your greener business success Is Basecamp the Project Management tool for me? June Emergency Budget – What’s in it for us? Getting Started With Facebook Ads Quality Management – preparing for tenders Conversational blogging (who are you?) Easy guide to your company Health & Safety policy May 9 easy steps for setting up a Facebook fan page Email Signatures should be simple April Do you know what Social Media is?