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Building advisory relationships with Tech Nation's executive alumni

Building advisory relationships with Tech Nation's executive alumni

At the beginning of 2022, Invigorate and Tech Nation partnered to improve business outcomes for businesses in their community, provide experienced alumni with opportunities for further professional development, and power transformative advisory relationships across the Tech Nation ecosystem. Quality advisors can be hard to find in the UK, and advisors

What’s the difference between a board advisor and a NED, and other big questions for growing startups

What’s the difference between a board advisor and a NED, and other big questions for growing startups

We recently ran a fantastic masterclass for London and Partners on how to build advisory boards and external support networks. They are a vital resource for growing startups, and should form the basis of your support and accountability network, helping you grow and setting your business up for scale. The

Mastering the Art of External Support and Building an Advisory Board

Mastering the Art of External Support and Building an Advisory Board

There are many different forms of external support, depending on the nature of your business’s specific need, as well as its size, maturity, areas of operation and budget. Unfortunately, this also means that businesses looking for a little (or a lot) of external support often struggle to find appropriate

Collaboration is a Must-Have Skill, but How Do You Collaborate with Someone You Don't Really Know?

Collaboration is a Must-Have Skill, but How Do You Collaborate with Someone You Don't Really Know?

Like it or not, collaboration is critical in business – it can be a force multiplier, providing leverage and scale where one person or one group alone does not have the skills, knowledge or capacity to deliver a project or solve a complex problem. If you are a leader or aspire

Creating Value for High Growth Financiers - Q&A with Invigorate's CEO Lauren Stewart

Creating Value for High Growth Financiers - Q&A with Invigorate's CEO Lauren Stewart

Providing value-adding portfolio support along with capital has been one of the hot topics in the financier community for a while now, as founders are looking for funds that stretch their strategic support beyond capital to drive the scaling journey. Further to our recent blog on portfolio support as a

Portfolio Support - A Key Differentiator in a Competitive Market

Portfolio Support - A Key Differentiator in a Competitive Market

Welcome to the first article in our series exploring market trends, challenges, real-life case studies from the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) community. In the first quarter of 2021, venture capital investment in UK scale-ups hit a record £5.1 billion – an increase of 25% on the previous

How Advisors Can Help Accelerate Achieving Your Strategic Objectives

How Advisors Can Help Accelerate Achieving Your Strategic Objectives

Are you struggling for time and headspace to think strategically in your business? Depending on your growth stage and objectives, a business advisor might be able to help. From acquiring funding to defining your go-to-market strategy, there are many advantages to hiring a formal advisor. So should you hire one

Selling to Large Businesses – How to Make Your Customers’ Lives Easy

Selling to Large Businesses – How to Make Your Customers’ Lives Easy

Article authored by Invigorate Advisor and Procurement Strategy expert, Hannah Tilston. Successfully navigating the sales process into large companies can make the difference between a mediocre year and a game-changing one. Those hours spent honing sales pitches, getting the branding just right and building relationships ready for when the time

A Guide to Building a Great Advisor Profile on the Invigorate Platform

As an advisor to some of the most successful businesses in the UK, you’ve undoubtedly spent years honing your craft and perfecting your skills. And you’d now like to pass on that experience and expertise to the next generation of growing businesses. However, this is no easy feat.

Demystifying Advisors

Demystifying Advisors

Building a world class start-up is hard! As a founder, you are building a team and a business model, a product and a marketing strategy, whilst raising investment – there is never enough bandwidth or skills to do everything your business demands. Once you’ve started, it never stops. Running a

What Does an Invigorate Advisor Look Like?

What Does an Invigorate Advisor Look Like?

As a scaling business, you’ve no doubt been mired in the challenge of building a great team to run your business. Indeed, according to Entrepreneur, the need for a scalable workforce is one of the top key trends shaping the future of work right now. Whether it’s full-time

How We Use Data Science to Power a Human Network

How We Use Data Science to Power a Human Network

Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack… what do they all have in common? They all make finding, connecting and engaging with people quicker and easier. Just think how quickly you can now find professional connections on LinkedIn, or how easily you can now get an answer to your question by posting in a

How To Get the Most Out of an Advisor

How To Get the Most Out of an Advisor

You’ve decided that getting an advisor could really help your business grow and provide some much-needed expertise. So how do you go about ensuring that you really make the most out of the relationship, and how can you harness the real value that advisors can bring to your business?

Scaling in Difficult Times - What Seasoned Advisors Told Startups and Scaleups Amidst the Covid-19 Crisis

Scaling in Difficult Times - What Seasoned Advisors Told Startups and Scaleups Amidst the Covid-19 Crisis

Market shocks like the COVID-19 crisis don’t come around very often, but when they do the way successful businesses react to them can teach us a lot. Of course the crisis was very advantageous to some business models, with online video software, home exercise and a variety of other

Finding the Right Advisor

Finding the Right Advisor

You might have identified that your business could benefit from the guidance and expertise of an advisor, but how do you go about finding exactly the right match for your company? With numerous talented professionals around, choosing the right start-up advisor can indeed be a tricky job. Don’t miss

How to Engage an Advisor

How to Engage an Advisor

You may have identified your advisor – but it’s not over yet; ensuring you get the most out of the relationship is crucial. As a leader you need to think carefully and strategically about what you want from your advisor. What’s going to be the best way to harness

Getting Added Value From Your Advisor

Getting Added Value From Your Advisor

Your advisor can be as ‘hands-on’ with your business as you want – it should be all stipulated in your agreement and covered in your scoping relationship. But there may well be more ways that your advisor can add value to your growth business. What are these? How can you make

Advisor Myth Busting

Advisor Myth Busting

You might have identified that you need an advisor, but you’re not totally sure they are for you. You’ve heard some stories that they are expensive and not massively hands-on, or that you end up paying them for years as you are committed to using an advisor. What’

The Definitive Guide to Finding the Best Advisors for your Business

The Definitive Guide to Finding the Best Advisors for your Business

Finding and securing an advisor can be a key factor for the success of your business. But as much as it may feel like there are many ways to find one – there’s online networking, face-to-face events, recommendations… – these routes can often be time consuming and very hit-and-miss. In your