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Learn more about what we do and how we do it. Read about our 2013 programme, Girls' Coding, the amazing speakers who visit and our current founders. Or, take a look at our video channel.

Show rather than tell

by isa

3839 514045075275771 708285019 NHave you had a look at the Entrepreneur First application process yet? These are a few guidelines on how to tackle the questions and things to keep in mind when applying. The best answers will show rather than tell: instead of telling us you...

Killing It on Kickstarter

by bay

Two EF companies are using crowd-funding site Kickstarter to launch their products – and one has already blown past its funding target to raise nearly 700% of the initial goal. EF cohort member Henry Fletcher and his US-based co-founder Max Bruner...

Rise early - Work hard - Strike oil

by isa

260473 509920995688179 1360627096 NHere at EF we're lucky enough to have some very cool partnerships that mean our startups get access to treats and freebies that take the friction out of building a business. For example, how does free banking sound? Not a big deal if you're a...

EF coming to a university near you...

by matt

We're delighted that so many of you are excited about Entrepreneur First 2013 - and we'd like to meet you too. Over the next couple of months, the EF team will be visiting university campuses and startup events around the country to spread the...

The Year So Far

by bay

by Alex Mulford

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It would appear that my Entrepreneur First journey began when I heard about the programme from a friend at university last September. But in reality it started the year before when I decided I wanted to have more control over my...

How a theoretician adapted to entrepreneurship

by bay

by Rashid Mansoor

My exploits through Entrepreneur First weren't my first engagement with entrepreneurship. I think I could easily make a case for the fact that entrepreneurship has always been a passion of mine: I sold software even before my...

Let’s talk balance and scale. Meraki and Wonga

by alice

Dsc 2554 (2)Meraki, an established West Coast startup funded by Sequoia Capital and Google, kindly loaned us their Chief Evangelist for a flying visit (almost literally as we were his final stop before the airport). As a former investor and now part of a...

FAQs for Code First: Girls

by alice

We want to support top female graduates entering into a career in tech entrepreneurship. Summer 2013, Entrepreneur First will be running a free course to equip young women with basic coding skills.

Logo City Of LondonA massive thank you to the City of London...

Girls, it's time to learn to code

by alice
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I don’t have a technical background.

My friends at university weren’t technical.

Two years ago I would have screeched at Python and...

Applications now open!

by alice

Applications for the second cohort of Entrepreneur First are now open! Click here to fill in our application form. 

We are really excited about the hunt for our next generation of EF founders. The current cohort are an exceptional bunch and...