By: Harriet Green

I am City A.M.'s deputy business features editor. I look after the Entrepreneurs page, Alternative Finance and our Office Politics section. I also help out with the Forum, running our daily debate. I have a special interest in distributed ledger technology. Prior to working at City A.M., I ran a social enterprise.

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What business can learn from the underdogs

September 8, 2014

Be positive, and remember that you could be the game changer FROM unlikely World Cup winners, to politicians and Harry Potter – everybody loves an underdog. A 2010 study by Anat Keinan, Jill Avery and Neeru Paharia looked at the sway the underdog business holds with consumers over the big players. Their hypothesis was that [...]
Wieden + Kennedy’s Neil Christie: The man behind Three’s Dancing Pony on the secrets of good viral marketing

September 7, 2014

As one of the biggest independent agencies in the world, Wieden and Kennedy (W+K) is an increasingly rare variety of heavyweight in a media industry frequently characterised by its consolidation. Over three decades after its inception in Portland, Oregon, the firm now has eight offices around the world, and a solid reputation for its creative [...]
Four ways to beat procrastination

September 4, 2014

An “active” approach and making use of others can help you take the bull by the horns. If you procrastinate, you’re not alone. A survey last year, released by Crucial.com, showed that 75 per cent of Brits are living with the constant burden of procrastination guilt – even putting off simple household tasks. And [...]
How to save for your child’s future

September 2, 2014

In the first half of this year, peer-to-peer lending passed a fresh milestone in the UK. According to the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association, online platforms handled new loans worth £500m over the period, with over 66,000 individuals offering loans through them. While cash and stocks and shares still attract the vast bulk of investor money, those [...]
Where do you see yourself in five years’ time? How to answer the hardest interview question

September 1, 2014

Harriet Green explains how to answer one of the trickiest interview questions out there. With job hopping becoming increasingly common, and new definitions of the “career ladder” coming into play, careers are becoming less predictable creatures. Even if you’re within a profession, knowing what the next few years will look like can be difficult [...]
Gimme 5: September events for entrepreneurs

September 1, 2014

UCL Advances Small Businesses briefing session A lunchtime briefing on how to join the next cohort of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme. 12.30pm, 9 September. Free www.ucl.ac.uk/advances Grow Online Marketing Masterclass Hosted by Grow, the small business marketing experts, the event will cover the nine areas of digital marketing you need for [...]
Beer of the realm: Cobra founder Lord Bilimoria talks creativity, GM crops and cracking pubs

August 31, 2014

If you haven’t enjoyed a Cobra beer yourself, you’ve probably had a curry with someone who has. Karan Bilimoria founded Cobra Beer in 1989. It’s a well-documented story by now: the entrepreneur and life peer saw the need for a beer that was less gassy than lager but not as heavy as ale. Cobra claims [...]
Perfect the art of “managing up” in the workplace

August 31, 2014

See your boss as a resource, but also know when to climb down. Keeping relations sweet between you and your superiors can feel draining. In fact, if you haven’t had a bad experience with a boss so far in your career, you should count yourself lucky. In response to a survey last year, conducted [...]
Take the fear out of networking in just three moves

August 26, 2014

Know how to prioritise, do your research and always arrive early. For some, networking is a joy – new people, new ideas and an opportunity to share your own. But for others, it just means an evening of performance and hard work. Actor Idris Elba has said of his own profession – and it’s [...]
City Moves for 26 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

August 25, 2014

Colliers International The commercial real estate services firm has appointed Kate Morgan as director of rating in its national rating team. She joins from Bruntwood, where she was head of business development. Hermes Fund Managers Hermes has announced the appointment of Zoe Shaw as head of fixed income. She has 30 years’ experience in investment [...]

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