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async

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Async isn’t just for remote teams. It’s for better teams

Asynchronous work is often treated as a remote-only tactic, something distributed teams have to use because they don’t share a timezone.

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LTV:CAC

4 min read

LTV:CAC ratio: Beyond the basics

Most founders know the LTV:CAC ratio in theory: It compares the lifetime value of a customer (LTV) with the cost to acquire that customer (CAC).

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EMI excluded industries: Why some trades don’t qualify

5 min read

EMI excluded industries: Why some trades don’t qualify

The Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) scheme is one of the most generous share option schemes in the UK. It helps smaller, high-growth companies...

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cashflow planning

3 min read

Building a cashflow system that survives growth

Cash flow problems can sink healthy, growing companies as well as weaker ones. In the first part of this series, we showed why profitable firms still...

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PSCs explained: who really controls your company?

5 min read

PSCs explained: who really controls your company?

If you’ve ever checked your company record on Companies House or noticed the acronym PSC on your Vestd dashboard, you might have wondered what it...

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Phantom shares: what they are and how they work

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Phantom shares: what they are and how they work

Phantom shares, also known as phantom stock or shadow shares, let you link employee rewards to your company’s value without transferring actual...

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onboarding from job ad

3 min read

Hiring starts with the job ad: how to onboard before day one

Most founders think onboarding starts when a new hire walks through the door, but it actually begins much earlier.

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5 min read

Combining SEIS and EIS: Structuring a dual round

Raising investment through both the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) in the same round can allow...

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3 min read

How easyStorage scaled locally with simplified operations

When you think of the easy® family, you probably picture bright orange planes and sunny holiday destinations.

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Building a cashflow system that survives growth

4 min read

Profit vs cashflow: why good firms still go under

It’s one of the oldest paradoxes in business: companies that look strong on paper collapsing almost overnight.

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