Plans for the International Festival for Business 2014 (IFB 2014), the 61-day expo of world-class events, bringing £100 million of inward investment to Britain, are to be unveiled today at a key UKTI export event in Liverpool.

It is vital to listen to your customers if you want to grow your business. Their purchasing decisions will give you clues as to which products or services they like. If you keep close to them, you can find out the particular features and benefits that influence them to buy.

How do we approach and create an holistic and systemic design of a business? Here is a story from the book that explores a different way of creating greater value – not only in the the product but in fact through the entire organisation, being more lightweight, sustainable, and innovative.

Natalie Bagnall, Head of Acquisition at Google UK, offered her insights at a recent Santander Breakthrough Live event in London into what it’s like to work for one of the most forward-thinking and original companies in modern history.

Entrepreneurs thrive on innovation and solving problems, yet even the best entrepreneurs get stuck sometimes. These "stuck" moments are actually opportunities to create your biggest breakthroughs. I've experienced this myself, and I've seen countless other entrepreneurs do it.

To become an entrepreneur is to become a searcher: a searcher for ideas, a searcher for people, a searcher for capital.