I was thinking about Will Smith and his inevitable conversation after with his kids. He’ll be gutted i’m sure. And I know kids - they’ll say “don’t worry about it, it happens we love you” and I took a mental note on how to deal with my kids when they do something badly wrong.

Buy your options here…. https://t.co/K1TulXcapC

Grim

I appreciate my Mum who is championing LGBTQ+ rights and gently educating church leaders on the importance of making everyone feel at home. It’s a fairly thankless task I imagine but such important work.

#ChristmasParty I was so devastated at Christmas being cancelled. I’d seen it as a way to make up for a year of missed opportunity with my mum. When cancelled I went to Wandsworth Common at midnight and screamed loud at trees. I screamed at trees.

Have a read of our latest newsletter featuring: 🔹#BreakthroughBursary 🔹Startup advice from @ALWedgely 🔹@fluoretiQ case study 🔹#FinTech West Accelerator 🔹Blog on embedding sustainable practices into a startup Plus the latest news from our members... https://t.co/GXSXvoZVKG

We had a fascinating chat with our EiR @ALWedgely to hear her top tips for startups. “Stay on the train. In the quest for progress you can jump too soon, change platform, go back, start again. Have the resilience to follow an idea through” https://t.co/zUNGPdtQUH

We had a lovely time catching up with our alumni community at last night's dinner! Many thanks to @SteveCliffe, former CEO of @ultraleap, for leading the discussion. #Scaleups #BristolTech

#AdaCon2021 including a chat with Dame Stephanie Shirley aka Steve 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 a venture philanthropist who took her business from kitchen table to 8500 employees to acquisition, taking the first dividend after 25 years!

@HONORTHEV People keep saying "it's business", but if someone ghosted you on multiple interviews then popped back up a year later chances are you wouldn't hire them. This wasn't a 'No' so don't treat it that way. I'd allow them to explain the behavior or politely decline altogether.

📢Calling all UK #tech entrepreneurs, find out how you can grow your business at our award winning incubator, and be part of a dynamic, supportive community. Come to our #DiscoverSSB open event, on 12 Oct from 4-5pm, as part of @tech_bristol. 👉 https://t.co/3ovATnwroc #Startups

These Pandora papers are depressing in every way

I'm looking for Series A investors to speak for 30 Mins to an audience of diverse women founders from @thestackworld membership community on precisely what metrics they're looking for so that they are not building blind from Seed to Series A. Please RT

Have a think 🤔 If you want to scale a business … #scaleInWales … fantastic cluster here and great beer

📢Calling all tech entrepreneurs! Check out our free #Idea2Pitch event with pitching and business ideas workshop on 13 October. #Techfounders or aspiring tech #entrepreneurs of all levels and backgrounds are welcome to apply to attend. 👉 https://t.co/AKKqpnQc6d #Startups

Got a startup idea, but not sure how to pitch it well? Join for @SETsquared_Br free #Idea2Pitch workshop on 13 Oct taking place in Bristol!

Tech startups, apply to attend @SETsquared_Br’s free #Idea2Pitch event on 13 Oct, part of @tech_bristol, with business ideas and pitching workshop to help you gain interest or support in your venture. Please RT! https://t.co/AKKqpnQc6d #Startups #TechFounders

Lots going on with SETsquared right now. Much of it you can access from your armchair!

#StartupAdvice Start-up mentor @ALWedgely, entrepreneur-in-residence at @SETsquared_Br, says entrepreneurs need to put themselves out there to ‘learn the hard lessons’. https://t.co/TArwXZZ8iw

“The customer is the critical ingredient to a start-up starting up, scaling up and keeping up.” Start-up adviser @ALWedgely discusses why founders need to put themselves out there and speak to customers https://t.co/TArwXZZ8iw