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Feb 13, 2024 | 
newstatesman.com | Derin Koçer
The success of a nation correlates with that of its entrepreneurs. They push the boundaries of science and technology. They commercialise inventions and adapt innovation to the needs of ordinary people. They challenge incumbents, thereby raising standards. An entrepreneurial nation is one that understands the value of its entrepreneurs and backs them to be engines of growth. Despite the economic pessimism we are used to hearing, Britain can rightly claim to be one.
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
tenentrepreneurs.org | Eamonn Ives |Derin Koçer
Understanding how Britain thinks about entrepreneurship is vital if we are to build a society which enables and encourages more people to launch a business. In Entrepreneurs Unwrapped, kindly supported by American Express, we sought to do exactly that.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
newstatesman.com | Derin Koçer
He could’ve been the prime minister of innovators, until he wasn’t. Rishi Sunak’s fondness for Silicon Valley made him look like a natural leader to make the UK a science and technology superpower. However, Britain needs two groups of people for that project to succeed: inventors to innovate, and entrepreneurs to commercialise innovation. The government’s recently-announced immigration policies mean we will get fewer of both.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
cityam.com | Derin Koçer
Wednesday 08 November 2023 5:30 am Without more immigration, we will fail to build a future-focused Britain BLETCHLEY, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 2: Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a closing press conference at the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 2, 2023 in Bletchley, England.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
tenentrepreneurs.org | Eamonn Ives |Derin Koçer |Philip Salter
Risk is part and parcel of being an entrepreneur, and the best among Britain’s startup community are those who can successfully manage and exploit uncertainty. In our inaugural annual Risk Readiness Report, published with the international law firm Mishcon de Reya, we set out to better understand entrepreneurs’ attitudes to various questions of risk.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
capx.co | Derin Koçer
Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesPhoto: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images At the G20, the Prime Minister claimed immigration was a separate issue to trade We need a point-based sponsorship system for skilled workers To retain talent, the UK must see international students as an important part of its future workforceAs Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in India for the G20 summit, many hoped that he could clinch a breakthrough on a trade agreement with his counterpart Narendra Modi.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
tenentrepreneurs.org | Derin Koçer
Talent is evenly distributed but opportunities are not. For many gifted individuals and entrepreneurs, maximising their potential is contingent on the ability to move to where they can best deploy their skills.
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
cityam.com | Derin Koçer
If we want skilled workers in Britain, we can’t keep making visas three times more expensive than other nations competing for talent, writes Derin Kocer. There is a global race for talent. In the face of rapid technological transformation, talent has become a prized commodity more sought after than ever before. Western nations aren’t only competing against adversaries to attract and retain the world’s best professionals, innovators and entrepreneurs, they are also competing with each other.
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Mike Piggott |Christine Ochefu |Josh Tenser |Derin Koçer
MediaCat Magazine PodcastRani Patel on truth and lies, Gen Z, trust and transparency00:00/30mApple Podcasts Google Podcasts Podchaser Spotify Stitcher TuneIn For this latest MediaCat Magazine podcast our Editor Mike Piggott spoke to Rani Patel.
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Jun 12, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Mariana Silva |Mike Piggott |Derin Koçer |Annalisa Roy
I shop therefore I amThe French philosopher René Decartes would probably not be very pleased with how we have tweaked one of his most important contributions to modern thinking. However, it is a more accurate representation of how society defines itself today. We are what we buy. We are the clothes we have on our wardrobes, the cars on our garages, and the items we add to cart. Only after that are we citizens.
