From state school to startup: things I wish I knew
8 January 2026
We chat with Emily (September 2021 cohort), about her experiences getting to grips with the startup world.
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We chat with Emily (September 2021 cohort), about her experiences getting to grips with the startup world.
Jumpstart’s BIG Startup 5K is more than just a race, it’s a celebration of startup culture, ambition, and community. It is a key part of Jumpstart’s mission to build the UK’s most vibrant startup network, a day where the entire ecosystem can show up, lace up, and jump start their journey together.
Just raised your Series A? This guide covers everything you need to build a scalable sales team, from hiring your first sales leader to onboarding junior talent and tracking performance.
Still running founder-led sales at your startup? It might be holding you back. In this guide, we break down when and how to transition away from founder-led sales without dropping the ball on revenue.
Hiring junior sales talent in early-stage startups is uniquely hard. There’s no playbook, no brand awareness, and often no sales leadership. In this guide for startups, Matthew, Co-Founder at Jumpstart, breaks down how to hire junior startup sales talent. Whether you’re navigating founder-led sales or scaling your commercial team, this is the advice you need to find, assess, and retain junior startup sales talent.
From sales to startup marketing. We chat to Jumpstarter, Alex, about her transition into startup marketing.
From consulting to creative marketing: how Annie made the leap to startup life at Marleybones (with help from Jumpstart).
Imagine a startup where every team member feels like they’re part of something bigger than just a job. That’s the magic that founder Oliver Pugh, has been brewing at yetipay, and Jumpstart has been his secret ingredient in assembling a team that’s anything but ordinary.
Jumpstart’s launching the startup version of the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge, bringing together 1000 startup leaders and employees from within the Jumpstart ecosystem. The flagship