Early Stage Businesses: Look Back to Move Forward ; Advantage Business Angels Managing Director Neil Mackay Says the Best Way for Today's Businesses to Stay Ahead Is to Step Back in Time

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Manufacturing businesses are always an issue in the West Midlands. But where does manufacturing sit in the future for early stage businesses?

I think this is best examined by looking back first before we look forward. At the time of the Industrial Revolution most people worked on the land. Today probably fewer than one per cent of people are engaged in such activities.

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Early Stage Businesses: Look Back to Move Forward ; Advantage Business Angels Managing Director Neil Mackay Says the Best Way for Today's Businesses to Stay Ahead Is to Step Back in Time

If I had been writing a column in 1725 I would have been laughed at if I had made such a prediction. It is not because food is unimporta...

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