Shaun Varga

Chairman and creative director at Ingenuity

Mark Zuckerberg's note to Facebook shareholders explains how the hacker way has given his business a particular mentality. The argument, as I understand it, is that just getting stuff done is the key to progress - rather than procrastinating. It's about continuous, relentless progress. Roger so far. But then there's this...

Dawn Elson

Head of Engineering at Gatwick Airport Limited and First Women Awards 2013 nominee

So what can be done to make more women 'Lean in' and to rise above the social stereotypes so that we have more female role models and ensure that the list of future contenders to appear on our bank notes has a 50:50 split? It is important that women understand that they are not alone in feeling some of the deep-rooted fears and social biases that they experience in the workplace.

Jessica Rose

Award Winning Entrepreneur, Founder and Director of the London Jewellery School

As you may well know, last week Labour leader, Ed Miliband, announced that if Labour were to form the next government they would encourage businesses to pay employees the Living Wage (approximately £8.55) by cutting business rates or tax levels for those that do. As someone who employees 20-30 people (some on PAYE and others freelance) at the London Jewellery School, I whole-heartedly welcome these plans.

Stephen Caddick

VP Enterprise at UCL

For most of us the 80/20 rule provides an uncannily accurate measure of events - and the world of business is no exception. So I was expecting this effect, known as the Pareto principle, to rear its head as I was reading Goldman Sach's recent report on stimulating small business growth in the UK.

Jack R. Miles

Research Manager, Northstar

The research sector is often seen to be dominated by a few of the biggest names, so how do smaller agencies make themselves heard under the noise from much bigger beasts?

Marsha Wright

TV Business Expert, International #1 Bestselling Author, Serial-Entrepreneur, Presenter, Mentor, Speaker & Quantum Leap Strategist to Discerning Entrepreneurs

Everyone knows the saying "Show me your friends and I'll tell you where you're going". This saying also holds especially true in the life of every ent...

Hannah Lippitt

Journalist who works in digital media.

Buying a house can be enough of a headache without the constant stress of the possibility of the broken 'chain' phenomenon.

Azeem Ibrahim

Executive Chairman, The Scotland Institute

Each successive government of course blames the last for the financial mess it inherited but the truth is that the blame game pales in respect to apportioning blame for the 2008 global financial disaster.

Sam White

Special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP at the Treasury from 2007 to 2010

What would you do if you found yourself unable to feed your family? It's a question people are having to ask themselves in increasing numbers in Britain today.

Fiona Cannon

Director of Diversity and Inclusion for Lloyds Banking Group

I'm a great believer that if we can keep things simple, we should. And trying to address the gender gap is no exception. One of the most successful measures we've introduced at Lloyds Banking Group over the past year is a role models programme. It was a very simple idea but has been phenomenally successful.

Neeta Patel

CEO, New Entrepreneurs Foundation

For almost everyone reading this blog, there will be one person, whether a teacher, a friend or someone in business, who has given you a vital leg up at one stage in your life and without whom you would not have done so well.

Christine de Leon

Christine is a content strategist and blogs about sustainable fashion at www.verynicethreads.com

Some have suggested a consumer boycott of Bangladeshi garments at these retailers, but a boycott could be counter-productive because doing so could jeopardise the job security of the garment workers. The best course of action is to put consumer pressure on Primark. We can't shift our society's addiction to cheap fashion overnight, but we can insist that as the buyers, Primark must put pressure on their supply chain to adhere to the basic tenets of a safe working environment.

Dr Raj Persaud and Adrian Furnham

Consultant Psychiatrist and Emeritus Visiting Gresham Professor for Public Understanding of Psychiatry

Working hard is intrinsically a good and moral thing to do - the so-called 'Work Ethic' - does this really exist? Is the work ethic even regarded as a good thing any more? 'Work-life balance' is all the vogue, so perhaps the 'work ethic' destroys family life and over all contentment?

Nasir Zubairi

The Red Baron - Innovation, Marketing and Growth Pilot

There are a plethora of lists citing the most innovative companies in the world published by some notable names in media. It does not matter that all differ in their membership; the debate of who is in and shouldn't be and who is missing but should be in is not important. What is important is that there are common principles of innovation to learn from and that can be drawn from the companies that are expertly surfing ahead on the wave of creativity.

Muhammad Abdul Bari

Educationalist, community activist, author and parenting consultant

Party hooliganism is not uncommon in Bangladesh, but this has multiplied in worrying proportions during the tenure of the current government. Some factory owners who are political cadres of the ruling party are known to use their employees as political pawns.

Xenios Thrasyvoulou

Founder and CEO of PeoplePerHour

In the past year we've seen the amount of time UK freelancers are selling their services to companies abroad (and in particular to far Eastern countries) more than double on PeoplePerHour. You'd think that these are specialist services from the upper echelons of our labour force. But they are not.