• Acqui-hire – Acqui-hire is the combination of the words “acquisition” and “hiring” and is defined as purchasing a company predominantly for its employees and not for their product/service. It’s basically acquiring intellectual capital.

• Angel investment – The type of investment that is normally made during the initial stages of a start-up.  The “angel” is an investor (be it a friend, family member or another high net-worth entrepreneur) willing to invest in a startup in exchange for a stake in the company. CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is one of the world’s most notable angel investors.
• Accelerators – Accelerators are organizations that offer startups a range of support services and funding prospects. They do so by providing fixed-term programs that include mentorship, office space, supply chain resources and even capital and investment in exchange for startup equity.
• Bootstrap – Bootstrapping is building a company from the ground up with nothing but personal savings, and with luck, the cash coming in from the first sales. The term is also used as a noun: A bootstrap is a business an entrepreneur with little or no outside cash or other support.
• Burn rate –It refers to the rate at which a company spends its cash reserves or cash balance before generating any positive cash flow. It is usually a monthly value and a measure of negative cash flow. So if a company spends $5,000 monthly on office space and $10,000 on salaries, its gross burn rate would be $15,000.
• Bridge loan– A bridge loan is a short-term loan, usually between two weeks and three years, until a company secures permanent financing or removes an existing obligation by providing immediate cash flow. They have fairly high interest rates and are usually backed by some form of collateral, such as real estate or inventory.
• Cash Flow – It refers to the money flowing in (sales, loan proceeds, investments and the sale of assets) and flowing out (operating and direct expenses, principal debt service and purchasing assets) of a business.
• Carbon Footprint -A measure of the impact that human activities have on the climate in terms of the total amount of greenhouse gases produced.
• Cost-benefit analysis –It is a process that businesses use to weigh expected costs against expected benefits to determine the best (or most profitable) course of action.
• Dragon – A dragon is a company that returns an entire fund – “fund maker”.
• Desk Research – Using existing written data to increase further understanding in a particular subject.
• Disruptive technology – It is an innovation that considerably changes the way consumers, industries, or businesses operate. A disruptive technology sweeps away the systems or habits it replaces because it has remarkably superior attributes. Recent disruptive technology examples include e-commerce, online news sites, ride-sharing apps, and GPS systems.
• Elevator Pitch – A concise, compelling and convincing presentation that outlines an idea for a particular product, service or project.
• Fintech – Businesses that use modern technology to advance banking and financial services.
• Gold Dust – To be of great value and difficult to find. Can typically refer to a successful business idea.
• Hackathon – A hackathon is an event where individuals come together to creatively solve problems.
• Incubator – An organisation helping young startups and entrepreneurs to develop their business.
• Joint Venture – It is a business alliance where two or more business entities agree to accomplish a specific task by bringing in their set of resources.
• KPI – Key performance indicators (KPIs) are a set of different measures that a business decides to use to measure its success.
• Lean – Identifying how to create more value for customers with less resources.
• Market Positioning – How a business presents its products/services in relation to its competitors; higher quality, cheaper etc.
• Niche – Also called market niche, is a very specific segment of customers that you have selected for your product/service: for example, young cat owners, home bakers, etc.
• Operations – The day-to-day activities that take place within a business.
• Pivot – When a business makes fundamental changes based on feedback from their customers.
• Qualm – An uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct.
• Referral – A customer gained through a recommendation from someone else.
• Scalability – The ability of a business to grow fast without increasing its production costs.
• Traction – The interest or support that customers give to a product or service.
• Unicorn – The term given to a privately-owned start-up that was formed after 2003 and is valued at over £1billion.
• Venture Capital – Venture capital is financing that investors provide to start-ups and small businesses that are believed to have long-term growth.
• Workshop – A meeting of a group of people with the goal of engaging in discussion and activity in a particular subject.
• X Factor – That one thing that sets a company apart from its competitors.
• Yield – A percentage of the amount invested that is the annual income from an investment.
• Zero Balance Account – A bank account that does not hold funds continuously, but has money automatically transferred into it from another account when claims arise against it.

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