Survey - A Startup City

Have a say in making Liverpool the best place to launch a startup or be a digital nomad in the UK.

Liverpool's unique attributes as a business, cultural and tourism centre make it the perfect place for startups, entrepreneurs and digital nomads to call home. 

Other European cities are flourishing from promoting a long-term startup-friendly approach to investment, planning and culture. Why shouldn't Liverpool? I believe that we should go all-in on making it the easiest place in the world to be an entrepreneur that fixes social, environmental and economic problems; capitalising on the post-pandemic hybrid working revolution.

The social and collaborative values of the growing tech startup community in the Liverpool City Region provide an ideal ecosystem; however we need to test this hypothesis further. We need to establish the current state of play, highlight gaps that block growth and identify how further investment can be targeted.

With this in mind, I have launched a survey to canvas views from entrepreneurs and founders of tech startups, or any investors involved in the local tech scene. You can participate in the survey here: https://forms.gle/VrTV5avis14Qm9WYA

Once we have harnessed these insights, the intention is to develop a manifesto to take to city leaders to prioritise next steps on growing the start-up community strategically and taking Liverpool’s start-up community infrastructure to the next level. 

We know that start-ups and associated business survival rates have fluctuated in the city and in order to get the process right for tech start-ups to grow and compete globally as sustainable businesses or SMEs, there is no margin for error. There are fundamentals required to support founders. There is no better time to look at this. With hybrid and remote working, we can evolve a strategy that leads to a self-sustaining tech community based on a peer-led manifesto. We should join-up innovation with opportunity in the area and this survey is the first step in providing that leap in thinking. Come and be part of this exciting movement! 

There's a £100 Amazon voucher up for grabs for one individual who completes the survey. 

Deadline for answers: midnight, Friday 29th July.