Kevin Hartz is a clever man. So clever, that this year he has managed to raise a cool $50 million in investment for his latest start-up, Eventbrite.

This investment has resulted in the ticket selling website recording astronomical growth and now, after selling 60,000 tickets for a Black Eyed Peas concert in the US, he's decided to expand into Europe.

Simon Hill turned his hobby into a full-time vocation. The idea for Furnish came to him after he struggled to find good products for a newly renovated home. Frustrated, he decided to take matters into his own hands and launched his own business to bring the products he liked to market.

This is your chance to have a say in how the government can help entrepreneurs launch new businesses.

George Osborne announced several initiatives he hopes will help small businesses to prosper and protect Britain from the Eurozone crises in his Autumn Statement.

But are his plans to make it easier for business to receive funds and hire new staff what's really needed? Here's what the people who'll be directly affected had to say.

George Osborne announced several measures to support small businesses in his Autumn Statement.  He is revising growth for this years forecast to 0.9% from 1.7% in March and 0.7% for 2012 from the 2.5% stated in March, Osborne pledged to do "whatever it takes" to protect Britain from the Eurozone crises.

Menofilk.com is an online men's fashion store and the product of three guys being frustrated with the lack of choice on the high street. Here, one of those co-founders, Steve Tierney, gives us the low down on how menofilk.com are bringing together top brands from around the world and using them to freshen up the wardrobes of men the length and breadth of Britain.

Tomorrow, Chancellor George Osborne will outline the Government's spending plan for the next year in his Autumn Statement.

With the UK lurking on the edge of a double dip recession, it is expected the government will look to back small businesses as it searches for a way to create growth and address rising unemployment among 18-24 year olds.

So what can business owners expect in the Government's speech tomorrow?

You hear them every day. People on the train, bus, tram or tube grumbling about their lot and talking about their dreams: 'I want to lose weight', 'I wish I could retrain', 'I want to start my own business'.

Now Smarta founder Shaa Wasmund is urging them to actually do something about it with her new book, 'Stop Talking, Start Doing'.

Access to information and freedom are the two overriding benefits I believe mobile technology has bought to people running their businesses.

Starting a business is an expensive thing to do, isn't it? Well no actually - at least it doesn't have to be. Read on for our essential guide to starting the leanest business possible, by bootstrapping the hell out of it.