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The Pitch, one of the UK’s longest running small business competitions, has returned for 2013 with thousands of pounds for innovative startups.

As a young entrepreneur with an exciting, forward-thinking business, planning your on-line presence and determining how you can maximise its effectiveness is essential.

On 27 June, entrepreneurs and aspiring business leaders will attend a unique festival of speeches, debates and workshops that will unleash their business potential.

On Thursday, 27 June 2013, Liverpool will host ACCELERATE 2013, Britain’s first annual festival dedicated to high-growth businesses. The day will see 1,000 delegates descend on Liverpool’s Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) for a two-session conference like no other.

You're going to be devoting a lot of time and energy to a startup business and building it into a successful venture, so it's really important that you have some guidance on how to get started.