In this week's news roundup, we're showcasing our previous coverage of young entrepreneurs who are now hitting the big time. Here are just a few examples, operating in fields from science to e-commerce.
12.04.2021
In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we hear from Christian Jølck of 2150.
12.04.2021
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd, revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
10.04.2021
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
09.04.2021
Software engineering can be hard to grasp for non-technical founders, but it doesn’t have to be a total mystery. James Zhao, co-founder of Thought&Function, breaks down the tools, expertise and timelines you’ll need to create a successful end product.
09.04.2021
Sales, owned for decades by people who are good with people, a job that requires intense networking and face-to-face meetings, is now happening 100% remotely in most countries. From leadership to managing prospects and customers, what are the key learnings of 2020 and best practices to apply in 2021?
09.04.2021
We made a big decision for our business last year. Having founded LawAdvisor in Melbourne and grown our business in Australia for a number of years, it was time to get serious about global growth – and for us that meant moving our headquarters and some of our top team to the UK.
08.04.2021
Like many sectors, concerted efforts have helped improve venture capital’s diversity and that of the startups we invest in. Diversity VC’s ‘Diversity in Venture Capital 2019’ study reported that women now make up 30% of the VC workforce, up from 27% in 2017.
08.04.2021
Humans aren’t comfortable with the idea of ageing. Trying to slow down the natural body clock has been our obsession for centuries.
07.04.2021
Over the last couple of years, more and more digital marketers believe they must become T-shaped if they want to remain at the top of their game in the years to come. At the same time, more and more companies are looking to hire such talent. In this article, we’ll be debating the T-shaped marketer concept and when startups should, in fact, hire such talent.
07.04.2021
Ire Aderinokun is a frontend web developer and user interface designer from Lagos, Nigeria. She is the cofounder and COO of BuyCoins (YC S18), a cryptocurrency exchange for Africa.
07.04.2021
Maximise the minimum and the viable in your product. The tricky thing about launching a new product to market is that it’s barely even a milestone worth celebrating. What comes next is a series of chicken-and-egg problems and snap decisions on the way to product-market fit.
06.04.2021
A pandemic could bring the world to its knees and affect the hospitality, tourism, and restaurant/food service industries, as we have seen with COVID-19. Before such situations, we could travel to any place of our choice anytime without any restrictions. But things changed as guidelines were in place to ensure that the virus did not spread. Social distancing measures were in place, and people had to either follow the rules or stay at home.
06.04.2021
Between AI, cryptocurrencies, e-health or climate change technologies, there is no shortfall of new ideas to change the world and the overall enthusiasm from the growing community of entrepreneurs keeps giving me hope for the future.
06.04.2021