As Singapore extends its lockdown until June, it has been tough to watch this cruel disease spread from Asia across the planet and back again. Right across the world, the startup sector is suddenly faced with a common enemy and is working out new ways of conducting business to survive. Amit Anand of Jungle Ventures explores how startups and tech can be vital to the recovery of an economy.
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Amit Anand
06.05.2020
As the coronavirus continues, and people adapt to this new normal, questions about what the impact on the economy will be. In this article, Joe Procopio shares his tips to help you bounce back if your professional circumstances have changed.
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Joe Procopio
05.05.2020
COVID-19 has changed everything, many people are now working from home for the first time. They’re also going to the gym, school, pub, restaurant, cinema and everything else within the four walls of their house. This has brought huge changes to people lives, created a lot of stress and as a result, people’s personal appearance has changed because it’s had to, loungewear has become the ‘go-to’ clothing of choice of the day, every day, as all aspects of daily life and routine have become blurred.
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Andy Boothman
05.05.2020
Oxwash, the space-age laundry and dry-cleaning startup overhauling the traditional laundry service, today announced a £1.4M investment from TrueSight Ventures, Biz Stone, Paul Forster, Founders Factory and other angel investors. Oxwash’s service is taking medical-grade laundry technology typically used in spaceship and hospital sterilisation and making it accessible to all.
04.05.2020
Once seen as an imminent existential threat for human advisers, the growth of the robo-advice market has yet to realise its enormous potential. A recent Cerulli report shows profitability as the number one headwind for digital or robo-advisers, with a significant number of offerings failing to gather significant assets under management.
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Thomas Lowe
04.05.2020
Dublin is home to over 2,200 startups, and ranks among the top 10 European Digital City Index. The city is a base for 80% of the world’s global tech firms including Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Eventbrite, Twitter and Amazon. Maddyness has selected some of the must-watch fastest-growing tech companies operating in Dublin.
04.05.2020
In the current testing times, internet traffic usage has soared, and organisations are scrambling to ensure that their business can continue to operate effectively. Early estimates show that internet traffic has increased 50-70% mainly due to a combination of working from home and increased video streaming.
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Alastair Ballantyne
01.05.2020
Walk into any tech headquarters in London, New York, Silicon Valley or Shanghai and it’s easy to forget that coding was once dominated by women. In fact, coding and computer engineering were pioneered by women. Ada Lovelace, born in 1815 was the first-ever computer programmer. She was a young London-born woman who wrote the first machine algorithm in the world.
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Tali Ramsey
01.05.2020
Now more than ever we are living in a time of change, and who better than startups to demonstrate their agility and ability to pivot and respond to drive the new economies. Joe Procopio looks at how change can be the most empowering force.
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Joe Procopio
30.04.2020
Are you an entrepreneur? Maddyness has created a true kit of different steps to follow in creating, growing, and even selling your own start-up. From hiring to protecting your brand and moving on to financing your innovation, you will find tips and good practices so that you can easily find your way in the entrepreneurship labyrinth. In this article: several recommendations on how to register a trademark.
30.04.2020
Tessa Clarke, Founder and CEO of pioneering food sharing app OLIO, a company that you may remember advertising in the tube encouraging people to rethink their relationship food wastage, shares her insights on the principles of remote-first and how these principles have shaped her company.
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Tessa Clarke
29.04.2020
As a popular hub for businesses specialised in cybersecurity, fintech, and health tech, the Northern Ireland tech startup scene has grown significantly over the recent years. Maddyness has compiled a list of some of the most innovative tech startups operating in Belfast.
28.04.2020
In a matter of weeks, the job market has been turned on its head. Widespread layoffs, people in furlough, companies voluntarily entering administration in an attempt to stem the haemorrhage of cash. Nitzan Cohen Arazi, co-founder and COO of Jolt, discusses the future of employment for when the coronavirus outbreak will have ended.
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Nitzan Cohen Arazi
28.04.2020
A startup exit is awesome if you can survive the grind. And that can be easier said than done.
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Joe Procopio
28.04.2020
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