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Breakfast of Champions: Interview with Alexandre Sagakian
Pastries, pancakes and Coco Pops are delicious, but are they nutritious? No, says Alexandre Sagakian, who’s determined to re-crown breakfast as the best meal of the day with his plant-based food subscription service Blend My Day.
Portfolio by " Alexandre Sagakian
24.11.2020
Crowdfunding platform Spacehive appoints new CEO
Spacehive, the UK’s leading place-based funding platform and one of its most innovative social businesses, has announced the appointment of a new CEO. Marketing leader Misha Dhanak, the co-founder and former CEO of leading agency, The Romans, replaces Chris Gourlay, founder of Spacehive, who is stepping down as CEO and will join the Board.
News by " Maddyness
24.11.2020
Tech overtakes engineering as Bristol’s fastest-growing industry with over $1.07B invested since 2014
According to new data from Tech Nation and Adzuna, Tech is now Bristol’s dominant industry, boasting the most jobs and higher-than-average salaries across the board and as of today there are 367 open job positions for software engineers in Bristol with an average salary of £58,070.
Portfolio by " Maddyness
24.11.2020
Conferencing via the cloud: Interview with Mark Richer, CEO StarLeaf
StarLeaf is a global collaboration and video meetings solution. The company is headquartered in Watford, and we employ over 200 people around the world. While we compete with Teams and Zoom, we do things quite differently - above all, we focus on providing enterprise customers with the best possible video-enabled collaboration.
Portfolio by " Mark Richer
23.11.2020
Everything starts with posture: Interview with Mirjana Prokic, founder of hangAIR
Maddyness speaks to Mirjana Prokic about leaving a high-powered but impossibly stressful marketing job to become a healthtech entrepreneur, the Alexander Technique, and helping healthcare professionals suffering from pain and burnout.
Portfolio by " Mirjana Prokic
23.11.2020
Relentless passion and insane customer love, a portrait of Blossom Capital
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. We spoke to Carmen Alfonso Rico, Partner at Blossom Capital.
Portfolio by " Carmen Alfonso Rico
23.11.2020
We have a National Cyber Force now. Here's what you need to know
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This Monday, we look at the UK's newly-announced National Cyber Force, which is out to attack terrorists, criminals and entire states.
News by " Maddyness
23.11.2020
Green, clean, low-carbon machine: New app helps investors green up portfolio
Aimed at retail investors, Sugi is the first platform in the UK allowing users to check the carbon impact of their investments and compare with industry benchmarks to help them build a greener portfolio that is in line with their values.
News by " Maddyness
23.11.2020
The UK’s green recovery plans – how do they stack up?
A £12B 10-point green plan that could create around 250,000 jobs has been announced by UK prime minister Boris Johnson. It includes the widely anticipated decision to end sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2030, a decade earlier than previously scheduled.
Decoding by " Marc Height
23.11.2020
How startups go from cool new thing to must have product
If you want customers, focus on useful over flash. I just launched the most boring MVP of my career. Admittedly, it was boring on purpose, but even I was shocked at how vanilla the results were. It’s OK though, because even though the MVP was dull as shit, it was also useful as hell. At this early stage, useful is all I care about.
Tools by " Joe Procopio
22.11.2020
Crowdfunding now: skincare, art and indoor farming
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd, revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
News by " Maddyness
21.11.2020
Deep work and deep pockets: just under £300M raised this week by UK startups
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
Decoding by " Maddyness
20.11.2020
Innovating our way out of lockdown with Zak Moore & Keith Burnett
2020 involved a whole lot more rapid innovation than anyone was expecting, with almost every team in every organisation having to find ways to do more work ‘virtually’ through digital networking.
Opinion by " Zak Moore & Keith Burnett
20.11.2020
Want to start a business during COVID-19? Here's a pandemic-proof plan
Starting a business is perhaps on everyone's bucket list. The pure limitless opportunity, control, and sense of freedom that the idea embodies make the prospect so attractive. Of course, the promise of financial abundance, too, sweetens the deal. But with the world still reeling from the effects of COVID-19, is starting a business still as attractive an option as it used to be?
Tools by " Maddyness
20.11.2020
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