With thousands of venture capital firms operating around the world, it’s often tricky to differentiate between them. Having Niklas Zennström - a Skype co-founder - as a founding partner of one though, definitely helps when it comes to standing out from the crowd. Esat Dedezade spoke with Ben Blume, Principal at Atomico to discover more.
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Esat Dedezade
29.06.2020
As lockdown eases, changes in how we do business have only just begun. One country that might be able to provide valuable insight is Germany. Having begun lockdown easing back in April, it is already dealing with the next economic phase that small businesses (SMEs) in the UK will soon have to adapt to. A recent study by Vimcar reveals what Britain’s economic future might look like and gives 4 ways SMEs can thrive in a New Normal.
29.06.2020
Cautiously, slowly, the UK employee is being urged to return to work. For many of us, remote working has been surprisingly successful and for some, a benefit of lockdown, but now as we negotiate a safe and productive return to work there are some serious challenges. Paul Statham of Condeco explores the current situation.
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Paul Statham
29.06.2020
According to data from Startup Genome London has one of the world’s most favourable ecosystems to build a globally successful startup. The UK capital improved on its joint third place in 2019, to tie in second place with New York this year.
26.06.2020
Caroline Franczia puts on her wizarding cloak to find parallels between business departments and the different houses in the world of Harry Potter and discovers that when it comes to selling, a common language and united front will always be the most effective method.
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Caroline Franczia
25.06.2020
The startup ecosystem will take a year or more to fully recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with economic and political risk representing the biggest barrier to innovation in that time, according to new data from Kamet Ventures.
25.06.2020
Working in the startup industry means that you can sometimes become a bit jaded as to the real issues and problems that face society. Luckily, Maddyness was able to interview Christopher Kenna founder and CEO of Brand Advance.
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Darren Rebeiro
25.06.2020
Innovation is and will continue to be critical to business success. SeedReady share the 5 ways innovation can grow your business and save the global economy.
24.06.2020
In a recent webinar hosted by Microsoft for Startups and Aster Capital, Jerome Joaug and Amali de Alwis discussed opportunities, challenges and what the future economic landscape will look like for startups, innovators and investors.
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Simon Lovick
23.06.2020
Since the inception of cryptocurrencies, we have seen opportunistic cybercriminals using ransomware to hold individuals and businesses hostage seeking payment in untraceable cryptocurrency. With money managers starting to increase their allocations across cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin it has spurred a number of boutique financial firms and some exchanges to assert dominance in this fledgeling market.
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Darren Rebeiro
23.06.2020
Only 3% of natural disasters are covered by Insurance and so funds raised from this online auction comprising more than 200 pieces, will support frontline charities and NGOs providing healthcare, food, medicines and guidance to those affected by COVID-19.
22.06.2020
Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood is an entrepreneur and a Champion barista. He is founder and MD of Colonna Coffee, an award-winning and innovative roastery and coffee business selling B2B and D2C. Maxwell invented and recently launched Peak Water, bringing cafe quality water filtration to your home. Maddyness caught up with Maxwell to discuss life and business in lockdown and the future.
22.06.2020
The Black Lives Matter movement has pushed facial recognition technology into the spotlight once more, with privacy concerns being overshadowed by a remerged focus on its inherent bias. Nick Finegold, Founder & CEO of Curation explores the situation and the actions of tech giants.
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Nick Finegold
22.06.2020
Whilst every day we are venturing into the unknown with COVID-19, this isn’t humanity’s first global pandemic. One area that is different to how we deal with this pandemic is the use of technology, enabling the ability to work from home. George Evripidou asks will remote working be the new normal?
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George Evripidou
18.06.2020
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