Everyone knows that people make mistakes. In fact, when we console someone for slipping up we often remind them ‘you’re only human’. In other words, we see fallibility as integral to being a person. Perhaps this is why we think of machines very differently. Whether it’s a Google search or question posed to Siri, we tend to trust the information technological tools give us. They have access to more data than we do, after all, so we assume that means they’re correct.
19.06.2023
Over the past few years, markets have been shape-shifting and turning on their heads every time we turn our backs - or at least that’s how it feels. With Covid sending an unexpected blow to many industries and the fall-out of the pandemic and Brexit constantly shaking things up, we’re in the midst of a pretty random business world. Who knows what will happen next?
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Daniel Groves
17.06.2023
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
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Maddyness UK
16.06.2023
With so many online retailers across the world, it’s important to ensure that your e-commerce business stands out from the rest. This means that having the right customer service compared to your competitors can only be done through automation.
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George Mathew
16.06.2023
With the announcement that firstminute capital has launched its third $100M seed fund, we went inside the fund to speak to the founders, partners, principals, associates, partners and heads of departments to learn how they support their 130 portfolio companies.
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Maddyness UK
15.06.2023
Recent news shows that the number of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) carrying an ESG label more than doubled in the past two years, reaching almost 1,300 at the end of 2022.
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Stefano Capacci
15.06.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Aron Alexander, founder and CEO of Runa about transforming digital value, digital asset transfer and building a payment infrastructure beyond gift cards.
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Aron Alexander
15.06.2023
EdTech companies had high hopes for 2023, which is off to a great start. In the first quarter, European teams attracted 40% more investments than in 2022. There are many things one should pay attention to. Anton Chornyi, a tech entrepreneur listed by Forbes 30 under 30 and CEO at GoIT, the leading global EdTech company with more than 15k students worldwide, covers the most promising trends that will affect EdTech in 2023.
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Anton Chornyi
14.06.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Lucie Glenday, founder of MySense about helping to keep people out of expensive care facilities, achieving B-corp certification and the complexity of data.
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Lucie Glenday
14.06.2023
Scale-up companies in the UK face a dearth of capital, and too often they flee overseas in search of funding. Tweaks in the rules for institutional investors will be game-changing for venture capital investment, but more needs to be done to ensure that the UK’s scale-ups get the capital they need to be successful.
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Richard Anton
14.06.2023
From Pride flags replacing company logos during the month of June to pink cupcakes and a series of female-centric events taking place on International Women’s Day, there are many ways a company can exhibit their commitment to diversity within the workplace.
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Aoibhinn Mc Bride
13.06.2023
Last month, the Together Through This Crisis initiative published a worrying piece of research that revealed nearly 40% of people in the UK end the month with no money left. That same report found that most months, nearly a quarter of Britons now also run out of money for everyday essentials. The harrowing information compounds further research from the Office for National Statistics, which recently found that more than half of renters would be unable to afford an unexpected £850 bill.
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Pawel Oltuszyk
13.06.2023
Published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the ISO 27001 standard helps businesses organize their people, processes, and technology. ISO 20071 was designed to ensure the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of information.
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Maddyness, with Vanta
13.06.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Emma Rees, cofounder and CEO of Deployed about digital transformation, serving the project economy and the importance of emotional intelligence.
13.06.2023
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