The entrepreneur revolution – which has helped to found thousands of fantastic small businesses and startups – has been boosted and enabled by waves of technology innovation. But with the arrival of AI-based, highly accessible tools the wave has turned into a tsunami and the potential for entrepreneurs is huge.
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Daniel Priestley
12.07.2023
Alistair Dent, Chief Strategy Officer at data company Profusion, discusses how businesses can create safeguards to ensure they use generative AI applications like ChatGPT ethically.
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Alistair Dent
12.07.2023
Video games have shaped the childhoods of countless individuals for almost three generations. Whether it was making Pac-Man eat points, liberating the princess with Mario and Luigi, or playing with your favorite football team on FIFA. Let's take a look back at fifty years of history to understand how gaming reflects the innovation of our society.
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Sami Chlagou
11.07.2023
The news has been filled with big tech layoff news for the past 18 months or so. Dire report after dire report has announced yet another headcount cull, and the numbers are truly startling: Amazon has let 27,000 people go, Meta 21,000, Google has shed 12,000 jobs, and Microsoft has cut 10,000 jobs.
11.07.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Mike Stevens, cofounder and CEO of Kuroa about confronting the climate crisis in the textile industry, bringing more sustainable products into the home and how a network can help you face the million little challenges faced by founders.
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Mike Stevens
11.07.2023
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Karl Lokko, Cyril Lutterodt and Yvonne Nagawa of Black Seed.
10.07.2023
Assembling an effective leadership team can feel like an exercise in managing paradoxes. To be deemed suitable for the leadership team, individuals need to be ambitious, highly confident, and strong individual performers.
10.07.2023
In yet another financial crisis, amongst what feels like never-ending tech layoffs, it's essential to adopt proactive strategies and keep that burn rate lower than a lizard’s belly.
10.07.2023
The promise of blockchain technology to disrupt businesses and the way we connect and trade has captivated the attention of people all around the world. Technology develops, expanding the range of potential applications.
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Andy Braddell
08.07.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Felix Laumann, CEO of NeuralSpace about AI, developing in the Middle East and providing advanced text and voice AI technologies in over 100 languages.
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Felix Laumann
08.07.2023
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
07.07.2023
Businesses have to navigate a multitude of challenges in their daily operations. Sometimes, a socio-economic phenomenon like recession, with its far-reaching consequences comes along, making it even more challenging for businesses to survive and thrive. Given its implications on various facets of the economy, including employment levels, income distribution, consumer spending, and overall societal well-being, businesses are faced with complications on every front. This calls for proactive strategies needed to not only guard against undesirable outcomes but also triumph over adversity.
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Jess Smith
06.07.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Meeri Savolainen, cofounder and CEO of INZMO on pivoting the business, the burden of rental deposits and the importance of creating a seamless and user-friendly customer experience.
06.07.2023
Venture capital has long been a driving force behind innovation and entrepreneurial success, fuelling the growth of promising startups and small businesses. While the VC landscape is often associated with vast sums of money and high-stakes deals, it is crucial to recognise the human element that lies at the core of this industry.
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Andrew Wolfson
06.07.2023
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