Booming startup ecosystems rarely get more exciting than the Baltics – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – which has grown from almost nonexistent to over 5,000 startups and 12 unicorns in just a decade. And now, Italy’s own startup scene hopes to follow suit.
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Kirstie Pickering
14.09.2022
The UK is one of the world’s leading adopters of Open Banking solutions, and yet, some of the nation’s leading fintech experts openly criticise the technology as a flop. The perceived successes, or failures, of the Open Banking concept largely depend on who you ask. However, what is clear, is that the technology has reached a point of inflection, with many innovators ready to redefine its role within financial services.
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Lili Metodieva
14.09.2022
Businesses today are navigating an incredibly complex regulatory landscape. Recent data residency laws are now pushing companies toward residency as a service and I believe this is more than just a trend, but will soon become an obligation for many technology providers.
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Sébastien Marotte
13.09.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Callum Adamson, cofounder and CEO, Distributed about delivering digital transformation projects, working with BT Digital
and giving rewarding careers for a community of freelance IT professionals.
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Callum Adamson
13.09.2022
Starting out a business can be an expensive undertaking. In fact, research from Shopify suggests that small business owners spend approximately $40,000 in the first year of business alone, when considering all of the different costs. Further data from the U.S. Small Business Administration suggests that the majority of microbusinesses cost around $3,000 just to get started.
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Maddyness UK
12.09.2022
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Robert Trezona, Arne Morteani and Jamie Vollbracht, partners at Kiko Ventures.
12.09.2022
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
09.09.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Sasha Haco, CEO and cofounder of Unitary, a company fighting the spread of misinformation online using AI.
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Sasha Haco
09.09.2022
We recently had the pleasure of compiling a rigorous new list of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses across all sectors, by revenue growth over the past two years. It was rather more work than we’d expected - Companies House is our new best friend - but Growth Index 2022 has revealed some fascinating patterns, not least about the UK tech ecosystem.
08.09.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Christophe Williams, CEO and cofounder of Naked Energy about renewables, modular solar heat and power technologies and VCs changing relationship with cleantech.
08.09.2022
The decision to start a business is momentous. Working for yourself is an entirely different ballgame than working for someone else, and making this decision will forever change your life. In this sense, entrepreneurship is a giant undertaking, and it's easy to quickly become overwhelmed with the amount of work required to keep your small business afloat.
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Jordan Bishop
07.09.2022
On 19th – 21st September, at Twickenham Stadium, London, you can hear from companies in fields as diverse as Chemicals, Automotive, Financial Services and Pharmaceuticals on how they are exploring and building applications for Quantum computing to solve NP-hard problems. Finally, quantum is going from theory and into proof of concept.
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Maddyness UK
06.09.2022
It’s never been more important to be a great remote collaborator. Both from the technical aspect, knowing how to use the tools and dynamics of collaboration in the industry, and from the human aspect, enhancing the work of your colleagues. But how to get there? Ariel Camus, Founder and CEO of online coding school Microverse offers advice to startups looking at remote teams.
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Ariel Camus
06.09.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Dan Sodergren, cofounder of Your Flock and TedxTalk speaker about the future of work, disappointing company cultures and helping a million people be happier at work.
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Dan Sodergren
06.09.2022
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