People don't always manage their spendings and budget wisely and Cash Coach developed a gamified app where its users compete to save as much money as they can from their real-life income. This concept aims to give people the daily dose of motivation they need to deal with their money like champions, especially after the pandemic where online purchases skyrocketed. Maddyness spoke with Sam Abrika, Founder and CEO to understand how the company is coping amid the COVID-19 pandemic and what the future holds.
16.07.2020
New research by fintech unicorn Checkout.com shows the UK is losing over $2B annually due to legitimate transactions being rejected as fraudulent, a fact that naturally causes frustration for customers who go buy elsewhere online. Recovery could be slowed down or delayed unless businesses plug an annual $20B hole in online transactions to tackle this massive issue.
16.07.2020
If you own a company and have been trying to get your brand’s message across to your audience, you’re probably aware of how short the average attention span of your visitors is getting. Converting visitors to customers has thus become a challenge and the cornerstone of the consumer journey.
15.07.2020
Nix & Kix offers all natural, low calorie, sugar free vegan adult soft drinks with a Cayenne kick. Maddyness spoke with Julia Kessler, Co-Founder and Head of Sales and Operations to understand how the company has coped during the COVID-19 pandemic and what the future holds.
15.07.2020
Social media is a tricky world to navigate for brands at the best of times, but especially hard during COVID-19. What makes social media the powerhouse that it can be for a brand? What are the rules that brands and startups should be following? We broke it down for you by speaking to an expert.
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Cleo McGee
15.07.2020
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. Today we interview Carles Ferrer, General Partner at Nauta Capital.
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Carles Ferrer
15.07.2020
Glasgow is a highly attractive hotspot for tech entrepreneurs looking for a vibrant ecosystem in healthtech, data science and even spacetech. Maddyness selected some of these disrupting tech companies to watch in Glasgow.
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Audrey Langevin
14.07.2020
If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to find a big problem and solve it. But if you stop there, you might just wind up being the inventor of an amazing solution that no one ever uses. As Joe Procopio suggests, that is probably not your goal.
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Joe Procopio
14.07.2020
Instead of looking for traits to emulate, focus on ones to avoid. The first successful person I ever met — truly successful, with accomplishments I admired and ambition I strove to emulate — was an entrepreneur in his forties, a client of mine in the first real business I’d ever started. I was 24 and eager to learn; he was constantly cheerful and had more money than he could count.
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Darius Foroux
14.07.2020
Ecosia has financed more native and biodiverse trees globally than any other tree-planting organisation, and in the UK they have committed to planting over 2,000 trees on NHS land surrounding hospitals. These forests will become a living monument and lasting expression of gratitude for NHS staff’s commitment to fighting COVID-19 and last week they reached a landmark.
14.07.2020
The environmental impact of e-commerce is facing renewed scrutiny with the proportion of shopping done online rocketing during COVID-19-imposed lockdowns.
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Nick Finegold
13.07.2020
The office summer party is a staple in the annual business calendar, allowing colleagues to bond and employers a chance to recognize and acknowledge their teams’ achievements. However, summer parties are going to look a little different this year.
13.07.2020
Insurtech UK, the trade body for UK startups in the fast-growing field of insurance-related technology, and Seedrs, the UK’s leading online investment platform, have announced a new partnership to connect emerging insurtechs with investors who are keen to see disruption in a ‘traditional market’.
13.07.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
12.07.2020
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