BORRN, a fresh and innovative approach to startup support and collaboration, announces latest venture with hoper, Greece's first scheduled helicopter airline.
05.07.2024
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
05.07.2024
It’s time to stop focusing on the AI takeover of human expertise in business development and distribution. There is a thesis du jour that from the rise of AI and automation will soon emerge relatively autonomous, billion dollar companies operated by a single individual. While this thought is captivating, we believe this is fundamentally unrealistic as it underestimates the complexity of business operations - such as business development and distribution - that extend beyond the capabilities of AI, and still requires human nuance and expertise.
05.07.2024
The 25th Franco-British Business Awards will celebrate the outstanding achievements of French and British companies on both sides of the Channel.
04.07.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Karolina Löfqvist and Jasmine Tagesson of Hormona about hormonal imbalances, empowering women and how only 2% of global medical funding goes towards researching issues specific to women.
04.07.2024
Did you know that girls often outperform boys in digital literacy in school, but only half as many women as men are graduating in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields in the EU? It might sound a bit bonkers, but it’s true. The question is: Why?
04.07.2024
Paul Graham, Y-Combinator’s founder, excels at simplicity. His essays are crisp, his sentences are short and his ideas are clear. A visit to YC’s FAQ page shows that his ethos irrigated the institution he created. Answers are crisp, sentences are short and ideas are clear. Despite the diversity of startups it deals with, YC seems obsessed with simplifying how it accompanies them.
03.07.2024
In 2023, Ali Baba, one of Nigeria’s veteran comedians, nearly broke the internet when he shared that popular Nigerian skit-maker, Mark Angel earned over $300,000 monthly from his YouTube videos. The 32-year-old creator, became an internet sensation in 2016 when skits of antics with his little cousin Emmanuella started going viral.
03.07.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Slava Kremerman, cofounder and CEO of Zen Educate about harnessing technology to solve the workforce challenges faced by schools, recent investment and the desire to win.
03.07.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Julian Lübke & Philipp Hoffmann, cofounders of deeploi about revolutionising suboptimal IT setups with "IT-as-a-Service", learning from fundraising and letting founders focus on their actual jobs.
03.07.2024
Generative AI is now as accessible to the general public as it is to businesses. However, to master its use in professional communication requires the understanding of its nuances.
02.07.2024
From the 23rd to the 27th September, the French capital will host Paris SaaS Week, an initiative dedicated to the SaaS ecosystem and inspired by the format of Fashion Week. The B2B Rocks event is one of the highlights of the week not to be missed.
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B2B Rocks
02.07.2024
LGBTQ+ parents often face specific challenges in the workplace including discrimination, legal and social issues, mental health problems and lack of opportunities for career advancement.
02.07.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Phillipa Hicks and Robin Sherry, Founders of Seat Unique, about access to premium experiences, ticket sales, and making mistakes.
02.07.2024