I recently read an interview in the Financial Times with Harry Hyman of Primary Health Properties, who was asked the question ‘what is your basic business philosophy?’ His response was ‘to run a business with recurring profits and a positive social impact.’
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Leanne Spencer
20.06.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Gaurav Bajaj, founder and CEO of Solvo.ai about optimising the freight forwarding and logistics industry, the importance of a growth mindset and early starts.
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Gaurav Bajaj
19.06.2024
At the peak of the dot-com boom, I managed a $200M venture fund. Though we didn’t have much experience as investors, we managed to get five exits from a portfolio of 27 early-stage businesses. I learned a lot of lessons. Here’s one of them.
19.06.2024
No one needs to be told that the climate crisis gets more serious by the day. Every year is hotter than the last one. Extreme weather events are becoming commonplace.
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Bogdan Gogulan
19.06.2024
Reset Connect London, the leading sustainability, net-zero and decarbonisation event and flagship event of London Climate Action Week, returns to ExCeL London on 25-26 June 2024. Uniting business leaders, investors, policymakers and industry experts to drive forward the global sustainability agenda.
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Maddyness UK
19.06.2024
While Swift’s purchase of carbon credits shows a willingness to address the sustainability issues associated with her world tour, greenwashing isn’t a good look for a billionaire superstar in the position to do something truly revolutionary for the future of the planet and its population.
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Mike Penrose
18.06.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to David Rabee and Ben Schuldenfrei, the cofounders of Factored about helping landlords manage the unexpected, the vital importance of resilience and how rejection can inspire preparation.
18.06.2024
The COVID-19 pandemic, the fallout of Brexit, supply chain disruptions, spiralling inflation, geopolitical conflicts, rising fuel and energy prices, and a cost-of-living crisis are just some of the contributors to the UK’s widely documented economic downturn. Amidst all this external turmoil and uncertainty, the nation officially entered a recession, with the economy contracting since early 2022.
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Dakota Murphey
18.06.2024
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Mike Royston, Brian Pallas and Tristan Schnegg, Founding Partners at Collective Equity.
17.06.2024
The unmistakable feeling in the air at this year’s edition of GITEX Africa was “bigger, better and more meaningful”. In a year when African startup events and conferences have become routine, the exhibition and conference managed to retain and grow a real sense of value.
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Abraham Augustine
17.06.2024
If you’ve ever been asked to make a presentation or pitch, you’ll be familiar with the visceral feeling that sweeps through your body and mind at the thought of it. Racing heartbeat, sweaty palms, butterflies in your stomach, mind racing at the sheer horror of it. No wonder that, for a fleeting moment, peaceful oblivion feels more appealing.
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Louisa Clarke
17.06.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Finn Stevenson, CEO and co-founder at Flok Health about professional sport, back pain and becoming the UK’s first AI-powered physiotherapy clinic.
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Finn Stevenson
15.06.2024
Becoming an entrepreneur can be freeing if you’ve been caught in the rat race for a few years, but have the desire to start your own business. You don’t need to tell HR when you want to go on holiday when you work for yourself and can set your own working hours based on a schedule that suits you.
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Indiana Lee
15.06.2024
Jaron Soh cofounder of VODA, the LGBTQIA+ mental health app designed by leading LGBTQIA+ therapists, shares how his coming out story is also his founding story. VODA just raised a £270K pre-seed round with intersectional investors including Freiraum Ventures, ULTRA VC and Gaingels. VODA was recognised as “Most Inclusive Innovation” by PinkNews (2023), Attitude 101 Trailblazers (2024) and was featured by Google Play’s Pride Campaign last summer.
14.06.2024
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