One of the things that we most commonly associate with the world of startups is youth. When we think of startup founders, the classic image that comes to mind is of a twenty-something-year-old in Silicon Valley, dropping out of university to start the next big tech firm. Think Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs, for example, who were 19 and 21 respectively when they started Facebook and Apple.
13.10.2021
Never before have remote teams existed at the unprecedented scale seen today. This new reality of an entirely dispersed workforce threatens one of the most important principles of an Agile approach: collaboration.
13.10.2021
There is no question that the world of work has changed immeasurably over the past 18 months or so. In the shift to remote working, organisations have taken on a plethora of new tools and processes to ensure the smooth running of their businesses.
12.10.2021
Like every other industry, the furniture industry has changed with time. The current pandemic has driven a seismic shift in its mode of operations. As a result, retailers and manufacturers are now focusing their attention on growth in the ecommerce furniture industry.
08.10.2021
We're currently seeing a fundamental change in how early-stage businesses are reaching hypergrowth. In the past, most startups focused their marketing efforts on Search Ads and Paid Socials following their product launch phase. But today's unicorns are bucking that trend.
07.10.2021
Water covers some 71% of the surface of our planet, and more than 80% of it remains unexplored. We know so little about what lies on the sea bed and what our oceans actually contain. We’ve sent rovers to neighbouring planets and probes deep into space, and those missions have yielded not only fascinating scientific discoveries, but innovation and technology that has since been applied to more every day, commercial use cases. Our seas will spawn similar benefits.
07.10.2021
The pandemic had a monumental impact on the way we travel and forced transport operators to rethink their business models. This includes evaluating digital developments in 5G, AI, big data, and so on; and the potential of such developments have only just begun to activate change within the transport sector.
30.09.2021
Most founders want their startup to scale quickly and become profitable or go public. But rapid growth can be both a blessing and a curse, particularly if you’re scaling overseas. Fast growth means your business is heading in the right direction and your strategy is working. But when it happens at such a rate where it becomes difficult to manage or unsustainable, it can present a fresh set of challenges.
29.09.2021
Despite the massive potential digital health solutions offer seniors, the adoption is slow. This article outlines how you can boost your growth performance for this group systematically with the renowned 19 traction channels framework.
29.09.2021
Can purpose be measured? Can it be tracked and used as a predictive metric like any other business measures? When BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink said, “Without a sense of purpose, no company can achieve its full potential,” what is the evidence for this?
28.09.2021
Bygone market consensus was that Open Source (OS) software wasn’t worth the investment. Open means free, and free means you can’t monetise it. Yet today, technology investors are throwing money into Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) companies like it’s going out of fashion.
27.09.2021
Despite the pandemic throwing multiple industries and businesses into jeopardy, figures show that almost 20,000 tech startups launched in 2020 – and this sustained level of innovation and creativity brought with it a flurry of cash from sharp-eyed investors.
20.09.2021
The internet is by its very nature open and diverse. It is expansive and its potential is infinite. New technologies are often designed to solve problems, but when the people leading this space have a myopic view, both the tech and its users suffer.
16.09.2021
In a growing tech world, it’s hard to get it wrong with digital jobs. Computer and technology-related jobs are some of the most flexible options you have. Even during a pandemic, working in a digital environment makes you valuable in any business. UK and EU businesses are quickly adapting to a global workforce, so digital jobs are the future.
16.09.2021