Dr Owain Rhys Hughes is CEO and founder of Cinapsis: a healthtech company that's transforming patient referrals and tackling NHS waiting times by giving primary care clinicians immediate access to specialist advice. Dr Hughes is a surgeon by training and shared his journey with Maddyness.
19.08.2020
Various incarnations of Immersive Technology have been on the scene for a while, hovering around the edges of mainstream society and popular culture, waiting for a catalyst to catapult their digital revolution into daily reality...
17.08.2020
One of Many is the fastest growing global leadership community for women. The company trains, coaches and supports women around the world, empowering them to step up and lead the change they want to see without burning out. Maddyness spoke with Jo Martin, Founder of One of Many to understand how the company is coping during the COVID-19 pandemic and what the future holds.
14.08.2020
Creating a business alone is hard, running a business as a parent of five is harder, add in chronic health conditions and surely it is time to reconsider your plans? Absolutely not, as Maddyness discovered when we spoke with Lucille Whiting, Lead Designer and Maker at Sophia Alexander Jewellery.
13.08.2020
The world is increasingly digital and contactless, so it was timely that Maddyness spoke with Jonathan Lewis, Chief Executive, to understand how the company is coping during the COVID-19 pandemic and what the future holds.
12.08.2020
Filmmaker Julian Hanford has launched a new conceptual short film called Plastic Song featuring renowned artist Steve McPherson highlighting plastic pollution in our water, rivers, beaches and oceans. The artist has been walking the Kent beaches collecting discarded plastic objects and transforming them into artworks.
12.08.2020
If there were a time of year to talk about moderation, you might expect it to be January. The month when piousness abounds; when our feet look like they belong in a mortuary, at the end of our indulged and pallid bodies; when our bank accounts look like an evil toddler’s been playing with a calculator (‘minus one hundred gazillion pounds, Daddy!’); when we go to the doctors in the hope that something is tangibly wrong with us outside of general glibness, which you can’t treat with an antibiotic, apparently. Oh, come on doctor, can we at least try it?
11.08.2020
A lot has been written on Augmented Reality (AR). Usually, the word is thrown in with Virtual Reality (VR) as two technologies that will reshape the world going forward. While it’s true that AR has a use that goes beyond TikTok filters —there’s a lot of misinformation on the potential applications of this technology.
11.08.2020
With incubators and accelerators ready to nurture the local startup ecosystem, Birmingham is the second biggest city leading transformation in the UK, after London. Maddyness has selected some of these businesses.
11.08.2020
Livia’s is the fastest-growing free-from treats brand in the nation, with nearly 7M treats sold to date. Backed by food sector experts including a former president of Mars and other plant-based pioneers, the brand is currently overfunding on Seedrs with around £1M raised to fuel its expansion.
10.08.2020
Data has never been a sexy word for businesses or startups alike, but with the onset of COVID-19 and working from home, it’s become more necessary for companies to know not only where their data is, but also how to leverage it. We spoke to Danny Reeves, CEO of Exonar about data, 5G car automation, and how startups can begin to build up and use their data to their advantage from the onset.
10.08.2020
Set to revolutionise the sleep market, Levitex has designed mattresses, pillows and more to tackle back and neck pain using a specific foam technology. Maddyness spoke to James Leinhardt, Founder & CEO to get to know more about the company's story, how they have coped during COVID-19 as a team and to look at their strategy for the future.
07.08.2020
What drives entrepreneurs? Money? Respect? Adoration? For whatever reason, when an entrepreneur goes out with their MVP, ensuring its success in the market can take up a lot of their thinking space over, say, having a considered 360-degree strategy regarding their staffers. That’s not to say founders don’t care, but that laser-focus, and being lean, can make it an added challenge.
06.08.2020
Cypher is the coding school that your kids will love! Learning the language of code is probably the smartest decision you can make as a parent for your child. It is a skillset that when paired with traditional academics will transport them to the future world with a leg up! Remember coding is for everyone, not just for boys!
06.08.2020