Finding and attracting the right talent as a startup is challenging, even more so in the current war for talent. If a business can’t find employees locally, hiring overseas seems like the only viable option. However, remote hiring comes with its own set of challenges. Read here how UK-based startup Myota managed to overcome these challenges and hire developers in Estonia in less than two weeks.
16.11.2022
Innovators have a clear idea, are very skilled, intelligent with plenty of energy and motivation. All these are essential, but it is also important to know how to be decent and kind to those in our organisation or innovation group.
13.11.2022
It’s Q4, the end of the fiscal year for many, the quest for the last deals for vendors, the last budget spend for the buyers, and for all the need to become a priority; to appear, rather than to disappear.
07.11.2022
One of the big learnings from the global pandemic for the world of work and workplace was the need for greater social equity, diversity and inclusion. Different groups of employees had different experiences during lockdown depending on their race, gender, age and ability. Inequalities came to the fore during the coronavirus crisis in way that has made many companies today prioritise the needs of employees from a range of different backgrounds.
05.11.2022
Today’s blossoming global startup ecosystem would not exist without the cloud, nor would countless other integral elements of modern society that we now take for granted.
03.11.2022
Today's business context is volatile, complex and fraught with ongoing challenges that must be effectively negotiated. Organisations are constantly navigating the vagaries of various external challenges, including pandemics, economic ups and downs, stock market crashes, volatile property prices, global demands for new ways of working, the impact of wars and a range of factors that destabilise economies.
02.11.2022
Social media marketing, TV ads, billboards: in the world of brand building, these are obvious choices. Though they’re tried, tested, and proven to work, they’re also over-saturated and don’t do much to separate you from your competition. If you want to stand out, you need to look at marketing from a different angle.
29.10.2022
These nine international business tools will help your company adapt to any future of work, encouraging hybrid collaboration, saving time and optimising growth.
26.10.2022
Remote working can be difficult when you are not physically with your team. Communication can get interrupted over bad Wi-Fi, and not all messages can get through in writing. That’s why setting regular online meetings for the team to check in and keep each member on board about work progress is essential.
26.10.2022
Want to start a business? The internet is full of advice for entrepreneurs, whether that’s detailing the lifecycle of a startup, how to raise investment, how to manifest success and which ‘meal in a can’ is best for those on the go.
25.10.2022
Whether it involves recycling company smartphones or tracking your website’s carbon emissions, these tools will allow you to take proactive steps to make your tech business sustainable. We spoke to the experts at Early Metrics about the startups making it possible to run an environmentally friendly business with sustainable business tools.
19.10.2022
With only a third of people reporting they have a mentor, most organisations still have room to benefit from creating a more mentor-friendly environment — one that encourages employees to create mentoring relationships to help them become more technically competent, more motivated, and more amenable to sharing their knowledge.
15.10.2022
In the past, businesses could get away with creating one piece of content and blasting it out to their entire audience. But things have changed with the rise of social media and the internet.
12.10.2022
Who is it that actually creates and delivers the products the world needs?
Who is it that actually provides the service that the customer enjoys?
Who is it at the end of the phone attending to the demands of a happy, or not so happy, customer?
On whose efforts does your business thrive?
You know the answer, of course, it is “your people”.
11.10.2022