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Kwaku Dapaah is a programme manager at YSYS, a startup community connecting diverse people with opportunities in the world of tech. We spoke to Kwaku about the barriers, the solutions - including FoundersDoor, the programme he oversees - and the excuses that just won’t float.
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Florence Wildblood
01.12.2020
And the four people you shouldn’t be listening to. Is your product building itself? It should be. The longer I’ve been an entrepreneur, the more I believe in the self-perpetuating success of a product and a startup. Yes, there’s still a lot of hard work to be done. Yes, you need experience to make critical decisions. Yes, external factors can take a company down at any given moment.
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Joe Procopio
24.11.2020
If you want customers, focus on useful over flash. I just launched the most boring MVP of my career. Admittedly, it was boring on purpose, but even I was shocked at how vanilla the results were. It’s OK though, because even though the MVP was dull as shit, it was also useful as hell. At this early stage, useful is all I care about.
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Joe Procopio
22.11.2020
Starting a business is perhaps on everyone's bucket list. The pure limitless opportunity, control, and sense of freedom that the idea embodies make the prospect so attractive. Of course, the promise of financial abundance, too, sweetens the deal. But with the world still reeling from the effects of COVID-19, is starting a business still as attractive an option as it used to be?
20.11.2020
What does Blockbuster Video have to do with the concept of startup disruption in the 2020s? Disruption is one of those startup terms that I hate even though I love what it means. The term gets tossed around too often, used out of context, and casually stamped on ideas that aren’t as disruptive as they are just… stupid.
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Joe Procopio
17.11.2020
The unrelenting dedication of entrepreneurs and founders is often glorified, not to mention coveted. Burning the midnight oil, living for their passion, letting nothing stand in their way - it’s a dream that calls out to millions of people every year. War Paint For Men founder Danny Gray shares his personal experiences to help founders on their journey.
16.11.2020
The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) launched the first ever European edition of its celebrated startups programme, the Tech Rocketship Awards.
13.11.2020
“We met on Tinder” is no longer the mark of shame it once was, but online dating isn’t easy. In fact, it’s a veritable obstacle course. Maddyness spoke to Sanjay Panchal about his new, anti-ghosting dating app.
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Sanjay Panchal
13.11.2020
Beauty Matching Engine uses AI to help businesses show their customers exactly what they should buy next. Building on expertise developed through her first (B2C) business, My Beauty Matches, Nidhima Kohli founded it to improve customer journey and increase conversion in the beauty industry.
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Nidhima Kohli
11.11.2020
This month sees the latest NOTWICS Connecting People showcase with 6 of the best startups from a variety of verticals, some Early Stage, others Scale-Ups. All are looking to raise funding and are either SEIS / EIS assured, or both. The founders are presenting their business via video so you can experience them at your own convenience wherever you are.
10.11.2020
“Hey! I’ve got this really great idea for you.” It’s those two words at the end of that sentence — “for you” — for your company, for your product, for your business. Those two words can spark a mighty cringe in anyone who has ever built something.
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Joe Procopio
10.11.2020
It's Stress Awareness Week, so Maddyness got in touch with Mridula Pore, CEO of Peppy. Peppy is combatting stress in the workplace by allowing businesses to provide their employees with healthcare and wellbeing support via smartphone.
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Mridula Pore
04.11.2020
With lockdown 2.0 commencing this Thursday, it seems highly unlikely the office Christmas party (as we know it) will be happening this year.
03.11.2020
I am not a gamer. Unless you count way too many hours playing 2048 as gaming, then I am. But really, I’m not. So I apologise in advance for making up my own lingo and not knowing all the hacks and rules. Gamers, stay with me, this is going to be worth it despite lack of COD skills (I am only at level 46).
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Magdalena Bibik
03.11.2020
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