It has never been easier to start a business. Startup culture is developing internationally and nowadays people have more access to funding and a wider market base than ever before. However, starting a business and scaling one are two very different propositions, and it’s in the second stage when things can often go wrong.
26.03.2020
Joe Procopio explores how best to coach your business from its teen phase to adulthood.
24.03.2020
Are you an entrepreneur? Maddyness has compiled a toolkit to help you create, grow, and even sell your own startup. From recruiting a team and protecting your brand to financing your innovation, you will find tips, tools and advice to help you navigate the entrepreneurship labyrinth. In this article: several recommendations to run a successful crowdfunding campaign.
23.03.2020
Edinburgh is becoming one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech hubs. Combining international talent, top educational institutions and a vibrant startup community, Edinburgh offers plenty of opportunities for startups, tech and innovation. Maddyness has selected some of the best Edinburgh-based startups to watch in 2020.
23.03.2020
Failure is part of being an entrepreneur. Remember Evan Williams? Before he co-founded Twitter he failed to make a success of his previous startup, Odeo? The reasons for failure must be analysed and lessons can always be learned. In this article, some founders have agreed to talk about how their ventures came to a sudden end.
18.03.2020
Joe Procopio explains how you can strike a balance between growth and profitability from the earliest stages of your company.
17.03.2020
Technology is being used to create wellbeing gadgets that make our work life and hours easier and more enjoyable. Here are some of the most useful gadgets that can help to make health, wellbeing and happiness central to your working practices.
10.03.2020
Early in my entrepreneurial career, I got really good at the elevator pitch — a collection of word salad that purports to highlight the most valuable aspects of a startup idea in 60 seconds. In fact, I peaked at mastering the elevator pitch right before I realized the utter uselessness of mastering an elevator pitch.
10.03.2020
Are you an entrepreneur? Maddyness has compiled a toolkit to help you create, grow, and even sell your own startup. From recruiting a team and protecting your brand to financing your innovation, you will find tips, tools and advice to help you navigate the entrepreneurship labyrinth. In this article: learn how to ask yourself good questions if you want to be an entrepreneur because there are always several solutions.
09.03.2020
In the ever-growing world of business tools and apps, it can be hard to know which ones truly make a difference when managing a small and growing business. Maddyness shares suggestions for tools that will make things easier for you on your entrepreneurial journey.
05.03.2020
Are you an entrepreneur? Maddyness has compiled a toolkit to help you create, grow, and even sell your own startup. From recruiting a team and protecting your brand to financing your innovation, you will find tips, tools and advice to help you navigate the entrepreneurship labyrinth. In this article: damage-limitation advice when creating your startup.
04.03.2020
Joe Procopio shares his advice on the critical steps you need to make at each stage of your company’s early growth to ensure you can keep your culture and growth.
03.03.2020
Maddyness has selected companies that are considerably strengthening cybersecurity systems by introducing new concepts. Here's a list of some of the most innovative startups in the UK cybersecurity sector.
25.02.2020
Last week, one of the founders I’m advising landed a lucrative and potentially game-changing customer. This was a moment of truth in more ways than one. First of all, it staved off what had been a downward spiral of unfortunate events in the life of her company. But more importantly, it reestablished her faith in herself — faith that, by that point, seemingly no one else had. Joe Procopio tells us more about what makes an entrepreneur stand out.
25.02.2020