Facebook is an archetypal example of a high-growth company’s success, but the model of prioritising exponential user acquisition does not bode well for its responsibility. If the current regime of censure and sanctions on companies and CEOs does not incentivise greater corporate responsibility, then what will?
18.11.2021
Last week, I answered a founder’s question about how to pinpoint the right revenue streams for his two-sided marketplace, now that it was seeing traction on the vendor side.
16.11.2021
These single GP funds are often ex-entrepreneurs and increasingly ex-GPs, hands-on lone investors. I count myself among them, and our MO is to work tactically and speedily, to bring our deep experience to support the companies we back and put their success before everything else, including internal fund economics.
15.11.2021
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
12.11.2021
Even as the most challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic recede into memory, it is becoming ever clearer that the changes to the way we work over the past 18 months will leave indelible marks on our professional culture.
11.11.2021
As more businesses become automated, having a reliable cloud solution to store and manage data is essential. Maddyness spoke to Gus Barrett, director at Virso, to find out how their tool, Cloud Activ8, helps companies automate and how participation in OVHcloud’s startup programme helped with this mission.
09.11.2021
Last week, I got a question from a service company founder asking how to evolve her daily grind of a business to run more like a high-growth startup without pouring a ton of money into technology and marketing.
09.11.2021
In the ever-growing investment landscape, funds are multiplying and diversifying, and for startups there is more to raising investment than the money and the media moment. With #QVCS Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today we speak to Will Dufton and Lily Shaw of OMERS ventures.
08.11.2021
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
05.11.2021
Startups across Europe, the Middle East and Africa can now participate in a new accelerator programme designed by AWS (Amazon Web Services).
04.11.2021
The lack of funding and innovation in the North compared to the South is no secret to us by now, especially with it being considered a top priority on the government’s agenda. Question is, are they really making it at a priority, or is it just noise?
04.11.2021
The world is burning. Wildfires raging in Greece and Algeria have become commonplace in the last decade. The IPCC’s Special Report on global warming released in August is a sobering forecast for the coming decades if climate change is left unchecked. Action is needed now.
03.11.2021
The internet was created by a visionary, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and that in itself is a great accolade to have on one’s LinkedIn. Berners-Lee is arguably the greatest connector of knowledge and information in history.
03.11.2021
In a recent issue of Teaching Startup (#75), I answered a founder’s question about how to get press for her two-year-old startup, now that they’re seeing traction again after nearly being taken out by COVID lockdowns.
02.11.2021