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At a time when we find ourselves in the middle of a climate emergency as well as the ever-looming net-zero targets on the not-too-distant horizon, it is no wonder that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations have skyrocketed to the top of the agenda for boards around the world.
Organisations are already investing significantly in digital technologies centred around data, with the goal of streamlining processes and transforming efficiency. The current trajectory indicates that up to 70% of companies will adopt some form of data science or AI by 2030.
ChatGPT is receiving an estimated 96 million visitors per month. According to Statista, in business applications the AI-powered chatbot is most commonly used by technical and educational organisations.
The first time I laid eyes on artificial intelligence, it was like looking at a shiny new toy with a gazillion instructions. Mighty promising, but not so easy to master. Now, with chatbots being more than just a tech buzzword, we’ve got ChatGPT shaking things up in the digital bazaar. If you’re a CEO or a VP aiming to ride the digital wave, this is your surfboard.
Startups was lucky enough to interview Jay Dodds, co-founder of new dating app BONKERS about all things online dating, safety, and what the future holds. Bonkers is the first UK app to welcome people of all sexual orientations to search for both casual fun and long term dating whilst integrating personal safety technology into its user experience.
Tomislav Lang is the Founder and CEO of Flyv (Flyvbird GmbH), a tech aviation startup that is focused on making sustainable air mobility easy and accessible for everyone.
In today’s fast-paced and changeable landscape, cutting through chaos is essential for a business to maintain its competitive edge. Disruption and uncertainty pose significant challenges, making it crucial for businesses to find the right ways to navigate the changing landscape.
Caro Syson, entrepreneur, business coach and founder of Pocket PA, shares her insights on how to kick-start a successful business with the St. James’s Place Financial Adviser Academy
We’ve all heard the headlines that Zuckerberg’s new social media channel spells the end of Twitter. That the further monopolisation of Meta will provide even greater opportunities for micro-personalisation. That it also brings a new host of data privacy concerns with it too.
Businesses within nearly every industry are already reaping the benefits of strategic automation and, increasingly, we are seeing the public sector follow in the footsteps of their private sector counterparts.
On the back of a momentous start to 2023, embedded banking platform BankiFi has denounced three common myths around a new breed of digital only neobanks that continue to persist despite ample evidence to dispel them.
Don’t Buy Her Flowers is founded on thoughtfulness. The core idea is to create thoughtful gifts, and our customers are conveying empathy in sending one of our gift boxes.
The latest trend to haunt the hybrid world has been dubbed ‘productivity theatre’. This is basically when your people are faking it at work. The term covers a range of dodges to make it look like you’re busy when you’re not. It has its origins in work arounds to dupe technology which monitors activity in the digital world.
There is no doubt that we are in the midst of a major turning point for AI. For years, virtual assistants like Alexa and Google Home, were widely scrutinised for their inability to process complex tasks and huge scope for inaccuracies.
In times of economic uncertainty, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may contemplate reducing their prices to attract cost-conscious consumers in search of a bargain. However, this short-term tactic may prove unsustainable in the present economic climate and prior to cutting prices, businesses should focus on customer acquisition and loyalty.
“Achieving large-scale impact in education has been much more difficult than in public health,” remarked Bill Gates during the 2023 ASU+GSV keynote conversation with Jessie Woolley-Wilson. In doing so, he revealed a public secret: the scale and effectiveness of EdTech have an inverse relationship.
Top tips from the newly crowned Toastmasters International UK Public Speaking champion to help you increase your confidence as a public speaker as you represent your startup.
E-commerce has developed at rapid pace in recent years. Rather than being a nice-to-have for startups, an online presence is now a vital revenue stream for many emerging businesses.
For criminals, the size of your business does not matter, there is nothing small about small businesses.
Fancy streaming ultra-HD video on multiple devices at once? Or downloading an entire music album in under a minute? Or, perhaps, your growing business needs instantaneous access to voice and video calls without any lag time.
