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Why Terms and Conditions matter – how to protect your startup

As a startup owner, you’ll likely have a lot on your plate. From managing finances and employees to marketing and sales, it can be easy to overlook the importance of having clear and comprehensive terms and conditions in place.

Making the Leap from Prototype to Properly Marketable Product

This is the third in our series tracing the progress of a start-up’s first new technology product from detail design through to volume production.  

Elon Musk urges AI production to halt due to potential threat to humanity

Less than 24 hours ago, Elon Musk, along with many other key figures in the tech world, have beseeched AI developers to cease production out of fears over the potential threat to humanity.

‘I’m often the oldest guy in the room. That’s not a problem’

Diverse workforces bring many benefits but age is an asset travel and technology industries often overlook.

Don’t miss the boat: What it means to be a sustainable startup is going to completely change in 2023

Something needs to change, and every business leader knows it. The world, as configured today, is at odds with a thriving, livable planet in the future.

Building a Better Tomorrow

Through or own business, we’ve come to realise that a lot of people change – sometimes pretty dramatically, and almost always for the better – when they have kids.  

What Sustainability Processes and Pelé have in Common

This article is about sustainability and how modern technology is redefining what we should value, measure and report regarding social and environmental impact.  

The Kitchen of the Future is Built Around Automation

The future of food is a big and broad topic, covering a plethora of technologies and applications at different points of the supply chain.

Leveling up female founders across the regions

As most of us are all too aware, female-led companies are shockingly under-represented in the world of investment and at every stage of their growth development.

A guide to effective maintenance planning and scheduling

Have you ever heard of making plans and schedules for maintenance? It might sound like a challenging idea, but it’s pretty easy.

Mindset, skills, collaboration: achieving gender parity in tech

“I never felt different from my male colleagues until I got pregnant. When I went on maternity leave, I felt guilty about not contributing to my former business’s targets – and coming back to work was even worse. It made me feel angry for being a woman,” shared one of Sweep’s employees at our gender parity workshop on International Women’s Day. 

Digital-first strategies can improve operational efficiency – here’s how

It’s no secret that embracing digital is essential for businesses that want to stay relevant and competitive. That’s why, by 2021, 89% of all companies had already adopted a digital-first business strategy or planned to do so.

From the Battlefield to the Boardroom: My mission to fix Workplace Morale

For decades, we’ve imagined a future where artificial intelligence gives everyone superpowers. Now it’s finally here, it’s up to us to figure out how to use it for good.

What basic employee benefits should you offer as a startup?

Starting a new business can be a daunting experience. There are plenty of things that can go wrong, and it can feel risky to step out in faith.

How startups can grow in an ethical, responsible and sustainable way

The climate crisis is a serious concern for most of us. According to the ONS (Office for National Statistics) three in four adults (74%) report feeling very or somewhat concerned about climate change.

THREE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP YOUR BUSINESS NAVIGATE THESE HARD TIMES

The last couple of months have been some of the hardest for the small business owners and entrepreneurs I work with.

How to ensure your company lives it values and retains talent

Almost three years since the first Covid restrictions were introduced in the UK, the impact of those unprecedented days on businesses, workers and the workplace continues to play out, even as new economic turmoil has emerged.

Business Revival Series: Gabrielle Ramsay-Smith on ‘Mega Trends’

Last week, the business revival series took place on March 21-22 at the Excel Centre in London. Safe to say, Startups Magazine has spent a lot of time at the Excel Centre over the last few weeks!

Bobby Idogho: the founder and entrepreneur designing and building market-leading customer-centric digital products

Bobby (Oshobugie) Idogho is the Co-Founder and CEO of digital transformation specialist Radically Digital. Nigerian-born, he moved to Ireland at the age of seven. After school, he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Management Science and Information Systems Studies.

What building and exiting a multi-million pound business taught me about entrepreneurship (and life)

I’ve always been a hustler. I was an ambitious teenager full of dreams and initiative, and I always knew I was destined for more than just school, an office job, a promotion, a mortgage and two holidays a year.