When startups map out their growth strategy, influencer marketing is often the first port of call. It’s seen as the shiny, must-do tactic that promises rapid brand awareness, new customer discovery, and double-digit growth.
Let’s stop pretending that your weekly corporate Zoom yoga is fixing burnout. Your company rolls out meditation apps, hosts mental health webinars, and maybe even throws in a mindfulness day once a quarter. All under the banner of ‘employee wellness’. Meanwhile, the calendar is still packed with back-to-back meetings, Slack never sleeps, and your team’s average workday just bled into their evening…again.
Every year, the Hustle Awards champion the individuals, startups, and scaleups pushing the boundaries of innovation, resilience, and impact. The 2025 shortlist showcases the most forward-thinking founders, trailblazing technologies, and inspiring stories from across the startup landscape.
Time and visibility are everything for startups these days. Building a digital presence from scratch is not easy. It demands strategy, consistency, and the right tools. This is where social media management platforms come into play. They offer a scalable way for startups to manage their content. Also, they can monitor the engagement level and grow their audience.
When it comes to network marketing, timing and agility play critical roles. Startups use tools like Metricool and Hootsuite. However, which one offers proper usability, functionality, and value for growing businesses? In this article, you will learn everything.
A lack of access to critical resources is placing thousands of British startup businesses at risk, according to new research from HSBC UK.
Bloobloom, the designer eyewear brand, has raised £3m in a follow-on funding round to facilitate the rollout of European retail stores and expand its online presence in the US.
The restaurant industry is evolving at a pace previously unimagined. For small restaurant owners, who are often caught between rising operational demands and limited resources, the challenge is particularly daunting.
Tramshed Tech, Welsh innovation hub, will host a business event at The Shard in London next month, aimed at connecting London-based investors and corporate innovation leaders with opportunities in Wales’ rapidly growing tech ecosystem.
The grand prize of the pitch competition at the international startup and technology conference Latitude59, held in Tallinn, was shared between three startups.
Surgify Medical, a Finnish medical technology company focused on improving the safety and precision of bone surgery with its Surgify Halo technology, has successfully raised €7 million in Series A funding.
With over 55 million people currently living with dementia globally – a number expected to nearly double every 20 years – Oxford Brain Diagnostics’ patented Cortical Disarray Measurement (CDM) technology offers a breakthrough solution.
Despite impressive funding rounds and bold visions, most game startups are still struggling with the same fatal flaw: they’re building for metrics, not for people.
The AI revolution is often depicted as a contest between tech giants, each pouring billions into ever-larger, general-purpose models. But while big tech dominates headlines, a quieter transformation is underway: startups with deep domain expertise are building deeply valuable, practical AI solutions that solve real problems. In a world obsessed with big names, it’s these focused, specialist teams that are quietly reshaping industries from the ground up.
Did you know that one of the world’s most recognised fintech companies, Wise, has roots in Ukraine? It’s a story that often goes untold: a fintech giant, founded by Estonians, but in its early days built by a dedicated team of Ukrainian engineers from Cherkasy. This is the unexpected origin story of a company that has revolutionised international money transfers.
Launching a startup is a thrilling endeavour – it’s the dream of building something from nothing, fuelled by passion, grit, and ingenuity. But amidst the hustle of product development, pitching, and building a brand, many founders overlook one of the most critical elements to long-term success: legal infrastructure.
PiLogic announces the closing of a $4 million seed round to expand its footprint in the aerospace and defence industries to upgrade rules-based systems with the power of exact AI.
adeus, a digital-first wills and legacy planning platform developed by Mankind Technologies Ltd, has been awarded a £500,000 Smart Grant from Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency. The funding will accelerate the development of proprietary technology to support the introduction of electronic wills in England and Wales.
South Summit Madrid 2025, co-organised with IE University, it will hold its fourteenth edition from June 4 to 6 at La Nave. Under the theme “In Motion,” this event solidifies Madrid’s position as a global capital of innovation and entrepreneurship. #SouthSummit25 will feature more than 430 speakers, 140 investors – 68% of whom are international – and 17 unicorns from around the world who will share their experiences, challenges, and opportunities for global growth.
Launching a startup is a thrilling endeavour – it’s the dream of building something from nothing, fueled by passion, grit, and ingenuity. But amidst the hustle of product development, pitching, and building a brand, many founders overlook one of the most critical elements to long-term success: legal infrastructure.
A business partnership can be one of the most rewarding ways to build something lasting and tangible by pooling skills, sharing risk, and aligning ambitions. Partnerships, however, are not without risk.
