Making the leap from a business plan to a fully operating company with customers and employees is an exhilarating journey. There is nothing more exciting and empowering than building a business. Particularly as a woman because you have this added sense of breaking the mould or going against the statistics. With excitement, come some terrifying lows, confidence crises and loneliness. I want to make it one of my personal missions for the negatives not to scare people away.
This International Women’s Day we are celebrating female founders and other women’s contributions to the world of startups. I caught up with Amber Probyn, aged 23, who co-founded PEEQUAL: the “UK’s first female urinal”.
The new initiative cements Dubai’s global appeal as a destination for investment by offering investors and VCs agile set-up and engagement solutions.
Meeting rooms, breakout areas and outdoor spaces are the most in-demand workspace features, according to new research by infinitSpace. The European flexible workspace provider commissioned an independent study among 200 UK office landlords, asking them which features were most important in attracting tenants.
One of the hardest challenges all leaders face is knowing when to move on from their existing strategy. This is not only because of the attachment we feel towards a plan we have created, or because of the humility required to accept that what we are doing is not working, but also because the clear thinking required to create a winning strategy is hard work.
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has never had the best name in consumer financing. Although deferred payment schemes enable shoppers to access products they might otherwise be unable to afford, high interest rates, hidden fees and lack of regulation have drawn criticism.
2022 has been broadly embraced as a year of recovery for UK businesses. COVID restrictions have been completely lifted, and with the vaccine rollout marked a success, it seems unlikely that any further restrictions will be enforced in the near future. Customers are ready to spend, but is your business ready to take their payments?
What is a startup? Within my four years of working in the startups industry and community, this may be the question I have been asked the most. However, being completely honest, I don’t believe there is an exact answer.
Uppbeat has announced a £4.6m investment following a successful first round of funding for the disruptive free music platform for YouTubers and content creators.
A sustainability skills programme to help small firms realise their growing climate action ambitions is being launched following the COP26 summit.
The spotlight is being shone on the sustainability behaviours of individuals, companies and countries all over the world. The agendas and policies of our towns and cities are not immune to such scrutiny, especially capital cities whose presence on the international stage draws particular attention.
After four years of R&D and in close collaboration with imec and the European Space Agency, the O-BOY is ready to see the light of day and launches on Kickstarter.
Dubai is hosting two new leading edge medical events, PrecisionMed Exhibition and Summit and EMERGE GHI. The headline shows are taking place 24th and 25th May at Dubai Conrad Hotel, and will discuss and display the most innovative healthcare solutions embracing, all focused on better patient healthcare outcomes.
From customised prosthetics and implants to detailed anatomical models and even tissue and organ fabrication, the market for 3D printing in healthcare is growing rapidly and startups are playing a huge part.
History has taught us that marketing efforts don’t always go to plan. Desired results are not always achieved – largely due to generic campaigns directed at unsuited audiences. In the past this has been accepted as a part of the process, and rightly so – we have not had the appropriate resources to facilitate the best outcome possible. However, times have changed, and there is now little excuse for marketing campaigns to miss their mark.
Silico, the AI-powered decision making platform, has announced that it has completed a £3.4m seed round.
According to research from GRiD, the industry body for the group risk protection sector, employers feel a greater responsibility for supporting staff across the four key areas of mental, physical, social, and financial wellbeing as a result of COVID-19.
Establishing your startup online is an exciting time. You’re proud of what you’ve accomplished and you want to share your business with the world. However, sometimes the reality of doing so can feel a little bit overwhelming – particularly if you’re tech-savvy.
You might be under the impression that the type of management style you choose to run your business with isn’t important. After all, it doesn’t matter how things get done as long as they get done, right? Wrong! Completely wrong.
Gone are the days of simple case studies presented with before and after stats, and just a quote from a client. Digital marketing has improved in leaps and bounds, and so have the ways case studies are created and presented to prospects in order to convert them into customers.
