OurCrowd, the large venture investment platform, will host the OurCrowd Pandemic Innovation Conference on 22nd June to explore the latest technological solutions to the coronavirus crisis, including vaccination, treatment, diagnostics and prevention of the disease.
The team at Quotezone.co.uk, an insurance comparison site, surveyed 600 UK businesses about how they are dealing with the lockdown. The research revealed that two fifths of UK businesses (39%) have had to pivot their offerings since the beginning of lockdown, with 76% of these providing a brand-new service.
When you are trying to navigate the management of a business in the midst of a global pandemic, it’s all too easy to neglect the maintenance of your company culture. Yes, it’s true that other priorities might seem more pressing right now; after all, your clients and suppliers won’t be sending you impatient emails demanding to know how you plan to safeguard your internal team relationships.
Since the Coronavirus outbreak, multiple concerns about the pandemic deepening social and economic inequalities have been raised. The latest ‘Ecoystem’ webinar session brought together leading investors and one of world’s largest engineering and manufacturing companies in a conversation on challenging industry perceptions to break down barriers to VC funding and innovation.
GrowthStep, a one-stop partnership service for startups, has launched in the UK to provide startups in today’s challenging economy with the support they need to focus on carving out market potential and growing their business with often limited resources and budgets.
Mayku are making raw materials and desktop vacuum forming technology accessible for rapid and cost-effective in-house production. Co-Founder and CEO of Mayku, Alex Smilansky, here discusses the commitment to democratising manufacturing, with Under The Roof.
Let’s face it. Sales and customers are a startup’s bread and butter. Even if you’d like to go the VC route, you need to show traction. But how do you acquire users and customers without much, or any money? Seems like a chicken and egg problem doesn’t it.
Raising funding for your startup can be a challenging task at the best of times. And then along came a pandemic, making it even harder.
The day has arrived…your new freshly baked web designs, hot from the design oven are about to go live. You’ve briefed the designer thoroughly to make sure your new look matches the moodboard. The excitement is palpable and the expectations are high.
Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, has announced the new Net Zero growth programme. The programme is designed to support tech companies that are building a greener, cleaner, and more sustainable future, and helping the UK reach its goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
As the nation continues to work from home for the most part, more than half of those currently working from home (59%) say being without the office has changed their lives for the better, new data has revealed.
Web archiving and monitoring solutions provider, MirrorWeb, has been selected to join the Microsoft ScaleUp programme, an exclusive initiative which grants a small number of high growth companies access to Microsoft’s sales, marketing and technical support.
Barclays has today launched a toolkit to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK get back on their feet as they navigate the uncertainty created by coronavirus.
WeWALK, the startup that has developed a smart cane for the visually impaired, has completed its first fundraising of £600,000 from a group of investors across Europe who responded to the “WeWALK Together” social impact message and story.
The on-demand laundry app, Laundrapp, recently acquired by group collective Inc & Co, has launched a targeted online campaign. The creative, produced by Manchester based digital agency Neon, will be featured on the UK’s most popular website for parents, Mumsnet.
A HOSPITALITY tech start-up is offering bar, restaurant and casual dining owners a way of introducing safe, contactless customer interaction to comply with social distancing guidelines. ePOS Hybrid has been working on developing new software to help the beleaguered hospitality industry rebuild from the Coronavirus pandemic since lockdown began.
In the midst of a global pandemic our leaders are necessarily focused on the immediate. Survival – in life and in work. Entrepreneurs and executives alike are shoring up business, optimising current operations and cashflow; the need to stay afloat taking precedence over the long view. But with the passing of this crisis, may there come a sustained shift in values?
Being out of work during ordinary times is not fun. It can weigh a heavy impact on one’s confidence and sense of wellbeing, as well as being demoralising. This applies to people whose employment has been put on hold through, as they have been in the United Kingdom, furloughing schemes designed to prevent mass redundancies. It also applies to students whose future employment and careers have become uncertain after in-person lectures and exams were put on hold. The breath of fresh air is that some lockdowns, including the one in the UK, are beginning to ease.
Startups Magazine has been lucky enough to interview Kevin Smith from Boom & Partners, a business that offers bespoke mentoring for startups to help them grow and thrive. Having teamed up with Kevin and Boom & Partners many times already, we thought it was time to get his expertise on some of the most pressing conundrums for startups
For those founders at the beginning of their entrepreneurial journey, whether for the first time or as a serial founder, there is a question that I overhear time and time again and that question is ‘should I be a sole founder or a co-founder?’
