Alex Lynn

Trading her ancient texts for technical datasheets, Ancient History grad Alex Lynn joined the Startups Magazine team in June 2018. Rather than a specific aspect of tech, Alex’s favourite part of Startups is getting to talk to the innovative founders of tech startups and learn about the roads they have travelled to get to where they are now. When not writing articles, Alex can instead be found writing her own stories or struggling to reach the top shelf.

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Closing the disability employment gap with technology

In a world filled with incredible innovative technology that everyday enables people to do what they otherwise could not, it seems nonsensical that there is still such an outrageous employment gap for disabled people, and Paralympic champion Elizabeth Johnson, agrees.

Have life saving adventures: Action on Blood

Action on Blood is a social startup that aims to pool together a global community of blood donors and help people who are interested in giving blood to do so by providing resources, training and funding.

Quick fire mentoring tips for startups, with Kevin Smith

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

A government harbour in the COVID-19 tempest

Amid the current pandemic, the economy is taking a brutal hit, and as fledgling businesses, startups have a particularly fierce challenge to keep afloat. To try and help companies that aren’t eligible for existing relief schemes during this time, such as the CBILS loan, the government has announced a £1.25bn fund to try and help these companies – including startups – survive.

Aptap: One tap to freedom

Most of us have experienced the labyrinth that is attempting to cancel a subscription.

Are startups the game of Millennials?

At the LeadersIn Tech Summit during London Tech Week 2019, a roundtable was held discussing the benefits and drawbacks of partnerships between corporates and startups. At the table, Anna Jones from FieldHouse Associates, Ryan Haynes from Ryan Haynes Marketing, Ben Rudman the CEO of MMT Digital, and Denise Glee from MagnaCarta Communications, lent their personal expertise to the debate.

Startup fully charged

We all know the feeling of buying the latest gadget, boasting two years of battery life, only to see it breaking down before the first year is up. 

The ability people

A recruitment startup that uses technology to enable people with disabilities to work as effectively as anybody else.