Startups Magazine had the pleasure of attending Sustainability LIVE earlier this month.

The hydra of scandals, lawsuits, and controversy has many heads, but Mark Zuckerberg continues to effortlessly sever them all as he bulldozes through the tech world, determined to get Meta into the same VIP booth atop Mt. Olympus as Apple and Google, and he claims to have found his holy grail – AR (augmented reality) goggles.

Starting and running a business successfully is not as simple as some people might think. It requires a lot of time, dedication, and effort. You will even have to forget some luxuries just to ensure that your new venture starts on a strong foundation.

With the news full of warnings of an upcoming UK recession, business owners throughout the country will be conscious of what this may mean for them and their businesses.

Consumer messaging apps are hugely popular: around 2 billion of us use WhatsApp, and there is a growing number of alternatives. Messaging apps are a cost-effective and convenient way to keep in touch with family and friends, to organise events and share videos. That said, it can be very risky to use these consumer-grade messaging apps for internal comms at work – although that doesn’t stop people from doing it regardless.

Cyberattacks are hammering businesses of all sizes and sectors across the UK, with just a fraction of those prepared to defend against them, according to new research by Keeper Security. The 2022 Cybersecurity Census Report reveals that companies are suffering severe organisational, financial and reputational damage. Yet, despite IT leaders expecting this onslaught to intensify over the next year, preparation is lacking, with only a minority of organisations feeling ready to face the threats.

It's no secret that the tech sector has a problem with gender representation. A joint report by Accenture and Girls Who Code suggests the drop-out rate for women in tech is as high as 50%.

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the country is set to mark the occasion of her funeral with a bank holiday. This seemingly universal day off has been granted to allow the country to mourn and observe the state funeral of the longest-serving monarch in British history.

In this digital era businesses need to prove they are genuine. Understandably customers are initially sceptical when it comes to purchasing online or hiring someone they don’t know to deliver a service.  A video is the perfect solution as it is an extremely effective way to communicate and create a sense of the physical existence of a business.

According to the UK Government, the UK is the sixth largest exporter in the world, with businesses increasingly selling their goods overseas and opening doors to new opportunities. HM Revenue & Customs says the total amount of goods exported in 2021 was £340 billion, an increase of £29.2 billion (9.4%) compared with 2020.

Cyber security and cyber-crime are growing issues for businesses of all shapes and sizes.

As the global demand for energy continues to increase at pace, coupled with the need to accelerate the shift to renewables as the primary energy source to help mitigate climate change, the need for tech solutions to help businesses and individual citizens to measure their energy use and emissions, and take action to reduce both, has never been higher.

Many companies find themselves in the midst of change now. The post-Covid economy and other megatrends are creating new business models and transforming industries and offerings at a rapid pace. When faced with change, some companies stubbornly maintain their paths, while others embrace it and seek to evolve.

13 high-achieving entrepreneurs have come together to share their insight and best practice on achieving both a work/life balance and business success through a new self-help book titled, ‘Happy Healthy Wealthy Entrepreneurs’.

A study of 2.7 million startups in the US showed that a founder aged 50 years old was almost twice as likely to enjoy business success than one aged 30. The research also revealed that the average age of a founder of a fast growth tech startup is much older than we might think, at 45.