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For healthcare, by healthcare: Interview with Lara Mott, CEO ImproveWell
Senior management and medical officers can harness the knowledge and ideas of frontline staff. Biotech business expert Lara Mott cofounded ImproveWell with Consultant Radiologist Na’eem Ahmed to facilitate knowledge sharing between the two groups.
Portfolio by " Lara Mott
30.10.2020
What drives entrepreneurs to launch their own business?
Coutts, the wealth manager and private bank, has released the latest round of findings of the inaugural Coutts UK Entrepreneur Index (CUEI) which outlines the level of entrepreneurialism in the UK as well as the desires and barriers that they have faced when starting their business.
Tools by " Maddyness
29.10.2020
Open source programming saves lives: Interview with Cian Ó Maidín, CEO of NearForm
Maddyness speaks to one of the team behind the COVID-19 track and trace app that has taken the world by storm, about how open source code has allowed for borderless tracing, data protection, and speed of delivery.
Portfolio by " Cian Ó Maidín
29.10.2020
Designing for a circular economy
A new generation of architects and designers are preparing to embrace pre-industrial principles as they look towards a climate-conscious future. In the second instalment of Maddyness x Ours to Save, we interview Charlotte Perkins, founder of another, about sustainable design.
Decoding by " Florence Wildblood
29.10.2020
Go with the Phlo: the future of pharmacy?
Launched at the end of last year, Phlo is on a mission to become the UK’s leading on-demand digital pharmacy. Maddyness spoke to Adam Hunter, Chief Commercial Officer, about health innovation in the time of COVID-19.
Portfolio by " Adam Hunter
29.10.2020
Could gamification make better citizens of us all?
Maddyness interviewed Seun Oshinaike about taking on the obesity epidemic in the most enjoyable way possible. Born out of the Borough of Barking and Dagenham, his program Street Tag is rapidly accumulating users all around the UK.
Portfolio by " Seun Oshinaike
29.10.2020
A golden age of entrepreneurship as combined value of tech companies soars to €618B
Europe’s tech sector is worth four times what it was five years ago as the leading generation of companies and founders give back to the next wave of ambitious tech firms – signalling the start of a golden age of European tech entrepreneurship.
Decoding by " Maddyness
29.10.2020
‘Just bury it under the seabed and pretend it never happened.’ Can we save the world?
Every week, Maddyness looks at the good, the bad and the ugly in climate change news. Today, we look at the booming ‘carbon removal’ industry and tree-led innovation in Uzbekistan, New Zealand and Rwanda.
Decoding by " Florence Wildblood
28.10.2020
Adadot: skills-based hiring for any marketing project
Today, the ability to access a geographically diverse talent pool has facilitated a skills-based hiring movement. Organisations are now focusing on assembling the teams with candidates who possess the skills and capabilities needed for each project.
Tools by " Lidia Vijga
28.10.2020
How COVID-19 changed executive coaching; a new rhythm in a post-coronavirus world
Executive coach and business leader Daniel Beutler looks at how the rhythm of coaching has changed over the pandemic and helped to build closer relationships.
News by " Daniel Beutler
28.10.2020
VC needs a Renaissance that puts diversity at the centre of the new world
The companies that venture capital has catalysed define our present: Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Alibaba and Facebook. Companies like them will define our future. Yet, the industry that supports them is stuck in the Middle Ages.
News by " Lisa Shu
27.10.2020
Medicine and mobility: a Q&A with Dr Sai Lakshmi
Maddyness spoke to the founder of Echo Pharmacy and Caura about his crusade against parking tickets, innovating in traditional industries, and the future of getting around.
Tools by " Dr Sai Lakshmi
27.10.2020
How to know you have a successful product before you build it
Let’s clear up a big misconception about visionaries and their killer product ideas. Entrepreneurs and CEOs have vision, sure, but it’s not the kind of vision that sees into the future and gets an exclusive sneak preview of the next big thing. Those ideas need validation.
Tools by " Joe Procopio
27.10.2020
Blockchain and the future of venture capital
The venture capital industry’s model has remained the same despite an influx of assets. Could digital currency signify a way around extensive funding rounds, forced exits and unrepaid expert help?
Portfolio by " Kevin Monserrat
26.10.2020
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