Digital disruption has been a blessing for some in the marketing world and a curse for others. The distinction between the two has been how reactive, and willing marketers have been to evolve with the times.
16.12.2021
Tom and Phil Beahon are pitting themselves against the likes of Nike, Adidas, and Puma with their homegrown, high-end sports brand Castore.
15.12.2021
We’re all familiar with the copper wire telephone network: in use since 1876, it’s kept business communications going for years. Since its invention, the public switch telephone network (PSTN) has seen a lot of changes: it's gone from manual switching, which required a human operator, to electronic switching; from just simple copper wires to fibre cables and cellular networks.
15.12.2021
Few have understood how the reverberations from COVID-19 have left markets wide open for major disruption by new entrants. By accelerating digitisation and innovation, this turbulent period dramatically lowered barriers to entry for new players while simultaneously stifling innovation spending among industry incumbents.
14.12.2021
One of the things I love about working on Teaching Startup — my project to democratise startup mentorship by making it affordable and timely — is that every once in a while we don’t answer an entrepreneur’s question so much as get them to discover the answer they already know.
14.12.2021
Former Google AI researcher Timnit Gebru is launching an independent AI institute to explore how the technology can exacerbate inequality. The Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research (DAIR) Institute will document the harmful effects AI can have on marginalised communities, while looking for ways to improve access to AI development for those groups. Gebru is a longstanding critic of facial recognition software’s bias against people of colour.
13.12.2021
For our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to George Burgess, cofounder and CEO of Basubu, about capitalising on post-COVID trends and creating a functional website in just a few weeks.
13.12.2021
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week, we're talking about the investigation of Trump's social media firm, TRUTH social, and the appointment of its new CEO.
13.12.2021
Sick of rubbish and waste on Christmas day and conscious of cutting down this year? We've compiled a list of eco-friendly gift ideas to help you avoid unnecessary waste this Christmas
11.12.2021
The COVID-19 crisis has affected us all in different ways, uprooting how we live and work, deepening anxieties caused by the risk of illness, unemployment and income drying up, and amplifying pressure on the public services we rely on.
10.12.2021
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
10.12.2021
For most startup founders, you’ll probably be introduced to your first journalists by your investors. Those introductions are worth their weight in gold, but to transfer that relationship you’ll need to have something newsworthy to write about or to spend some time with that person learning what you can bring to the table too.
09.12.2021
One of the most powerful aspects of an efficient business is how communications are managed. Unified Communications as a Service – or UCaaS – now offers network capability to meet the changing communications needs of post-pandemic enterprises.
09.12.2021
Whether it’s as founders, investors or as employees, we all know that the success of a business comes down to the people behind it. We all likely have tales to tell about toxic cultures and bad bosses, and we all know of at least one colleague whose impact is so positive, the company wouldn’t be the same without them.
08.12.2021