Recycleye – a participant on Microsoft’s AI for Earth programme – uses AI to automate waste sorting and management. It's improving the recycling process and accelerating the drive towards a circular economy.
12.02.2021
Despite female entrepreneurship being celebrated more than ever before, the diverse range of industries in which founders are thriving are considerably less reported on.
11.02.2021
Tired of working from your kitchen table? Leanne Beesley, CEO at Nooka, tells Maddyness UK why the office rental platform she cofounded could be the answer to more productive and focused remote working.
11.02.2021
They lived on an island with an average temperature of 30°C. They had no training gear, no experience, and no coach. Yet, they set an impossible goal: join the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Whether you’re inspired by the actual story or the movie, Cool Runnings will help you set the tone for 2021.
11.02.2021
Depending on your perspective, 2020 was either a year to forget or a year that will never be forgotten. All industries have felt the wrath COVID-19 - and none more so than the healthcare sector. The pandemic has brought about unimaginable challenges, and with it, a critical need to stem the growing flow of patients suffering with the virus. As a consequence, frontline healthcare professionals have had to forward plan and anticipate the needs of a world in which Covid will undoubtedly be sticking around.
10.02.2021
Our first guest on the VOICE by Maddyness podcast is Farah, cofounder of sexual wellness and intimate health brand HANX. The idea for the business came after an awkward encounter with her boss while shopping for condoms on her lunch break.
10.02.2021
Maddyness caught up with Sandy Jayaraj, the new CEO of Curation. The company has gone through a major rebrand and positioning within the technology space. Having been around for more than seven years, Curation was looking to scale at growth.
10.02.2021
Electric scooters are now legal in the UK providing certain conditions are met. Companies like Voi and Zwings are growing their teams rapidly, in an otherwise bleak jobs climate, as part of a greener recovery for UK mobility.
10.02.2021
The UK events industry emits 1.2B kg of CO2 every year and audience travel is typically around 80% of an event’s overall footprint. Physicist turned sustainable events producer Abena Poku-Awuah has launched Legacy, a green events agency, consultancy and marketplace, to shake up how we get together.
10.02.2021
Mentorship has traditionally been defined as a formal, reciprocal relationship between an advance-career and an early-career professional in a work setting. Many Fortune 500 companies offer mentoring programs (Boeing, Caterpillar and Bain and Company are just a few, according to Together); many medium and smaller-sized companies still do not have access to any such initiatives, even today.
10.02.2021
The number of female founders is on the rise, and many budding entrepreneurs are in need of support to take that next step for their startup. In a quest to remedy this, Ceylan Boyce founded Academy for Women Entrepreneurs to coach business-minded women and support them in reaching their full potential.
09.02.2021
In 20+ years of founding and selling companies, advising entrepreneurs and executives, and even back when I used to invest in startups, I’ve seen way too many entrepreneurs — both young and old, both fresh and experienced — fall for some of the same sketchy shit over and over again.
09.02.2021
What will be the most underrated category for investment this year? Game-changing to enterprises, but a corner of B2B software that not enough people are talking about (yet)?
09.02.2021
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This Monday, we look at Clubhouse, the surrounding hype, and what's in store for its future.
08.02.2021