With virtual meetups and events on the rise since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, virtual recruitment is also following suit, since more and more people are working from the comfort of their own homes.
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Kristin Herman
27.11.2020
Charities have been hit hard by COVID-19 and are finding new and innovative ways to fundraise. The usual events can obviously no longer take place and this is proving tricky for most. However, the important point to remember is that charities still need your help and to be blunt your cash. The work that they do is very important and literally changes lives. We simply cannot see charities suffer, especially in a time of crisis when they need help the most.
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Cleo McGee
26.11.2020
An award-winning electric vehicle charging company is set to step up the roll-out of charging points across the country after securing a £1.5M investment. Elmtronics, which is the leading independent provider of charging points, has raised the funding from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, and the Ingenious Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service.
26.11.2020
Sounds impossible, right? But according to Umesh Kumar, now is actually the best time to be networking. Twist, which began in a South Kensington dining room and has now pivoted to kitchen tables around the world, wants to help you connect with new people authentically.
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Umesh Kumar
26.11.2020
This week, Caroline Franczia, founder of Uppercut-First, addresses the most challenging part of developing a business: reaching out to prospects and gaining their attention to convert them. Much like the Hunger Games, successfully mastering this game requires fire and resilience, two qualities Caroline has identified in Katniss Everdeen.
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Caroline Franczia
26.11.2020
Executive coach and Maddyness columnist Victor Snyder spoke with Janne Juhala, co-founder and CEO of Logmore, about disrupting supply chain analytics.
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Victor Snyder
25.11.2020
Building a startup is a marathon, not a sprint. I remind myself of this every day. Every founder that I’ve met on my journey has big plans and a great vision for their company, but startups are unfinished products and works in progress, which take time, trial and error and input from others to succeed.
25.11.2020
When it comes to technology and innovation, the insurance industry is lagging. Digital solutions like Insly - used by 1,000+ brokers - can help large companies become more efficient, and challenger firms grow.
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Risto Rossar
25.11.2020
Every week, Maddyness looks at the good, the bad and the ugly in climate change news. Today, we mull over Boris Johnson’s ten point climate action plan and spotlight battery recycling, smallholder bee farming, and green space creation further afield.
25.11.2020
This November, Henrik Wetter-Sanchez and Jeevan Sunner at Playfair Capital, together with Tech Nation, hosted a two-part virtual event, facilitating introductions between 160 founders and 60 investors. Here we look at the story of Female Founder Office Hours and what is happening next.
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Jeevan Sunner
25.11.2020
On your marks, get set, buy! As Black Friday approaches, consumers are in the starting blocks, retailers are crossing their fingers, and we are getting ready, as we do every year, to rave about this American phenomenon. But is there really a reason to be excited about a feast of over-consumption, reflecting the self-indulgent blindness of high-tech?
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Vianney Vaute
25.11.2020
Créée par un ex-pilote de ligne et enquêteur au BEA, Safety Line mise sur l’intelligence artificielle pour réduire la consommation de carburant des avions. La startup parisienne, qui évolue dans l’un des secteurs les plus touchés par la crise économique, mise sur l’impact environnemental de sa solution pour rebondir.
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Jamie Walker
24.11.2020
And the four people you shouldn’t be listening to. Is your product building itself? It should be. The longer I’ve been an entrepreneur, the more I believe in the self-perpetuating success of a product and a startup. Yes, there’s still a lot of hard work to be done. Yes, you need experience to make critical decisions. Yes, external factors can take a company down at any given moment.
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Joe Procopio
24.11.2020
It’s very natural for humans to see something working for other people and want a piece of it for themselves. This is why you see trends and memes sweep through the industry - just think of all the times you have heard pitches including “X is broken” or “we’re democratising Y”.
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Max Tatton-Brown
24.11.2020
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