You are examining exit interview notes of your so-called “A-player” who resigned a week ago. In every line you read, the pupil of your eye is getting bigger and bigger. Is this the person that you hired?
17.06.2020
Sertan Djelal, the owner of a digital marketing consultancy, is currently running his business out of his home office. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, he used to share an office in a coworking space. “As someone who falls into the ‘vulnerable’ category in so far as COVID-19 is concerned, at this stage, I’m not sure when or even if I’ll be comfortable enough to go back to working from a coworking space.”
17.06.2020
Belfast-based cybersecurity company SaltDNA keeps conversations between executives, customers and partners private. Maddyness spoke with Joe Boyle, cofounder and CEO to understand how the company is coping during the COVID-19 pandemic and what the future holds.
17.06.2020
Brighton, the "Silicon Valley by the Sea" is home to four times more companies than the UK average and was named the country’s startup capital in 2018 with its high concentration of creative SMEs. Looking at social intelligence, VR and creativity disruptors, Maddyness selected some of the most innovative tech startups to watch in Brighton.
16.06.2020
Moving beyond the well-established trope that failure is key to success, Joe Procopio goes further to ask why failure is important and how the seeds of failure become of roots of success.
16.06.2020
With COVID-19 illustrating how a virus can devastate a country, the parallels with networks and computer systems are clear. Can we apply what we’ve learnt combating COVID-19 to our digital systems?
15.06.2020
As COVID-19 continues to dominate the headlines, our Sandy Jayaraj takes the opportunity to look at how a change in consumer behaviour and a holistic view of wellbeing can have a wide-ranging benefit.
15.06.2020
Mark Pearson, Managing Partner of Fuel Ventures, an early stage seed/growth stage EIS Fund based in London, shares his journey, insight and what he looks for when investing in the most ambitious technology companies looking to navigate "The Valley of Death".
15.06.2020
WeWork has today launched an events programme in celebration of UK Refugee Week. Hosted online and designed in collaboration with partners, UK for UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) and TERN (The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network), WeWork’s Refugee Week Events Series will be available to both WeWork members and non-members, providing a platform for stories from refugees from around the world.
15.06.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
13.06.2020
Every week, Maddyness curates articles from other outlets on a topic that is driving the headlines. This week we look at the position of the UK as the nation entered a recession potentially worse than the 2008 crisis.
12.06.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup scene. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
12.06.2020
Maddyness provides you with a quick digest of three news items to keep you up to date with the startup scene, emerging trends and other noteworthy stories.
12.06.2020
In 2016, The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie wrote a white paper to define what exactly is fine watchmaking with a documented methodology. Much like Sales forecasting, fine watchmaking had remained a vague idea for too long. When it comes to the sales forecasting process, similar requirements apply: talent, art and deep granularity.
11.06.2020