During the Covid-19 pandemic, our society advanced by decades in a matter of months. Overnight, our societal definition of ‘normal’ was replaced with working and learning from home.
04.11.2024
Picture this: it’s 2024 and everyone decides it’s time to fire 20% more women than men. There would be uproar, right? How about this: it’s 2024 and we’re passively watching as Artificial Intelligence (AI) threatens to disproportionately displace women in the workforce.
31.10.2024
One of the fundamental requirements for growing a business is a willingness to change. But this requirement has become even more acute over the past years. We are currently in the biggest election year in history, with more voters than ever heading to the polls across the globe.
30.10.2024
Investors, particularly private equity (PE) firms, are undergoing a period of transformation driven by increasing use of data and AI to better understand their portfolios, enhance value creation and identify investment and acquisition targets. Naturally, this transition has important implications for startups seeking to attract new investment or maximise the value of their exit.
23.10.2024
When an AI-driven future arrives faster than ever, Terence Mauri, a world-leading expert on the future of leadership and Thinkers50 author, argues that we always overestimate the risk of trying something new and underestimate the risk of standing still.
21.10.2024
ESG principles have gained significant traction in recent years, but the conversation surrounding them continues to be clouded in misunderstanding. The prevailing notion that “starting with anything that looks like sustainability” will suffice has led startups and investors astray.
17.10.2024
The UK financial sector is embracing a transformative challenge: carbon accounting. As sustainability reporting evolves from a voluntary exercise to a regulatory imperative, financial institutions are seizing the opportunity to streamline their approach to measuring, reporting and managing their carbon footprint.
16.10.2024
If AI is on your mind, you are not alone. Business leaders say repercussions of using AI technology incorrectly keeps them up at night, with two-thirds of executives reporting that their key concern is financial consequences, according to recent research from G-P.
09.10.2024
You don’t need to be a foodie to have noticed how quickly eating establishments seem to come and go these days. A notoriously saturated market with slim operating margins means that only the best can survive. And with a decades-long career designing restaurants, I’ve witnessed everything from businesses establishing a twelve-month waiting list to those that fold within that same time frame.
08.10.2024
Culture is currency right now. It’s how brands are gaining relevancy, winning loyalty and building longevity. But if you wait for trends to emerge you’ll have missed the moment. Look at how fast Skims moves, partnering with Jude Bellingham just days before the start of this summer’s Euros. Or tapping Bridgerton star Nicole Coughlan to lead its campaign as the latest series dropped.
03.10.2024
Since the end of the 20th century, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the Balkans, the Baltics, and the South Caucasus have come a long way from almost nothing to what we can now call “emerged” economies. Despite hardships and limited resources, these countries have brought up fantastic tech professionals and startup founders known to be behind unicorns such companies as OpenAI, Grammarly, Miro, Flo, and Revolut.
03.10.2024
At present, there are about 10,000 spacecraft encircling the Earth at altitudes of up to 2,000 kilometres. That isn’t very many, given the size of the Earth’s orbit, but the number is increasing all the time. Concerns have been raised that these satellites could collide. And – due to the Kessler effect – if they do, then the debris might collide with other debris, prompting a chain reaction that puts all satellites at serious risk.
02.10.2024
Before understanding venture capital (VC) secondaries, one has to grasp the private equity (PE) type. What PE secondaries put in place more than a decade ago shape how VC is going about it today.
02.10.2024
The internet has evolved way beyond the metaphorical ‘global village square’. New platforms and networks have connected, entertained, and protected communities in ways no one could have imagined in the days of dial-up.
01.10.2024