In today’s fast-paced business and investment world, scalability, adaptability, and transformation are critical factors for success. Investors actively seek clarity from prospective portfolio companies on their business capabilities, the technology architecture that enables them, and a value creation roadmap for implementation in order to realise growth potential.
12.04.2023
Artificial though it may well be, ChatGPT sure is intelligent — some argue that we’re just a couple of updates away from the chatbot replacing the lot of us. Since its public release back in November of last year, anyone with an internet connection has been able to jump on and chew the fat with OpenAI’s intelligent language-processing model, which now enjoys the traffic of over 100 million active users.
11.04.2023
Mergers and acquisitions are the only sure fire way I know to double the size of your business in an afternoon. By selling companies you can create meaningful wealth that gives you choices in life, that allows you to go where you want, with whom you want, and do the things you want.
10.04.2023
Do you want to improve your organisation’s productivity? Turns out the answer was staring us right in the face for so long. Improve workforce diversity.
08.04.2023
The legal regulation of the crypto world is still quite a topical issue that challenges the industry's rapid development. All the market leaders are discussing the outgoing path of blockchain technologies that influence the global crypto market. Kevin Plumpton, CEO of Kyrrex, reflects on the legal landscape in decentralised finances.
07.04.2023
Retail tech trends since the pandemic have accelerated hugely - the way people shop has changed, as has what they are looking for, their budgets and what they want from an omnichannel experience.
06.04.2023
Last month’s eagerly awaited Budget delivered by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had many welcome announcements and commitments from a slight improvement in R&D tax credits to additional funding for quantum computing and AI. It was particularly positive to see a big focus on getting ‘Britain back to work’, with a £2B investment committed to provide support for disabled people (at a time when nearly 1 in 5 working adults in the UK report having a disability) and £70M set aside to get the over-50s back into employment.
06.04.2023
As global investors doubled down on the UK's climate tech industry in 2022, 8 climate tech companies have already achieved "unicorn" status, while 19 more are on their way. Can this be sustained?
05.04.2023
Adrienne Little, cofounder, creative ventures firm, And Rising, shares her advice on why founders’ self-care is paramount for success, given the vast majority of startups fail and those leading their companies have often suffered from mental health issues.
04.04.2023
After a tumultuous few years, Britain is searching for new meaning on the world stage. Where it once held clout through its central role in the EU, it is now more ‘independent’ – and more isolated. The years since the Brexit referendum have been dominated by factionalism and political infighting. No clear vision for Britain has yet emerged, but irrespective of your political leanings, all must agree that Britain has no choice but to carve out its own niche.
30.03.2023
The rise of fintech shows that the game of finance is now wide open. Traditional services now find themselves sharing the pool of trust with the newest players in finance - across blockchain, neo-banks, embedded finance, payments and much more…
29.03.2023
My journey to running a business and becoming a CEO was accidental. At 20, I was forced to stop chasing the rugby dream due to a few serious injuries - I had to quickly carve a new path where I could channel my ambition and work ethic. This took me first into recruitment, then to various businesses including eBay where I worked alongside pioneers in the rise of eCommerce. Not long after, I found myself in the high-octane throes of a VC-backed Silicon Valley startup and ultimately founded Detected in the middle of 2020.
28.03.2023
The oft-quoted argument that ‘it is only by recruiting the biggest companies before they have truly improved their practices and help them along the path that we will create change’ has been wielded for years by those trying to justify why they are accepting money from dubious sources, and has yet to be proven. As a 26-year veteran of the aid and development sector, I can attest that, for the most part, all you become is complicit in a marketing operation, not a leader in a movement advocating for social and environmental change.
28.03.2023
There was once a man who worked in the corporate world. Although he was very successful, he was fed up with his job. He hated the company culture, the long hours and the long daily commute So, one day he decided to become an entrepreneur and set up his own business. After a couple of years of consistent hard work, his business began to succeed. However, his personal life did not. His marriage began to fail, and he got divorce. This ruined him financially and so he had to start his business over again.
27.03.2023