Creating a startup is always challenging. Founding one during a tech downturn, cost of living crisis and recession seems near impossible. However, with risk comes reward and many of the world’s most successful companies were founded during times of economic uncertainty. As part of a series with Antler, Maddyness has interviewed founders hoping to become the entrepreneurial success stories to emerge from this time of crisis. This week, Maddyness spoke to Abhimanyu Dasgupta, co-founder of Unravel
29.05.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Perdie Alder and Margaret Anne Coyle, Co-founders of Hotbed, about access to resources and networks, funding and the Hotbed programmes.
28.05.2024
We spoke to Dr Michael Chen, Co-founder and CEO at Nuclera about being selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme, founder life and plans for the future.
28.05.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Emily Kucharski, Founder and CEO and Adam Kucharski, cofounder and CTO of Wish I'd Known about contradictory advice around parenting, creating the next generation of online communities and a new proposition for founders.
23.05.2024
Creating a startup is always challenging. Founding one during a tech downturn, cost of living crisis and recession seems near impossible. However, with risk comes reward and many of the world’s most successful companies were founded during times of economic uncertainty. As part of a series with Antler, Maddyness has interviewed founders hoping to become the entrepreneurial success stories to emerge from this time of crisis. This week, Maddyness spoke to George Robinson, cofounder of Gladys.
22.05.2024
We spoke to Rachel Carrell, Founder and CEO of Koru Kids about being selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme, founder life and plans for the future.
21.05.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Dr. Nicholas Syhler cofounder and Co-CEO of Embla about creating personalised, holistic programmes for weight-loss, international expansion and the importance of mobilising your team.
20.05.2024
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Den Dmytrenko, cofounder and General Partner at Roosh.
20.05.2024
There is often the expectation that first-time CEOs will come pre-loaded with all the necessary experience and skills required for the job because they have typically had a successful career to date. In the eyes of others, they may make it look easy and appear to ooze confidence, but as a first-time CEO, there is still so much to learn.
20.05.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Andy Aitken, co-founder and CEO of Honest about disrupting the telecoms industry, putting purpose at the centre of a business and why customers should be proud of the mobile network.
18.05.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to sisters Honor & Cat Black, founders of Maiden about wearing cricket clothing made for men, working with young ambassadors and encouraging and supporting more girls into sport.
16.05.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Michael Laurier, CEO of Symphony about the evolution of packaging, anti-plastic campaigns and making an important difference.
15.05.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Josh White, co-founder and Global Brand Director of Cano Water about the war on single-use plastic, celebrity endorsement and overcoming the difficulty of combining sustainability and convenience.
14.05.2024
Welcome to the era where your office can range from a beach in Bali (yes, I've been there for almost a year!) to your grandma's attic (and yes, I've seen that happen, too). I'm part of a remote-first company, a concept that often raises eyebrows since it's a venture capital firm.
14.05.2024