May 9Jon Lerner, Partner at Smedvig Capital | Q & AWhat were your biggest learnings at Bain & Company? That hard work and a great team can solve pretty much any problem; That it’s always worth looking at the data, analysing it and most importantly acting on it; that structured thinking should be celebrated and if something doesn’t feel right in…Venture Capital3 min read
May 4Global-first Business is Here to Stay | Omnipresent’s Co-founder and Co-CEO Matthew Wilson explains why…We founded Omnipresent in November 2019, months before most of the world was unexpectedly flung into enforced remote work. Omnipresent started as an idea to simplify the process of hiring and paying employees, wherever they find themselves. …Entrepreneur4 min read
Apr 12Is this the year that employment verification moves to the forefront of digital transformation? | Chris Milligan Founder and CEO of Konfir explains!We certainly think so. There is a clear need and opportunity to improve the process for employment verification across the UK. The existing process is broken; it’s painfully slow, non-standardised, lacks proper security measures, and doesn’t always follow data sharing standards. …Startup3 min read
Apr 1Taymoor Atighetchi, Founder of Papier — on the return to analogue, international expansion and fundingThe beginning I’ve always had a love and appreciation for art and design and aged 17 sold antiques on Portobello Market — I was the market’s youngest antique dealer and it was an important learning experience in how to sell. …Startup3 min read
Mar 23The global challenges we face will be tackled by collaborations across technologies,sectors and companies’ (The Wired World 2022) Do you agree?I agree. Tech companies, especially tech startups, are the critical drivers of innovation — they learn, iterate and deliver faster and force the market to improve their offerings. …Entrepreneur2 min read
Mar 9Brad Goodall CEO and founder of Banked, talks payment in real time, Pay by Bank, customer experience and the importance of Bank of America as an investor!Banked is a new global payment network offering Pay by Bank as a real alternative to the card schemes. Whilst open banking has been around for four years, much of the focus on utilising it was for account information services, providing data to help make more informed financial decisions. For…Fintech3 min read
Feb 4How Revenue Based Funding is Changing the Face of Startup Finance | Sarah Clark, Head of UK, Clearco explains!The past two years have caused no end of chaos and disruption. Yet, the UK’s entrepreneurial spirit seems unphased. According to Companies House, almost 80 new businesses were created every hour in the first half of 2021. Despite the challenges, new ideas continue to flourish — and long may that…Fintech3 min read
Jan 27Committed to fighting food waste and it’s impact on the environment, Deepak Ravindran, Co-Founder of Oddbox, talks about his entrepreneurial journey and sustainability funding!I left my old job on a whim! Well, not really on a whim but pretty close — I left after serving a month’s notice with no clear plan on what to do next other than wanting to work on something with purpose. I had had enough working in a…Food4 min read
Jan 7‘The future of dating apps is more than swiping!’ Matthew McNeill Love, Co Founder of Thursday talks video, audio, interactive features and funding!Why we say “f**k dating apps, 6 days of the week”. Monday 3rd: New match! Tuesday 4th: Hi, how are you? Wednesday 12th: Hey! I’m good thanks. Thursday 20th: Sorry, been busy! What’s up? Friday 21st: Nothing much! Would be great to meet up sometime. Saturday 22nd: Sure, how about…Startup4 min read
Jan 5William Reeve, Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor | Q and AWhat were your biggest learnings from your experiences with Lovefilm, Secret Escapes and Oxalyst? Those three businesses have very little in common, except that they all took inspiration from something successful and tried to replicate the model somewhere else. Two of the three of them have proved very successful. It’s hard to…Venture Capital5 min read