Here’s a wakeup call: the latest hip startup selling new-fangled mattresses and performance pyjamas won’t fix people’s sleep problemsFor a moment, I thought 2019 might have been the year the startup bubble finally burst. Lyft and Uber both had disappoi…
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After the sleep economy, what’s next to be monetised? Breathing? | Arwa Mahdawi
Here’s a wakeup call: the latest hip startup selling new-fangled mattresses and performance pyjamas won’t fix people’s sleep problemsFor a moment, I thought 2019 might have been the year the startup bubble finally burst. Lyft and Uber both had disappoi…
Read more‘Guys ask for more money’: why female-led startups underperform
Male culture and lack of role models are stopping female academics from launching companies based on their researchThe first time Olivia Champion pitched a business idea based on her academic research was so disheartening she nearly gave up. The 10-str…
Read moreNumber of teenagers starting businesses up eightfold since 2009
Rise from 500 to more than 4,000 a year has been driven by tech startups, study suggestsThe number of teenagers setting up businesses has increased eightfold in the past decade, a study has found.The rise from 500 in 2009 to more than 4,000 has been dr…
Read more‘We want to find gems’: the black venture capitalists invested in change
Impact X, set up to support businesses run by or for minorities and women, is on its way to raising £100mBola Adegbulu’s idea came to him by accident – literally. Narrowly avoiding a car crash inspired the Londoner’s idea for smart navigation software …
Read moreNeumann has escaped the WeWork debacle. But Softbank may not
The tech fund is in a high-risk business and has enjoyed many successes. But its very credibility is now at stakeThe best laugh in the WeWork farce – better even than the loss-making property company’s claim to be “elevating the world’s consciousness” …
Read moreHow successful was Britain’s plan for its own Silicon Valley? | Torsten Bell
Policymakers might learn from London’s Silicon Roundabout experienceEvery city wants a cluster, a concentration of high-productivity firms and workers beavering away in a particular industry in a particular place. Proximity means ideas and productivity…
Read moreSweden’s Klarna becomes biggest fintech firm in Europe
‘Shop now, pay later’ payments operator valued at $5.5bn after fresh round of investor fundingKlarna, the Swedish payments company with a “shop now, pay later” model, has become the largest private fintech firm in Europe after a fresh round of investor…
Read moreMore than a third of Europe’s fastest-growing tech firms are in UK – study
Government research suggests British tech ‘unicorns’ are only surpassed by US and ChinaBritain is creating more technology companies worth at least $1bn (£786m) than any other company in Europe, according to government research.It found that UK-based e…
Read moreMore than a third of Europe’s fastest-growing tech firms are in UK – study
Government research suggests British tech ‘unicorns’ are only surpassed by US and ChinaBritain is creating more technology companies worth at least $1bn (£786m) than any other company in Europe, according to government research.It found that UK-based e…
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