The Middle East could be seeing more and more billion-dollar start-ups in the coming months, according to the CEO of ride-hailing company Careem. It comes from a “magical combination” of top talent in the region choosing to build start-ups, and investors realizing that funding these entrepreneurs is a big opportunity, […]
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These 10 Startups Changed Everything About Their Business and Still Came Out on Top
Smiling colleagues sitting in the office and talking on a meeting. There’s nothing like founding a startup. You get to work like a dog with a scrappy crew of fellow entrepreneurs and sink every ounce of your heart and soul into a new company only to discover a few years […]
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‘UK’s tech sector is going to help generate recovery from the pandemic’, Tech Nation CEO says, as platform selects 2020’s top Silicon Roundabout start-ups
London’s Old Street has long been dubbed the “Silicon Roundabout” due to its prevalence of tech firm HQs (Alamy) (Alamy) Gerard Grech is chief executive of Tech Nation, a growth platform for tech companies and leaders. It has seen start-ups including Monzo through from very early stage to huge success. […]
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Govt losing revenues big time by not regulating real money gaming market, say startups
© Provided by The Financial Express Goa, Sikkim, Daman, and Nagaland had legalized gambling. Governed by the Public Gambling Act (PGA) 1867, online games involving real money transactions have more or less remained in a legal quagmire for years now. This is despite the gradual rise in its popularity and […]
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Start-ups need to factor in the cost of cybersecurity
© Provided by The Financial Express Hence, many venture capitalist and private equity investors have started appointing cyber experts to carry cyber risk assessment as part of the due diligence process. By Kanishk Gaur The pandemic has changed the way businesses run. And, the world is gravitating towards a new […]
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Disney’s trouble with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is a great lesson for startups in a crisis
Like most other companies, my tech- and design-startup has felt the impact of COVID-19. People taking more time with decisions. Growth is pretty much paused in some markets. Teams are working from home and creating new kinds of cultural habits in the textannotation”>organization. We’ve grown from nothing to a company […]
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Facebook faces backlash from startups ready to take on Big Tech
Back in 2014, Andrew Cunningham thought he and some colleagues had a hit with a smartphone app to create short bursts of reversible video. These days, if Cunningham wants to use his old app, it might be easier to pull up Instagram. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing app has an almost identical […]