Author Archives: Silicon Roundabout

It’s that time of year again – the start of a new term, students returning to schools and universities. But 2020 is not an ordinary year and – mid-COVID – it hasn’t just been students experiencing mixed emotions about a …

As everyone knows, it is common for landlords to take a rent deposit from their tenants to protect the landlord against the tenant not paying the rent or defaulting under its repairing/decorating/reinstatement obligations at the end of its lease.

At Skin Analytics, we are driven by our mission to help more people survive skin cancer. We are doing this by using innovative AI to enable globally sustainable skin cancer pathways that deliver better patient outcomes. We have a vision …

The UK has long held an international reputation for it’s science and technology sector. More recently the UK Government has further recognised the need to and the importance of increasing investment in this area as outlined in its Industrial Strategy. …

There are always reasons why you feel like you aren’t at the right life stage to start your own business: too young – not enough experience, embedded in an existing career – too much to lose if you fail and …

Wagestream was conceived on one simple premise – if you could let workers decide and control when they get paid their earned wages; could you put them in a much stronger financial position by preventing them getting into debt between …

Photo c/o Jamen Percy High Growth Handbook (scaling startups from 10 – 1000 people). By Elad Gil. Loved this book, particularly liked the bit on Product Development Management and Product Marketing. Most of us have been hiring the wrong types …

1. Would you describe Covid 19 as a catastrophe or an opportunity? It’s fair to say it’s been a bit of both! At Habito, we were fortunate that we already had a business that was 100% online. It’s how we …

Photo courtesy of Jamen Percy

After starting my career at a hedge fund (Clareville Capital, acquired by Tosca Fund), I soon turned my attention to disruptive tech businesses to flex my entrepreneurial spirit: Karma Cans, Feast It and Airtasker. Having helped launch the rental kitchen …