Money can’t buy you love. But it can complicate the feelings others have towards you. Even before the pandemic further padded the collective wealth of the billionaire class, the word ‘billionaire’ had become synonymous with ‘baddie.’ Today, billionaires – just 0.000035% of the world’s population – control 3.5% of the world’s wealth; the poorest 50% […]
Where do your fingertips take you to shop? Buying online is second nature. When your phone dies, a hot video game lands, or you develop an urgent need for a three-way plug extender, your first stop is usually the Google search box. Muscle memory leads the way, and before you know it, you’re on a […]
It has never been easier to shop with someone else. Bricks and mortar companies moved online en masse when shop doors closed in 2020. In just eight weeks of lockdown, business vaulted to digital at a rate that should have taken another five years, according to McKinsey. Meanwhile, Facebook and Instagram have swivelled to become […]
Here’s an inspiring quote from a famous billionaire: “The future is real. But the past is all made up.” In a classic entrepreneur move, this quote up-ends the common way of seeing things. But it’s meaningful: as a powerful billionaire, you get to re-write your own mythology even while shaping the future of the species. […]
The coronavirus pandemic really rattled the global supply chain. Ports quietened and shelves emptied as nations shut up shop. By July 2021, Britain’s exports to the EU alone were £1.7bn lower than July 2018. But business is back. Three-quarters of executives say their companies are now more resilient than before the pandemic. “Exports of many […]
The 20th-century dream was to put every shop and service under one roof, be it a mall or a Ballardian high-rise apartment complex. But the 21st century took that ideal and put it in a little black box. Banks, shops, and even your gym now fit neatly into your phone. Malls have become ghost towns, […]
The business of ‘new business’ is booming. Despite Covid, the number of new companies created in the UK rose by 14% in 2020. In the US, the leap was 24%. Sadly, government figures suggest less than half of the UK’s 726,000 new businesses will survive their first four years. Around 25-30% won’t even make it […]
People played a lot of games in 2020. Stuck at home, Animal Crossing was our Shakespeare in the round. With cinemas shut, Black Ops Cold War was our No Time To Die. Incredibly, the sofa + webcam option also led to plenty of big gaming mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Perhaps it felt like a game […]
You have to spend money to make money – so goes the conventional wisdom. But this is not just good advice for the entrepreneur looking to expand their business. It’s a legal and practical necessity to establish your business in the first place. New business owners must shell out for approvals, licenses, permits, and inscriptions. […]
Few people will remember 2020 fondly. But one thing that did come from the year that Covid struck was that a lot of people tried new things. Some took up baking. Others tried working from home. And, across the world, more than 10,000 entrepreneurial teams launched new startups. In fact, global startup funding rose 42% […]
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