A big thanks to our speakers Louise Laughlin, Dermot Hughes, Emma Foster and Chris Murphy for the Tech for Non Tech Focus on UX. The user experience (UX) has become critical factor in the success of many tech products. If a software product isn’t easy to navigate, use or understand, customers easily get put off…
Here are some facts highlighted in the independent review of female entrepreneurshp from the Alison Rose report: Only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs are female Only 13% of senior people on UK investment reams are woman Less that 1% of UK venture goes on all female teams. It has been proven that despite the disparity…
Why would you want to start a startup? That “aha” moment when you see a problem and want to solve it and turn it into a business startup. You think why has no one else thought about fixing that. It’s so simple and of course if I build the solution, lots of people will want…
Calling individual angel investors, IFA’s, tax advisers and fund managers. The EISA (Enterprise Investment Scheme Association) are running a survey to help understand your views on EIS / SEIS investment schemes. As a membership organisation they have been lobbying hard for both startup and investment support in the form of government tax incentives. Director General…
So You Want To Write a Tech Book? By Jason Bell If there’s one question I get asked most of all, it’s not about what I actually do for a living or specific tools like Kafka and Hadoop, it’s this: “What’s it like writing a book?”. Well it’s certainly an experience, it has highs and…
We’ve debated and considered lots of tools and put together this list of 15 top tools that founders need in the startup world. Some are free, some have a small subscription free. Founders can do a lot with these tools, get their website created, emails sent and prototypes designed. They can manage their finances, get…
On Thursday 18th June, Remote Raise hosted 7 great startup pitches with an audience of 40 angels and funds. The event was to be hosted in Belfast in April this year, however due to COV19 lockdown plans quickly were put on hold until the time was right. As lockdown measures are now easing and with…
Startup founders that have identified a real problem and created a solution have a startup idea. They have a vision for disputing industry, making life better, easier, quicker or different by making that idea into a business. That startup idea often has a digital or technical element that needs creation. This can be a web…
Raise is delighted to be working with JP Irvine from Keystone Law on all things corporate law for the startups in our accelerator programme. It’s key for founders to relations with professionals in law and accountancy to keep them right when starting and building their business. JP is a tech savvy lawyer is leading the…
As steps are made to ease the lockdown, some companies are putting plans in place to open up offices. There are key considerations that employers should make and Charlene Armour, the CEO of Armour is here to answer a few questions: What would be the first step that a company should take when putting plans…
