In February 2021 Raise Ventures hosted a Norther Irish startups focused Recruitment Roundtable. Our virtual Tech for Non Tech event pivoted from a ‘virtual stage’ to a conference style ’roundtable discussion’. We decided it was the time to focus on the recruitment challenge that many startups here in Northern Ireland are up against. One of…
One thing that the Covid-19 crisis has revealed is that commuting is a curse. The idea that it’s okay to pay to attend work, pay to store your car, pay more to eat, and spend two hours or more of YOUR UNPAID TIME to attend an office is quickly becoming untenable for knowledge workers. I’ve…
This recognition is well placed and the ranking is all the more impressive when you look at the populations of the cities in the top 9 places. Andrew Jenkins, Fintech Envoy for Northern Ireland was quoted to say: “Confirmation that Belfast has been ranked in the inaugural top 10 “Tech Cities of the Future” for…
A long time ago (nearly 20 years ago), I was very interested in the concept of remote working, especially from the confines of coffee shops. I amassed as much knowledge as I could, tested as many products as I could, all with the strong conviction that it was the future. This began really in around…
