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Fed up with working from home? Irish startup WorkSpot.ie aims to help you find desk space, where & when you need it. We’ve mentioned many times now how the workplace norm has changed drastically since COVID. What is the workplace these days? An office? Your dining table? A hybrid of the two? The ability - or necessity - to work from home can be a good thing for many reasons, but it al...
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Calling all fundraising women-led startups! Applications are now open to join Overrules a free 10-week programme from Hotbed. Learn from experts, connect with investors & peers and get funding ready! Women-led startups who want to focus on traction, growth and fundraising - this programme has been created just for you! Overrules is a new remote 10-week programme that’s being launched...
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Managing a distributed team? Nick Nooren, Head of Proteus Marketplace shares his insights on how tech can be used to enhance the benefits and mitigate the challenges when you're doing just that. The past year has taught us that companies can maximise the benefits of remote, hybrid and office work if they have the right digital capabilities. Moving away from the cultural tradition of the physic...
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  Rob Edmonds, Founder and Creative Director at NRG Digital, shares his advice and tips on how to adapt your internal comms to keep your team engaged With your startup’s team working from home they may be feeling isolated. Team members only see you, and each other, on a screen, and the impact of these feelings of isolation are evidenced by the increasing levels of mental health issues...
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A look at some of the standout tech startups from the inaugural Ignite 2.0 remote accelerator programme... We recently wrote about the Ignite ‘2.0’ remote accelerator programme opening open up for its second run in 2019. We thought that this was a good opportunity to have a look at some of the tech startups in its first cohort from September 2018. We’ve written about a couple of...
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Rob Hill, CRO at ProFinda, discusses the emerging fluid workforce, what this means for businesses - and how to embrace it!  "As companies start to recognise there is a new world of work, it is time to start swotting up on the fluid workforce. This is a relatively new term used to describe the many different ways a company can hire its employees. There’s full-timers, part-timers, flexi...
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By Lucy Elkin, founder of myworkhive.com, a social venture bringing great remote jobs to a wider audience There are many reasons why working remotely can be a great solution for startups. Our previous article looked at some of the advantages, from reducing office costs, to making it easier to find the perfect team member. But if you want the best chance of building a remote team that’s happ...
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