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While talking at Le Wagon coding school, I was asked about the early-stage funding process, and how to approach a seed/ pre-seed round. There are two parts to it –  The Collaterals; you [...]

After playing around with businesses for a long time, sometimes I have that moment of clarity and something falls into place: If you’re playing or toying with an idea for a business. This is one [...]

A new era of positivity has arrived, at least for today and possibly even for tomorrow! This is thanks to the James Lovelock piece in the Guardian about his new book Novacene. The logic goes [...]

Prototyping sounds quite tekkers, and while I was thinking about how to write this article, it struck me that one challenge would be to make it – actually interesting… Let’s start [...]

A special report recently released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has raised the alarm around the need to limit global warming to 1.5°C, stating that to achieve such a [...]

What is the sharing economy? How can sharing improve our lives? Have we forgotten how to share?   In the very first Whyable podcast, Henry speaks with Samuel Carter, founder of Sharebee. In [...]

This week we are celebrating our 4th Birthday here at Whyable!! Tom and Agni founded Whyable on the belief that technology, when designed and built with humanity in mind, can and will change the [...]

Like most inventions, Gravity started almost by accident. And like all successful startups, Gravity has evolved from humble beginnings by building a basic product which since day one has [...]

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be enforced from May 25, 2018. The regulation will affect all businesses who collect and use people’s personal details for sales, [...]

Whether you’re just leaving school, starting a new business or pursuing a new career, all of us need help and support to get us through tricky times, make tough decisions and guide us towards [...]

If you’re visiting Dubai and want to know where the best brunch restaurants are, then download Let’s Brunch – the award-winning App that offers a range of discounts and specials at [...]

Introduction Doorda is the UK’s leading smart data broker specialising in big data curation. When Clifford McDowell founded Doorda in 2014, he was in need of a talented technology partner who [...]

Fed up with dating apps? It’s time to get on the Hooof then! Hooof is a social discovery app for the LGBTQI community and matches users based on their mutual social, cultural and [...]

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Iron Man? Well, yeah, kind of..! We are constantly excited to be working in partnership with Richard Browing, founder and chief test pilot of Gravity.co. We are [...]

Carryr is an on-demand delivery service that allows retailers to send items to customers within 2 hours of purchase. Carryr operates in a similar way to Deliveroo, using cyclists as the primary [...]

Travelling in large groups is by no means easy and often fraught with conflicting demands: People need to agree ahead of time on such things as travel dates and times, locations, accommodation [...]

The International Positive Education Network (IPEN) brings education experts, organisations and governments together to promote positive education. IPEN’s goal is to support collaboration, [...]

Whyable is rapidly approaching its fourth year in existence, which also happens to be how old my daughter is and how long it has been since we moved into our new home. (Hello! Did someone leave [...]

Ask anyone what they think an incubator is and they will most likely envisage newly hatched, fluffy yellow chickens huddling under warm spot-lights in a cardboard box. Ask them what an [...]

1. Team A startup is first and foremost a team of people. As your team starts to grow, make sure that you bring onboard highly talented and wonderful people. Be sure to employ people who teach [...]

“The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past” –  Simon Sinek Turning three years old is considered a major milestone in business, [...]

Whereas a mission statement explains what you are doing, a vision statement will explain why you’re doing it and what the long-term intended benefits and/or outcomes will be as a result of your [...]

A strong mission statement is important because it articulates in one or two sentences exactly what your company is doing or aiming to achieve. Thus a strong mission statement should give people [...]

Every startup wants to succeed beyond all imagination – everyone dreams of unicorns. The unfortunate truth is that most startups fail, or at least never go so far as to achieve the success [...]

Dangerous data, corporate incubation and the final frontier, highlights from Day 3 Good data, bad data On centre stage today Matthew Freud (great-grandson of Sigmund Freud) interviewed Alexander [...]

The Third Wave, SexTech and RenewableGyms, all highlights from Day 2 at Web Summit. The Third Wave of Technology Steve Case, the co-founder of AOL, has recently launched a new book titled, The [...]

Planet Tech, philanthropy disrupted, AI threatening the world, and the dark side of Social Media – these were all areas of interest for me on Day 1 of Web Summit. On the Planet Tech stage, [...]

What’s my goal – We have just launched an Impact Incubator (whyable.com/impact-incubator), and we’re looking to fill the first two spots by December 4th. This is our goal [...]

Over 60,000 tech entrepreneurs will descend on Lisbon this week for what is the biggest technology conference in the world – Web Summit. The opening night introduced a number of [...]

But that’s just a few minutes       This is a common statement that I’ve often heard (from clients) and made myself (to team members). Surely, adding a text field, changing the [...]

We want your problems At Whyable we work to turn ideas into reality. We do this by providing technology solutions to your ideas. We’d like them to have a positive impact on the world. We’d like [...]

Take your eyes away from the screen Take your mind away from the steam Sit back, kick back and let the mind dream You will do more than you have done You will create a whole lot of fun Let the [...]

CyLon is Europe’s first cyber security incubator and accelerator offering a twice yearly, three month programme to startups and entrepreneurs developing cyber security technologies. Within Cylon [...]

Being a vegan, feminist, non religious individual who is active on social media means I spend a good amount of my personal time in debate. While I am careful enough (lessons from past [...]