Tech | Startups | Growth

Konsolidering er som regel ikke noget, der ligger i kortene for opstartsvirksomheder, men det kan den komme til nu. Sammenlægninger kan være den bedste livslinje for mange opstartsvirksomheder og investorer kan spille en vigtig rolle i den disciplin i en tid hvor investor ellers afventer krisens påvirkning på de små vækstparate virksomheder.

Startups face a myriad of challenges for survival at the best of times. But given the global lockdown we all face right now, acceleration seems counter-intuitive — when in fact it’s essential for founders to get ahead now — so they can be the first in line to get funding.

When the risk of COVID-19 spreading subsides in a few months time, and investors get back to doing business, there will be fierce competition between startups for funding.

Once upon a time, the best and brightest students graduated from their higher education programs and immediately secured steady jobs with established employers, where they stayed for life. Now, things are a little different. Millennials often prefer to either work at startups or jump ship after a year or few at a major company.

It’s the designer’s nature to seek creative solutions for everyday problems, and most of us, at least in tech, can say that meetings are an every-dang-day problem. How are we supposed to do great work when our calendars don’t leave room for a bathroom break?