Day by day, Donald Trump is reshaping America. We travel the west coast from Canada to Mexico speaking to people about their hopes and fears, and how their lives are changing July 11, 2018 The Seattle skyline, with the iconic Space Needle against the backdrop of Mt Rainier, may be familiar from TV series including Frasier and Grey’s Anatomy, but it’s the city’s music scene that sent ripples across the world, through Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix. “The music scene helped build Seattle’s liberal values,” says Nick, a [...]
Nestled deep within the Ecuadorian cloud forest, Mashpi Lodge is a hotel at one with the nature surrounding it January 24, 2018 Shortly after the turn of the century the former mayor of Quito, Roque Sevilla, bought up a vast chunk of the Ecuadorian cloud forest from a local logging company, and turned the land into one of the largest privately owned conservation areas in the country. Somewhere in the centre of it all, on the site [...]
Bitcoin mining explained: How it works, how much energy it uses and what needs to be fixed December 7, 2017 All eyes are on bitcoin at the moment. The cryptocurrency has staged a meteoric rise in 2017 that has attracted new investors, but, for many, question marks still surround bitcoin and the technology behind it. With recent reports pointing to the high energy cost associated with mining, the process used to create bitcoin, is there [...]
Bitcoin mining explained: How does it work? Why does it use so much energy? Is there any way to fix it? December 7, 2017 All eyes are on bitcoin at the moment. The cryptocurrency has staged a meteoric rise in 2017 that has attracted new investors, but, for many, question marks still surround bitcoin and the technology behind it. With recent reports pointing to the high energy cost associated with mining, the process used to create bitcoin, is there [...]
Party on: Wandisco has hired a new finance chief September 28, 2016 Aim-listed big data software company Wandisco has finally named a new finance chief, three months after its previous one was poached by Just Eat. The company, which has headquarters in California and Sheffield, today named Erik Miller as its chief financial officer and said he will join its board with immediate effect. Miller, who has [...]
Eric Ries Q&A: The Startup Way author on why we should see entrepreneurship as a corporate capability December 18, 2017 Blogger and author Eric Ries is a celebrity in the startup world for his first book, The Lean Startup, which was published in 2011. Now Ries is applying the principles of entrepreneurship and his “lean” movement to traditional companies and civic institutions in his new book, The Startup Way. Advocating for a shift in the [...]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Shoot Them: We went on safari with Kenya’s top photographer February 2, 2018 Normally at hotels I’m rather picky about who joins me for breakfast, but this time I made an exception. Or as much of an exception you can claim to make when a herd of wild Rothchild’s giraffes wander over uninvited to pop their necks through the lodge’s windows in search of a bite to eat. [...]
Accenture has just bought one of London’s hottest ad agencies November 29, 2016 Accenture's getting into trendy ads, it seems – after it bought Karmarama, one of London's hottest ad agencies. The company, known as much for its achingly trendy office as it is for its campaigns for the likes of the BBC, Confused.com, Honda, Just Eat and Unilever, has a team of 250 employees. The consultancy said [...]
Joe & Seph’s founder Adam Sopher on how he turned his dad’s popcorn into a gourmet delicacy November 1, 2017 Adam Sopher, director at Joe & Seph’s, on how his family business turned popcorn into a gourmet delicacy. “My dad is called Joseph and he made popcorn for us when we were kids as a hobby. In October 2010, we took it to the BBC Food Show and we got our first listing in Selfridges [...]
Innovating in zeros: How do disruptive businesses best the competition? December 20, 2017 “No one really thought it was going to work but, actually, it went okay.” That is how Jonas Kjellberg, entrepreneur and investor, described the sentiment around one of his most famous ventures — Skype. Kjellberg has always been interested in disrupting traditional systems, and he recalled some of his business successes and failures at [...]