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Tech scaleups: making a difference to society & to the environment
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Emily Bremner heads up operations & scaling at Signal – a UK scaleup who’ve raised $52m in funding from the likes of Redline Capital, MMC Ventures, Hearst Ventures, GMG Ventures & Frontline Ventures. Signal’s solution uses machine learning to help their clients track the competitive landscape & monitor their reputation & key regulatory changes — empowering them to make smarter, faster, business decisions.
We explored:
- Why ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance - objectives are crucial for tech ventures & for society
- How Signal's solutions help their clients embrace ESG
- The initiatives Signal has implemented to strengthen diversity & inclusivity including:
- diversity shortlist quotas
- prioritising candidate abilities rather than focusing on “markers of prestige”
- recalibrating their Board and Advisory Board to better reflect and lead their D&I aspirations
- How Signal has changed - in terms of structure and hiring practices - to handle rapid growth in revenues & headcount
- Since "businesses grow exponentially and people often grow linearly" – ideas for supporting employees who cannot grow with the business
- Why startups & scaleups need to be careful not to be seduced large blue chip employers on candidates' CVs
- Tools & techniques Signal have implemented to build a harmonious & highly effective global team that performs effectively in a WFH environment
We also discussed how Emily's inspirations come not from the Tech/VC community - but from the likes of Dave Chapelle (stand-up comedian) & Neil deGrasse Tyson (US astrophysicist) who's advice includes: “if you're good at bullshitting people, you're not hanging out with the right people”!
And Emily recommended all startups and scaleups can learn valuable lessons from these 2 books: The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick Lencioni) and The Lean Startup (Eric Ries)
For more insights into Signal check out https://www.signal-ai.com/ and for guidance on recruiting stellar senior talent at B2B tech startups & scaleups head over to https://alpinasearch.com/
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Manage episode 274607516 series 2362821
Emily Bremner heads up operations & scaling at Signal – a UK scaleup who’ve raised $52m in funding from the likes of Redline Capital, MMC Ventures, Hearst Ventures, GMG Ventures & Frontline Ventures. Signal’s solution uses machine learning to help their clients track the competitive landscape & monitor their reputation & key regulatory changes — empowering them to make smarter, faster, business decisions.
We explored:
- Why ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance - objectives are crucial for tech ventures & for society
- How Signal's solutions help their clients embrace ESG
- The initiatives Signal has implemented to strengthen diversity & inclusivity including:
- diversity shortlist quotas
- prioritising candidate abilities rather than focusing on “markers of prestige”
- recalibrating their Board and Advisory Board to better reflect and lead their D&I aspirations
- How Signal has changed - in terms of structure and hiring practices - to handle rapid growth in revenues & headcount
- Since "businesses grow exponentially and people often grow linearly" – ideas for supporting employees who cannot grow with the business
- Why startups & scaleups need to be careful not to be seduced large blue chip employers on candidates' CVs
- Tools & techniques Signal have implemented to build a harmonious & highly effective global team that performs effectively in a WFH environment
We also discussed how Emily's inspirations come not from the Tech/VC community - but from the likes of Dave Chapelle (stand-up comedian) & Neil deGrasse Tyson (US astrophysicist) who's advice includes: “if you're good at bullshitting people, you're not hanging out with the right people”!
And Emily recommended all startups and scaleups can learn valuable lessons from these 2 books: The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick Lencioni) and The Lean Startup (Eric Ries)
For more insights into Signal check out https://www.signal-ai.com/ and for guidance on recruiting stellar senior talent at B2B tech startups & scaleups head over to https://alpinasearch.com/
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