Looking Back
When we reflected on the year at the end of 2020, a few things sprung out: the sheer chaos inflicted by the Coronavirus, or COVID, as we now call it. It caused all kinds of new problems – with new startups emerging to solve these problems.
Redundancy and furlough led to the talent pool increasing and the quality of start up teams increased, a key predictor of startup success. Productivity jumped as people found new ways to save time, skipping their daily commute and switching meetings to shorter Zoom calls.