The Power of The Product Pipeline in Software Service
However, recent Whitecap research, undertaken prior to the outbreak of coronavirus, has consistently shown that controlled “product reveals” of…
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Signs of Intent to Grow in a Post Covid-19 Business Environment
At present, the focus is on the health of the nation and beating the Coronavirus, and of course, all our…
Professional Services Business Development: Adapting to the ‘new normal’
Until lockdown, I worked alongside Professional Services leadership teams, helping them define and implement long-range growth strategies to out-sell and…
How Valuable can Accelerators be to a Regional Economy?
Accelerators have long been hailed as a gateway to entrepreneurial success. Winning a place on a highly regarded accelerator scheme…
How do you measure FinTech? (and why should we care?)
In the recent budget the Chancellor announced a review of UK FinTech, to consider the support the government can provide…
Report finds Greater Manchester has largest regional FinTech ecosystem
The report, based on research completed before the Coronavirus outbreak, is the first formal published analysis of the FinTech ecosystem…
“Unprecedented” can be an over-used term; arguably not at the moment
Clearly, the degree and nature of the turbulence currently facing individuals, families and organisations on health, home and business fronts…
Why is the Baltic region a global leader in innovation?
A recent return visit to the Baltics and one of their great innovation events brought a specific perception front of…
Is your business strategy process simplistic or simple?
That might sound a bit harsh, however, in our experience some organisations jump to a strategy conclusion without undertaking detailed…
Due Diligence From Every Angle: A Combined Approach
Fortunately, we think there is a better way, that’s both more cost effective and produces more useful outputs. We have…
Relevance and sustainability are front of mind for building society CEOs
Along with Richard, the other panellists were David Cutter, CEO, Skipton Building Society; David Marlow, CEO of Nottingham Building Society;…
Vice Chancellors’ Priorities for 2020 and beyond
Introduction With the student recruitment cycle for 2019 now complete, University Vice Chancellors will be focussed on 2020 and beyond….
Whitecap supports FinTech Mission to the North of England – 26-17th November 2019
This November, a delegation expected to include 20 European FinTech scale-ups (primarily from the Nordic and Baltic region) will visit…
Smart City North – Whitecap’s first Smart Cities event will take place in Liverpool on 7th November
Register here The world as we know it is changing and the pace will be rapid. Powered by advances in…
Strategy sprints: Building a strategic innovation culture
Standing still is arguably the greatest threat to sustaining competitive advantage. In a landscape in which new technologies are disrupting…