Forging the Future: An Inside Look at Sheffield’s Innovation Spine

How do you redesign a city for innovators to thrive? Charlotte Thompson is seeking to answer that question for the Sheffield Innovation Spine, a two-year planning project with a 20-year vision to transform Sheffield’s city centre and create more spaces for startups and scale-ups to be successful. The project’s partners – Sheffield Technology Parks, Sheffield… Continue reading Forging the Future: An Inside Look at Sheffield’s Innovation Spine

Startup Sorcery: Unleashing Magic & Misfits to Reach £1m in Revenue

Peter Hopton says the odds of taking a startup from ideation to £1m revenue are impossible but believes this milestone be achieved more often than not with the right magic and a band of misfits. He’s already taken VeryPC and Iceotope on the “zero-to-one” journey, and he’s on a mission to advance the development of… Continue reading Startup Sorcery: Unleashing Magic & Misfits to Reach £1m in Revenue

Simplicity Wins: How FourJaw Cracked the Manufacturing Productivity Code

In just a few short years, FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics has established a global customer base and a big name for itself in the world of smart factories. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Chris Iveson discusses FourJaw’s origin story and £0-£1m revenue journey and how it is helping hundreds of manufacturers address their number one… Continue reading Simplicity Wins: How FourJaw Cracked the Manufacturing Productivity Code

Disrupting Hollywood: How Zoo Broke the Mould for Media Localisation

In the first-ever episode of Traction: The Tech Growth Show, Stuart Green, CEO of Zoo Digital, discusses the evolution of his company from a sports and entertainment-focused startup in 2001 to a leading provider of media localisation services. Initially, Zoo developed interactive DVD games, notably “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” which sold over a… Continue reading Disrupting Hollywood: How Zoo Broke the Mould for Media Localisation