Northern Ireland is currently the best place to start and begin to scale a business in the UK. A mix between incredibly talented founders, great talent and a really supportive startup ecosystem are what makes Northern Ireland unique. One of the hardest things to do when scaling your business is hiring and we’re continuing our […]
Scaling in NI: Kairos
The Northern Ireland startup community is thriving, it is the best place to start a business and get it to £1m sales when compared to the rest of the UK. The talent in Northern Ireland is also incredible and this has helped attract large international corporations to set up here. We wanted to see what […]
Student Employability & Internships
As part of our mission to improve the interview process we realise that we also need to engage with interviewees. In our latest student employability event we collaborated with Queen’s University Belfast, Ulster University and Catalyst’s Generation Innovation to deliver a workshop on interviewing best practice, followed by one-to-one interviews using the Equitas interview app […]
Structured hiring is a silver bullet for startups
One of the major reasons startups fail is to do with the team, with over 23% of failed startups in a recent study citing the team as being the main reason. Skill or knowledge gaps, divisions or conflict in the team and lack of buy in to the vision are key issues that can contribute […]