Honor Barratt

To connect with the visual arts, you need to set time aside to feel. The messages conveyed can be just whispers. With many distractions and activities vying for our attention in a social media—and technologically dominated era, if we are not still enough in this noisy, demanding world, we can easily miss the sometimes hidden, treasured meanings.

With an estimated 359 million companies worldwide in 2023, a significant increase on 328 million in 2020, it’s highly unlikely that any business started today is going to be unique. So how can you make sure your business stands out, when it would be so easy to blend into a sea of sameness? The first step is to recognise why you want to stand out. It’s no good simply wanting to be different for the sake of being different.

If you’d told me 15 years ago I’d be working in tech, I flat out wouldn’t have believed you. Ten years into my career at DabApps, and holding the role of Managing Director for the past two, I still can’t quite believe it myself sometimes – what a journey it’s been so far. In 2012, having worked in various marketing, sales and business development roles, I knew I wanted a change and a new challenge.