Cecily Motley is the co-founder and chief executive of Harriet, an AI-powered self-service agent for HR and ops teams. Launched in 2023, Harriet raised £1.2m in a funding round in December that year.
In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Motley discusses operating in uncertainty, the success of Shopify and the failure of NFTs.
Which company’s growth story are you most impressed with? (can’t be your own)
I think Shopify is just a great product that solves an obvious and real problem. And best of all it enables other businesses to grow. I would imagine they are currently feeling pretty exposed in the consumer crunch, but I think they will weather the storm because Shopify adds such obvious value to so many different businesses and ideas….