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Harriet founder: Learn to operate in uncertainty

Cecily Motley co-founded Harriet in 2023

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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....