Scaleup Diaries: Recent Episodes

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We’re passionate about two things – helping scaleups grow and learning from others. So this content is all about sharing the best bits about the people that we admire and respect, helping the wider tech startup and scaleup community on their journey.

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ISL's Co-Founder, Alan Furley sits down with Ifty Nasir, Founder and CEO of Vestd to discuss how to scale a remote team, make good hires and retain your employees. 

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ISL's Co-Founder, Alan Furley sits down with Anna Rasmussen, CEO and Founder of OpenBlend to discuss how to keep a remote team engaged, hiring with cultural alignment in mind and the power of a good network. 

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ISL's Co-Founder, Alan Furley sits down with Deirdre Mc Gettrick, Founder of ufurnish.com to talk about the value of team collaboration, maximising your network and the importance of creating a USP. 

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ISL's Co-Founder, Alan Furley, sits down with Ian Dibb, Founder and CEO of Keylu to chat about hiring with your core values at heart, the importance of developing your team and the benefits of getting a mentor. 

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ISL's Director, Alan Furley, sits down with Caroline O'Brien, CEO of KUBOS Semiconductors to chat about finding support as a startup founder and recruiting and retaining startup talent.  

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ISL’s Director, Alan Furley sits down with Melanie Oldham, Founder and CEO of Bob's Business to talk about investing in our future workforce, adapting to the world of remote working and the importance of taking the occasional leap of faith. 

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ISL’s Director, Alan Furley sits down with Ahana Banerjee, co-founder and CEO of Clear to talk about attracting and hiring junior talent, prioritising diversity within the startup world and how to successfully build a remote team. 

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ISL's Director, Alan Furley, sits down with Alicia Navarro, Founder and CEO of FLOWN to chat about the importance of company culture, adding value to your team and how to hire the right people into your business. 

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ISL's Director, Alan Furley, sits down with Nathalie Alpi,  Co-Founder and Managing Director of CookiesHQ to chat about the difficulties covid brought to keeping the team happy, the importance of investing in your team and how to achieve growth in difficult times. 

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ISL's Director, Henry Keys, sits down (virtually) with Rob Howes, CTO & Board Advisor at Judopay, to discuss: Building trust and transparency across Judopay, breaking the stigma of mental heath and creating new technology out of the pandemic.

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ISL's Director, Alan Furley, sits down (virtually) with Alex Packham, founder of ContentCal, to discuss: Building startups into scaleups, key challenges faced when starting up a business, how to source top talent on a budget.

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ISL's Director, Alan Furley, sits down (virtually) with Steve Salvin, Chief Executive at Aiimi to chat about mental health and well being, Black Lives Matter and diversity & inclusion. 

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ISL's Director, Alan Furley, sits down (virtually) with Ben Brown, Head of Engineering at Intuit QuickBooks, to chat about; building an inclusive culture, reentering the workplace after lock-down and Intuit's post-covid strategy.