Startups of London: Recent Episodes
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We cover the startups of London and tell their unseen stories through founder interviews, office tours, look at their work culture and their biggest challenges.
Each startup coverage (especially those after August) come with a video. To watch; search "Startups of London" in Youtube or visit our website www.startupsoflondon.com (which even includes a startups of London map!)
Core of our focus lies in scaleups rather than very early or enterprise companies. We work to bring out key lessons, bits of wisdom and insight that can be helpful for entrepreneurs.
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Tune in to the latest episode of our podcast featuring Dennis Helderman, the co-founder of easyToolHire. In this episode, with over a decade of experience in the industry, Dennis has a wealth of knowledge to share about his wisdom on building a thriving business in the tool hire industry and offers valuable advices for aspiring entrepreneurs.
From humble beginnings to a highly successful enterprise, Dennis and his team have navigated the challenges of scaling a business, building a strong brand, and staying ahead of the competition. Listen to his unique perspective on leadership, innovation, and the power of persistence. Whether you're just starting out in business or looking to take your existing venture to the next level, this episode is a must-listen.
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This week on the SOL Podcast we Gilad Gershon, Co-Founder of Tropic who is a dynamic and visionary entrepreneur, with a proven track record of success in the world of business. As the co-founder of Tropic, a sustainable and ethical fashion brand, he has demonstrated his commitment to creating positive change in the world. One of Gilad's key insights is the importance of transparency in business. He believes that consumers have the right to know where their products come from, how they are made, and the impact that they have on the environment and society.
Tune in to hear about Gilad's experiences and his journey with Tropic which uses cutting-edge gene editing techniques to develop healthier, hardier and more sustainable crop varieties.
We addressed issues like business growth, Global warming, sustainable agricultural production, the future of building technological solutions according to current needs, and adjusting to the market and our discussion revolved around their company culture, vision and growth story.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, we are having Eric Landau who is the highly accomplished co-founder of Encord. With years of experience in the Tech industry, Eric has a proven track record of driving growth and innovation through his expertise in product development, marketing, and business strategy.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to hear about Eric's journey with Encord which is an active learning platform for computer vision which offers a range of services including software development, web design, mobile app development, and digital marketing with a team of experienced developers, designers, and digital marketers
This week on the SOL Podcast we welcome Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Founder & CEO of Tapoly. Tune in to hear about Janthana's experiences and her journey with Tapoly which is a business insurance for sole traders, freelancers, the self-employed and small businesses.
We addressed issues like business growth, ways of solving problems while scaling up, the future of working in gig economy, building technological solutions according to current needs, adjusting to the market, the importance of insurance for small businesses and startups, how the UK Landscape looks like in general and how the UK ecosystem is divided.
Our discussion revolved around their company culture, vision, the value of interaction, growth story and "What is the conversion rate?", "How important the style of leadership is: combining the experience of working and personal value."
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, we are having Samreen McGregor, founder of Turmeric Group, an Executive Coach who aims to create the conditions that leaders need to stretch beyond their existing capabilities and simultaneously preserve well-being. She also desires to inspire leaders, teams and organisations to embrace adversity as a catalyst for empowerment and well-being while rigorously expanding her clients' rational, emotional, and intuitive capacity.
We addressed issues like the relationship between trauma, leaders and the business, paying attention to workplace culture, coaching, trauma's effect on leaders and identity, cultural differences, pros and cons of it on leaders, startup growth, coaches and the role that coaches and advisors can play in all of these issues.
Our discussion revolved around the difference between coaching and mentoring, the demand for consultancy coaching executive leadership, and the role of leadership coaching in the start-up world.
This week on the SOL Podcast we welcome Alex Kiely General Manager at Choco, UK, representing their company, their products and the UK team.
We addressed issues like the possibility of decreasing the food waste issue with a better system, the future of the UK ecosystem, according to current needs, business growth, ways of solving problems while scaling up.
Our discussion revolved around how to make a sustainable working product, how to understand who your customer is and who your users are, the key turning point for Choco and the importance of balanced use of hierarchy and having a great team that works together in harmony.
This week on the SOL Podcast we welcome Jordan Palmer, co-founder of Lixir Drinks,
also representing their co-founder, Matt Mahatme, their company, their products and the whole team.
We addressed issues like business growth, ways of solving problems while starting the business and scaling up, the future of the startup ecosystem, according to current needs, adjusting to the market, and impacts of past experiences in terms of assets of a company.
Our discussion revolved around their company culture, vision, the value of interaction, growth story and the importance of identifying the gap in the market before starting a business and seizing the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
This week on the SOL Podcast we welcome Eric Fulwiler - Co-Founder & CEO of Rival, representing co-founders, their company, and the whole team.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to hear about Eric's entrepreneurial experience and his journey with Rival.
Our discussion revolved around their company culture, vision, the value of interaction, growth story and the importance of branding, marketing, and product-market fit.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, we are having Scott Green, Founder & CEO of Lounges.tv, representing the whole team and the whole company.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to hear about Scott’s entrepreneurial experience and his journey with Lounges.tv which is a streaming platform.
We addressed issues like business growth, pros and cons of running a streaming platform and being in the market, developing technology according to current needs, adjusting to the market, and impacts of past experiences in terms of assets of a company. Listen to our insightful chat with Scott Green to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup and learn more about their journey.
This week on the SOL Podcast we welcome Giovanni Luperti the CEO and Co-founder of Humaans, representing his co-founder, their company, and the whole team.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to hear the insightful conversation with Giovanni about his experience and journey with Humaans which was created to help you to turn complex processes like employee onboarding, offboarding, and compensation management into simple workflows by integrating with other point solutions.
We addressed issues like business growth, ways of solving problems while scaling up, the future of HR/People management, developing technology according to current needs, adjusting to the market, and impacts of past experiences in terms of assets of a company.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, we are having Kelly Klifa, Founder & CEO of Ally Health, representing co-founders, their company, and the whole team.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to hear about Kelly's entrepreneurial experience and her journey with Ally Health which helps people of all ages with their healthcare needs by addressing the UK's healthcare system problems.
Our discussion revolved around their company culture, vision, the value of interaction, growth story, helping society, and the use of tools and technology in healthcare. Click below to learn more about another founder’s insights into the startup ecosystem.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest is Manfred Olbrich, Founder & CEO of LessonWise.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to hear about Manfred's entrepreneurial experience and his journey with LessonWise which helps students by providing them with affordable access to the expertise they need, delivered by tutors of their choice.
Our discussion revolved around his company culture, vision, the value of interaction, growth story, helping society, and the use of tools and technology in education. Click below to learn more about another founder’s insights into the startup ecosystem.
Tune in to this week’s SOL Podcast for our incredibly insightful chat with Alexis Kingsbury, Co-Founder of AirManual.
Founded in 2021, AirManual’s aim is to streamline the routine and time-consuming processes businesses have by clearing them. With their guided checklists AirManual provides a practical and scalable way to create and upkeep documentation as well as accelerate onboarding and other processes.
We asked, and he answered: the thinking process of an entrepreneur, how to say no or pivot, creating/adjusting the tools and technology for gaps in the market, startups’ impact on society and the importance of having a greater purpose, hardships whilst hiring, when to do or when to delegate as a founder, skillsets to acquire to reduce dependence and overall, how Alexis and his co-founder Paddy founded AirManual to help businesses de-stress through clear processes. Listen to our podcast if you want to learn more about and get inspired by another London startup’s journey.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest is Steve Coulson, Founder & CEO of Kitt.
Founded in 2018, Kitt is a full-service office platform that helps companies with their office journey from start to finish. Their services extend not only to finding office spaces that are suitable for your brand but also to designing and managing them.
We discussed the reality of limited office solutions for larger companies, the importance of boundaries when it comes to working remotely, the effects of COVID on social life and commercial real estate, make-or-break points for businesses, pivoting at the right time, value to investors, anxieties of being an entrepreneur, post-market-product fit stage of a startup, and creating an environment for your team to grow. Listen to our insightful chat with Steve Coulson to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest is Joshua Sprigg, Founder & CEO of Enferm.
Founded in 2015, Enferm is a Total Healthcare Workforce Solution. They are a nursing and healthcare staffing agency that works with NHS Trusts, third sector and private sector organisations. Their candidate-first approach coupled with their expertise and extensive knowledge aims to disrupt the healthcare industry for the better.
Joshua says, “We solve problems together, not in isolation,” and we had a deeply insightful chat about characteristics of company culture, teamwork, vision, designing a team around company culture and values, impacts of past experiences whilst becoming an entrepreneur, developing solutions and technologies according to the current needs, the intricacies of being self-funded vs investment. Listen to our podcast if you want to learn more about and get inspired by another London startup’s journey.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest is Danny Djanogly, Co-Founder of Dogiz.
Dogiz is a mobile app that helps dog owners to get a better understanding of their dogs’ health and gives rewards for keeping their dogs active. Dog owners can track their dogs' fitness activity and health and by doing so earn coins to spend on Dogiz shop where they can find services and products for their dogs. With their technology, Dogiz aims to help dogs live longer, healthier and happier lives.
Our discussion revolved impacts of past experiences and one’s own pain points whilst becoming an entrepreneur, bouncing back from the negative effects of a global pandemic, pivoting a business based on the changing market, the ways in which being an entrepreneur affects the daily lives, teaching power of mistakes, the perception around startups, and especially failure, within London’s startup ecosystem. Click below to learn more about another startup’s journey and its founders’ insights about the startup ecosystem.
This week on the SOL Podcast, we welcome Camille Lehujeur, Co-Founder and CTO of Work With Data.
With their motto “for people building the future on open data,” Work With Data is aiming to transform the way people handle data. They gather complicated data from reliable sources and turn them into comprehensible knowledge graphs which users can seamlessly access through their easy-to-use interface for free. They also provide other upgraded services that involve AI and machine learning with affordable subscriptions.
Our discussion revolved around open data, vision, developing technology according to current needs, making data more accessible to individuals and organisations, financing and monetisation, teaching power of entrepreneurship, roles founders assume when needed and the struggles that can come with it. Listen to our insightful chat with Camille Lehujeur to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
This week on the SOL Podcast we welcome Mahdi Yahya, Founder & CEO at Ori.
The B2B solution Ori is a distributed cloud platform that aims to help large enterprises manage and deploy their applications across multi-cloud. By serving as a bridge between your application portfolio and your distributed infrastructure, Ori Global Cloud enables you to accelerate your journey to cloud transformation.
We addressed issues such as investment, hardships during the early stages of a startup, identifying an opportunity and building a business around it through research, finding the right people for your team, developing technology according to current needs, and differences between the UK and US startup ecosystems. Listen to our insightful chat with Mahdi Yahya to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest is Georgie Randon, Head of Marketing & Customer Experience of HomeWork.
HomeWork is a coworking space that prides itself on its locality. They provide all one needs from an office space while remaining as cosy as a coffee shop. With its small community and plans that can fit all, they aim to make working as flexible as possible. They currently operate in Putney, Southfields, and Fulham and plan to expand nationwide.
We discussed how HomeWork sets itself apart from other coworking spaces in the market, their vision of local coworking space and how the idea of community comes into play, their growth journey and the impact of the pandemic on the coworking business, and whether/how their customer demographic has changed since they started, and how they create/adjust the tools and technology they require for their niche needs. Listen to our podcast if you want to learn more about and get inspired by another London startup’s journey.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to hear about Simon's 28 years of entrepreneurial experience and his journey with Ink Global which delivers engaging creative content and dynamic commercial solutions across its digital-first product set.
Devyce is a VoIP operating system built to offer businesses a communication system with flexibility, scalability and dependability. As a 100% cloud-based system, Devyce supports remote and hybrid working while allowing businesses, big and small, to maintain communication with employees, customers and clients without hassle.
This week’s SOL Podcast welcomes Joon-sang Lee, Co-Founder of Pentaform Computers.
Pentaform is revolutionising the way we look at the production of technology. Their computer-within-a-keyboard Abacus is a much more sustainable and affordable alternative to most traditional computers whilst offering all the functionality a regular computer would.
In this episode, we address issues like releasing a product, developing technology according to current needs, how to navigate the market demand, and competition with other businesses in the market,. Listen to our insightful chat with Joon-sang Lee if you want to learn more about and get inspired by another London startup’s journey.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest is Richard Mabey, CEO & Co-Founder of Juro.
Juro is the go to contract platform for companies that need to process large numbers of legal contracts. It enables legal teams to seamlessly create, approve, manage, and sign contracts in a single workspace.
We asked, and they answered: the hardships whilst scaling up, releasing a product, finding the right people for your team, investment journey, how to build an authentic network of investors, and the impact different type of CEOs can have on the growth of the business, the company culture and practices that empower it. Listen to our podcast if you want to learn more about and get inspired by another London startup’s journey.
This week on the SOL Podcast we welcome Priyanka Lilaramani, CEO & Founder of Truealpha.
Truealpha is an out-of-the-box modern KPI platform that enables high-growth startups to organise their data in an automated and easily accessible way whilts their metric engines handle to work. Lilaramani states that “When does a company think it needs a platform like this? The reality as it stands today is that more often than not, it tends to be when it's too late.”
We addressed issues like impacts of past experiences whilst becoming an entrepreneur, designing a product around ones own pain point, developing technology according to current needs, market-fit research, educating the market, the kinds of organisations they target, and the everchanging dynamics of building startups. Listen to our insightful chat with Priyanka Lilaramani to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
Tune in to this week’s SOL Podcast to listen to our conversation with Asif Ahmed, Founder of Acclivity.
Acclivity is a boutique advisory firm specialising in accountancy, taxation and consultancy. Their services are specifically catered to entrepreneurs and high-growth, early-stage businesses. They work with businesses all over the world.
We asked, and he answered: the general importance of finance and the advantages of having financial knowledge for founders, the impact of having financial knowledge during decision making process and successfully generating growth strategies, finding the right consultants to aid in your journey to success, as well as how finances raise your business’s value to investors. Listen to our podcast if you want to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
This week’s SOL Podcast welcomes James Barber, Co-Founder of MySupperHero.
MySupperHero is built on the idea that people don’t necessarily have to order uninspiring take-out food in order to be quick and efficient with meals. They provide people with the option to experience restaurant-quality food at home without worrying about waste and the origin of the materials. Your meal comes to you fresh, sustainable, affordable and with only a 10-minute preparation time which you can use to make the final touch.
We addressed issues like releasing a product, competition with other businesses in the market, keeping up with technology according to current needs, successfully generating growth strategies, how to build an authentic relationship with your customers, and impacts of past experiences whilst becoming an entrepreneur. Listen to our insightful chat with James Barber to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to listen to our chat with Tom Wordie, Co-Founder & Head of Marketing of AndCo.
AndCo is a new type of workspace subscription service that transforms already existing venues into ideal workspaces for people who don't want to work from home or their company offices. They strive to create a community of people who seek to work remotely without risking isolation and provide them with workspace that affordable, flexible, convenient and safe.
We addressed issues such as misconceptions about the startup world, how startups ecosystems (and views about them) differ in the US and the UK, what kind of a mentality a founder has to employ in order to succeed, how AndCo differentiates itself from other remote working spaces, and many other insightful points. Listen to our podcast if you want to learn more about how companies and employees are navigating a changing work environment and get inspired by another London startup’s journey.
This week the SOL Podcast welcomes Charles Brecque, CEO & Founder of Legislate.
Headquartered in Oxford, Legislate is a legal technology startup. Their SaaS platform enables non-lawyer individuals to create low value, high volume contracts with lawyer-approved templates as well as access and manage their contract data from one source.
Our discussion revolved around impacts of past experiences whilst becoming an entrepreneur, pinpointing what people need when it comes to legal matters and developing technology according to current market demand, their growth story, and how Charles’ investment journey differs from the norm. Listen to our insightful chat with Charles Brecque to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to hear about Impact Central from Sara-Louise Martin, who is one of the Co-Founders.
"Being driven by passion is different from anything else," says Sara-Louise explaining the defining characteristic of impact-driven startups. And Impact Central is an accelerator that provides well-designed programmes and a mentoring community for impact founders who are ready for success.
We asked, and they answered: the differences between purpose-driven and profit-driven startups, the hardships faced by the former, passion as a double-edged sword, competition with other businesses in the market, value to investors, and how to recalibrate your thinking to come up with alternative solutions for growth besides funding, such as successfully generating growth strategies or building an authentic network of people. Listen to our podcast if you want to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
This week’s the SOL Podcast welcomes Jose Barrera & Muji Balogun, Co-Founders of Expert League
Acquiring talent and keeping it are not necessarily the same things. Speaking from her own experience, Muji Balogun, one of the Co-Founders of Expert League, says that people tend to stay longer in organisations they feel like contribute to their progress. Expert League offers exactly that: tailor-made training courses and consulting services just for your organisation’s needs.
We addressed issues like launching a business in different circumstances, challenges of scaling-up, adjusting your services to the current needs of the market, and impacts of past experiences whilst becoming an entrepreneur, and successfully generating growth strategies. Listen to our insightful chat with Jose and Muji to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest is Giuseppe Milazzo, Founder of Contapp.
Contapp is one of the companies that offer innovative solutions to perhaps one of the most traditional parts of doing business: business cards. Contapp is designed to be rather handy for businesspeople by allowing them to manage their business cards digitally. It aims to become a personal business hub in which you can securely store, share, and use business card data sustainably by reducing paper waste.
Our discussion revolved around the impact of the pandemic on the launching of a business, importance and methods of market fit research, scepticism around entrepreneurship, and the differences between the UK and the US startup ecosystems. Click below to learn more about another startup’s journey and its founders’ insights about the startup ecosystem.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to listen to our chat with Leroy Lawrence, Founder of Pigee.
Pigee is a mobile app that has been born from the pain point of its own Founder. It is a platform that helps travellers shop from real-word shops with much more ease whilst abroad without the worry of fitting the items in their suitcases or costly shipping expenses.
We addressed issues like the steps of turning an idea into a real product, developing technology according to current needs, how to validate the need, adjusting to the market, and the impacts of past experiences and the unmentioned challenges whilst becoming an entrepreneur. Listen to our insightful chat with Leroy to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest is Eloise Skinner, Founder of One Typical Day.
One Typical Day is a video insights platform that is being developed with the aim of helping students figure out their first career steps with sustainability and social mobility at the foundation.
Our discussion revolved around process of product development and research, creating a content medium according to current needs of the target audience, and impacts of past experiences as well as current skillsets whilst becoming an entrepreneur. Click below to learn more about another startup’s journey and its founders’ insights about startup ecosystem.
This week’s the SOL Podcast welcomes Richard Harries, CEO of Cofndrs.
Cfndrs aims to connect commercial success to social and environmental change. “Humans are emotional beings. The most important thing for us is why we’re doing things; not the “what”, not the outcome of it,” says Richard.
Our discussion revolved around validating a product, the importance of designing a team around shared values, developing a product according to current market needs, the impacts of past experiences whilst becoming an entrepreneur, the challenging road to investment, and CSR. Listen to our insightful chat with Richard Harries to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
Tune in to the SOL Podcast to listen to our insightful chat with Chris Priebe, Founder of Zelt.
Chris believes that the employees are the backbone of what one can build and offer in the first place. And Zelt is built on this foundation that puts employees and their needs first. It is an exceptionally pragmatic app that aims to “improve productivity through enhanced employee experience”.
We asked, and he answered: competition with other tools in the market, finding the right people for your team, the changing dynamic between employers and employees, their growth journey and strategies, fundraising, decision-making and how to build an authentic network of people to help. Listen to our podcast if you want to learn more about and get inspired by another London startup’s journey.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest is Cesar Faucheur, Co-Founder of Twio.
Twio allows stores to connect with their customers on a more meaningful level and increase sales by allowing them to support organisations that try to solve social and environmental challenges worldwide with every purchase.
Our discussion revolved around subjects like market opportunity, advantages and challenges of pivoting, their product and usage of technology, alternatives to building a team and company culture in regards to working environment and communication. Click below to learn more about another startup’s journey and its founders’ insights about the startup ecosystem.
In this episode of the SOL Podcast, our guest Alex Bakman, Founder & CEO of Snappii.
“Honesty, integrity and trust stand at the core of a successful business,” says Alex Bakman. He is a strong believer of “keeping the main thing the main thing”.
Our discussion included topics like intuition vs validation, transformation of the business world and work ethic over the years, product-market fit research, business models, and impact of no-code on production process.
This week, the SOL Podcast welcomes Ed Johnson, CEO & Co-Founder of Pushfar.
In Pushfar, they believe mentoring should be free and accessible to anyone who wishes to become a mentor or mentee. They are a platform that is used and loved by all kinds of organisations from multinational corporations to startups.
To learn more about their success, we discussed issues like developing technology according to current needs, the timing of launching a product, monetisation, company culture and how to raise engagement, and the impact of failure whilst becoming an entrepreneur. Listen to our insightful chat with Ed Johnson to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
Tune in to this episode of the SOL Podcast to hear about Consulthon’s story from Co-Founder Marieta Bencheva.
They aim to help anyone who reaches them with a business challenge with a wide network of highly experienced consultants.
We asked, and they answered: the hardships whilst launching, competition with other businesses in the market, finding the right people for your team, creating/adjusting the tools and strategies, and how to build an authentic network of people to help establish a solid relationship with clients based on trust. Listen to our podcast if you want to learn more about and get inspired by another London startup’s journey.
This week’s the SOL Podcast welcomes Dr Charles Roddie, Founder & CEO of Summatic.
When asked about market and growth opportunities, “[...]Since we had our first large university clients, it is a lot easier to put [...] reliable numbers that investors can look at,” says Dr Roddie.
We addressed issues like releasing a product, growth culture, designing a team around company culture, developing technology according to current needs, adjusting to the market, impacts of past experiences whilst becoming an entrepreneur. Listen to our insightful chat with Dr Charles Roddie to broaden your horizons about entrepreneurship through the experiences of another startup.
This week on the SOL Podcast: We have twin founders, who have been building a premium dog-walking app. Although the pet-care market is competitive for startups, it is still growing rapidly, proving there is room for new players.
As always, we talked about; idea validation, technology, business model, understanding the market and growth strategy. Tune in to learn more about another London startup and the journey its founders are having.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Alison Cooper, CEO & Co-founder of Alicia J Diamonds, gave us exactly that. Listen to her story full of insightful tips from “Diversity of Experience in the Life of a Serial Entrepreneur” and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Nicole Gray, Founder & Community Manager of Boxed Community, gave us exactly that. Listen to her story full of insightful tips from “Designing a Virtual Coworking Space For Business and Personal Development Of Entrepreneurs? ” and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Kevin Gibbons, Founder & CEO Re:signal, gave us exactly that. Listen to his story full of insightful tips from “Where Does SEO Take Your Business Journey? ” and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Daniel Svonava, Co-Founder, Superlinked gave us exactly that. Listen to his story full of insightful tips from “Why Do Social Networks Need Algorithms & Do They Really Work?” and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Brain Pallas, CEO & Founder, Opportunity Network gave us exactly that. Listen to his story full of insightful tips from “Dealing With The Challenges of Growing a Networking Platform For CEOs“ and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
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The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Sahin Caglayan, Co-Founder & CEO, Faradai gave us exactly that. Listen to his story full of insightful tips from “AI Can Empower Enterprises to be More Eco-Friendly“ and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Nohelia Rambal, Founder & CEO, Goodfind.io gave us exactly that. Listen to her story full of insightful tips from “Through a More Benevolent Consumer Ecosystem” and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Josh White, Co-Founder, CanO Water gave us exactly that. Listen to his story full of insightful tips from “Creating a Leading Alternative to Plastic Bottled Drinking Water” and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Reece Samuels, Manager Westminster Business Library gave us exactly that. Listen to his story full of insightful tips from “The Role of Public Libraries as Coworking Spaces in Building Businesses & Communities” and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Our warm and honest chat with Laura Beales & Jules Robertson, Co-Founders, Tally Market gave us exactly that. Listen to her story full of insightful tips from “Why do Startups Need Flexible Work Spaces More Than Ever?” and join our discussion of insightful matters about startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Dash Tabor, Founder & CEO, TUBR honest and warm chat gave us exactly that. Listen to her story full of insightful tips from “Process of Developing an app for Hustle-Free Tube Experience in London” and join our discussion of insightful matters in relation to startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. John Lunn, Founder & CEO, Gr4vy honest and warm chat gave us exactly that. Listen to her story full of insightful tips from “How to Build the Payment Platform Every Merchant Loves” and join our discussion of insightful matters in relation to startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Fabienne Hajjar, General Manager, Servcorp honest and warm chat gave us exactly that. Listen to her story full of insightful tips from leading the workspace industry around the world
and join our discussion of insightful matters in relation to startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Naima's honest and warm chat gave us exactly that. Listen to her story and join our discussion of insightful matters in relation to startup culture.
The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Listen to Duncan's journey of making a soft drink that is appealing for both your taste and health.
Read and learn about the Best Grocery Delivery Apps in the UK:
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In this episode of SOL Podcast, Dr. Orit Gal introduces us the concept of urban memory. Based on her academic background, Orit utilized this concept to create Urbaniser, to help people discover new places, organize their previous places and plan their routine visits to their favorites. Listen to this interesting chat which will definitely spark some thoughts in your mind too.
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In this episode Melinda responded Ozan & Ali's question about her journey as the founder of a Health Tech company. Get to know Melinda's story of Body Collective Group and discover how Baby2Body provides holistic coaching as a Health Tech product.
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The SOL Podcast is all about hearing about each others' journeys and relating to similar experiences in different situations. Alexa's honest and warm chat gave us exactly that. Listen to her story and join our discussion of insightful matters in relation to startup culture.
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In this lovely talk with Greg Watts, you'll find insights about founding a company from scratch, and learn how Findr's simple yet brilliant idea turned into a growing business. Focusing on strengths, adapting to the situation, maintaining a functional remote work culture are all parts of it.
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We met with Ultimate Travel Club's Chairman and Chief Marketing Officer for a lovely chat about the future of traveling with Stephen and Jae. How COVID will change our relationship with traveling? Will we be able to pick our pace back again? We asked these questions and exercised our minds on the topic.
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In this episode, we meet Rachel who has decided to disrupt the childcare industry by founding Koru Kids. Their product is not just a mere tool to find a carer for your child. They are very much interested in planning a child's developmental process which already distinguishes the Koru Kids ethos .
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Applications of AI & Machine Learning is just the tip of the iceberg for this episode! Based on different aspects of his journey with Neurons Lab, Alexandr Honchar shares honest and valuable insights about company culture, customer orientation and learning from mistakes.
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In this episode, the social aspect and the technology converge around a really sweet spot. Toughened via an eclectic career, Antony Cousins is on a quest to decrease the effect of post-truth by chasing it all around.
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In this episode of the Startups of London Podcast, our editor-in-chief Ozan asked Sara about her journey in the FinTech sector as an entrepreneur who has chosen to grow organically. She also shared her experiences both as a woman and immigrant founder, and how this affects the conversations.
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In partnership with the Illumina Accelerator based in Cambridge and SF Bay Area, we have interviewed six genomics, life-sciences, and biotech startups, 2 in the UK and 4 in the US. This time, let's take a look at the story of the accelerator itself. Featuring Anya Roy and Amanda Cashin.
Learn more about them on: https://www.illumina.com/science/accelerator.html
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WellSim Bio is focused on exploring the possibility and potential of exosomes with their advanced micro and nano technologies. They believe that exosomes can be the key to unlocking solutions to many diseases.
This is a special "limited series" of 6 episodes focusing on genomics startups. In partnership with the Illumina Accelerator based in Cambridge and SF Bay Area, we have interviewed six genomics, life-sciences, and biotech startups, 2 in the UK and 4 in the US.
We will be following a 5-step Heroes' Journey structure for these startups. In each video, you can see the marked chapters at the bottom of the screen.
Getting to know our heroes,
Hear the "starting-up" story,
Paths crossing with the accelerator,
Toughest decisions they had to make,
Big learning moments and the future direction.
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Their mission is to make cancer drugs survive and resurrect from devastated clinical trials in which 93% of cancer drugs are failed. They have a proprietary technology that can produce 2 million different tumor samples to test pre-clinical cancer drugs. This technique is based on generating massive 3D organoids and whole-genome editing of cancer organoids by CRISPR.
This is a special "limited series" of 6 episodes focusing on genomics startups. In partnership with the Illumina Accelerator based in Cambridge and SF Bay Area, we have interviewed six genomics, life-sciences, and biotech startups, 2 in the UK and 4 in the US.
We will be following a 5-step Heroes' Journey structure for these startups. In each video, you can see the marked chapters at the bottom of the screen.
Getting to know our heroes,
Hear the "starting-up" story,
Paths crossing with the accelerator,
Toughest decisions they had to make,
Big learning moments and the future direction.
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Tailor Bio is bringing precision medicine to the deadliest cancers. They provide clinical decision support to physicians, allowing them to select the best therapy for their patients treatment. To do this, their technology decodes chromosomal instability and uses mutational signatures as biomarkers to inform therapy selection decisions.
This is a special "limited series" of 6 episodes focusing on genomics startups. In partnership with the Illumina Accelerator based in Cambridge and SF Bay Area, we have interviewed six genomics, life-sciences, and biotech startups, 2 in the UK and 4 in the US.
We will be following a 5-step Heroes' Journey structure for these startups. In each video, you can see the marked chapters at the bottom of the screen.
Getting to know our heroes,
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Big learning moments and the future direction.
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Neurolytic Healthcare Ltd. delivers AI-driven event prediction and pharmacogenomic testing for neurological disorders to improve patient quality of life and help clinicians optimise prescription decisions.
This is a special "limited series" of 6 episodes focusing on genomics startups. In partnership with the Illumina Accelerator based in Cambridge and SF Bay Area, we have interviewed six genomics, life-sciences, and biotech startups, 2 in the UK and 4 in the US.
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Pluton can quickly and cost-effectively mine valuable microbes for use in next-generation products that solve real-world problems. They work to discover novel microbes to use in new natural products in months, not years, at a fraction of the cost expended by current laboratories.
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This is a special "limited series" of 6 episodes focusing on genomics startups. In partnership with the Illumina Accelerator based in Cambridge and SF Bay Area, we have interviewed six genomics, life-sciences, and biotech startups, 2 in the UK and 4 in the US.
We will be following a 5-step Heroes' Journey structure for these startups. In each video, you can see the marked chapters at the bottom of the screen.
Getting to know our heroes,
Hear the "starting-up" story,
Paths crossing with the accelerator,
Toughest decisions they had to make,
Big learning moments and the future direction.
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AarogyaAI aims to diagnose drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) using Artificial Intelligence in a few hours. We enable quick and accurate diagnosis of DR-TB so that the patient can be rightly prescribed effective drug combinations for treatment, instantly.
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This is a special "limited series" of 6 episodes focusing on genomics startups. In partnership with the Illumina Accelerator based in Cambridge and SF Bay Area, we have interviewed six genomics, life-sciences and biotech startups, 2 in the UK and 4 in the US.
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Getting to know our heroes,
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Paths crossing with the accelerator,
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Big learning moments and the future direction.
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Welcome to Startups of London's series of live-streamed consultancy sessions between two expert consultants and a business owner that needs help.
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We will be having Ludovica, founder of Reveal my food - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reveal-my-food/ to talk about building and growing a food startup
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Narcis B.'s Linkedin: - https://www.linkedin.com/in/narcis-b-b59b8866/
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Welcome to Startups of London's series of live-streamed consultancy sessions between two expert consultants and a business owner that needs help. In this session, we will be having Radhika, founder of EcoTextura. https://www.ecotextura.com/ to talk about Launching a PPE Startup (Strategy, Feasibility, Approvals, IP)
Today's Consultants are;
Steven James's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-james-8037248/
Ben Ford's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/commandodev/
Watch Ben Ford's 5-minute story "How I Learned to Code on a Warship" https://youtu.be/NlNRKdM5FTQ
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Welcome to Startups of London's series of live streamed consultancy sessions between two expert consultants and a business owner that needs help.
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We will be having Dash, founder of TUBR - https://www.gettubr.com/ to talk about building partnerships with larger organisations, among other growth topics.
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Welcome to Startups of London's series of live-streamed consultancy sessions between two expert consultants and a business owner that needs help.
Great session with @mary_van_gary , @johnfuggles , and @markjdunsmore1 where we talked about growth for WeFindFlats Ltd.
Summary of key ideas from this session:
- Don't be all things to all people. Really focus on your niche - where you add value the most.
- Paid advertising becomes less expensive the more clear you are about your exact target audience.
- Approach partnerships through their pain points and with a proof of concept of solution.
- Document your success stories - testimonials are crucial. Proof of concept.
- Ask "why is that tech necessary" and "when is that necessary" before investing more heavily in tech. -
Also: What is the bottleneck for growth? Is it tech, is its audience, is it experience. More tech doesn't always mean a better user experience.
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Welcome to Startups of London's series of live-streamed consultancy sessions between two expert consultants and a business owner that needs help.
Nitin Aggarwal, founder of Property Deals Insight joined by our two consultants Mark Dunsmore and Jason Grant (again) who have the expertise.
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Welcome to Startups of London's series of live streamed consultancy sessions between two expert consultants and a business owner that needs help.
This episode we are joined by the business owner Lucy Platt, founder of EasyDogWalker. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-platt-8bb51b137/) Our consultants are Joella Bruckshaw (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joellabruckshaw/) and Jon Newlyn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonnewlyn/)
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Welcome to Startups of London's second ever, live streamed consultancy session between two expert consultants: John Fuggles (https://mission23.com) and Ansi Deniz Rona (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaansi/) and this sessions consultee: Mirjana Prokic Founder and CEO of Hangair (https://www.linkedin.com/in/prokicmirjana/)
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Welcome to Startups of London's first-ever, live-streamed consultancy session between two expert consultants: John Fuggles (https://mission23.com) and Jason Grant (http://jasongrant.in/linkedin) and this sessions consultee: Shivika Pratap, Founder, and CEO of Avika Limited (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivikapratap/)
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The Corona Virus has permanently changed the landscape for London's technology businesses. We are interviewing key people of the startup ecosystem to ask them about their challenges and survival strategies. https://startupsoflondon.com
The Corona Virus has permanently changed the landscape for London's technology businesses. We are interviewing key people of the startup ecosystem to ask them about their challenges and survival strategies. https://startupsoflondon.com
The Corona Virus has permanently changed the landscape for London's technology businesses. We are interviewing key people of the startup ecosystem to ask them about their challenges and survival strategies. https://startupsoflondon.com
The Corona Virus has permanently changed the landscape for London's technology businesses. We are interviewing key people of the startup ecosystem to ask them about their challenges and survival strategies. https://startupsoflondon.com
The Corona Virus has permanently changed the landscape for London's technology businesses. We are interviewing key people of the startup ecosystem to ask them about their challenges and survival strategies. https://startupsoflondon.com
The Corona Virus has permanently changed the landscape for London's technology businesses. We are interviewing key people of the startup ecosystem to ask them about their challenges and survival strategies. https://startupsoflondon.com
The Corona Virus has permanently changed the landscape for London's technology businesses. We are interviewing key people of the startup ecosystem to ask them about their challenges and survival strategies. https://startupsoflondon.com
This is Startups of London's 15th episode. There's a reskilling revolution going on and at the center of that are software developers. Not only they are the architects of the new worlds, there's a great deal of demand for them, especially in London and emerging new areas.
Wild Code School offers a 6 month programme where you will feel and learn like a student again - coming back into the marketplace with newly earned skills. Join the conversation we had with the London Campus Manager Carolina Veloso.
Watch the video episode here: https://youtu.be/DoU8zyZVjro
Read the editorial here: https://startupsoflondon.com
Startups of London is an initiative that creates mini documentaries about London Startups through founder & employee interviews alongside office tours. A look at the company culture, value to investors, employees and new talent; along with their growth story, software tools they depend on, office location and future milestones...
This is Startups of London's 14th episode. We are at the offices of Ucreate, having a chat with their Founder Matt Jonns. Ucreate is a combination of an accelerator, incubator, coworking space and an agency. It is indeed a very interesting combination, but it works. Listen to learn how.
Watch the video episode here: https://youtu.be/0ZjfygFmGnM
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Startups of London is an initiative that creates mini documentaries about London Startups through founder & employee interviews alongside office tours. A look at the company culture, value to investors, employees and new talent; along with their growth story, software tools they depend on, office location and future milestones...
In our 13th episode, we are at the offices of Increasingly an AI bundling startup that helps retailers increase revenue.
Watch the video episode here: https://youtu.be/iSmmWZHPisw
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Startups of London is an initiative that creates mini documentaries about London Startups through founder & employee interviews alongside office tours. A look at the company culture, value to investors, employees and new talent; along with their growth story, software tools they depend on, office location and future milestones...
In our 12th episode, we are at the offices of Perlego, a subscription service that started with textbooks but soon expanded beyond that. They provide a cheaper alternative to buying textbooks you don't use twice.
Watch the video episode here: https://youtu.be/i7Hfj-YBnyQ
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Startups of London is an initiative that creates mini documentaries about London Startups through founder & employee interviews alongside office tours. A look at the company culture, value to investors, employees and new talent; along with their growth story, software tools they depend on, office location and future milestones...
Full interview with Pete Dowds - Founder of Elder. Episode 9 of the www.startupsoflondon.com mini documentary series.
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Startups of London is an initiative that creates mini documentaries about London Startups through founder & employee interviews alongside office tours. A look at the company culture, value to investors, employees and new talent; along with their growth story, software tools they depend on, office location and future milestones...
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Full interview with Andrew Bud - Founder of Lavanda. Episode 9 of the www.startupsoflondon.com mini documentary series.
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/-WBCBq0p8BI
Read the editorial here: https://startupsoflondon.com/iprooving-your-online-identity-9/
Startups of London is an initiative that creates mini documentaries about London Startups through founder & employee interviews alongside office tours. A look at the company culture, value to investors, employees and new talent; along with their growth story, software tools they depend on, office location and future milestones...
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Full interview with Guy Westlake Founder of Lavanda. Episode 8 of the www.startupsoflondon.com mini documentary series.
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/kPoYY2G8Sqo
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Startups of London is an initiative that creates mini documentaries about London Startups through founder & employee interviews alongside office tours. A look at the company culture, value to investors, employees and new talent; along with their growth story, software tools they depend on, office location and future milestones...
Applications: If you are a London based startup with 10+ employees, an office and respectable growth, write to hello@startupsoflondon.com
Full interview with Hugo Campbell, CCO & Co-founder of Feast-it. Episode 7 of the www.startupsoflondon.com mini documentary series.
Watch the video version here:https://youtu.be/IQn1KkjTjsE
Read the editorial here: https://startupsoflondon.com
Startups of London is an initiative that creates mini documentaries about London Startups through founder & employee interviews alongside office tours. A look at the company culture, value to investors, employees and new talent; along with their growth story, software tools they depend on, office location and future milestones...
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Full interview with Carlo Gualandri, CEO & founder of Soldo. Episode 6 of the www.startupsoflondon.com mini documentary series.
Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/0VQdoJChB3s
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Full interview with Hugo Timouth of ChargedUp as a part of the www.startupsoflondon.com mini documentary.
Watch the video version here: TBU
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Full interview with Philip Mundy of Forward Health as a part of the www.startupsoflondon.com mini documentary.
Watch the video version here: TBU
Read the editorial here: https://startupsoflondon.com/forward-modernises-healthcare-communication-ep-4/
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Full interview with Anthony Rose from Seedlegals as a part of the www.startupsoflondon.com mini documentary. Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/ZPyRtEz1LkI
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In this Startup Sessions Podcast, I am joined by Gauthier Van Maldaren, Founder & CEO of Perlego. Perlego is a subscription service company for textbooks. I find both the founder's and the company's story interesting in many levels. Here is a brief overview of some questions and discussion topics.
-Personal story of Gauthier leading up to the decision to become an entrepreneur and founder.
-Role of "execution": Perlego was not the first business to come up with the idea of "Spotify for Textbooks" but it was the successful one. Why?
-Importance of getting the product to market before it is beautiful.
-Being mission driven rather than profit driven: "Build world's online learning library."
-Role of timing: How do you know it's not too early, too late, but just right? Look at those suffering in your market. In Perlego's case: Publishers were seeing their revenues decline, students resorted to piracy. Importance of creating a new revenue stream for publishers.
-How does piracy push commercial progress in markets?
-How big of a competitive advantage do reputable schools provide? What is the biggest one of those and do they act as barriers to entry for others?
I would like to extend my thanks to Gauthier and the team at Perlego for taking the time. Visit perlego.com to find out more.
If you would like to be guest in the Startup Sessions either with your personal expertise or the story of your startup, reach out to me via ozan@commonwisdom.co.uk
This is the story of FatFish Digital, a tech company that started building apps before the “app boom” talked about AI before it was the hype and built over 100 products over the last 10 years.
Brighton based Fat Fish Digital started by building games. Soon into the podcast we realised certain types of businesses, founders and interests attract different types of talent to the company. In the case of Fat Fish, that turned out to be a strength since they are a group of people with shared passions and a robust company culture that has grown and matured organically.
We have also talked about:
-How the business evoled in terms of their techstack over the years.
-How they managed growth in terms of people and the working culture within the company.
-That company culture becomes really critical when people you have hired start making other hiring decisions.
-Who should doing the onboarding and orientation of the new employees. The most senior, or the most junior people at the company?
-What the main customer acquisition channels they use are.
-The role of NoCode - ZeroCode type platforms / products and their role to play in the future.
-That the shelflife of skills are getting shorter and that now having a successful career has become less about just being a hard worker, but more about picking the right direction.
In this Startup Sessions podcast I am joined by the founder of Feast-it Digby Vollrath and Head of Marketing Curran Dye to talk about how they nailed the growth culture and scaled their startup.
Especially the segment on scaling, evolving the tech-stack as well as the culture and people is full of insights.
Feast-it (www.feast-it.com) lets you discover, compare and easily book high quality street food caterers for your event. Below are some headlines and questions from the discussion.
-How they found product-market fit by listening on and observing the businesses around them.
-How they evolved their tech-stack and people strategy as the business matures into a scaleup.
-Combining doing things that scale with the flexibility people have & automation through tech.
-What software & productivity tools they use
-How they built a robust culture that is built on;
-Leaving ego at the door.
-Challenging others & openness to being challenged.
-Making sure everyone buys into the vision.
-Using the right rituals from weekly recurring drinks to co-workers regularly cooking dinner for each other.
-What talent recruitment strategies they use.
-Their words of wisdom on how to build a real network of people that will help you in London.
I would like to extend my thanks to them for joining in to tell their impressive story (although they make it look easy).
If you would like to be guest in the Startup Sessions either with your personal expertise or the story of your startup, reach out to me via ozan@commonwisdom.co.uk