Building Successful Businesses: Recent Episodes
ECI Partners
In ECI Partners' podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to CEOs about the building blocks of success and the lessons they've learned along the way.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our third episode chatting to Phill Robinson, founder of the European network for the software industry, Boardwave, we discuss his experience working with the private equity industry, including what mistakes both CEOs and investors can avoid.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our third episode chatting to Phill Robinson, founder of the European network for the software industry, Boardwave, we discuss launching businesses overseas and what war wounds can other CEOs learn from.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our second episode chatting to Phill Robinson, founder of the European network for the software industry, Boardwave, we discuss the challenges he's overcome in his career and what it's taught him about leadership.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our first episode chatting to Phill Robinson, founder of the European network for the software industry, Boardwave, we discuss the advice he would give on career planning.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our third episode chatting with Janette Martin, CEO of Talos 360, we asked her about how she created such a successful company culture in the HR Tech market, and her advice for other CEOs.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our second episode chatting with Janette Martin, CEO of Talos 360, we asked her what her first-ever jobs taught her about herself, and what she learned during hercareer about the type of leader she wanted to become.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our first episode chatting with Janette Martin, CEO of Talos 360, we discuss the importance of people, product and vision, and her steps to creating successful HR tech businesses.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our last episode chatting with Duncan Painter, we chat about making M&A work and what lessons he’s learned about successful execution.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our third episode we're chatting to Duncan Painter about why CEOs should have a hands-on view of clients and why dashboards are on their way out...
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way.In our second episode chatting with Duncan Painter, CEO of Ascential plc, we discuss the importance of mentorship and what needs to happen as you scale to make sure your business doesn't drown in process.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way.In the first of our episodes chatting with Duncan Painter, CEO of Ascential plc, we chat about how to create an aligned global team and how to make empowerment work in practice.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way.In our latest episode we chat with Colin Tenwick, serial private equity chair about how to make a private equity partnership successful and how a chair or non-exec can help.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way.In our latest episode we chat with Colin Tenwick ex-CEO of Bookatable and serial PE chair about his view of digital marketplaces in the modern age.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our latest episode we chat with Colin Tenwick about how he turned around dot.com failure, StepStone and what that process of transformation taught him about business
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In our latest episode we chat with Colin Tenwick ex-CEO of Stepstone and Bookatable, to discuss what he learned working through different eras of tech, and the importance of not recruiting a board in your own image.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In the last part of our series chatting to Martyn Phillips MBE, we ask him how can business leaders effectively cope with market ups and down.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In the third part of our series chatting to Martyn Phillips MBE, we ask him about what he thinks makes for a great private equity chair, and what that transition to chair feels like for ex-CEOs.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In the second part of our series chatting to Martyn Phillips MBE, we ask him about the transition from working as CEO of B&Q to CEO of Welsh Rugby Union, including asking who had a harder job, him or Warren Gatland?
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In the first part of our series chatting to Martyn Phillips MBE, we ask him about whether his HR background changed his leadership style when he became CEO at B&Q, and why he believes imposter syndrome can be a good thing.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. Paul Gilshan, CEO of Tusker, the company making it greener, easier and cheaper for you to get a car, joins us for our latest Building Successful Businesses episode to talk about working at ‘the Netflix for cars', how to build a truly sustainable business and the journey from CMO to CEO.
Adam Hildreth, CEO of risk intelligence company Crisp and winner at the 2021 GP Bullhound Northern Tech Awards, joins us for our latest Building Successful Businesses episode. We discuss how he got his start in Young Enterprise before founding Crisp at only 20, why he thinks inexperience creates great entrepreneurship opportunities, how the likes of Twitter will monitor and manage risk in the future, and the relevance of whack-a-mole.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In Episode 4, we welcomed Rupert Hodson, CEO and Co-Founder of Dianomi, one of the nominees for the ECI-sponsored Tech Growth Business of the Year award at the UK Tech Awards. In this episode, Rupert discusses his entrepreneurial journey - from starting his own car washing company, ‘Partners in Grime’, as a teen, to building a successful business operating across three continents.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In Episode 3, we welcomed Tim Barker, CEO of Kooth plc, and the winner of the UK Tech Awards Tech for Good Category. We chat to Tim about how Kooth is helping individuals and businesses with the ongoing challenges around mental health, how he has used psychometric profiles to improve his leadership skills, and the surprising place you might have seen his code before.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to business leaders about the building blocks of their success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In Episode 2 we chat to Sara Axelbaum, Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity at MiQ, the global programmatic media partner for marketers and agencies. Sara gives fantastic insight into the career path into Inclusion and Diversity roles, how MiQ is fighting inequity in their own business and the wider world, and how we can all make the workplace and the wider world more inclusive.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to CEOs about the building blocks of success and the lessons they've learned along the way.In our first Episode of Season 2, we chat to Joanna Swash, CEO of Moneypenny, the leading outsourced communications company, about entering the US market, her journey from chip shop to CEO, and what remote working means for company culture in the future.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to CEOs about the building blocks of success and the lessons they've learned along the way.In Episode 7, the last of Series 1, we chat to Peter Sweetbaum, CEO of Content+Cloud, one of the UK's leading technology services, solutions and support providers, about the role of digital transformation in a post-pandemic world, the importance of creating a compelling culture as part of your M&A strategy and his top advice for CEOs looking for investment.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to CEOs about the building blocks of success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In Episode 6 we chat to John-Paul Savant, CEO of ATG, the operator of the world's leading curated auction marketplaces. John-Paul discusses ATG's recent IPO, how auction houses have been impacted by the pandemic, and what he's learned during his career about building the right team for your business.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to CEOs about the building blocks of success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In Episode 5 we chat to Mark Eastham, CEO of Avantia, the virtual insurer with a world-class decisioning platform, about the role of tech and data in the future of the insurance industry, the best sandwich to get from the supermarket, and what he's learned throughout his career about hiring and retaining the best people.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to CEOs about the building blocks of success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In Episode 4 we chat to Jayne McClure, CEO of one of the leading UK holiday letting agencies, Travel Chapter, about how the business has responded so strongly during the pandemic, the importance of having introverts and extroverts in a team, and how leaders have had to learn to step back this year and celebrate small wins.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to CEOs about the building blocks of success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In Episode 3 we chat to Don Scales, Global CEO of Investis Digital, about what he learned from working at the dog tracks as a teenager, the importance of consistency in leadership and his thoughts on why acquisitions sometimes fail.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to CEOs about the building blocks of success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In Episode 2 we chat to Paul Galligan, CEO of Bionic, the smart platform for SMEs to sort their business essentials.
We chat to Paul about the importance of integrity that he learned working on his Dad’s farm, the biggest lesson from scaling comparethemarket.com, and how becoming more disciplined allowed him to become a better leader.
In ECI's podcast, "Building Successful Businesses," we speak to CEOs about the building blocks of success and the lessons they've learned along the way. In Episode 1 we chat to Gurman Hundal, co-founder and CEO of MiQ, a programmatic marketing partner that ECI backed in 2017.
We chat to Gurman about what his first jobs taught him, why he decided to set up on his own, and how he learned to trust his instincts without relying on them. Find out more about what he's discovered and the advice he'd give to entrepreneurs now.