Boldt Flavours: Recent Episodes
Timo Boldt
Join Timo Boldt, Founder and CEO of leading unicorn recipe box company Gousto, as he talks to top company founders, CEOs and business leaders about their journey so far, what makes them tick, and how they achieve their ambitions. Guests include the 'nation’s PE teacher’ Joe Wicks, Peanut founder Michelle Kennedy and Bobby Healy, founder and CEO of Manna Drones.
In this special bonus episode, Timo talks to Bruce Macfarlane, Founder and Managing Partner of venture capital fund, MMC.
MMC invested into Gousto in 2013, a year after launching. A lawyer by training, Bruce then moved into banking before setting up MMC in 2000 to invest in early stage, high growth businesses.
Find out what Bruce believes foreshadows startup success, how he works with founders and why he decided to become a professional coach.
In the final episode of the series, Timo talks to Mollie CEO, Shane Happach. Mollie is a $6.5bn valued payment service provider, whose mission is to make payments as effortless as possible. Shane is a Harvard graduate, with a global FinTech career spanning almost two decades. Hear his thoughts on business leadership, and what innovations he envisages within FinTech over the next twenty years.
Join Timo as he chats to Celonis’ Global Head of Culture and Leadership, Neeha Khurana. Before joining $11bn unicorn company Celonis, Neeha worked within the talent space across Consulting, Banking and FinTech. Hear her thoughts on scaleups’ culture opportunities, whether social progress has been made, and which coaching questions she loves to ask.
In this week’s episode of Bold[t] Flavours, Timo chats to Gousto’s very own Chief Financial Officer, Jim Buckle. Jim has over 20 years’ experience within big tech firms, such as Amazon and Dell, as well as extensive startup know-how from the likes of Wiggle and Feel Unique. Hear about how Jim started in the world of finance, what motivates him each day and how he surmounts business challenges.
Timo’s guest, this week, is Katherine Garrett-Cox, CBE. Katherine is the CEO of GIB Asset Management, a London-based global asset manager with over $11 billion assets under management, and whose purpose is to mobilise and scale capital in support of a more sustainable world. Hear about Katherine’s journey into Finance, her leadership values, and how she uses business as a force for good.
In this week’s episode of Bold[t] Flavours, Timo talks to Checkout.com Founder & CEO, Guillaume Pousaz. Checkout.com is a global payments solution provider and is one of the most successful startups in the world, valued at $40bn today. Hear Guillaume talk about his transition from product management to CEO, how he retains humility, despite his inordinate success, and the role of luck throughout his journey so far.
Timo’s guest, this week, is Thought Machine Founder and CEO, Paul Taylor. Paul is a serial entrepreneur who specialises in speech, language and artificial intelligence. He founded fintech unicorn, Thought Machine, in 2014, which offers banks an opportunity to migrate customer accounts to a cloud-native platform. Hear his thoughts on how the world of banking is changing, and insight into his CEO journey so far.
Join Timo as he chats to Iggy Bassi, the hugely inspiring Founder and CEO of Cervest. Cervest offers cloud-based Climate Intelligence, enabling organisations to understand and adapt to climate risk at an asset level, and advising on what actions to take. Iggy is a serial entrepreneur, with extensive experience in both emerged and emerging markets. In this episode, Iggy shares his inspiring vision for the World to be a better place, how he found his vocation, and the trials and tribulations of scaling a purpose-driven organisation.
In this week’s episode, Timo chats to Snyk Founder, Guy Podjarny. Snyk, valued at $10bn today, focuses on building developer-first security tools, helping businesses to scale quickly whilst staying secure. Hear Guy discuss his journey to founding two companies, Snyk’s culture and values, as well as his views on the company’s vision, product and strategy.
This week’s guest is Depop CEO, Maria Raga. Depop is a fashion marketplace in which users, from around the globe, connect to buy and sell pre-loved clothes online. In this episode, Maria talks to Timo about how she conquered rejection when scaling the business, and how she retains equilibrium in a challenging landscape.
Join Timo as he talks to Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder and CEO of OLIO. OLIO is a free, neighbour-to-neighbour app that tackles the problem of food and household waste, by enabling surplus items to be donated, rather than thrown away. Hear about Tessa’s leadership journey so far, what she had to ‘unlearn’ from her corporate career, as well as her views on culture, teams and talent.
Series 4 of the Bold[t] Flavours podcast kicks off with Zumba Co-Founder and CEO, Alberto Perlman. Zumba launched in 2001 and has since become a global phenomenon, spanning 186 countries, with a value of $500m today. Hear Alberto share his passion for startups and entrepreneurship, his insights into successes and failures, and how he has navigated his business through the pandemic.
In this very special Christmas edition, join The Body Coach, Joe Wicks MBE, as he turns the tables and interviews Timo. Hear how Timo’s background and close-knit family have influenced his drive, passion and work ethic today, how he has transformed Gousto into the UK’s only profitable B Corp Unicorn, as well as what motivates and inspires him every day.
In the penultimate episode of the series, Timo talks to leading retail executive, Susanne Given. Susanne has been at the forefront of the retail industry, including its transition to online, for the past two decades. Hear her thoughts on what makes an exemplary board, as well as key learnings throughout her extensive, international career.
In this episode, Timo chats to Gousto’s EVP of Operations, Charles Whitehead. Prior to Gousto, Charles worked at Tesco PLC and thedocyard, a world-leading deal management platform. Hear his views on impostor syndrome, his ‘people first’ leadership philosophy, as well as his experience of guiding Gousto through its exponential growth.
Rishi Khosla OBE, a serial start-up entrepreneur, and co-founder and CEO of OakNorth Bank, is Timo’s guest this week. Hear him discuss how he approached his second start-up in a completely new way, what he has learned on his scaleup journey, as well as his views on becoming a highly successful business leader.
Timo’s guest, this week, is David Benigson. David is the Founder and CEO of Signal AI, one of the world’s fastest-growing applied AI companies. In this episode, he discusses how his entrepreneurial parents shaped his thinking, how he divides his leadership journey into 5, distinct chapters, as well as his views on the world of AI.
Timo’s guest this week is enterprise software sales leader, Jennifer Bers. Hear her talk about her fascinating leadership journey, how she facilitates conditions for optimum culture and performance, as well as what makes sales great.
This week, Timo talks to Jeremy King about his international upbringing, how pattern recognition aided him in launching market and brand intelligence agency, Attest, and his views on what makes a superlative CEO.
In this week’s episode, internationally renowned makeup artist, Ruby Hammer, MBE, chats to Timo about how her parents’ unconditional love encouraged her fearless attitude, how she approaches and embraces positivity, and handling difficult situations, head on.
Timo’s guest this week is Perwyn Founder and Managing Partner, Andrew Wynn - responsible for overall firm management, Private Equity and PGC investments. He discusses his ambition to achieve from a young age, his thoughts on company cultures and spotting the opportune moment to invest.
In this week’s episode, Timo chats to Debbie Hewitt, MBE, about how bereavement, at a young age, impacted her career, the power of dynamism in her profession, and what she has learned about boards.
This week’s guest is AND Digital Founder and CEO, Paramjit Uppal. Hear his insights into People and Culture, and how to get the best out of individuals. He also discusses the pivotal moment in his career, which gave him the courage to start his own business.
Listen to Tenth Revolution Group’s Chief Customer Officer, Daljit Bamford, discuss her humble beginnings, the power of unlearning, and the impact of knowing how to ‘show up’.
Series 3 begins with a fascinating conversation with Manna Founder and CEO, Bobby Healy. Having started coding at the age of 13, he has gone on to lead one of the World’s most commercially recognised and successful, drone-based businesses. He chats to Timo about having the confidence to take risks and successfully scale companies, as well as how the multi-trillion pound drone market will evolve over the next decade.
Join Timo, as he looks back over Series 2, featuring clips from his memorable guests about what motivates, challenges and inspires them each day, as well as how they lead Teams and establish Culture.
In the final episode of the series, Timo chats to Gousto CMO, Tom Wallis. From his scientific approach to Marketing, to overcoming feelings of Impostor Syndrome, Tom gives his valuable insight into scaling business and performance culture.
In this week’s episode, Timo talks to John Burke and Jon Hulme about their artisanal, subscription service, Craft Gin Club. From a successful appearance on Dragons’ Den, to embracing the power of content marketing, they discuss their impressive trajectory, to date, as well as their passion for both product and people.
Timo’s guest this week is Camilla Dolan, a Founding Partner of Eka Ventures and a former Gousto Investor. She discusses how an eye for opportunity, coupled with a desire to invest in both people and business, has led to her success so far, as well as the importance of purpose-driven and sustainable business and investments.
This week, Timo’s guest is BGF Executive Chair (and occasional Magician!), Stephen Welton. He reveals how employing a positive state of mind and using goodwill as currency have paved the way for his marked success, as well as his key ingredients for establishing great leaders and collegial working environments.
In this episode, Timo talks to Cian Weeresinghe, ex-Secret Escapes and current Wise CMO. He imparts his extensive insight into product and technology, high-performance teams and taking on new challenges, as well as his firm belief in serendipity and self-awareness.
In this episode, Timo talks to Barclays Chair and ex-Rothschild CEO, Nigel Higgins. From his ‘hardworking childhood’ in South-East London, to his instatement as the first non-family member to lead Rothschild & Co, Nigel discusses overcoming obstacles, investing in people, and a certain amount of luck in sustaining his remarkable success and longevity in a fluctuating and competitive market.
In this episode, Timo talks to Tim Mason, the CEO of loyalty tech company Eagle Eye and the ex-deputy CEO of Tesco. Tim shares his experience pioneering the online grocery sector, helping to shift Tesco from competition to customer obsessed, the incredible importance of culture and what he believes makes a great leader.
This week, Timo talks to Paula MacKenzie, CEO of KFC in the UK and Ireland. Paula shares her journey in the world of FMCG brands, the incredible importance of nurturing a positive company culture, as well as an insight into how she handled the day that KFC ran out of chicken and had to close 700 stores overnight.
In this episode Timo talks to James McMaster, the CEO of innovative nutrition brand, Huel. James shares the challenges of the scaling journey and how he has built up the resilience to navigate it, as well as his personal experience of turning Huel into one of the fastest growing companies in the UK.
This week, Timo chats to Sharmadean Reid, founder of WAH Nails, Beautystack, a networked marketplace app for beauty professionals and The Stack World, a community-led women’s media platform. Sharmadean shares her mission to create economic and social empowerment for women through technology and media, as well as how she has navigated the pandemic’s impact on the beauty industry.
In this episode, Timo talks to Callum Negus-Fancey, the Founder and CEO of Pollen, a hugely successful tech company in the experience space. Callum shares the importance of finding an overlap between passion and skill, the secret to scaling a complex international organization and how to remain resilient under pressure.
In the first episode of series two Timo talks to Tom Valentine, managing director and co-founder of Secret Escapes, about the story behind one of the most successful scale ups in the UK, disrupting the travel industry and how to succeed slowly rather than fail fast.
Timo chats to Nilan Peiris, VP of Growth at TransferWise about his upbringing in southeast London, the role models that inspired his career and the importance of nurturing an amazing growth culture.
Yonca Dervisoglu, Google EMEA’s Chief Marketing Officer, speaks to Timo about her love of learning, the story behind Google’s scale and the importance of managing yourself in order to lead others.
Gousto’s very own Chief Product Officer Sally Matthews, tells Timo what she’s learnt from major career moves like joining Gousto from Unilever, and why people and culture have been so important on every step of the journey.
Anthony Fletcher, former CEO of the UK’s biggest snack company Graze chats to Timo about growing two of the biggest food brands in the UK, the journey from startup to scaleup and how he pivoted Graze into retail.
This week, Timo speaks to NED, Angel Investor and friend Tracy Doree about her early investment into Gousto, disagreeing with conformity, and her journey from humble beginnings to high growth investment.
David Buttress, ex-CEO of Just Eat, chats to Timo about his first entrepreneurial venture at age 11, the value of hard work and the winning sales ratio that led to the company’s rapid growth.
Michelle Kennedy, the founder of social platform Peanut, chats to Timo about her journey at Bumble, turning product obsession into growth and how she created a social network to connect and support like-minded women.
Bloom & Wild CEO and co-founder Aron Gelbard speaks to Timo about becoming an entrepreneur, the importance of customer obsession and the Mother’s Day that heralded the company’s success.
Join Timo as he talks to Misty Reich, ex CPO of KFC, and Gousto board member, about emotional intelligence from a young age and the importance of being a resource, not a power source.
Timo chats to colleague and friend, Gousto’s Chief Technology Officer, Shaun about why he thinks the role of CTO will be obsolete in 10 years and the importance of building a diverse, high performing team
Rich Pierson, the CEO of leading meditation app Headspace, talks to Timo about how anxiety led to the creation of Headspace and the tricks to scaling yourself.
Founding partner of a London-based venture capitalist firm, Leila Zegna chats to Timo about productivity, the art of turning a 24 hour day into a 30 hour day, and the importance of admitting that it’s hard to have it all.
Join Timo as he chats to ‘the nation’s PE teacher’ Joe Wicks about the importance of a growth mindset, exercising for mental health and the digital revolution that made him into a household name.