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Will Wells, Hummingbird Technologies - The Farms of the Future
Will Wells, Hummingbird Technologies - The Farms of the Future Will is the founder and CEO of Hummingbird Technologies. The vision for which came to him on a hospital bed during a two-year fight with cancer. Happily recovered, Will is now realising that vision, using the most advanced machine learning and computer vision techniques to deliver actionable insights on crop health.
Julien Callede, MADE.COM - How to Break it to Make it
Julien Callede, MADE.COM - How to Break it to Make it Julien founded e-commerce giant Made.com in 2010 alongside Brent Hoberman, Chloe Macintosh and Ning Li. The company posted revenues of £173 million in 2018 up 37% from the previous year as it continues to expand geographically and refine its service in existing territories. He stepped back from his executive role at Made in 2017. He now works as a mentor, advisor and investor for promising entrepreneurs and their startups.
Sergey Musienko, Founder Atlas Biomed - The Gut as a Gateway to Personalised Wellness
Sergey Musienko, Founder Atlas Biomed - The Gut as a Gateway to Personalised Wellness Sergey is the founder of Atlas Biomed. Atlas is a personalised healthcare company empowering individuals to take control of their health through actionable recommendations based on gene and microbiome tests.
Stephen Welton, CEO Business Growth Fund - An Alternative Recipe for Driving UK Growth
Stephen Welton, CEO Business Growth Fund - An Alternative Recipe for Driving UK Growth Stephen is the founder and CEO of the Business Growth Fund. Under his management the BGF has invested over £2bn into growth businesses in the UK and Ireland, making it the largest fund of its kind, in the world. Stephen talks us through the founding story which involved raising £2bn from some of the biggest banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Andy Watson, Founder Sherpr - Delivering Spotify, Snickers and Sports Equipment
Andy Watson, Founder Sherpr - Delivering Spotify, Snickers and Sports Equipment Andy was one of the early employees at Spotify. In his 5 years at the company, he helped launch it to the UK, US and Singapore and saw the company go from just a handful of early users to over 50 million in 2014. After Spotify and a trip to Burning Man, he launched airport app, Flio, before stepping back from his executive role there to start Sherpr in 2017.
Pip Jamieson, CEO The Dots - Creating Creativity through Diversity
Pip Jamieson, CEO The Dots - Creating Creativity through Diversity In this episode, we speak to the inimitable, Pip Jamieson. After stints in the British civil service, then with MTV (actually launching MTV in New Zealand aged just 24), Pip founded a 'LinkedIn for creatives' called The Loop in Australia. After exiting this, she returned to the UK and its £76bn creative sector to replicate that success.
Pip & Nut and Young Foodies - How to Succeed in the F&B Sector
Pip & Nut and Young Foodies - How to Succeed in the F&B Sector This conversation is with Thea Alexander and Pip Murray. Thea is the founder of Young Foodies - a community platform supporting food & beverage startups as they try to get off the ground and achieve scale. They have helped a number of brands become market leaders in their niche including: WheyHey, Mallow+Marsh, Plenish and Pip&Nut. Pip is the founder of all-natural nut butter phenomenon Pip&Nut.
Hamish Grierson, CEO Thriva - Saving Healthcare with a Little Prick
Hamish Grierson, CEO Thriva - Saving Healthcare with a Little Prick Hamish Grierson is the CEO and Founder of personalised healthcare platform, Thriva. Hamish cut his teeth as an entrepreneur through a varied early career in advertising, hospitality and a mentoring period at Travelex thanks to the New Entrepreneurs Foundation.
Oleg Fomenko, Founder Sweatcoin - Steps to Universal Human Health via the Blockchain
Oleg Fomenko, Founder Sweatcoin - Steps to Universal Human Health via the Blockchain Oleg Fomenko is the co-founder of Sweatcoin, the fastest-growing health and fitness app in history. The app gamifies keeping fit by converting users' steps into virtual Sweatcoin which can be exchanged for rewards. In December 2017, Sweatcoin hit 10 million users and raised Series A funding from several US-based VC firms. Oleg tells us of his big plans for 2018 and beyond.
Dr Barney Gilbert, Founder Forward Health - Connecting Healthcare
Dr Barney Gilbert, Founder Forward Health - Connecting Healthcare Barney studied at Oxford and Harvard Universities before working as a doctor for the NHS. His experiences juggling multiple pagers and sending faxes (yes, faxes!) on graveyard hospital shifts led him to start Forward Health with fellow doctor, Lydia Yarlott, and serial entrepreneur Philip Mundy.
Julian Hearn, Founder Huel - Sustainable Fuel for the Human Body
Julian Hearn, Founder Huel - Sustainable Fuel for the Human Body Julian is the entrepreneur and marketing wizard behind Huel. Huel is a 'nutritionally complete' food product which aims to change how we produce and consume food. The 'hockey stick' growth of the business since launch in 2015 attests to its wild popularity with 20 million+ meals sold already. The company is on course for revenues of £58 million this year and anticipate a $1bn valuation in the next few years.
Emma Sayle, Founder Killing Kittens - The Changing Landscape of Sex & Sexuality
Emma Sayle, Founder Killing Kittens - The Changing Landscape of Sex & Sexuality Emma is the founder of notorious adult party brand Killing Kittens which focuses on empowering female sexuality. Emma is widely hailed as the UK's foremost female 'sex entrepreneur'. We learn how she built the Killing Kittens empire which now holds events for its 100,000+ members all over the world as well as sex seminars and workshops on top of a thriving online dating community.
Giles Rhys Jones, CMO What3Words - Only Three Words to Save the World
Giles Rhys Jones, CMO What3Words - Only Three Words to Save the World Giles is the CMO of What3Words. What3Words is one of the truly visionary companies on the current UK tech scene. They have addressed the world by dividing it into 57 trillion 3x3 squares, each with a three-word label. Already used by Mercedes, the United Nations and the Mongolian postal service to name a few, Giles talks us through the astonishing applications and efficiencies created by a flawless address system.
Bill Liao, Serial Entrepreneur & Investor - How Purpose makes Anything Possible
Bill Liao, Serial Entrepreneur & Investor - How Purpose makes Anything Possible A serial entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, diplomat, and author; Bill founded not one but two unicorn companies in the 80s and 90s. His ambitions are now always driven by the purpose of creating a 'world that works for all life'.
Steve King, CEO Black Swan - The Accidental CEO Predicting the Future
Steve King, CEO Black Swan - The Accidental CEO Predicting the Future Steve is the founder and CEO of Black Swan, one of the most exciting and fastest-growing tech companies in Europe. Black Swan uses AI to predict the next big trend. By analysing the incessant stream of social media conversations, the product is able to predict what customers will want in 12-18 months time.
Devika Wood, Founder Vida - Success & Meaning from Tragedy
Devika Wood, Founder Vida - Success & Meaning from Tragedy Devika is the co-founder of care platform Vida. Motivated by her 12-year experience looking after her grandmother who received care from over 150 different carers, Devika is on a mission to harness technology to deliver personalised in-home care to the elderly and disabled.
Kwame Ferreira, CEO Impossible.com - Building a Future We Want
Kwame Ferreira, CEO Impossible.com - Building a Future We Want Kwame's mercurial career includes roles as a professor of design, a filmmaker and the founder of the most successful record label in the history of Portugal. His true calling is the solution of meaningful problems from a design, engineering and systems perspective.
Olly Jones | Co-founder of elmo on the Next 12 Podcast
Olly Jones | Co-founder of elmo on the Next 12 Podcast At the end of 2020, Olly was interviewed by Kevin Tyler on the Next 12 Podcast and we've decided to share that interview here. Olly gets the opportunity to discuss elmo - a company he co-founded with Luke Gavin in 2019.
Robert Llewellyn - A FullyCharged Life
Robert Llewellyn - A FullyCharged Life Robert has walked many paths and worn many guises in his extraordinary career. Known for portraying Kryten in Red Dwarf, as the presenter of Scrapheap Challenge, but now best known for the FullyCharged Show - a YouTube channel which he launched 10 years ago to advocate electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. The channel now has over 600,000 subscribers, gets 2M hits a week and stages packed-out live shows in the UK and US.
Pär Hedberg, Founder STING - Planting Sweden's Startup Fields of Gold
Pär Hedberg, Founder STING - Planting Sweden's Startup Fields of Gold Pär is the founder of Sting, an eco-system for startups based in Stockholm that empowers entrepreneurs to build global companies. Since 2002, Sting has supported 241 startups (an astonishing 70% of which are still active), helping them attract a combined 429M euros in private capital.
Founder & CEO of Tickr by Startup Microdose
Tom McGillycuddy | Founder & CEO of Tickr In this episode we are joined by Tom McGillycuddy. From early beginnings as a graduate at Barclays Wealth Tom knew he was destined for something bigger. A chance elevator ride with Eric Ries changed his life forever. Through Tickr Tom has devoted himself to encouraging a new wave of investors into impact.
Nikolai Hack, Co-Founder EXO Investing - The New Wealth Management-as-a-service Eco-system
Nikolai Hack, Co-Founder EXO Investing - The New Wealth Management-as-a-service Eco-system Nikolai is the co-founder and COO of wealth management platform EXO Investing which he started with school friend Lennart Asshoff in 2016. Backed to the tune of €16.5M at seed by ETS Factory and Ariane De Rothschild, their mission is to unlock private banking for everyone.
Ari Last, Founder Bubble - A Lesson in Digitising Trust
Ari Last, Founder Bubble - A Lesson in Digitising Trust Ari is the founder of Bubble, an on-demand childcare platform, helping thousands of parents quickly and conveniently arrange trusted childcare. We discuss the marketplace problem, the stigma around how you should look after your children and the value of patient capital. With investors including the founders of BetFair, Boohoo.com and Photobox and several hundred thousand active users to date, Ari and Bubble are on an exciting trajectory.
Rod Beer, MD UKBAA - Why Angel Investment Matters for the UK
Rod Beer, MD UKBAA - Why Angel Investment Matters for the UK Rod is the MD of the UK Business Angels Association. The UKBAA is the national trade association representing the interests of business angels and the early-stage investment space. The mission is to connect the angel investment eco-system into a coherent landscape for financing high-potential entrepreneurs.
Renée Elliott | Founder of Planet Organic & Beluga Bean
Renée Elliott | Founder of Planet Organic & Beluga Bean Renée grew up a country girl in Mississippi, but fell in love with an Englishman on a night bus and moved to the UK. She brought with her not only an unshakeable self-belief and a drive to find meaning and purpose in life, but also a concern for food provenance after being horrified by meat farming back in the US. This led her to found Planet Organic in 1994 and open the UK's first all-organic supermarket in Nottinghill the following year.
David Gurle | Founder & CEO of Symphony
David Gurle | Founder & CEO of Symphony David is the CEO and founder of business messaging unicorn Symphony. He is one of the pioneers of IP communications. In other words, he is one of the reasons platforms like Zoom even exist. Starting as an engineer for France Telecom to pitching projects to Bill Gates, David has dedicated his life to helping the world connect through the internet. This episode is a journey through those experiences.
Mark Loftus, CEO Characterscope - Building Character for Optimal Teams
Mark Loftus, CEO Characterscope - Building Character for Optimal Teams Mark's life 'itch' during over 30 years as a clinical psychologist and leadership consultant has been understanding people and understanding character. Now, as CEO and founder of CharacterScope, he is digitising all of his and his team's experience to build advanced psychological tools which help companies to develop teams with optimal cultures and team members with strong leadership qualities.
Editor in Chief at Inc Magazine by Startup Microdose
Scott opens up a fascinating discussion with us encompassing everything from tailoring to tech supremacy. He discusses Inc's continued mission to empower the small business owners in America from the grass roots up. Inc are empowering a generation of entrepreneurs to change the world and it is reassuring to know Scott is at the helm of that ship.
Gabi Matic | Director of ATI Boeing Accelerator Programme
Gabi is the Programme Director for the ATI Boeing Accelerator launched earlier in the year for aerospace startups and now in its second cohort. As an ex-founder and veteran of several accelerator programmes (including Ignite and Techstars), she has been tasked with designing the best programme for companies building the future of UK aerospace.
Anthony Rose | Seedlegals Revisited
In this episode, we go back to where we started nearly 3 years ago with the brilliant Anthony Rose, founder of Seedlegals. In Anthony's signature style, we romp through the company's extraordinary progress over the last 3 years and explore the future of startup fundraising.
Freddy Macnamara | Founder & CEO of Cuvva
Recorded remotely while safely ensconced in a Scottish castle, Freddy talks us through Cuvva's master plan for fixing a broken insurance industry. Their unique, consumer-first and flexible approach to insurance offers a glimpse of what the future of consumer insurance products will look like and has won the company huge popularity among customers and investors alike. https://www.cuvva.com/about
Simon Beckerman, Founder Depop - Democratising E-commerce
Simon Beckerman, Founder Depop - Democratising E-commerce Simon is the founder of Depop - a peer-to-peer social shopping app for creatives which boasts over 10 million members and $43m in funding to date. Simon started out in design and publishing. He created innovative sunglass brand RETROSUPERFUTURE, an experience which included an interesting collaboration with Kanye West.
Dr.Melanie Windridge | Nuclears Bright Future
Dr.Melanie Windridge | Nuclears Bright Future Founder of Fusion Energy Insights and head of communications for Tokamak Energy takes us on a riveting journey through the world of Nuclear Fusion. From ITER (the gigantic international fusion collaboration) to private companies searching for this holy grail it appears the next decade might be rather a big one. Fusion offers an exciting and sustainable future that rests on one crucial element - net positive energy output.
Andy Shovel & Pete Sharman - The Beginning of the End for Meat?
Andy Shovel & Pete Sharman - The Beginning of the End for Meat? Andy met Pete while looking for a co-founder for his burger delivery idea which became Chosen Bun. They were ahead of the curve given the subsequent rise of Deliveroo and made a quick exit after successfully growing the company, even sending a burger into space. Their latest project NOT(MEAT) is bringing delicious plant-based meat alternatives to the mass market.
Maya Pindeus, CEO & Founder Humanising Autonomy - Our Future with Machines
Maya Pindeus, CEO & Founder Humanising Autonomy - Our Future with Machines Maya Pindeus is the CEO & Co-Founder of Humanising Autonomy who are using deep machine learning to become the standard for communication between autonomous systems and people. Their first product, Blink, is computer vision for autonomous vehicles which can understand even culturally-specific human gestures.
Ed Klinger, CEO Flock - The Golden Age of Drones is Nigh
Ed Klinger, CEO Flock - The Golden Age of Drones is Nigh Ed is the founder of Flock - a UK government & Silicon valley-backed insurtech platform disrupting the insurance industry with its real-time risk assessment and pay-as-you-fly model. Flock's first product caters to the $100bn drone market. We learn how Ed's academic background in engineering and then AI and government policy set him on this path (and allowed him to meet Elon Musk along the way).
Wil Harris, Founder Entale Media - The Podcast Revolution
Wil Harris, Founder Entale Media - The Podcast Revolution Wil disappointed his mother when he abandoned a career in corporate law to start ChannelFlip Media. Apparently he had a 'good feeling' after waking up one day with a business plan scrawled on a napkin. Six years later, on Christmas Eve, he sold the business to TV production giant News Corp. His mother was very pleased. He then became Head of Digital at Condé Naste.
Tim Armoo, CEO Fanbytes - How to Influence People
Tim Armoo, CEO Fanbytes - How to Influence People Despite his 23 years, Tim Armoo's reputation for ingenuity and audacious business plays precedes him, most recently as the founder and CEO of influencer marketing platform, FanBytes. A company described by the BBC as "...[owning] the mind of Generation Z".
Alex Stephany, CEO Beam - Parking the Homelessness Crisis
Alex Stephany, CEO Beam - Parking the Homelessness Crisis When the UK tech scene started to come online in the late noughties, Oxford-grad Alex left traditional careers in corporate law and management consultancy to join Anthony Eskinazi's startup, Parkatmyhouse, which soon became JustPark. As CEO of JustPark from 2012-5 Alex oversaw several high-profile funding rounds including the largest equity crowdfunding round for a startup in history.
Dr James Field, CEO LabGenius - Accelerating Evolution with AI
Dr James Field, CEO LabGenius - Accelerating Evolution with AI Dr James Field is a leading scientist in the field of synthetic biology. He set up LabGenius while completing his PhD at Imperial College London. He is a winner of the prestigious BBSRC Innovator of the Year award for early career impact and was featured on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list for Science & Healthcare. James is also a fellow of the prestigious Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program (LEAP).
Anthony Rose, CEO SeedLegals - Nurturing the Startup Ecosystem
Anthony Rose, CEO SeedLegals - Nurturing the Startup Ecosystem Anthony Rose is the Founder of multiple successful companies; his most recent, SeedLegals, was named the UKTN Startup of the Year 2017; he is also the genius behind BBC iPlayer at a time when on-demand TV represented a paradigm shift in the industry - he compares the build process to the British building an exocet missile in two months during the Falklands War.
Lu Li, CEO Blooming Founders - By Female Founders for Female Founders
Lu Li, CEO Blooming Founders - By Female Founders for Female Founders Lu is the founder and CEO of Blooming Founders, a co-working space and support network focused on nurturing and scaling women-led businesses. She is also the author of 'Dear Female Founder', a collection of letters written to their younger selves by female founders around the world.
Dr Jack Kreindler, Founder CHHP - Optimising Entrepreneurial Health & Performance
Dr Jack Kreindler, Founder CHHP - Optimising Entrepreneurial Health & Performance Jack is the founder of the Centre for Human Health and Performance on Harley Street in London. Formally trained as a doctor but not constrained by it, Jack vexed his superiors by persistently dabbling in 'silly computer stuff' and spending time with Douglas Adams, creating the universe in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'.
Peter Briffett, Founder Wagestream - Fintech's Solution to Payday Poverty
Peter Briffett, Founder Wagestream - Fintech's Solution to Payday Poverty Peter is a serially successful entrepreneur with a number of exits under his belt. His most notable was to Microsoft in 2006. That business then went on to become the most successful post-acquisition product in Microsoft history, earning Peter a congratulatory email from Bill Gates. He was also Head of LivingSocial in the UK when it and Groupon were the fastest-growing companies in the world.
Lord Karan Bilimoria, CEO Cobra Beer - Brewed Smooth
Lord Karan Bilimoria, CEO Cobra Beer - Brewed Smooth Against the advice of family and friends, Lord Bilimoria started Cobra Beer in 1989 from a thirst for a truly exceptional beer to go with Indian food. Cobra now has a market share of 98% of all licensed Indian restaurants in the UK. But the journey was no easy ride, with the business a hair's breadth from failure on no less than three occasions over the years.
David Hickson, Founders Factory - The Pragmatic Art of Startup Fundraising
David Hickson, Founders Factory - The Pragmatic Art of Startup Fundraising David's 20-year career contains some remarkable highs: overseeing Lastminute.com's $1.2bn exit to Travelocity, merging mydeco.com with Made.com, founding Tribesports and raising £2m from Adidas, acting as an NED for Simba Sleep and now as part of the founding team, alongside Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, of award-winning accelerator and incubator Founders' Factory, (where we are fortunate enough to record these...
Kenny Ewan, Founder WeFarm - The Digital Ecosystem for the Biggest Industry on Earth
Kenny Ewan, Founder WeFarm - The Digital Ecosystem for the Biggest Industry on Earth WeFarm is the world's first peer-to-peer knowledge sharing platform for farmers. In just a few years, 1.5 million farmers have signed up and over 260 million messages have been exchanged leading to tangible improvements in farming outcomes and quality of life in some of the most challenging places in the world.
Co-Founder of Innovation Leader by Startup Microdose
By Scott Kirsner | Co-Founder of Innovation Leader by Startup Microdose The Startup Microdose - Thought-provoking podcast on entrepreneurship. Interviews with leading startup founders - unpacking their stories, opinions, quirks and wisdom. From billion dollar lawsuits to flow states and diversity...we discuss it all. Brought to you by hosts Oliver Jones & Ed Stephens.
Rupert Hunt, Founder SpareRoom - How to Make or Break a Flatshare
Rupert Hunt, Founder SpareRoom - How to Make or Break a Flatshare Rupert is the founder of Spareroom which he started in 1999. He had moved to London seeking fame and fortune as a musician with the best band name of all time. But the biggest struggle he faced was finding somewhere great to live. He is one of the seminal examples of a startup founder solving their own problem.
Founder of Bright Network by Startup Microdose
James Uffindell | Founder of Bright Network James is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Bright Network which helps young grads from all backgrounds get into their best careers. The network has over 500,000 members and 80 million data points on what the building of a strong career looks like. From humble beginnings James has strived forward with an infectious enthusiasm. His life changed when a teacher saw the potential in him at 16 and he's never looked back.
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