• The Power of Curiosity and Continuous Learning for First-Time Founders
    Oct 15 2023

    Michael Brennan has a truly unique story.

    He started a business staright from school with no prior industry experience. His ability to learn, fail and learn some more is inspiring.

    A nust-listen episode.

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    38 mins
  • Accelerating Success with Outsourced MVP Development: Insights from Wes Beard
    Oct 8 2023

    Wes Beard has an incredible story taht will resonate with many people. He had an idea while working his 9-5.

    He then had the drive to turn that idea into a business. By building an MVP and early customer adoption he built konversable, a glagow start-up doing big things.

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    35 mins
  • Navigating Success through Startup Pivots: Insights from James Church
    Sep 24 2023

    James wrote the book on raising start-up funding. Literally.

    James share shis story of how a pivot created success for Robot Mascot. James also shares amazing insight into raising funding as a tech start-up in the UK.

    A must listen episode for any founder looking to raise money.

     

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    44 mins
  • Mastering Founder-Led Sales: Tips from Adam Gordon
    Sep 10 2023

    Adam Gordon is a truly inspiring founder and is a fascinating to listen to.

    Adam has founded many succesful businesses with the most prominent being Candidate.ID which was aquired last year. Adam share his experiejnce in building an MVP, brand building and much more.

    If you listen to one podcast on start-ups, make it this one!

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    30 mins
  • Building Your Dream Company as a Side-Hustle: Tips from Conor McKenna
    Aug 27 2023

    GoSwag are disrupting a mult-billion dollar industry all from Glasgow in Scotland!

    Conor McKenna share the amazing story of bootrstapping GoSwag as a side-hustle into a thriving business. Conor had a product background prior to GoSwag so it is no surprise he built a very effective MVP super early and then refined further.

    This episode will wlak through building an MVP, winning huge clients and growing without external funding.

    Hope you enjoy.

     

     

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    47 mins
  • Building a Thriving User Community: Insights from Daniel Cocking
    Aug 12 2023

    Daniel Cocking shares his brilliant story of being involved in designing some of the most famous trainers that you are probably wearing right now!

    Daniel started Laceless as a community on Instagram as a side-hustle and became a thriving business.

    Daniel talks MVP's, marketplaces, funding and much more in this episode, well worth a listen.

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    43 mins
  • The Power of Multiple Co-Founders: Insights from Fliss Berridge
    Jul 31 2023

    Fliss is the co-founder of Ordo which is a fast growing Fintech based in London.

    Fliss was a pleasure to interview and was so honest in her experience. Fliss trained as a lawyer before getting into financial regulation.

    She shares how Ordo built and funded their MVP. Also it was interesting hearing a company with more than 2 co-founders and why that worked really well.

    Fliss was also very inspirational in how she stays mentally healthy while building a start-up.

    I hope you enjoy.

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    44 mins
  • The Power of Being Customer-Obsessed: Insights from Rob Biederman
    Jul 17 2023

    I met Rob wehen he was a judge at the SIA Shark Tank Competition in Dallas last year. I had amired his progress for afar and it was brilliant to get to know him.

    Rob built a £100m company from a class project at Harvard Business School. That company was Catalant which is a real pioneer in talent platforms and works with many Fortune 500 companies. Rob shares his insights building Catalant.

    To add to this Rob recently created a VC fund called Assymetric which invests in early stage B2B SaaS companies in the US and UK. Rob shares what he looks for in a company.

    This is a must-listen episode whether you are a brand new founder or have built traction and looking for investment.

    This episode is supported by Gigged.AI and Startup Grind Scotland.

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    44 mins