Fireside with Founders & Leaders

This week we are joined by Antton Peña,  Founder of Flock where we start by talking about his current business and what they do.

In this episode we also discuss;

• Antton leaving his first startup and starting something new
• Making sure you have a real passion for what you do
• Going from Design to Insurance and the learning curve
• Flocks partnership with one of the worlds leading insurance companies
• Some of the challenges facing the regulators in the airspace world as drone use increases
• The future of drone use and what we might see in our sky soon. 

Make sure you listen for all this and more!

In this weeks episode, we are joined by Matt Sawyer, a former employee at companies including Just Eat & Trainline, now Co-Founder and CEO of Kleene.ai. 

We talk about Matts time working in his former companies and how that shaped his journey to becoming a founder. 

In this episode we also discuss;

• Lowering the barrier to entry to centralise data and surface it back to the business for meaningful use.
• Meeting his co-founder Andrew Thomas at Just Eat whilst they were on their growth journey
• The only slight regret is not starting the business sooner
• Mapping out the business on beer mats whilst in the pub
• Being settled in the rest of your life to allow you to take the plunge and start a business.
• The journey of a bootstrapped startup
• A newfound respect for salespeople
• Hiring remotely during COVID
• A Constant learning process

All this and more so tune in to hear all about it!

Charlotte Melkert, Co-Founder & CEO at Equalture talks about setting up an HR technology company out of frustrations she saw in when running a recruitment business.

We also discuss founding not 1 but 2 companies with her twin sister and the dynamic that's helped them drive the business forward. Charlotte talks about how they set up a tech company with no tech knowledge, but it didn't matter.

In this episode, we discuss how you shouldn't let fear stop you from doing something and how you should keep a crisis mindset to really help your business grow, in good and bad times!

Digby Vollrath, CEO & Co-Founder of Feast It, an online events marketplace, talks about his journey in building an award-winning company over the last 4 years.

We talk about the effect that COVID19 has had on the industry and what they are doing to support their customers and clients in the future. We explore some of the Celebrities that use their platform, from Lewis Hamilton to Angelina Jolie. 

In this episode, we discuss world domination and look at how Feast It has a goal of becoming the biggest events company in the world.

All this and much, much more!

In this episode, we are joined by Will Goodwin, Co-Founder and Head of Product to talk about his company Tumelo.

Tumelo is a SaaS-based platform that allows investors to see exactly what they are investing in to ensure they are able to help protect the planet whilst receiving a better service.

Will talks about the leap from academia straight into setting up a business and the challenges that have come up along the way. We talk about them pivoting the business from its early days of being an investment platform and look at where the company is going next.

This week Jackelin Palma, COO at CircaGene talks to us about their revolutionary genetics product and how they are using encryption to ensure that peoples genetic data stays safe.

We also talk about the shocking discrimination that Jackeline faced when looking for work in the UK, as well as talking about her multicultural background and how that drove her to become an entrepreneur.

This epsoide is a real eye-opener. We hope you enjoy!

In this weeks episode, we talk to Bobby Tang, Co-Founder of Screenable, a rec-tech platform that helps candidates stand out and helps companies save time. 

Bobby talks about his transition from silicon valley to the UK, as well as his time with Apple and we find out more about the platform. He talks us through what they are doing that others in the market aren't and we take a quick look at the future of the product.

In this weeks episode, Murray Macdonald joins us to talk about why he played a big part in setting up Insurtech company Just.

Murray talks about his struggle trying to change a broken from the inside, how they launched during COVID19 and even secured a new funding round to help them on their way to revolutionising a sector.

In our first episode, we are delighted to welcome Adit Trivedi, Co-Founder and COO at Lingumi. Lingumi is one of the fastest-growing Ed-Tech startups in the UK. Adit talks about some of the challenges they've faced to get where they are now, including battling his own demons to at times. With people being core to Lingumi, Adit shares stories about the people who've helped him along the way and gives some guidance to any future founders out there.