Numan Founder: One exit, one failure and one tbc - Sokratis Papafloratos
Sokratis Papafloratos is the Founder of Numan who are tackling a lot of male healthcare problems like erectile dysfunction, hair loss, sleep and weight issues. This isn't his first rodeo. Sokratis exi...
30 Tammi 20241h 4min
My Favourite Failure: Disasters with hiring and being hired - and I’m a recruiter - Ken Schmitt
Ken Schmitt is the Founder and CEO of a high end executive search firm, which is ironic because we’re going through his biggest career failures and they all revolve around hiring. Well, hiring or bein...
25 Tammi 202413min
SpareRoom Founder - I turned down an offer I couldn't refuse, plus how we fix rental market crisis | Rupert Hunt
SpareRoom is a business you've probably heard of - bringing together strangers and putting roofs over their heads. It's a bootstrapped business and its Founder Rupert Hunt still finds his housemates t...
23 Tammi 202448min
My Favourite Failure: Collapse of my business left me unable to pay for my daughter’s open heart surgery - Brian Will
Brian Will is a seasoned entrepreneur who’s sold several businesses, but his first one was a baptism of fire. Brian had a difficult childhood. He was a D student who failed high school, got kicked out...
18 Tammi 202412min
How Fanfix Founders exited for £52m in 10 months whilst graduating
Can you imagine graduating university and exiting for tens of millions at the same time? Cue Harry Gestetner and Simon Pompan, the Founders of Fanfix, a platform that helps creators better monetise th...
16 Tammi 202452min
My Favourite Failure: In 24 hours I went from leading the rocketship to the gig being over, in my own company - Adam Weber
Adam Weber is a multi exited Founder, podcaster and the SVP of Community for 15Five, a performance management software company. What’s fascinating is he ended up making it in a very different role to ...
11 Tammi 202413min
Farmers to Founders: Tyrrells crisps, Chase spirits, Willy's apple cider vinegar and BAZ & CO all in one family
Clarkson's Farm taught us that being a farmer is tough, and from this podcast we've learnt how tough it is to become a successful Founder. James Chase's family has done both. His father was up against...
9 Tammi 20241h 1min
My Favourite Failure: 4 big failures which nearly cost me everything - Joel Gandara
Joel Gandara sold his businesses a few months ago, is retired, doing what he enjoys - so he’s feeling pretty good about his life choices. But a few years ago, it was a very different story. It seemed ...
3 Tammi 202416min
