Murvah Iqbal on scaling one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups and disruption a billion dollar industry with Hived

What does it take to build one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups in a legacy industry?

Find out from today’s 40 Minute Mentor, Murvah Iqbal, Co-Founder and CEO of Hived, the UK’s first customer-centric, all-electric, tech-enabled parcel delivery company designed for modern e-commerce.

Long before raising a $42 million Series B and rolling out an 100% electric fleet across eight UK cities, Murvah was captaining Manchester City’s women’s youth team, running marketing for her family’s fast-food chain, and hustling entrepreneurial ideas.

Today, she leads a team transforming parcel delivery through world-class technology, operational excellence and a relentless belief that there had to be a better way.

This episode is a masterclass in leadership grit, co-founder dynamics, building high-performing teams, and scaling a moonshot idea from two founders on bikes to millions of parcels delivered for some of the UK’s biggest brands.

📚Episode Chapters:

➡️ Transferrable skills from football to entrepreneurship [06:05]

➡️ The Silicon Valley spark that led to building Hived [08:00]

➡️ Co-Founder dynamics & complementary strengths [13:00]

➡️ From bikes to millions of parcels delivered [15:00]

➡️ Fundraising realities [24:00]

➡️ Scaling hiring and culture [30:00]

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✨ Connect with Murvah

✨ Find out more about Hived

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