SumUp: how to stumble into building an €8b company, with Co-Founder Marc-Alexander Christ
How much of your success is down to luck? Marc-Alexander Christ is the Co-Founder of SumUp, which was recently valued at €8b. He says being in the right place at the right time was a big factor in hi...
23 Aug 202249min
Octopus Energy: how to run a massive company with no HR function, with Founder and CEO Greg Jackson
Greg Jackson started Octopus Energy, a green energy supplier, in 2015. Since then it has enjoyed huge growth. It is now the fourth largest energy retailer in the UK, supplying over 3 million homes in ...
16 Aug 202245min
Little Moons: how to become an overnight success - in 12 years, with Co-Founder Vivien Wong
Going viral is something many businesses would kill for but having to scale up your business to meet rocketing demand is not easy. Little Moons makes mochi ice cream, a type of Japanese rice cake wit...
9 Aug 202246min
How I failed: Launching a website no one visited with Founder Chris Donnelly
Last year Chris sold a creative marketing agency he’d founded called Verb and he’s now the Co-Founder of Lottie, which just raised £6 million on a £45 million valuation. But before these successes, he...
4 Aug 202213min
Sweatcoin: how to turn your worst moments into your best, with Co-Founder Oleg Fomenko
What makes you want to exercise? Would you do it more if you were paid to do it? Oleg Fomenko thinks we aren’t naturally disposed to want to exercise, that we have evolved to preserve our store of cal...
2 Aug 202256min
How I failed: the gym business which went under, with Shares Co-Founder Benjamin Chemla
Benjamin Chemla has been an entrepreneur for over a decade. He co-founded the massive on-demand delivery service Stuart in 2015 and currently he is the Co-Founder and CEO of Shares, a just-launched ap...
28 Jul 202213min
Fanbytes: from growing up poor to selling for millions at 27, with Co-Founder Timothy Armoo
What were you doing at 17? When he was that age, Timothy Armoo had already sold his first startup. Now 27, he has just sold his second startup, Fanbytes, a social media and influencer marketing agency...
26 Jul 202254min
How I failed: not able to pay suppliers, staff or my mortgage with Founder Matt Jones
Finding investment is a necessity for many entrepreneurs, but things don’t always work out the way they're supposed to. Matt Jones started his business Rubix Advertising in 2009, with the help of an ...
21 Jul 202213min
