I went to sleep one day... and woke up gasping for air - Morning Brew Co-Founder Alex Lieberman
Being a Founder takes its toll on you - even if it looks like everything is rosy from the outside. Today we’re learning from Alex Lieberman, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Morning Brew, which be...
7 Des 202144min
Vivino - how to disrupt a $400 billion industry that no one had really cracked, with Co-Founder Heini Zachariassen
How many times have you stood in front of a wall of wine in a supermarket and taken a punt on one because the bottle looked nicer than the others? We’ve all done it… and often been disappointed by res...
30 Nov 202144min
They had two weeks of runway left and are now worth $1.5b - Loom Co-Founder and CTO Vinay Hiremath
Growing a company to 14 million users and a valuation of $1.5 billion should be cause for celebration, but, like so many founders, for Vinay Hiremath, Co-Founder and CTO of Loom, it’s difficult to enj...
23 Nov 202145min
When you think Google might sue you but instead they hire you as a 17 YO - Larry Gadea, CEO & Founder of Envoy
Larry Gadea built the world's biggest Pikachu pictures website at 12 years old, was recruited by Google at 17, joined Twitter after college and then left to found Envoy in 2013. He did all this after...
16 Nov 202144min
You don't start your company to end up in court, with Michelle You, Co-Founder and CEO of Supercritical and former Co-Founder of Songkick
After exiting Songkick, Michelle You was burnt out. It felt like failure and grief (her words). She spent a year backpacking around the world, living on $2 per day, trying to figure out what it took t...
9 Nov 202139min
Why do we clean our bottoms with toilet paper? With serial entrepreneur and Founder of Tushy Miki Agrawal
Miki Agrawal was forced to become an entrepreneur having started her career, in her own words, as an awful employee: “I got fired from pretty much all of my jobs growing up, because I just wasn't list...
2 Nov 202143min
Kraken - from growing up poor to founding Europe’s largest crypto exchange, with Co-Founder & CEO Jesse Powell
Jesse Powell grew up poor and hustling from a young age. First, he sold physical gaming cards, then he sold virtual ‘gold’ in the game World of Warcraft - and now he’s the Co-Founder and CEO of Kraken...
26 Okt 202144min
Killing Kittens - the world famous sex party turning into a tech business, with Founder & CEO Emma Sayle
“Every time you masturbate, God kills a kitten, and I went ‘right, that's it, that's what I'm calling my business.’” This is the story of Killing Kittens, the cult-like sex party, founded by Emma Sayl...
19 Okt 202146min
