Morgan Fowles: Scaling sustainable activewear brand TALA as CEO, alongside Grace Beverley
“It’s never felt easy. There’s never been a single day where it’s felt easy. The winds are always hardwired for various reasons, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a lot of fun.” This week’s 40 Minute M...
3 Apr 202446min
Radha Vyas: From £20m revenues to bankruptcy & rebuilding Flash Pack 2.0
“They say all the best businesses in the world have nearly died three times. It’s an inevitable journey you go on when you're creating a high growth business.” This week’s 40 Minute Mentor is Radha V...
27 Mar 202449min
Richard Robinson: Disrupting the legal sector & raising $32 million with Robin AI
“Sometimes entrepreneurship is about bending the odds of success and being willing to take on the risk even though it doesn’t make much sense. It’s about going ahead anyway and changing the odds yours...
20 Mar 202443min
Coming soon: Series 11 of pocket-sized mentorship
“Sometimes entrepreneurship is about bending the odds of success, and just being willing to take on the risks…” Welcome back to Series 11 of 40 Minute Mentor - your pocket-sized career mentor. We’v...
13 Mar 20245min
Peter Specht: Spotting Unicorn investments & navigating global markets with Creandum
“We scaled way too fast…and the result was that we mis-hired quite a lot. It was not a sustainable way to scale.” This week’s 40 Minute Mentor is Peter Specht, General Partner at Creandum, one of the...
6 Mar 202435min
Davor Hebel: Making VC more empathetic & the future of European Startups
“Team sports are a great proxy for working in companies, where often the power of the collective is way stronger than any individual.” This week’s 40 Minute Mentor is Davor Hebel, Managing Partner at...
28 Feb 202444min
Sandra Schwarzer: Transitioning careers & putting people first at Index Ventures
“You need to figure out what you really need. Not just the role now, but looking at the future and at the competencies you need in your organisation. Figure out how you build a very complementary team...
14 Feb 202453min
Abhishek Lahoti: From Dropbox to Head of Platform at Highland Europe & how to navigate the US market as a Founder
“This is not necessarily a one-way transaction. Look at fundraising like it’s dating. The VC you’re going to choose, you’ll be stuck with for quite some time, so don’t play games and be honest, the wh...
7 Feb 202439min
