Replay: Levelling the playing field - a social mobility special
“Ability is equally distributed but opportunity isn’t. It’s about giving people the freedom to fail and the right and opportunity to fully participate in all levels of the society we live in today.” ...
18 Sep 20241h 5min
Replay: Will Greenwood MBE on building a World Cup winning team culture
“The great differentiator of that England team was our ability to never allow ourselves to be consigned to fate. We always believed it was in our hands.” Over the years, we’ve had some absolute lege...
11 Sep 202446min
Replay: Helen Tupper on building a Squiggly Career
“We are not expected to all develop in the same direction. Success isn’t the same for all of us and we can’t plan our way to some kind of predictable future.” 40 Minute Mentor is fast approaching it...
4 Sep 202446min
Ruari Bell: Building the UK's first athlete led VC firm with The Players Fund
“There’s a competitive drive and edge that you see in sport that is really important in business. And Teamwork. Dealing with individuals, knowing what helps make an individual tick is really important...
28 Aug 202442min
Fundraising Advice from Seed to Unicorn Founders
“When a VC gives you a low valuation, it isn’t the fact that your company is worth that much, it might just be because you didn’t pitch it in the right way.” Fundraising can be a lonely process at t...
21 Aug 202432min
A VC Roundup - Raising from VCs & getting into the industry
“This is a long partnership. We’re here to return money to our investors, but we are also here to experience a very unique journey together. So, trust is very important, on both sides.” We’ve been s...
14 Aug 202431min
Gideon Valkin: From ClearScore & Monzo to building a $12m solo GP fund
“Founders deserve Investors that have relevant operating experience, time to help them and can be impartial and objective in the advice they give.” Today’s 40 Minute Mentor is Gideon Valkin, former ...
7 Aug 202447min
Ash Arora: Investing in FrontierTech as the youngest Partner at LocalGlobe
“If you eventually want to do investing, become an Operator or Founder, don’t go into banking.” We are back with another season of our popular VC Feature series, where we hear from some of the best ...
31 Jul 202436min
