Deliveroo Founder - From £0 to £5 Billion: Will Shu

Deliveroo Founder - From £0 to £5 Billion: Will Shu

Deliveroo, wow this company is HUGE! I’m sure most of you would have used it but do you know anything about the guy behind it? My guest this week is Will Shu, founder and CEO of Deliveroo. Born in 1979, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, Shu grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. His mother, a scientist, and father, who worked in insurance. He founded Deliveroo in 2013 with childhood friend and software engineer Greg Orlowski. Deliveroo operated in London for the first two years, growing via word of mouth. It now operates in 12 countries and more than 200 cities. Deliveroo is worth £5 billion, becoming Europes fastest growing company with 2,000+ employees. In mid-June 2016, Will and Greg received an award for the Best Startup Founders as part of The Europas Startup Conference and Awards, mainly given to technology companies. The company also received Fastest Rising Startup of the Year and the Europas Grand Prix award. In December 2017, a study by macroeconomic consultancy Capital Economics revealed that Deliveroo had helped create 7,200 jobs across the restaurant sector since it launched in 2013. It also boosted the industry's revenue by £460 million in the year to June 2017. The report also found that Deliveroo had helped add £372 million in value to the UK economy in the same 12-month period, a figure which Capital Economics projects to rise to £1.5 billion in the year to June 2019. By mid 2020, Deliveroo had not benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic, when demand for food delivery from restaurants and takeaways surged. Deliveroo reported to be cutting 367 jobs (and furloughing 50 more) from its workforce of 2,500. Will talks about how hard this decision was at the time in today's podcast. Will is an incredible entrepreneur, one thats a far cry from the usual braggadocios CEO of a multi billion dollar company. He’s a humble person and lives a very modest lifestyle saying his life hasn’t change much at all since the early days of Deliveroo. This is conversation proved to me that you don’t have to be born an entrepreneur. Follow Will: Twitter - https://twitter.com/willshuroo Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Avsnitt(724)

E36: Ambition, Motivation and Imposter Syndrome

E36: Ambition, Motivation and Imposter Syndrome

In this weeks solo episode of The Diary of a CEO, I discuss how important it is to build and share your story when creating a brand or a business. I talk about how we are naturally obsessed with being motivated and ambitious, and explain how being... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Aug 201934min

E35: Julian Hearn: Huel - £45 Million In 4 Years

E35: Julian Hearn: Huel - £45 Million In 4 Years

Julian Hearn is the founder and CMO of Huel, a nutrition company responsible for the increasingly popular, powdered meal replacement drink. Huel is basically a meal in a bottle designed for time-poor people, enabling you to get all your nutritional... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Juli 201948min

Dr Aria - Mental Health, Marriage and Mindfulness

Dr Aria - Mental Health, Marriage and Mindfulness

In this weeks episode of The Diary of a CEO, I sit down with Dr Aria Campbell-Danesh, a high performance psychologist and an expert in the fields of behaviour change and long-term health. Follow Dr Aria: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dr._aria Website - https://www.dr-aria.com Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Juni 20191h 36min

E33: I Made A Mistake

E33: I Made A Mistake

It’s been a while since we last spoke which I apologise about! In this week’s episode of The Diary of a CEO, I discuss how a bad reaction of mine lead to a lot of regret. We are all on a journey of self-development and in this particular moment my ego... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Juni 201942min

E32 Michelle Kennedy - From Matchmaking to Motherhood

E32 Michelle Kennedy - From Matchmaking to Motherhood

From co-CEO of Badoo, a dating-focused social network worth over a billion, to sitting on the advisory board for Bumble to launching her in own app in 2017 with co-founder of Deliveroo Greg Orlowski, Michelle Kennedy is a force to be reckoned with. She ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Maj 201951min

E31: Entrepreneurialism is a Disease

E31: Entrepreneurialism is a Disease

It’s crazy to think how much things can change in such a short period of time. In this episode I discuss the concept of compartmentalising and 6 positive ways to approach this. I also talk about how I deal with fear in life, how running a business is li... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Maj 201947min

E30: Alan Barratt - From £27 to £72 million

E30: Alan Barratt - From £27 to £72 million

This week I spoke with Alan Barratt, CEO and Founder of the worlds fastest growing sports performance and weight management brand, Grenade. Alan and his wife Juliet started Grenade in 2010 with just £27 in their bank account. After a few short years, 50... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Apr 20191h 22min

E29: Build Sandcastles out of Bullsh*t

E29: Build Sandcastles out of Bullsh*t

Welcome back to Chapter 9 of The Diary of a CEO. This week, I talk about my obsession with the tragic yet fascinating mess that is Brexit, and how I’ve learnt more about British politics in the last 3 months than I’ve known in the last 10 years. Through... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Apr 201950min

Populärt inom Business & ekonomi

framgangspodden
varvet
badfluence
uppgang-och-fall
rss-borsens-finest
svd-ledarredaktionen
avanzapodden
lastbilspodden
rikatillsammans-om-privatekonomi-rikedom-i-livet
fill-or-kill
rss-dagen-med-di
rss-kort-lang-analyspodden-fran-di
affarsvarlden
borsmorgon
dynastin
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
tabberaset
montrosepodden
borslunch-2
rss-inga-dumma-fragor-om-pengar