Murvah Iqbal on scaling one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups and disruption a billion dollar industry with Hived
What does it take to build one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups in a legacy industry? Find out from today’s 40 Minute Mentor, Murvah Iqbal, Co-Founder and CEO of Hived, the UK’s first customer-c...
3 Dec 202542min
Alan Cairns on hiring in hyper-growth & a guide to culture and performance
What does it really take to build an inclusive, high-performance culture in a fast-growing scaleup? Today’s 40 Minute Minute Mentor is Alan Cairns, serial Chief People Officer and most recently CPO a...
26 Nov 202547min
Shimona Mehta on scaling Shopify Plus to $1B & transitioning into the CEO role at F11
Today’s 40 Minute Mentor is Shimona Mehta, CEO at F11 - the one-stop platform for digital advertising. Prior to joining F11, Shimona spent 6 years at Shopify, working across the Revenue function and ...
19 Nov 202544min
Duncan Clark on staying purpose-driven in a $42 billion company
Today’s 40 Minute Mentor is Duncan Clark, Head of EMEA at Canva, the world-leading visual-communication platform on a mission to empower the world to design. Before joining Canva, Duncan co-founded ...
12 Nov 202544min
Asi Sharabi on scaling Wonderbly from the kitchen table to an award-winning business & selling to Penguin Random House
Today’s 40 Minute Mentor is Asi Sharabi, Co-Founder and CEO of Wonderbly, the world’s leading personalised publishing company. Founded in 2012, Wonderbly is on a mission to inspire boundless self-be...
5 Nov 202535min
Thomas Plantenga on taking Vinted from near bankruptcy to a €5 billion valuation
Today’s 40 Minute Mentor is Thomas Plantenga, the CEO of Vinted - Europe’s largest secondhand marketplace and Lithuania’s first-ever unicorn. What started as a small Lithuanian startup in 2008 has e...
29 Okt 202548min
Jevan Soo Lenox on building AI-first cultures & high-performing teams at fast-growth Unicorn WRITER
Today’s 40 Minute Mentor is Jevan Soo Lenox, the Chief People Officer at WRITER, a leader in agentic AI for the enterprise. Founded in 2020, WRITER helps businesses launch products faster, run deep...
22 Okt 202546min
Claire Davenport on career bets, leading through change & getting more women into the C-suite
Welcome back to Season 14 of 40 Minute Mentor! In today’s episode, we’re joined by Claire Davenport, a seasoned tech operator whose career spans investment banking at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, ...
15 Okt 202539min
