How I failed: Giles Harrison quit his job to start his own thing but hit a big reality check
Giles Harrison, the Co-Founder of Sculpd, is riding high now but his first startup ground to a painful halt. Having quit his job in a bullish mood to found a matcha tea business, he soon found out ho...
19 Maj 202213min
The Sandbox: wtf is the metaverse and how will it change the world, with Co-Founder and COO Sebastien Borget
So you’ve heard people talking about the metaverse and have been wondering what they’re on about? You think you get it one minute but then someone else says something and you’re none the wiser? Yeah, ...
17 Maj 202227min
How I failed: Amanda Perry went bankrupt after losing her baking business
Amanda Perry tells us what it’s like to go bankrupt after flying high with her baking business. She’d been featured in Vogue; her cupcakes were flying off the shelves - she thought business was easy. ...
12 Maj 202215min
Outbrain: closing a funding round with gunfire in the background -Co-Founder & Co-CEO Yaron Galai
It’s pretty rare that investors have to ask the Founder they’re speaking to if they’re in a warzone, or insist they have to leave their country for somewhere a little more ‘peaceful’ but that’s exactl...
10 Maj 202254min
How I failed: Steve Witt on losing everything… twice
Steve Witt knows what it’s like to make a lot of money… and lose it all. He knows what it’s like to go from sipping mai tais on the proverbial Caribbean island to sleeping on your mate’s sofa because ...
5 Maj 202212min
BorrowMyDoggy: how to get people to trust strangers, with Founder and CEO Rikke Rosenlund
BorrowMyDoggy is the kind of brand that just sticks in your brain. Once you’ve heard it you can’t unhear it. Today we’re talking with its Founder and CEO Rikke Rosenlund who had an idyllic Danish chi...
3 Maj 202239min
How I failed: Trinny Woodall on the fall of her first internet startup
This is the first episode in our new bitesize series (10/15-minute episodes) dedicated to failure. Trinny Woodall’s an A-lister now, and the Founder of Trinny London, but before all the success she ex...
28 Apr 202212min
Finimize: what you should’ve been taught in school about personal finance, with the FTSE 100’s youngest Exec and Founder/CEO Max Rofagha
What we’re taught at schools is a real pet peeve here at Secret Leaders. Why are we mucking about learning Latin when we could be learning about stuff like nutrition and personal finance - genuinely u...
26 Apr 202259min
