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In this episode, we delve into the mind of Philip Belamant, the visionary Co-Founder and CEO of Zilch, a groundbreaking fintech company revolutionizing the way we think about and interact with finance.

Zilch has become the fastest European company EVER to reach double unicorn status, and in this episode, Simon and Philip go deep into the core values and mission that enabled Zilch to reach this huge level of success so quickly.

We also explore the origins of Zilch, the personal experiences that inspired Philip to create this unique platform, and how it's transforming the landscape of digital finance.

Zilch: http://bit.ly/3KeMwhr

Philip: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-belamant/

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In this episode of The Unicorn Podcast, Simon sits down with James Watt, the co-founder of BrewDog, one of the fastest-growing craft beer companies in the world. James shares the truth behind the controversy surrounding his brand, as well as his revealing his marketing secrets.

We explore James's unique leadership style and the company's unconventional approach to business, including their plans to use beer to save the planet. James also admits why he chose to give away £100m of his shares in the business, while his co-founder did not.

Whether you're a craft beer enthusiast, an entrepreneur, or just interested in hearing from an incredible billion-dollar-founder, we know you’ll love this one. So grab a cold one and join us for a lively conversation with James Watt of BrewDog!

Follow James on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-watt

Follow James on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brewdogjames/?hl=en

Watch James on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JamesWattBrewDogCEO 

Brewdog’s Website: https://www.brewdog.com/uk

Table Yeti: https://www.brewdog.com/uk

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Tessa Wijaya is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of Xendit. She graduated from The University of Sydney, has vast experience in the field of private equity from large companies such as Principia and Mizuho and grew up in Indonesia. Tessa describes herself as “a unicorn among unicorns among unicorns.” There are a lot of people in her family who are entrepreneurs who ran small canteens and hawker stalls. 

Tessa started a few side businesses before Xendit. she started a restaurant, which failed, and a batik brand with one of her closest friends, but they discontinued it to focus on their full-time jobs. she started a jewellery business as well with some friends, whom she is a silent partner right now. 

As an Indonesian woman running a $1 billion financial technology start-up in Southeast Asia, she is a rather rare breed. Women leaders in tech are uncommon. This is especially true in fintech, where they hold 7% of leadership positions.

Xendit is an Indonesian fintech platform that processes digital payments for businesses in Southeast Asia, like Grab, Wise and Traveloka. Xendit was founded by Moses Lo, Tessa Wijaya, Juan Gonzalez and Bo Chen. Since launching in 2015, Xendit has grown rapidly. in 2021, it processes more than 65 million transactions worth $6.5 billion annually. It reached the $1 billion “unicorn” status in September 2021.

Xendit currently has more than 3,000 customers. Xendit said its annualized transactions tripled from 65 million to 200 million over the last year. The total value of the transactions also jumped from $6.5 billion to $15 billion. Some of its clients are Traveloka, Transferwise, and Grab.

As a woman who strives in the technology field, Tessa Wijaya is very aware of gender issues in Indonesia. She asserted that Indonesia needs more platforms where women could take a part in the technology field and also could inspire other women. 

Tessa:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessa-w-41043020/

Xendit:https://www.xendit.co/en/

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Meet Simon Squibb, serial entrepreneur, investor and founder of The Purposeful Project. 

Simon’s mission is to help and inspire 10,000,000 people to startup and scale a business for free. He believes there should be a Start Up Centre to replace the Job Centre - and as an angel investor and entrepreneur, Simon’s got the credentials to make this a reality.

In this insightful conversation with Founded and Grounded, Simon reveals how being homeless at 15 made him realise he had what it takes to be an entrepreneur. He shares his journey, failures and lessons learnt, including how to increase your luck and why being clear about your purpose is key to business success.

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Yat Siu is an entrepreneur and angel investor. Born and raised in Vienna, Austria, he moved to Hong Kong in 1996 to set up Hong Kong Cybercity, the first free web page and email provider in Asia. Before Hong Kong, he landed his first job at Atari in Germany, and later at graphic software company Lexicor, where he served as director and head of the U.S. East Coast division. In the late ‘90s, he set up Outblaze, which was sold to IBM in 2009 and incorporated into IBM's LotusLive suite of services.

In 2011, he founded Hong Kong-based Animoca, one of the world’s largest apps for developers and publishers. The company is behind hit apps such as Pretty Pet Salon (one of Apple's top apps of 2011) and Cinderella Cafe. Receiving early funding from venture capital firms Intel Capital and IDG-Accel, Animoca went on to develop and publish hundreds of apps across both Android and iOS platforms.

In 2014, Siu founded Animoca Brands, a company created through the spinoff of the licensing and publishing arms of Animoca, that uses technology like blockchain and artificial intelligence to develop and publish mobile products like The Sandbox, and it’s the official distributor of CryptoKitties in China.

During his fruitful career, Yat Siu was named “Global Leader of Tomorrow” and a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum and received various other awards for his contributions to business and society. In this episode, Yat tells Simon exaclty how Web 3.0 can save the world if navigated in the right way, as well as giving his advice to young people looking to start a business in the modern world of crypto, Web 3.0 and the metaverse.

Topics

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:16 - Who is Yat Siu and what are Animoca brands?
• 4:00 - What is a digital dictatorship?
• 10:40 - Is there an alternative to big platforms like Facebook?
• 14:20 - Will we see the fall of the big platforms?
• 19:40 - What should young people build today?
• 23:51 - What do you look for when investing in companies?
• 31:00 - What is the future of crypto?
• 39:22 - How Yat raised 75 million in the bear market
• 41:05 - NFTs and the truth about crypto
• 49:44 - ‘F*ck the metaverse’?
• 55:50 - Purpose
• 01:02:22 - Yat’s net worth
• 01:10:00 - The education system is broken, how we fix it

Animoca Brands: 

https://www.animocabrands.com/

StartmeupHK: 

https://www.startmeup.hk/startmeuphk-festival-2022/

HKBN / HKBN Enterprise Solutions:

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Max Li is Co-founder and Head of Design of Airwallex , where he provides the creative vision for the business, and is responsible for developing and managing Airwallex’s product design initiatives. Leading a global team, Max drives the implementation for designing functional and human-centric products that enable quality user experience in every market where Airwallex operates.

Previously,  Max was a professional architectural designer with extensive experience in architecture, product design and user experience. Max also ran a coffee business prior to founding Airwallex, making his entrepreneurial experience so far both diverse and unique.

In this episode, Simon and Max discuss his biggest lessons in building a unicorn company, how self-belief plays a huge part in success, and the future of business + technology. 

5 books that Max recommends:

For an excellent cover all guidebook to building products: Build, by Tony Fadell

For emotional baseline: The subtle art of not giving a fuck, by Mark Manson

For perspective: 21 lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Harari

Books with behind-the-scene, detailed processes for different industries are always good reads, recently: Secret Life Of Groceries, by Benjamin Lorr

If language (especially writing) is not your forte: On Writing Well, by William Zinsser

Topics

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:25 - How Airwallex was born
• 6:33 - Raising money
• 7:46 - Transitioning from a cafe to Airwallex
• 8:40 - Staying focused
• 12:41 - Max’s Family Background
• 14:23 - Working with co-founders
• 18:10 - Changing roles
• 19:40 - Self belief
• 21:00 - Biggest lessons on reflection
• 23:10 - Imposter syndrome
• 25:05 - What motivates you
• 26:51 - The future
• 30:51 - Regulation challenges
• 32:35 - Max’s thoughts on the Metaverse
• 35:03 - Approaching competition
• 37:24 - Luck
• 39:36 - Startup culture
• 44:52 - Advice for your younger self
• 47:20 - Do you have any regrets
• 50:31 - Outro

Max Li: 

https://www.airwallex.com/uk

StartmeupHK: 

https://www.startmeup.hk/startmeuphk-festival-2022/

HKBN / HKBN Enterprise Solutions:

www.hkbn.net / www.hkbnes.net

Sameer started his career as a Chef and opened his first restaurant at the age of 25. After running that for 5 years, he then relocated to West Africa to start and run a confectionery manufacturing business producing biscuits, candies, gums, and Chocolate. 

Sameer grew the business very successfully over 12 years and left in 2016 after it was sold to a multinational. He moved back to London and wanted to effect change. He had his own kids, and wanted to give them better choices, he saw a gap in the chocolate market and sought to disrupt the industry and take on the big brands to show them that it can be done. 

Sameer started Prodigy Snacks in 2018 looking to reinvent chocolate to be less damaging to our bodies and to our environment - taking on the issues in Chocolate: Health, Sustainability, and Ethics.

Sameer is a cook, a family man, and a food entrepreneur. He believes the earth provides so much natural bounty that if harnessed properly, can provide a fully sustainable, healthy, food system for mankind. 

In this episode, Simon and Sameer dive into how to get consumers to switch to YOUR brand, how to get your messaging right and also how to attain a successful mindset.

* How Sameer Started Prodigy Snacks

* How To Take On Bigger Brands

* How To Get Consumers To Switch To Your Brand

* Inspiring Change

* Getting Your Messaging Right

* How Sameer Got His Purpose-Driven Mindset

* How Sameer Funded Getting Prodigy Snacks Up-And-Running

* Having A Co-Founder

* Investing In Purpose-Driven Brands

* If You Did It Again, What Would You Do Differently?

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Andy Hooper, CEO of Global E-Commerce Experts, has been successfully expanding businesses into new markets for over 15 years. An accomplished specialist in e-commerce, Andy now works with companies around the world providing comprehensive gateways and solutions to new markets, especially US-based organisations transitioning into the EU. 

Starting from the ground up, Andy, with sleeves rolled up attitude has carved out a unique industry inspired by his own experience and success of growing organisations profits through e-commerce.

As a keen fitness enthusiast with an infectious energy for success, Andy leads a team of professionals in all aspects of e-commerce. With fulfilment centres in the UK & EU, the Global E-Commerce team provide hassle-free end to end solutions that have helped 1000’s of sellers capitalise on the multi-billion dollar UK & EU markets.

In this episode, Andy walks us through the key steps to success in e-commerce, as well as revealing his biggest secrets for making huge £ online consistently for so many years.

Topics: 

• Intro 
• How Andy Became An Entrepreneur 
• Global E-commerce Experts 
• Acquiring Your First Customer 
• 7 Steps To Success In E-commerce 
• Should You Sell Through A Website Or Marketplace? 
• Working With A Co-founder
• What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?

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Tony was born in Beirut, Lebanon, during a violent civil war, and was lucky enough to travel to France at the age of seventeen to study for a computer sciences degree, then attended the IMD Business School in Switzerland. 

After graduating, Tony founded Nexmo, a pioneer in the Communications Platform as a Service (“CPaaS”) category. Nexmo made it easy for software developers to add essential communications capabilities (like sending messages between ride-sharing drivers and passengers) to their applications, on a global scale. Nexmo went public via a merger with Vonage in 2016.

After the Nexmo exit, Tony took some time off to consider what to do next. He began to invest in “platform models that can change the world”, Tony’s investments include Pento, Truelayer, Dialpad, Hopin, and Claap.

That other talented individual in emerging economies should enjoy similar career opportunities, without the need for geographic displacement, is a persona, passion and the ideological cornerstone of Tony’s career. It is where the idea of Oyster was born.

For most people in emerging economies, career fulfilment means moving to another country. Tony believes this necessity to be in the office sets up unassailable inequalities for many people in emerging economies. Why should they have to move halfway around the world, away from their community and support system, to have a successful career? 

Tony created Oyster to remove the remaining barriers to successful remote work, including hiring, compensating and managing team members who are physically far away from the office.

In this episode, Tony reveals the secrets that helped him scale Oyster to 1$ Billion valuations, as well as his unique journey to success. Simon and Tony also go deep on how to get investment, purpose and Web3.

Topics

• How Tony Became An Entrepreneur
• Getting Investment
• Choosing The Right Investor
• How Tony Came Up With The Idea Of Oyster
• Building Oyster From Scratch
• Connecting World Labour
• Being Purpose-Driven
• Web3
• Are Entrepreneurs Born Or Bred?

Tony Jamous:

https://www.tonyjamous.com/

From a young age Timothy has been heavily influenced by business and technology starting his first company, Alpha Tutoring at 14 and his second EntrepreneurXpress at 17 which he ended up selling 11 months later.

In his second year of university studying Computer Science, Timothy started Fanbytes after seeing how marketing to Gen Z was broken.

Fast forward 4 Years, Fanbytes is a 65 person company helping brands like the Government, Deliveroo, McDonalds and Nike to win the hearts of Gen Z.

Timothy is an internally renowned speaker on the topic of marketing sharing the stage with Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix and Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland to name a few as well as a guest columnist for The Guardian, The Drum and Campaign Magazine.

Timothy has also used his influence for good, building the Fanbytes fund which invests and funds influencer campaigns for black businesses aiming to erode the cycle of a lack of support and funding for black owned businesses.

In this episode, Timothy and Simon discuss how you build a sellable company, how to become successful at a young age, and what it takes to build a team of over 60 people.

Topics:

* Building A Business To Exit

* Your Economic Moat

* Building A Brand Of Value

* Getting Investors On Board

* What’s Next For Timothy

Timothy Armoo:

https://www.timothyarmoo.com/

Fanbytes:

https://fanbytes.co.uk/

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Wizz is the founder of WIZZ&CO, a brand and retail strategy agency that helps brands scale and stand out in a crowded market. They work with established brands, global retailers and indie brands. Previously Wizz headed up beauty buying at Selfridges and was a buyer for accessories and lifestyle, she has an instinct for trends, how to build a disruptive brand and customer behaviour. 

20 years in the retail industry means Wizz is in the unique position to have worked with thousands of brands and retail-focused businesses. Put simply, she knows what works. She loves helping business leaders combine innovation, creativity and commerciality to get results.

In this episode, Simon and Wizz discuss what it truly takes to make your business stand out, as well as what makes a successful brand.

Topics:

* Bad Luck Is Good Luck

* How To Build Your Own Personal Brand

* Pivoting And Evolving

* Key Marketing Tips/Trends For Your Business

* The 6-Step Sales Journey

* How To Stand Out

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Ade Hassan knew she was onto something with Nubian Skin lingerie when she posted the first product photo on social media and gained one-thousand new followers in a week. It was 2014 and the photo went on to garner over thirty-five thousand notes on Tumblr and over twenty thousand followers on Instagram, in less than a month. The UK-born, London-based founder created the brand to satisfy her own need but the internet’s response let her know that she’d struck a chord. 

After graduate school, Ade went into a career in finance but couldn’t find suitable skin-tone lingerie and hosiery to go with her wardrobe. If she was experiencing this problem, she imagined that other women of colour had the same need. What she didn’t realise was how immediate the need was.

Nubian Skin has had an out-sized influence on the fashion industry, with many other parts of the industry realising the need to be more inclusive. In 2017 Ade was awarded an MBE at Buckingham Palace for services to fashion. The award was made to recognise Ade’s commitment to her mission to redefine nude, and the impact she has consequently made on the fashion industry. In this episode, Ade tells us about the sacrifice that must be made in entrepreneurship, how she found her purpose, how she was awarded an MBE and much more.

Topics

* Getting a MBE

* Sacrifice In Entrepreneurship

* How Did You Find Purpose?

* Advice To Those Who Dream Of Quitting Their Job*

* Having A Support System Around You

Ade Hassan:

https://www.instagram.com/itsadehassan/?hl=en

Nubian Skin:

https://www.nubianskin.com/

Ade’s TEDx Talk:

https://www.ted.com/talks/ade_hassan_the_reality_of_reaching_your_goal

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Tech titan Michele Romanow is the Co-founder and CEO of Canadian unicorn, Clearco - the world's largest e-commerce investor. The company has invested $3.2 billion in over 7,000 ecommerce and SaaS companies. Michele is a serial entrepreneur having started six companies before her 35th birthday. In addition to her work as an entrepreneur, Michele is a “Dragon” on the Canadian hit TV show Dragons’ Den (Canada’s Shark Tank).

She previously co-founded SnapSaves, which was acquired by Groupon and was also the Co-Founder of Buytopia.ca. A prolific investor, Michele was recently named as one of Fortune’s 40 under 40, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and Canada’s Angel Investor of the Year.

Michele is a regular media commentator and her work has been profiled in Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, and The Globe and Mail. Michele is a director for Vail Resorts, BBTV and Queen’s School of Business. Previously she was a director for Freshii, Whistler Blackcomb, SHAD International and League of Innovators. Michele also co-founded the Canadian Entrepreneurship Initiative non-profit with Sir Richard Branson.

In this episode, Michele teaches us how she approaches investments, what it takes to build a billion dollar company, her experience working with romantic partners and much more!

• How Michelle Approaches Investments 
• What Michelle looks for in an investment
• Failure
• Work/Life Balance and The Entrepreneur Lifestyle
• Working With Romantic Partners
• Rebranding from Clear Bank to Clearco
• Changing Position From President To CEO
• From Entrepreneur To Employee To Entrepreneur Again
• Revenue-Based Funding
• Investing In Under-Represented Entrepreneurs
• Solving The ‘University Route’ Narrative
• Are Entrepreneurs Born Or Bred?
• What Makes An Entrepreneur?
• It’s Not The Years It’s The Miles.
• Entrepreneurship From A Young Age
• Michelle’s Favourite Dragons’ Den Investments
• Clearco Funded Companies 
• Where Does All The Money Come From?
• Experience vs Books
• Do You Have Any Regrets?
   

Michele:

https://instagram.com/micheleromanow?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

ClearCo

Www.clear.co

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Ben Law is a keen entrepreneur and is an advocate and mentor for micro-businesses. Before joining GoDaddy, he started a successful lifestyle e-commerce business, Liberty Grace, which he led for over 3 years. Running his own business allowed Ben to hone skills in creativity, innovation, design, and leadership, all of which enable him to hold a unique combination of expertise, centred around his passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed online.

There are 5.3 million microbusinesses in the UK, making up 96% of all businesses. Following the changes and disruptions we’ve all experienced since the start of the pandemic, a new breed of everyday entrepreneurs is starting to emerge. The shift to e-commerce when people couldn’t physically open their businesses, and the opportunities presented by the second digital revolution, mean that more people than ever are starting a business of their own.

Everyone can be an entrepreneur, and with so many new businesses emerging across the world, GoDaddy takes pride in providing a simple and easy way to start and grow your company online. In today’s episode, Simon and Ben discuss what it takes to become a successful leader, what mistakes you should avoid when starting a business, and how to make your brand more trustworthy.  

Topics

• Ben’s entrepreneurial history
• Ben’s advice for business owners
• How to encourage failure within a business
• Common mistakes from entrepreneurs
• Venture Forward Study

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Andy Evans is an investor, mentor and serial entrepreneur who has sold 3 companies. Andy was weaned on marketing as a child by his father who was a marketing manager and he was given his first computer in 1981 for Christmas, which his mother said was the first toy he ever had that he didn’t take apart. In 1985, Andy started his first business aged 15, selling concert tickets and trips. In 1999, He founded one of the UK's first digital publishing businesses & first vertical ad-network in the UK, Net Communities, and in 2015 sold it to Future plc. He also founded the UK's first Podcast production company in 2005.

Frustrated with ad quality, transparency and brand safety online, Andy co-founded award-winning viewability technology provider OnScroll in 2013, which after tremendous growth, they sold to Sovrn Holdings, Inc. in April 2016, where he worked as CMO until May 2019. Today, Andy now uses the knowledge he has gained to advise, mentor and invest in all kinds of digital businesses from aviation to kids entertainment and of course marketing, martech & adtech.

In this episode, Andy and Simon lay out all the essential tips and secrets of finding investment for your company, and how to sell it for the highest amount possible. 

Topics

• Andy’s process when investing in businesses
• How to approach an investor
• Andy’s first business
• Giving away equity
• Map out your investment/equity plan
• Timing in business
• How to sell your business
• Who should you sell to?
• How to sell your business for more

Connect with Andy:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyevans/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=uk

 

Useful M&A Resources:

UK: https://www.leadersleague.com/en/rankings/mergers-acquisitions-large-cap-transactions-ranking-2022-law-firm-united-kingdom

US:

https://www.consulting.us/rankings/top-consulting-firms-in-the-us-by-area-of-expertise/mergers-acquisitions

Global:

https://dealroom.net/blog/biggest-m-a-firms

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Suneera Madhani is a payments innovator who has disrupted the industry with her unicorn company Stax. After seeing the need for a better payment experience for merchants, her entrepreneurial spirit took hold and she decided to solve the problem herself. She built Stax from the ground up, providing a sophisticated and business-friendly platform

Stax is a subscription-based payments processor that charges merchants a flat subscription fee rather than a percentage of sales for in-person and digital transactions. Over the past eight years, the 300-person company has processed $23 billion in payments for more than 20,000 customers across retail, professional services, and health care.

On top of being CEO at Stax, Suneera also runs CEO school, a platform that empowers women to understand the power they have to change their lives, shift their legacy, and alter the course of history. In this episode, Suneera reveals the 3 steps to building a billion-dollar business, the TRUTH about why less than 2% of female founders make it to $1 Million, and much more

Topics

• What makes the perfect co-founder
• Shareholder agreements
• Are you having fun?
• The tough task of raising investment as a woman
• Are accelerators worth the hype?
• Rebranding Stax
• Keeping your ego in check
• Culture building
• “You have it”
• Are entrepreneurs born or bred?

Suneera’s Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/suneeramadhani/

CEO School:

https://theceoschool.co/

Stax:

https://staxpayments.com/

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At just 23 years old, Curtis Tilbury has worked with massive brands such as Red Bull, grown a following of over 10 million people online with his father Mark, and amassed over 100 million views on videos that he has created. What’s more, Curtis has an impressive investment portfolio of over £100k.

Curtis started out as a freelance videographer, traveling the world and working with clients for free in the beginning to gain experience and expertise. Before long, Curtis was working with huge brands and running a successful videography business. Out of nowhere in 2020, the world was hit with Covid and Curtis’ business was put on pause.

Instead of seeing this as a setback, Curtis used the opportunity to merge his and his father’s expertise as they began to create personal finance content across YouTube and social media. Within just 12 months of launch, the father and son duo managed to grow to over 1 million YouTube subscribers, and become the biggest finance page on TikTok! Today Curtis continues to grow the Mark Tilbury channels, as well as running their podcast ‘Like Father Like Son’, and helping other brands and creators out with his content consultancy company.

In this episode, Curtis gives us the secrets to growing and monetising social media channels fast, tips to master the YouTube and TikTok algorithms, and he tells us what it takes to become a 7-figure business owner in your 20s. 

Topics

• Curtis’ background and rise to success
• Why niching down is key
• How to find your niche
• Engagement and growth tips
• How to create viral content
• How much does YouTube pay?
• Why hiring a team is essential
• The power of personal brands
• What advice would you give to your younger self?

Watch on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/RMgWQgYA_z8

Follow Curtis:

https://www.instagram.com/curtistilbury/

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Catherine Sweet is a self-taught visual artist from London who created BobCat Gallery to sell her own work and showcase beautiful, affordable and original artwork on a small scale and give emerging artists a positive selling experience. Catherine creates small-scale abstract pieces inspired by music and the natural world that people can easily find space for in their homes.

BobCat Gallery focuses on small-scale, original and affordable artwork. They also host pop-up exhibitions across London, as well as heading to affordable art fairs to showcase work from their portfolio of international artists. The name for the gallery is inspired by Catherine's friend Robert Miller (known as Bob), who passed away in 2010. Bob was an incredibly talented artist himself, and Catherine (often known as Cat) wanted to honour his memory.

In this episode, Catherine and Simon dive into the topic of fear. Something that we all feel in very different ways, fear can actually be a sign that you are on the right path. No matter what business you want to start, it’s very normal to feel a sense of fear, and this podcast will help you use fear to your advantage.

“Sometimes fear can be a blocker in a major way. You don’t know if it’s going to work, you have to try it! The worst thing I can think of is the regret that you haven’t tried at all.”

Topics

• Catherine + her business
• The benefits of collaboration
• The power of fear
• Overcoming fear
• NFTs

BobCat Gallery: 

https://bobcatgallery.co.uk/

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Tony Fadell is the creator of the iPod, co-creator of the iPhone, and founder of Nest Labs, which was acquired by Google for $3.2 Billion. Named as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2014, Tony believes that instead of building artificial platforms like the Metaverse, we need to focus on building products that fix and improve the real world.

Tony’s first job out of college was such a disaster that it killed all new development in consumer-oriented personal computers for a decade. The next products he built were commercial failures, then he started his own company – a year before the .com bubble burst. But after 10 years he learned – with every team, every product, every disaster – how to design, manufacture, market and sell something people actually wanted.

In this podcast, Tony goes deep on why failure is good, the problems with the metaverse, and the key to work/life balance and he also tells us his biggest regret. We’re so excited to bring you this interview with such an incredible entrepreneur and Unicorn. We know you’ll love this one, if you enjoy the episode all we ask is that you share it online so that we can help more people start and grow a business of their own. Enjoy!

“You only fail if you give up. If you don’t give up and you learn from your mistakes, that’s a normal cycle of learning and it’s okay! Failure sounds like such a harsh word but I don’t see it that way. You only learn what you love to do by doing a lot of things that you don’t like doing.”

Topics

• Reinventing yourself
• Failure
• Overcoming fear
• When to quit
• How to find balance
• Working with family
• How to find a co-founder
• Naming the book
• "Fuck the metaverse"
• Device Addiction
• Steve Jobs deleted Tony's number
• Device moderation
• Do you have any regrets?
• What do you want to learn?
• If you could interview anyone, who would it be?

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David Abrahamovitch is the CEO and Founder of Grind. Grind has expanded across London with cafés and a coffee roastery since its inception in Shoreditch in 2011. David took Grind online when he was forced to close his cafés due to lockdown and since then, hundreds of thousands of people have used Grind to make better, more sustainable coffee at home.

Grind creates compostable Nespresso coffee pods that decompose faster than a banana peel in your compost or food waste bin. They use organic and ethically sourced coffee from around the world. Despite going to a school that pushed its students to aim for a career working for somebody else, David knew he was capable of more and now wants to help other young entrepreneurs do the same.

In this episode, David explains his story of starting a coffee brand before anybody knew what a ‘flat white’ was, and he shows us how he has built a business that is now taking on the huge coffee brands around the world.

“What you have to do as the organisation grows is be responsible for the culture. You have to be responsible for making big decisions, and you have to be able to get all of the experts that work for you to point in the same direction. That’s not always easy.”

Topics:

• David’s background
• How Grind started
• Hiring people who are better than you
• How Grind survived the pandemic
• How to take on the big brands

Grind:

https://grind.co.uk/

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David Abrahamovitch:

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