Vorboss CEO Tim Creswick and guests from across the business take us on the journey from a one-man start-up in 2006 to a 400-person, market-leading infrastructure company today. Join us to understand what makes Vorboss tick and how the company grew over the last two decades to become one of the UK’s leading employers.
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Riding Unicorns is the podcast about venture capital and growth startups. The show is co-hosted by two Venture Capitalists, James Pringle and Hector Mason. The show delves into the operational aspects of building successful tech unicorns, featuring interviews with top-notch founders and investors in the venture space. Whether you are a founder, VC, angel investor or just curious about the space, each episode is unique and goes into different topics related to tech and venture so we hope you ...
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S7E13 - Richard Anton, General Partner @ Oxx
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Richard Anton is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Oxx. Oxx partners with the most promising European B2B software companies at the scale-up stage. As a specialist SaaS investor, Oxx provides each entrepreneur with a support system of unique specialist expertise and network, and a culture of unfaltering partnership and absolute conviction. The …
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Tim Creswick is the CEO and Founder of Vorboss. Vorboss is a dedicated fibre network and internet service purpose-built for the needs of London’s most demanding businesses. They are the only internet service provider that offers 10Gbps as a minimum—meaning that their network can cope with the demands of the most data-hungry businesses for the next …
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Oana Andreea Jinga is a CCO and Co-founder of Dexory. They develop robotics and AI logistics solutions to drive better business decisions. Through their DexoryView platform, they automate data collection and build real-time fed digital twin technology that unlocks insights across all levels of warehouse operations. Oana joins James Pringle and Hect…
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S7E10 - Gareth Jefferies, Partner @ RTP Global
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Gareth Jefferies is a Partner at RTP Global, a global, early-stage venture capital firm, backing ambitious founders who are reshaping the world with technology. Their track record speaks for itself; over 110 investments worldwide, with one in 10 becoming multi-billion dollar companies including Datadog, DeliveryHero, and Cred. Gareth joins James Pr…
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Akshat Goenka is a Partner at Moonfire. Enabling European entrepreneurs to dream big and execute fully on their bold ideas at the very earliest stages of their journeys is Moonfire’s passion and cause. Moonfire can help entrepreneurs at the very start of their journeys to create the right foundations to drive growth exponentially. Moonfire lights a…
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S7E8 - Sam Ettelaie, Co-Founder & CIO @ Thema
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Sam Ettelaie is the Co-Founder and CIO at Thema, Europe's strategic LP for emerging fund managers. They act as a strategic cornerstone limited partner, writing first tickets of up to £5m, offering operational and regulatory support. Sam joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss building long-term defensibility, knowledge vs operational edge, …
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Vorboss CEO Tim Creswick and guests from across the business take us on the journey from a one-man start-up in 2006 to a 400-person, market-leading infrastructure company today. Join us to understand what makes Vorboss tick and how the company grew over the last two decades to become one of the UK’s leading employers. In our second episode, Tim is …
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S7E7 - Callum Taylor, Head of ITV AdVentures Ignite @ ITV
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Callum Taylor is the Head of ITV AdVentures Ignite, they are here to help startup and scaleup brands begin an ongoing journey into the exciting world of TV - not as simply a media owner, but as a business partner. Hosting some of the nation’s favorite shows and offering unrivaled reach, advertising on ITV will supercharge your brand's growth - unlo…
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S7E6 - Johannes Weber, Founding Partner @ Ananda Impact Ventures
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Johannes Weber is the Founding Partner at Ananda Impact Ventures, the leading impact venture capital fund with a pan-European investment remit, managing ca. €200 million in four Core Impact Funds, with backing from notable institutional and private investors. They back technology businesses committed to having a positive impact that answers the mos…
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S7E5 - Meri Beckwith, Co-Founder @ Lindus Health
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Meri Beckwith is a Co-Founder at Lindus Health. Their mission is to accelerate clinical trials, so patients can benefit from new treatments sooner. They are an anti-CRO running radically faster, more reliable clinical trials for life science pioneers. They do this thanks to a commercial model that aligns incentives (fixed-priced quotes per study, w…
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S7E4 - Leila Zegna & Chrys Chrysanthou @ Kindred Capital
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Chrys Chrysanthou and Leila Zegna are General Partners at Kindred Capital. At Kindred, they align their ambitions and achievements with their portfolio - in structure and in spirit. Every entrepreneur they invest in becomes a co-owner of the fund and they call it ‘equitable venture’. They invest early and work with their community of founders and a…
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Vorboss CEO Tim Creswick and guests from across the business take us on the journey from a one-man start-up in 2006 to a 400-person, market-leading infrastructure company today. Join us to understand what makes Vorboss tick and how the company grew over the last two decades to become one of the UK’s leading employers. In our inaugural episode, Tim …
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S7E3 - Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner @ Balderton Capital
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Suranga Chandratillake is a General Partner at Balderton Capital; a multistage venture firm with more than two decades of experience supporting Europe’s best founders from Seed to IPO. They have both early and growth funds and invest across the technology sector. Suranga joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to share strategies for creating new proc…
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S7E2 - Dinika Mahtani, Partner @ Cherry Ventures
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Dinika Mahtani is a Partner at Cherry Ventures; an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and …
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S7E1 - Amon Ghaiumy, Co-Founder & CEO @ Ophelos
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Amon Ghaiumy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ophelos; a fintech startup with unique technology that uses machine learning and behavioural science to get people debt-free and organisations paid back. Amon joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss how he started Ophelos, the existing debt collection industry situation, the founder experience in th…
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S6E29 - James Evans, Founder & CEO @ CommandBar
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James Evans is the Co-Founder and CEO of CommandBar; an AI-powered user assistance platform that makes your product easier to use. Activate and retain more users to grow faster. James joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss how to determine product-market fit, CommandBar’s hiring philosophy, their fundraising strategy, & so much more. Don't…
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S6E28 - Christian Gabriel, CEO & Co-Founder @ Capdesk (Acquired by Carta)
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Christian Gabriel is the Co-Founder and former CEO of Capdesk (acquired by Carta), a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Their mission is to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. Carta is trusted by more than 40,000 companies, over 5,000 investment funds…
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S6E27 - David Bateman, Managing Partner @ Claret Capital Partners
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David Bateman is a Managing Partner at Claret Capital Partners. The Claret team has been active in the technology financing markets for over 20 years and provides debt solutions to help entrepreneurs and private equity investors grow their companies while minimizing dilution. Since 2013 Claret has backed over 140 European SMEs from a wide range of …
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S6E26 - Agate Freimane, General Partner @ Norrsken VC
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Agate Freimane is a General Partner at Norrsken VC, an Article 9, or "dark green," investment fund. They operate as a pure impact fund, exclusively investing in companies that have a sustainable objective for the product or service they develop. They provide extensive support to their portfolio companies, assisting them in implementing impact works…
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S6E25 - Christian Noske, Partner @ NGP Capital
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Christian Noske is a Partner at NGP Capital. They back early-stage B2B companies from Series A onwards in Europe, the US, Israel, and China within enterprise software, industrial tech, cybersecurity, and infrastructure. Their current portfolio includes Coda, DataLoop, Clue, Nova Labs, Scandit, Shippeo, & SecurityScorecard, while their exits include…
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S6E24 - Lopo Champalimaud & Raphael Thiolon @ Verlinvest
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This episode is with Raphael Thiolon (Managing Director) and Lopo Champalimaud (Co-Founder & Managing Partner at V3 Ventures) at Verlinvest, an international, family-backed evergreen investment company. They partner with visionary entrepreneurs who are driving consumer revolutions and building the next generation of category-defining brands that wi…
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Audrey Handem is a VC at Speedinvest; one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors with more than €1 billion AuM and 40+ investors based in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, and Vienna. Founder success is Speedinvest’s top priority, so they don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Their mission is to empower founders with game…
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S6E22 - Jay Radia, Managing Partner @ Blissgrowth
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Jay Radia is the Founder and Managing Partner of Blissgrowth. They ideate, build, and scale industry winning B2B software technology companies with the best second-time founders. Jay joins Hector Mason to talk about decision-making, how happiness affects the business, startup process for his different companies, & so much more. Don't forget to like…
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S6E21 - Roger Wade, Chairman @ Boxfund VC
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Roger Wade is the Chairman of Boxfund VC, a venture capital fund established by entrepreneurs, funded by entrepreneurs, and dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs. They possess a deep understanding of the qualities required for entrepreneurial success and actively seek out exceptional individuals with brilliant ideas. They provide them with financia…
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S6E20 - Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman @ S4 Capital
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Sir Martin Sorrell is the Founder and Executive Chairman of S4Capital plc, the tech led, new age / new era digital advertising and marketing services company for global, multinational, regional and local clients, and millennial-driven influencer brands. To commemorate the launch of Riding Unicorns in 2020, Sir Martin joins James Pringle and Hector …
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S6E19 - Chris Smalling, Professional Footballer @ AS Roma & Co-Founder @ The Player's Fund
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Chris Smalling is a professional footballer and is also the Co-Founder of The Player's Fund. Chris currently plays for AS Roma in Italy. He has 31 caps and 1 goal for England. A few year's ago Chris started investing in companies that align with his plant-based lifestyle and he has now helped launch The Player's Fund alongside other top investing a…
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Niccolo Perra is the Co-Founder of Pleo. Pleo offers smart company cards that enable employees to buy the things they need for work, all while keeping a company's finance team in control of spending. Simplify bookkeeping, eliminate expense reports, and revolutionize your business. Niccolo joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this episode to talk…
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S6E17 - Jimmy Fussing Nielsen, Managing Partner @ Heartcore Capital
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Jimmy Fussing Nielsen is a Partner and Co-founder of Heartcore Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund with offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Berlin, and Paris. Since 2007, they have backed some of Europe’s biggest category-defining companies, such as Tink, Neo4j, Boozt, Peakon, Seriously and TravelPerk. So far, they have invested in over 100 …
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S6E16 - Babs Ogundeyi, Founder & CEO @ Kuda
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Babs Ogundeyi is the Founder and CEO of Kuda, a fintech company on a mission to make financial services more accessible, affordable and rewarding for every African on the planet. They've built the money app for Africans around the world, giving them a better alternative to traditional finance by delivering services including free money transfers, s…
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S6E15 - Kirsty Grant, Managing Director @ Seedrs
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Kirsty Grant is Managing Director at Seedrs. Seedrs is Europe’s leading online private investing platform that enables individuals to invest in startups, growth companies, and, if eligible, top VC funds, as well as supporting entrepreneurs in all sectors to raise capital from their communities, angels and institutional investors.Since its launch in…
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S6E14 - Henry Irish & Donald Gillies, Co-Founders @ Passfort (acquired by Moody's)
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Donald Gillies and Henry Irish are the Founders of PassFort. They enable regulated financial services companies to rapidly onboard customers then manage risk and compliance standards throughout the customer lifecycle. Their integration model enables them to ingest datasets from any provider and interoperate with any system. They help you build a da…
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S6E13 - Saif Hameed, Founder & CEO @ Altrusitiq
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Saif Hameed is Founder and CEO of Altruistiq. The platform enables large enterprises with complex supply chains to automate sustainability data measurement, management and exchange - with unparalleled accuracy and ease. They believe that business has the power to be a force for positive change in the world.Their mission is to help businesses do mor…
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S6E12 - Jack Durling, Co-Founder @ Lockdown Liquor
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Jack Durling is Co-Founder of Lockdown Liquor & Co. The brand offers award-winning premium blended cocktails, crafted by expert mixologists using the best quality ingredients resulting in unique and great tasting cocktails. Having initially traded direct to consumers, Lockdown Liquor is now retailed in a selection of prestigious outlets including D…
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S6E11 - Alex Macdonald, Co-Founder @ Velocity Black (acquired by Capital One) & Co-Founder @ sequel
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Alex Macdonald Co-Founded Velocity Black which went on to be acquired by Capital One and is now the Co-Founder at sequel helping the world's best athletes invest in the world's best startups, making a positive impact. They are on a mission to help athletes build legacies for their families and for the world. They harness cutting-edge technology and…
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S6E10 - Saasha Celestial-One, Co-Founder @ Olio
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Saasha Celestial-One is the co-founder & COO of Olio, a sharing app for local communities, on a mission to fight waste. They make it easy to pass on the things we no longer need — from food to furniture, and clothes to books — to people who live nearby. They also work with businesses to redistribute unsold or unserved food. That way, every last bit…
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S6E9 - Cristina Vila Vives, Founder & CEO @ Cledara
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Cristina Vila Vives is the founder and CEO of Cledara. A dreamer and a doer, she started Cledara as a result of her life-long desire to start a company that focussed on helping people. Cledara brings visibility and control to software subscriptions, helping users to reduce software costs by 30% and save +20h a month on finance admin. With 1000+ cus…
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S6E8 - Dr. Andre Retterath, Partner @ Earlybird VC
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Dr. Andre Retterath is a Partner at venture fund Earlybird Venture Capital. Earlybird Venture Capital focuses on European technology companies. Founded in 1997, Earlybird identifies and backs exceptional early-stage companies on a pan-European basis and supports them through their growth and development phases – providing financial resources, strat…
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S6E7 - Jenny von Podewils & Kajetan von Armansperg, Co-founders @ Leapsome
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This week's guests are Leapsome Co-founders, Jenny von Podewils and Kajetan von Armansperg Leapsome is an all-in-one intelligent people enablement platform. CEOs and HR teams at more than 1400 forward-thinking companies (including Spotify, monday.com, and Unity) use Leapsome’s intelligent people enablement platform to drive employee development, pr…
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Peter Specht is a Partner at venture fund Creandum. Creandum is a leading European early-stage venture capital firm backing some of Europe’s most successful tech companies including Spotify, iZettle, Depop, Klarna, KRY, Epidemic Sound and Small Giant Games. Peter joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this episode to discuss how to be a super valu…
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S6E5 - Riya Grover, Co-Founder & CEO @ Sequence
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This week's guest is Sequence Co-founder & CEO, Riya Grover Sequence helps B2B companies design and iterate on billing and payment flows so they can stay focused on their mission. Their goal is to empower operators to build, scale and iterate, expand seamlessly into new markets and product verticals, and have a real time pulse on their business. Ri…
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S6E4 - Henrik Wetter Sanchez, Partner @ Playfair
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This week's guest is Playfair Partner, Henrik Wetter Sanchez. Playfair is a generalist fund with a contrarian approach to pre-seed technology investing. They have backed 70+ companies across two funds including Thought Machine, Andela, Mapillary and Omnipresent. Henrik joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this special episode to discuss his jour…
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S6E3 - Paddy Ryan & Mary Lin, Co-founders @ Odin
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This week's guests are Odin Co-founders, Paddy Ryan and Mary Lin. Odin is building a better way to invest together: a relationship-centric investment marketplace for founders, angels, and VC’s. Paddy and Mary join James Pringle and Hector Mason in this episode to discuss the founder's psyche, finding your Ikigai, creative strategies to facilitate p…
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Startup Spotlight with Edmond Boulle, Co-Founder at Orbital Witness. Orbital Witness is a legaltech/proptech company liberating everyone involved in property transactions by organising all the information at the start of the process so there are no nasty surprises. Over 1.5% of all commercial property transactions in the UK use Orbital Witness and …
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S6E2 - Sammy Rubin, Founder & CEO @ YuLife
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This week's guest is Yulife CEO & Co-founder Sammy Rubin. Yulife is on a mission to inspire people to live their best lives: financially, mentally and physically. They have fundamentally changed the nature of life insurance, creating an innovative new ‘win-win’ model which benefits individuals, businesses and society. Sammy joins James Pringle and …
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Startup Spotlight with Alex Lempka, Co-Founder at Connect Earth. Connect Earth is an environmental data company working with banks and fintechs to offer customers insights into the impact of their spending and investments on the climate. Its technology is integrated with banking groups such as KBC Bank, community banks and fintech firms in Europe a…
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S6E1 - Tristan Thomas, CEO & Co-Founder @ Packfleet
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This week's guest is Packfleet CEO & Co-founder Tristan Thomas. Packfleet is on a mission to empower independent businesses across the UK to offer the best deliveries on Earth. Tristan joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this episode to discuss how to scale a business, how to time your fundraising activities, some thoughts on product management…
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S5E20 - Mark Chaffey, Co-Founder & CEO @ hackajob
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This week's guest is hackajob Co-founder & CEO Mark Chaffey hackajob have made it their mission to make the hiring process fairer, faster and based on skills rather than backgrounds, so people can get the job they deserve and earn what they're worth. Mark joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this special extended episode to discuss how to valida…
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S5E19 - Maulik Sailor, Founder & CEO @ Codemonk
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This week's guest is CodeMonk Founder & CEO Maulik Sailor CodeMonk is changing the way the world goes to work — thanks to their dedicated platform powered by a global network of world-class, remote-based tech professionals. They offer companies a complete end-to-end solution, enabling them to hire entire development teams in just a matter of days. …
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S5E18 - Sam Franklin, Co-Founder & CEO @ Otta
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Our guest this week is Otta CEO Sam Franklin Otta is the better way to find a job in tech. They have raised over $20m including a Series A led by Tiger Global after initial backing from LocalGlobe and Riding Unicorns Live 2022 special guest Paul Forster. Sam has worked as a management consultant and cut his teeth at tech company Nested. Sam joins J…
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S5E17 - Eileen Burbidge - Partner @ Passion Capital and Director @ Fertifa
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Our guest this week is Eileen Burbidge, Partner @ Passion Capital and Director @ Fertifa Eileen has worked for some of the biggest tech companies in the world such as Skype, Apple and Yahoo. She founded venture firm Passion Capital in 2011 and has backed incredible companies such as Tide, Monzo, Tray.io and others from pre-seed stage. Eileen joins …
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