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Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia is the fresh business podcast for today’s entrepreneur.Hosted by UK Top 20 Female Founder, Stephanie Melodia, Strategy & Tragedy spotlights the most interesting founder stories - featuring the good, the bad, and the ugly of building a business. With the purpose to inspire and educate entrepreneurs, guests also include subject matter experts such as top business strategists or investors to help arm founders with the knowledge to succeed in bu ...
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EP44: The power of niching down | Anthony Pierri, Fletch PMM
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Anthony Pierri is a partner at Fletch PMM. He helps early stage B2B founders position their products and translate that to homepage messaging. And that's all he does. In this episode, Steph and Anthony discuss: 👉 The power of honing in on your niche 👉 Creating repeatable proc…
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The Debrief: Pippa Harman, Renude | Entrepreneurship & grieving: how loss puts business into perspective
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Steph Melodia shares her reflections on last week's interview with Pippa Harman, Co-Founder of Renude - the world's first dermatologist-approved AI skin advisor. One of the most unique parts about Pippa's entrepreneurial story is the theme of loss; Pippa lost her father durin…
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EP43: Navigating fundraising through grief | Pippa Harman, Renude
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✋ TW: Content features themes of grief and bereavement. Pippa is a formulation chemist turned beauty tech entrepreneur. She is now the Co-Founder of Renude, the AI personalisation platform for skincare on a mission to help people feel great in their bare skin. Renude offers personalised routines based on AI image analysis and a B2B plug-in solution…
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The Debrief: Simon Squibb | Failed politician? Privileged white man? Or modern-day messiah?
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Stephanie Melodia debriefs on last week's Simon Squibb interview with panellists Thomas Panton, Danielle Wallington, and Cosmin Golache - including what resonated with them the most from the conversation, what surprised or shocked them, and their hot takes on Simon Squibb's philosophy as it relates to entrepreneurship and changing the world. The pa…
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EP42: Simon Squibb: Hard work is A LIE | HelpBnk
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Simon Squibb is the founder of HelpBnk (https://helpbnk.com/). He is also a serial entrepreneur, content creator, and investor. Simon started his first company when he was homeless at 15 years old, and sold his last company, Fluid, to PwC. He has since invested in over 70+ st…
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The Debrief: Ranbir Arora, OneDay | Meta entrepreneurship, delusion + resilience
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Steph Melodia shares her reflections on last week's interview with Ranbir Arora, serial entrepreneur and now Co-Founder & CEO of edtech scale-up, Oneday (https://www.oneday.org/) From finding a deep pain point in a very meta way (a serial entrepreneur helping other entreprene…
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EP41: Entrepreneurship education is BROKEN - so I fixed it | Ranbir Arora, Co-Founder & CEO of OneDay
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Ranbir Arora is the Co-Founder & CEO of edtech scale-up, Oneday, on a mission to democratise entrepreneurship. Tune into this episode to hear about... 🚀 Serial entrepreneurship 🚀 Finding a deep pain point 🚀 Building an international edtech platform... 🚀 And cultivating a soli…
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EP40: AMA | Scaling a business, exit strategies, thoughts on AI & more
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Stephanie Melodia answers your questions! Tune into this special solo episode to hear how she'd do things differently with Bloom, how to successfully exit a business, thoughts on AI, and more. Want your question featured next time? Make sure to follow Steph on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/stephmelodia/ - Want more? Follow Steph: 🤍 Instagra…
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The Debrief ft. Johnny Khaira: Top Takeaways from Mike Stevens of Peppersmith
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Steph Melodia and special guest, Johnny Khaira, share their main reflections and top takeaways on last week's interview with Mike Stevens, Co-Founder of Peppersmith - the beloved mints brand with 20 million packs sold on supermarket shelves, coffee shops, and health stores. T…
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EP39: 20 MILLION PACKS SOLD | Success & failure with Mike Stevens, Co-Founder & ex-CEO of Peppersmith
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Mike Stevens is the exited founder of Peppersmith, the confectionery brand you'll recognise on supermarket shelves, in coffee shops and in health food stores. Responsible for a total of over 20 MILLION of packs sold worldwide, Mike led the company from its inception to a successful exit, achieving over £4M in annual retail sales from the likes of S…
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The Debrief: Marla Shapiro, HERmesa | Funding female founders + savvy fundraising strategies
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In this shorter episode, Steph Melodia shares her reflections on last week's interview with Marla Shapiro of HERmesa, the angel investing syndicate for female founders. From solving the gender disparity in fundraising to business advice and top fundraising strategies, Steph shares her reflections on last week's interview with the trailblazing leade…
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EP38: "I WILL GIVE YOU MONEY to get rid of a spreadsheet!" | Marla Shapiro, HERmesa
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/strategyandtragedy Marla Shapiro is the founder of HERmesa, the 2X nominated Angel Group of the Year - an angel investing syndicate supporting female founders. She is also the winner of the UKBAA 2023 Diversity Champion award. In this episode, you'll hear about: 💸 How to get started with angel investing 💸 The ROI…
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The Debrief: Kenny Ewan, WeFarm | The rise & fall of a buzzy scale-up
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 In this shorter episode, Steph Melodia shares her reflections on last week's interview with Kenny Ewan, the Founder & ex-CEO of WeFarm, now director at Nesta Studio. Tune into hear what stuck with Steph from the interview and the key lessons to highlight for all you entrepren…
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EP37: “I had lunch with BILL GATES” | From buzzy scale-up to shutting the business | Kenny Ewan, Founder & ex-CEO, WeFarm, now Director at Nesta Studio
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/strategyandtragedy Kenny Ewan is the Director at Nesta’s Mission Studio, the venture studio creating impactful solutions for the UK’s most pressing problems, from obesity to climate change. He is a highly experienced entrepreneur who led Wefarm from idea stage to become the world’s largest farming network with ov…
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The Debrief: Saasha Celestial-One, Olio | Successful expansions, co-founder relationships, serial entrepreneurship & more
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 In this shorter episode, Steph Melodia shares her reflections on last week's interview with Saasha-Celestial One, the Co-Founder & COO of the sharing app, Olio. What started out as a food-sharing app has now artfully grown into the go-to solution for all unused household item…
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EP36: My HIPPIE upbringing made me a MISSION-LED entrepreneur | Saasha Celestial-One, Olio
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Saasha Celestial-One, the Co-Founder of Olio, the carbon negative sharing app with over 7M members & counting which has succeeded in saving our planet from 181,000 tonnes of carbon emissions. In this episode, you'll hear about: ♻️ How Saasha met her Co-founder - and how they …
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ES2: Las 10 lecciones de emprendimiento de la fundadora de agencia premiada | Stephanie Melodia, Bloom
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Acceda a ventajas especiales en Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Stephanie Melodia fundó Bloom, una consultora de marketing galardonada, en Londres en 2017. El verano pasado, anunció el cierre de su exitoso negocio y, en este episodio, cuenta lo que pasó y reflexiona sobre lo que salió bien y lo que salió mal. (Después de todo, Str…
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EP35: Capital as a force for good | Mandy Nyarko MBE, Startup Discovery School
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/strategyandtragedy Mandy Nyarko MBE is the Co-Founder of Startup Discovery School & Managing Partner of Sahara Impact Ventures.In this episode, Mandy shares: 👩🏾💻 Her story from bank cashier to investor, now fund manager and trailblazing impact leader👩🏾💻 The power of spirituality and manifesting (which goes hand…
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EP34: "I built the Clueless wardrobe" | Bianca Rangecroft, Founder & CEO of Whering
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/strategyandtragedy/ Bianca Rangecroft is the Forbes 30 Under 30 Founder & CEO of Whering, the AI-enabled digital wardrobe and personal styling app with the mission of upending the buy-use-dispose model by helping Gen-Z fashionistas get the most out of their wardrobe. Bianca has raised over £2.5 million in venture…
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EP33: “I started a £10M ARR business when I was 20” | Mark Chaffey, Co-Founder & CEO of hackajob
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Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/strategyandtragedy Mark Chaffey is the Co-Founder and CEO of hackajob, the candidate-centric platform for tech talent that puts the power back in the hands of the job seekers. He co-founded the business straight out of university aged 20 and now leads the HRtech scale-up with $35M in Series B funding under his be…
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EP32: Delivering 1 BILLION people a moment of calm | Liv Ferdi, TRIP Drinks
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Liv Ferdi is the Co-Founder of TRIP, the UK’s number 1, best selling CBD drinks brand stocked in 25,000 stores around the UK including the likes of Selfridges, Ocado, Boots, Planet Organic, Harrods… Also in chains like The Ivy, Brewdog, Leon, Benugo, AND is the exclusive CBD …
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EP31: "I'm solving the world's most PAINFUL pain point!" | DEATHTECH founder, Emily Cummin of Untangle Grief
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Emily is the Founder of Untangle, the go-to app for all of life's hard events. From sorting the mess of paperwork after a bereavement, to finding a community of other grief-stricken individuals, Untangle is there to help everyone get through the tough times. Featured in the E…
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ES1: Los TOP 4 lecciones del emprendimiento | Episodio solo especial
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En este episodio especial, Stephanie Melodia reflexiona en las varias conversaciones con empresarios de los últimos 20 episodios. Escucha para descubrir las TOP lecciones del empresarialismo! (¿Puedes adivinar cuales son?) - 'Estrategía y tragedía' es el podcast de Stephanie Melodia, orador y fundadora Top 20 en el Reino Unido, donde entrevista emp…
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EP30: Top 10 Lessons From an Award-Winning Agency Founder & CEO
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Stephanie Melodia founded Bloom, an award-winning marketing consultancy, in London of 2017. Last summer, she announced the closure of her successful business, and - in this episode - she recounts what happened, and reflects on what went right, and what went wrong. (After all,…
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EP29: B2B SaaS growth strategies with Justin Fitzpatrick, ex-Duedil (now FullCircl), Outpost Advisors
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Access special perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=108229517 Justin Fitzpatrick, the co-Founder & ex-CEO of Duedil, now FullCircl post-merger. Justin is now Founder of Outpost Advisors, the firm that helps PE- & VC-backed B2B software companies accelerate profitability. In this episode, Justin and Steph discuss: 👉 The unexpected way Ju…
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