Simon Ritchie – Blox

In this episode, we talk to Simon Ritchie, CEO of Blox, an early-stage startup aiming to make financial modelling more accessible to businesses of all sizes. We learn how they took a ‘spreadsheet problem’ and developed an intuitive platform that allows businesses to rapidly create financial models and make better business decisions without needing a degree in finance.

Mitchell Omer – Trust Keith

How many start-ups and scale-ups really understand their responsibility for data compliance, and why does it matter? In this episode with Mitchell Omer from Trust Keith, we learn some important lessons that founders should take away on the importance and benefit of managing data properly as well as what it takes to build and market a data protection platform.

Mohamed Fagiri – uqudo

In this episode, we talk to digital identity company founder Mohamed Fagiri and learn how to strategically find opportunity in a global marketplace. We also learn how to approach a new venture with family and responsibilities and some of the personal challenges and decision making process involved.

Matthew Vamplew – Paranimo

In this episode with Matthew Vamplew, we learn what it takes to launch a mental health tech startup during a pandemic, the value of grant funding, and how to adapt your proposition in response to the market and opportunity.

Matt Franklin – Payaca

In this episode, I talk with Matt Franklin, founder of Payaca, a new job management platform for service providers. We discuss innovating within a company and using that experience to launch a startup as well as why the customers you start serving may not be the customers you are now trying to attract.

Adrian Mitchell – Brijj

In this episode, we talk to Adrian Mitchell, the founder of Brijj, a data management platform for data teams. We discuss the importance of taking a research-led approach to validating the business idea and how that can help get early adopters on board.

Neil Fogarty – Litha

Build quick vs build slow and disrupt?

Some truly disruptive innovations take time, and on this episode we look at what it takes to build a truly cutting edge pscholinguistic technology, and why most conversational applications of technology to psychology are ineffective.