Episodes

Advising the UK Government at age 18 to pioneering mental health tech by 25 | Sophia Parvizi-Wayne
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April 4, 2024

Advising the UK Government at age 18 to pioneering mental health tech by 25 | Sophia Parvizi-Wayne

Guest: Sophia Parvizi-Wayne from Kanjo HealthLinkedIn: in/sophia-pw/Sophia was diagnosed with Anorexia at age 15 after the loss of her friend. Before long she was on the front cover of media publications, leading nationwide mental health campaigns and advising governments. Fast forward a number of years and she is using her business and personal experience to provide clinicians with the data to provide better and earlier diagnosis for mental health illnesses at Kanjo Health.CONNECT WITH Ja...
How this incredible female founder met Obama, Zuck and exited her tech business | Mai Medhat
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March 28, 2024

How this incredible female founder met Obama, Zuck and exited her tech business | Mai Medhat

Guest: Mai Medhat from Ginni.aiLinkedIn: in/maimedhat/Mai is a software engineer from Egypt and wanted to be a part of the startup ecosystem but nothing really existed. After a chance meeting with her future co-founder Nihal at an event they started Eventtus. 10 years of building this event tech platform to a global force they sold the business to Bevy a US-tech giant. Along the way Mai also had the chance to share stages with the likes of President Obama and Mark Zuckerberg.CONNECT WITH J...
Serial exited founder now growing SeedLegals to global expansion | Anthony Rose
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March 21, 2024

Serial exited founder now growing SeedLegals to global expansion | Anthony Rose

Guest: Anthony Rose from SeedLegalsLinkedIn: in/anrose/Anthony moved to the UK to lead the building of the BBC iPlayer, before delving into entrepreneurship. After starting and selling 2 separate businesses he moved on to the startup legals space where over the past 8 years he has been building SeedLegals - a legaltech scaleup where 1 in 3 of all UK fundraising rounds are completed through the platform.CONNECT WITH James:- LinkedIn: /in/james-farnfield/SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST:- Spotify:...
This founder has built a recruitment empire from his podcast | Alfie Whattam
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March 14, 2024

This founder has built a recruitment empire from his podcast | Alfie Whattam

Guest: Alife Whattam from AlfaLinkedIn: in/alfiegeorgewhattam/Alfie started his career as a magician whilst travelling the world, before landing in London and starting a career as a recruiter. A year before leaving his role to start Alfa, he started a podcast. 150 episodes later and zero outbound sales calls later, he has found success.CONNECT WITH James:- LinkedIn: /in/james-farnfield/SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST:- Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6MnUbU9YzCVcbsoGJsJtJ0- Apple: podcasts.app...
Running a $21M ARR tech business and how his accountant stole from him | Mark McDermott
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March 7, 2024

Running a $21M ARR tech business and how his accountant stole from him | Mark McDermott

Mark built a digital product studio for 17 years working with BBC, British Airways, Microsoft and Nestlé. Today, running ScreenCloud a digital signage product which he has built to $20m ARR and over 120 employees.
£30M founder now building new tech business that is growing fast | Nick Telson
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Feb. 26, 2024

£30M founder now building new tech business that is growing fast | Nick Telson

Guest: Nick Telson-Sillett from TrumpetLinkedIn: /in/nick-telson/Nick grew and then sold DesignMyNight for £30m and today is a serial investor and second time founder in a sales-tech SaaS called trumpet.CONNECT WITH James:- LinkedIn: /in/james-farnfield/OUR SPONSORS:- Done-for-you LinkedIn media company: shakecontent dot com00:00 - Start01:05 - Nick introducing trumpet02:15 - pitch deck versus trumpet03:01 - trumpets viral loop04:12 - how involved is Nick wiith Trumpet05:...
How a serial entrepreneur and investor has battled with bipolar  | James Roycroft-Davis
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Feb. 26, 2024

How a serial entrepreneur and investor has battled with bipolar | James Roycroft-Davis

James built and exited a pet tech business called Luna, before starting his latest venture Baseline, a tech-led bipolar support app. He himself attempting to take his own life twice before being diagnosed with bipolar disease and managing his entrepreneurial life with limited care support.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Selling for £2.4m at 25, raising £8m by 30 all whilst managing ADHD | Roei Samuel
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Feb. 25, 2024

Selling for £2.4m at 25, raising £8m by 30 all whilst managing ADHD | Roei Samuel

James Farnfield talks with Roei Samuel from ConnectdLinkedIn: /in/roei-samuel/From selling a business at 25 for £2.4 million to raising £8m+ with Connectd and expanding into the US market.CONNECT WITH James:- LinkedIn: /in/james-farnfield/SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST:- Spotify:- Apple:OUR SPONSORS:- Done-for-you LinkedIn media company: shakecontent dot comHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.