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1: Martin Leuw of Growth4Good: No Excuse to Delay Being an Impact Business
Our first Impact Leader is Martin Leuw of Growth4Good.
Martin leads Growth4Good’s investment strategy and is a serial entrepreneur specialising in digital media with a 25 year track record of driving growth. From 2001-2011, as CEO and significant management investor he grew IRIS Software both organically and via M&A from small beginnings to become the UK’s largest private software house, successfully exiting the business twice to Private Equity, ultimately with a $1bn MBO, having grown EBITDA from £2m pa to £50m pa.
Highlights in this episode:
Martin’s investment principles
Why focus on the opportunity for high growth
What made IRIS Software the UK’s largest software house
What is impact, impact investment and business with a purpose
Investment criteria for the Growth4Good portfolio
Top 3 things to look for when investing in businesses
3 key things that business need help with more than fundraising
3 sectors where Growth4Good is focused on
Importance of having an A-team
Evolution of impact measurement
Lessons for the impact community
Useful links:
Martin Leuw’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-leuw-988214/
Martin Leuw’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/MartinLeuw
Growth4Good - http://growth4good.com/
School Space - http://school-space.org/
Digital Mums - https://digitalmums.com/
The Conduit - https://theconduit.com/
Chapters:
[02:20] Always driven by growth
[06:30] Importance of customer experience
[10:10] Building businesses is my canvas
[13:00] Helping businesses to be a force for good that provides exceptional return to investors
[15:00] What is impact and impact investment?
[17:00] Business with a purpose, charities, for-profits and not-for-profits
[19:00] How to look at investment opportunities in businesses
[20:45] Importance of a team with complementary skills
[22:00] Why subscription revenue is key for business growth
[23:00] The Conduit - a community of impact investors
[25:20] Growth4Good focuses on education, employment and healthcare
[26:45] Fundraising vs strategy, door opening and talent
[29:30] Judging the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award
[30:10] Importance of having an A-team
[31:20] Evolution of impact measurement
[32:15] School-Space.org - Airbnb for schools
[37:00] Capitalism Is getting a bad name and businesses can do far better for society
[38:40] Lessons for the impact community
[40:00] Why education, employment and healthcare
[40:15] Call to Action
Connect with JP Dallmann on Linkedin, Twitter, or Instagram.
How to incorporate SDGs into your business - Fast Forward 2030
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Impact Leaders is produced and published by Woon Tan of PPH (See http://podcastpublishing.help/)
To get 10% discount when launching your new podcast use discount code: ImpactLeaders
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Our first Impact Leader is Martin Leuw of Growth4Good.
Martin leads Growth4Good’s investment strategy and is a serial entrepreneur specialising in digital media with a 25 year track record of driving growth. From 2001-2011, as CEO and significant management investor he grew IRIS Software both organically and via M&A from small beginnings to become the UK’s largest private software house, successfully exiting the business twice to Private Equity, ultimately with a $1bn MBO, having grown EBITDA from £2m pa to £50m pa.
Highlights in this episode:
Martin’s investment principles
Why focus on the opportunity for high growth
What made IRIS Software the UK’s largest software house
What is impact, impact investment and business with a purpose
Investment criteria for the Growth4Good portfolio
Top 3 things to look for when investing in businesses
3 key things that business need help with more than fundraising
3 sectors where Growth4Good is focused on
Importance of having an A-team
Evolution of impact measurement
Lessons for the impact community
Useful links:
Martin Leuw’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-leuw-988214/
Martin Leuw’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/MartinLeuw
Growth4Good - http://growth4good.com/
School Space - http://school-space.org/
Digital Mums - https://digitalmums.com/
The Conduit - https://theconduit.com/
Chapters:
[02:20] Always driven by growth
[06:30] Importance of customer experience
[10:10] Building businesses is my canvas
[13:00] Helping businesses to be a force for good that provides exceptional return to investors
[15:00] What is impact and impact investment?
[17:00] Business with a purpose, charities, for-profits and not-for-profits
[19:00] How to look at investment opportunities in businesses
[20:45] Importance of a team with complementary skills
[22:00] Why subscription revenue is key for business growth
[23:00] The Conduit - a community of impact investors
[25:20] Growth4Good focuses on education, employment and healthcare
[26:45] Fundraising vs strategy, door opening and talent
[29:30] Judging the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award
[30:10] Importance of having an A-team
[31:20] Evolution of impact measurement
[32:15] School-Space.org - Airbnb for schools
[37:00] Capitalism Is getting a bad name and businesses can do far better for society
[38:40] Lessons for the impact community
[40:00] Why education, employment and healthcare
[40:15] Call to Action
Connect with JP Dallmann on Linkedin, Twitter, or Instagram.
How to incorporate SDGs into your business - Fast Forward 2030
Find talent and careers with impact - realchangers
Impact Leaders is produced and published by Woon Tan of PPH (See http://podcastpublishing.help/)
To get 10% discount when launching your new podcast use discount code: ImpactLeaders