First Time Founder by Rich Wilson

Colin Hewitt is the Founder and CEO of Float which is one of the top Fintech companies in Scotland.

Colin shares his story which includes building and selling a web agency before going on to launch Float inspired by the experiences he had running a company where cash flow was so important.

In this episode Colin shares advice, books he was inspired by and how he stays mentally healthy while running a scale-up.

Well worth a listen!

Euan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Willo, an amazing video recruiting platform.

Euan shares his origin story of being a digital marketing exec in Glasgow. We also cover:

Saving money before you take the leap as a founder

Building an MVP with no funding

Creating an advisory board 

Growth hacks that have enables Willo to grow globally on tight marketing budget

How he switches off and stays present 

Well worth a listen just for the amazing grwoth hacks. Really enjoyed this one!

Four years ago Sheila started Biscuit Tin after encountering the death of both parents. Sheila used her years as a Business Architect to build a solution.

We disciss funding, Dragons Dens, building an MVP and much more!

In this episode we hear the amazing story of Danny Campbell from HOKO. 

Danny started HOKO when we was 25 and now has a team of over 30 and a thriving culture.

We talk about bootstrapping, mental health and some of the key lessons Danny has learnt in the last 6 years.

Well worth a listen!

Another inspiring story this week from Gianluca Maruzzella, Co-Founder and CEO of Indigo.ai.

Gianluca share his story fo founding a company straight from University and how accelerators really drove them forward.

We cover how to build an AI company and secure some of the worlds largest companies as clients in first 6 months.

Well worth a listen!

This week we have the awesome Victoria Fullarton from Toto Sleep. So much practical advice on how to build a company while working full time. We cover the following:

Taking an IOT idea to MVP with no tech experience

What grants and services can help before you get any funding 

Mental health while building a company from scratch

Being on Dragons Den and coming away with investment

This is one not to miss!

Episode 3 is live and is an inpsiring story from Michelle Connor.

Michelle shares her story building Kinva including:

Building an MVP

Dealing with rejection

Motivation for Kinva

Michelle drops so much valuable advice in this episode.

Building a values-based culture

Talent Acquisition

Exits

Funding

Product Design

An insightful journey of an accomplished founder and the lessons learnt along the way. Well worth a lsiten!

In Season Two we focus on early-stage UK companies. We start strong with the inspirational Lynne Darcey Quigley. Lynne shares here story of building a succesful company then being inspired to then start a SaaS Fintech in 2019. We discuss:

🚀Growth marketing tactics

💡Building an MVP without having a tech background

👥 Building a strong company culture

Lots of practical advice for aspiring founders!

In this fascinating episode I interview Steve Rader who is a leading speaker on open innovation and leads the COE for Colloaborative Innovation at NASA.

Steve shares how open talent can unlock innovation and gives great advice and examples. If you are struggling to hire tech resource then this a great episode to understand how open talent can solve your problems.