Founded & Grounded

Episode 4, we chat with Doug Ludlow, co-founder of MainStreet. MainStreet’s mission is 'to empower small businesses, create jobs and opportunities’. Through a shared passion for empowering small business owners, MainStreet was set up to enable founders to learn about and access government credits and incentives.

In episode 4 we discuss managing business growth, using your network, coping with challenges caused by remote working, and being realistic and honest with yourself. https://mainstreet.us/

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Rob Hall founded Wriggle, an app which helps people discover local and independent restaurants, cafes and bars. Wriggle offers deals and discounts as well as helping to battle the ongoing issue of food wastage. Covid-19 threw a spanner in the works for Rob and he, along with his team, put their heads together to develop Bristol Pantry. Give season two, episode three a listen to hear Rob’s story. 

In episode three we discuss adapting business goals, organic growth, testing business ideas and overcoming challenges. 

https://www.getawriggleon.com
https://bristolpantry.com/ 

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Elliott, our second entrepreneur for season 2 set up The Bunch whilst at university. He became frustrated with spending time sorting out bills for student accommodation, and often felt cheated. The Bunch allows its customers to tailor their student bills package to suit, and splits the bill between housemates.

Elliott is his own target market, and discusses his approach and business model for The Bunch. We discuss cash-flow and mental health challenges, and the goals and aspirations of Elliott. 

We’re sure you’ll like it a bunch. 

https://the-bunch.co.uk/

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How many law firms would describe themselves as a 'flamingo in a flock of pigeons'?

That's the mission for the first guest of Founded & Grounded Season 2, Alice Stephenson.

In a career that has seen Alice go from in-house to freelance to Founder & CEO of Stephenson Law, we discuss the pros and cons of virtual-working - and keeping a team happy - in the Covid era, the nice dilemma of having infrastructure that can keep up with rapid growth, and why sometimes it's good to let people move on. Additionally Alice talks about gender imbalance in the legal world, and her plan for a more inclusive generation of angel investors. 

Oh, and flamingos too.

https://www.stephenson.law

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Episode 15 - we catch up with Alex Isenegger, founder of Linkilaw. We hear from Alex first-hand the challenges she faced when starting up. The legal industry is heavily populated by men who have been in the industry for decades. Alex entered the industry, as a young female founder who went in headfirst. Alex faced many initial challenges for her new start-up, like spending money on the wrong things and realising a commission-only model wouldn't scale. Alex shares all her learnings along the way and shares her insights on where she thinks the legal-tech industry is going. https://linkilaw.com/

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Episode 14 - we speak with Zoe Whitman, founder of But the Books. Zoe shares her story of how she started the business, how it has grown and the many challenges she has faced along the way. Zoe is a mother of two and publisher of a book called Know your numbers. Zoe shares her tips for people thinking of starting their own business. https://www.butthebooks.co.uk/

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Episode 13 - we speak to Marie Farmer, founder of Mini Mealtimes. Like most of us, Marie was a concerned first-time parent, but after speaking with other parents, she quickly realised she wasn't alone. Marie found weaning her son a daunting task, she wanted to know he was getting a healthy, nutritious and balanced diet. This was when Mini Mealtimes was born. It is an app to offer parents reassurance, support and ideas for feeding their children. We speak to Marie about how and when the idea came about, her early challenges she had to overcome along her start-up journey and what advice she would pass onto other thinking about starting a business. https://www.minimealtimes.com/

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Episode 12 - we catch up with Luke Lang, one of the co-founders of Crowdcube (founded 2011), which was the world's first equity crowdfunding platform. Luke gives some invaluable insights into how Crowdcube started, their early challenges and growing pains with scaling. Luke passes on what advice he would give start-ups trying to raise funding. https://www.crowdcube.com/

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Episode 11 - how is your business adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic? Want to know what support is available for your business? We speak to influencers in the region about what support is available businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. We speak to Sam Holliday from Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Ed Boal from Stephenson Law, Zoe Whitman FCCA MICB from But the Books & Calum Doutch from Tapestry Brewery. 

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Episode 10 - we chat with Calum Doutch & Dan Snow, founders of Tapestry Brewery. They discuss their journey from being Brewery employees to owning their own Brewery, with a taphouse and pizza oven. Listen to episode 10 to hear more about their story, work/life balance, networking, challenges and start-up advice. https://www.tapestrybrewery.com/

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