Founders Clinic

Lapapo is the first product marketplace for parents of children with special needs in the UK. Their B2B2C platform solves three pains; product, pricing and emotional. They do this by connecting parents to businesses that sell products to meet their child’s needs. The overall aim is to take the pressure off of the government by empowering parents. 

We talk with the founder Lapapo about:

the powerful reason why she is pursuing this business,

leveraging a passionate community,

how having a domain expertise has accelerated her goals,

the challenges of building a marketplace from scratch and

befriending the competition.

Just Billit Limited are the manufacturers of the UK's longest Roll Your Own rolling papers. Their first product the XL SLIMAZ were launched to market in August 2018 and now stock over 900 retailers around the UK and have sold over 40000 units to date.

We talk with the founder Gene about:

the challenges of trying to displace the marketplace leaders in a very competitive market,

incorporating feedback from customers to improve your product,

creating assumptions and validating them,

how you can convince investors that the money you need to raise will get you where you need to go and

overcoming personal challenges to keep the business alive.