Steve Round believes passionately that we can use financial services to create a fairer society. Having worked with a range of major financial institutions as well as start-ups he is convinced that the way to build a better world is through the creation of financial systems that are inclusive and accessible.    

Steve has worked both in the UK and Internationally in financial services creating solutions that the traditional financial services industry has ignored As a serial entrepreneur and non-executive, Steve currently Chairs , Ecology Building Society ,the leading ecological building society in the UK, having built a successful career as both a disrupter and advisor to major corporates as well as the third sector. 

Steve also chaired The Big Issue Foundation for ten years and London Rebuilding Society for six both of which were addressing social and financial imbalance supporting his drive for financial inclusivity  Steve founded SaaScada, an agile, scalable cloud based banking platform to enable the low cost delivery of core banking services Internationally -enabling organisations real ability to deliver innovative products and services to their customers speedily, efficiently and securely.  

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John Vuong is the owner of Local SEO Search. A seasoned sales professional and Internet marketer, he has an exceptional track record helping companies grow their clientele and profits. Through 15 years of experience working with CEOs, business owners, and marketing leaders at some of Canada’s most successful corporations, John developed a deep understanding of local marketing dynamics and consumer behaviour. John’s entrepreneurial spirit and experience working with more than 5,000 local business owners inspired him to start his own company, Local SEO Search, in 2013.

Armed with a strong knowledge of digital marketing changes — as well as the importance of search engines like Google and Yahoo — John became the sole owner of Local SEO Search six years ago. John invests time getting to know each client, taking a personal approach and making customers feel valued and appreciated. He educates them about how the “LSS” team draws more targeted clientele to their websites and storefronts, and why design, optimization, and authoritative content expands their bottom line, with a high return on investment.

Founders365 is hosted by Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020

Daniel Hinden is a serial internet entrepreneur and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Ofixu.com which is like an Airbnb type platform for the working world and now serving 400+ cities globally with on-demand workspace rental.  

Prior to that, he served as Director for the EMEA region at Jumio, an anti-fraud biometric provider. In this role, he launched the Jumio UK and EU business in April 2012.  

Before that, he was Global Sales Director and Founder Member of the EMEA and US region implantation of Airbnb rival Wimdu GmbH (05/2011 - 05/2012). For this position, he was responsible for directing Sales, PR and Marketing initiatives globally (USA/UK & Middle East).

In addition, he was Senior Sales Manager at Citation Professional Solutions where he secured Manchester united PLC's security & employment law provision (01/2009 - 04/2011).  Daniel is also an honorary member of the international fraternity AEPi who's members include Mark Zuckerberg.  

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Johann Bornman is the founder of Sagely, corporate financial wellness platform that helps employees build better money habits using enhanced learning techniques, behavioural psychology and technology.  

Prior to Sagely, Johann was Director of Product for a Pan-European Robo-advisor, where he oversaw Product, Sales and Content and helped scale the company across 32 European.  

His background is in investment management where he helped to start, grow and manage a $2.5bn investment business for a Bank in the City.  

Founders365 is hosted by Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights with 365 founders during 2020.

Cliff & his wife Marta help elite athletes & top level entrepreneurs.

Their focus is to reinstall their health to optimise Mental & Physical performance using cell optimisation & peak performance leadership.

With over 10 years of experience and helping people in 25 different countries, their work is highly sorted after.

Founders365 is hosted by Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

After 10 years in the insurance industry in the 1990s, risk-managing everything from tigers in TV commercials to million pound online lotteries Rick founded Chimaera Games in 2002, a mobile casino and games start up (right product, five years too early).  

Rick then joined the founding team at mobile tech start-up Mfuse, who quickly became the leading provider of mobile software to the UK’s betting operators. In 2010, Rick jumped the fence to work on a new role within Sportingbet Plc as their Head of Mobile, quickly taking the vertical to 20% of their business before going back to what he likes best – fast-moving startups, founding Bonza Gaming, disrupting the online gambling industry with a Facebook integrated real money slots application.  

The business was acquired in early 2015 leaving Rick to move away from the gambling industry to co-found Geektastic, an HRtech start-up providing a technical assessment platform to businesses scaling their development teams.   

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Founder of The Exceptional Leader Academy they deliver leadership training and development for business owners and senior managers in businesses with up to 100 employees.  The training is based on the unique framework The Intentional Leader Inventory which Dene has developed based on his 20 years of senior leadership experience in corporate life and having run his own businesses in sales promotion and catering.  

Today we chat about how leaders can become better leaders, in times like this it is vital for true leaders to step up and be seen.   

Founders365 is hosted by Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#87 - Matt Hodges-Long is the co-founder of Continuity Partner and TrackMyRisks, their mission is to "Save Lives and Careers” through a combination of risk management services and technology. The firm currently serves over 3,000 end user businesses and boasts over 100 billing customers. 

 In response to Covid-19 Matt's team have rapid-prototyped the IsPrepared platform https://isprepared.uk to power Community Response groups and accept requests for help. To date the IsPrepared platform has been deployed to 5 local councils and has recruited over 4,000 volunteers and processed over 1,000 requests for help. The platform is supported by AWS and is available to any community group that needs help at no cost.  

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Alex Grundy is the co-founder of Open Kitchen, their mission is to help millions of British citizens access nutritious food without risking their lives. Through a national community-based initiative, Open Kitchens will utilise closed restaurants to deliver free meals to those in need.  

He also helps private equity firms identify pre and post-acquisition opportunities to leverage the supply market and consistently deliver high return on investment and double-digit EBITDA growth.  

Today we talk about Open Kitchen and why this is such an important topic right now.  

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

After a traumatic tour in Afghanistan in 2011, Pete found himself experiencing troubling thoughts and feelings but didn't think much of it. Before long his mental health was spiralling out of control and his life would never be the same again. In 2016 was diagnosed with severe depression and PTSD and at his lowest was considered a danger to himself and others. That was when he had a decision to make, end it all now or find a way to fight on. 

He chose to fight and after a lot of specialist therapy, medication and personal development, he came out the other side a different man, but a better man. Pete learnt a lot on his journey, about himself, the wider world, mental health issues and how scary and lonely the world can be for those who are suffering. 

Now a published author, public speaker and running his own mental health training & consultancy business, Pete considers himself incredibly lucky to be able to use his experience to help others support themselves and others and to teach people what he considers his greatest lesson:

It's when things seem worst that you must never quit, you are stronger than you think.

Founders365 is hosted by Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders in 2020