Sweetshop is the brainchild of Angus Imlach, one of the first employees at arguably the world’s most controversial music startup, Crowdmix. He built an influencer network consisting of the globe’s most powerful voices online, a network that at its peak, amassed a global reach of over 2 billion people. This network was instrumental in securing over £10 million in funding for the Company.Angus’ experience at Crowdmix catapulted him through the industry ranks allowing him to build an envious blackbook of A-list celebs, music artists and investors.Sweetshop was born out of coming across the missing link in agency/client relationships time and time againFounders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

#202 - Tom Noble - Founder of OFS & MerumaskTom Noble is our first returning guest - a Founder who has truly adapted to the market with the effect of 2020. In 2017 Tom quit his job as an accountant to move back in with his parents to start a sportswear brand out of their garage. After the business that he outsourced to closed down, he took out a loan to buy all of their equipment.With no knowledge of garment manufacture he started sewing and within a week was creating production quality garments. The business has grown rapidly over the past few years, expanding to new markets. In May 2020 when Covid took away 90% of his sales as the sportsworld closed its doors, the business pivoted to manufacture masks.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Giuseppe Baidoo is an award-winning entrepreneur and founder of Güsto Snacks. He arrived in the UK in 2012 from Italy, to focus on his basketball career and product design studies at the university Ravensbourne. In 2014 he wasn’t able to continue his career in basketball and decided to focus on his academics and career in product design. During his time in university in 2014, he founded OOZE drinks and subsequently Gusto snacks. Two award-winning brands on a mission to reduce food waste.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

#200 - Matty Derwent - Founder of VulcanizeMatty Derwent is a UK based entrepreneur who owns his own branding and e-commerce company, he has acted as a director for leading energy tech companies who’ve raised over eight million pounds in funding, one later being sold to a "unicorn" status company and is currently a distributor for a leading trainer brand.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

#199 - Collin Powers - Founder and CEO at EllyraAs a former professional tennis player, Collin Powers is implementing his knowledge of sports into the development of virtual reality tennis training. Having begun his entrepreneurial journey in high school, selling LED Christmas lights to customers in all 50 US states and most of Canada, he has now combined these two passions to revolutionise the world of skills acquisition. After playing professional tennis for six years, Collin went on to study at the University of Edinburgh where he received an honours degree in Business with Enterprise and Innovation. It was at university where he came up with the idea for Ellyra, a virtual reality program that gives tennis players and coaches control over their training while giving them access to analytics that would normally never be seen.Since starting Ellyra, Collin has taught himself how to program and develop for VR and has now fully developed the Ellyra Tennis MVP. He is also proud to be working very closely with influential people in the tennis industry, who believe the technology will make a tremendous impact on the world of tennis and beyond.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies

Bridging the gap between volunteers and businesses, born from a crisis and growing into something bigger.

#197 - Natalia Cortazar - Founder and Director at The Good Egg | Influencer MarketingNatalia is a Bilingual Spanish-English Influencer Marketer with 8-year's experience in the field. Considered 'One to Watch' on Top #Influencer50 by Talking Influence, she is an active player in industry debates and has built an engaged audience on LinkedIn. After heading the Social, Events & Influencer team at Kindred, she founded The Good Egg, a "no-fuss" consultancy service for different brands and agencies.She is currently collaborating with several agencies in the UK and Europe looking after their clients' influencer marketing campaigns: Hackett, Pepe Jeans, Duolink, Pret, among others. She has worked for (and with!) many FMCG, Fashion, and charity clients, such as: - Sainsbury's, developing their annual Influencer Marketing strategy. - Public Health England, supporting its Cervical Screening campaign by teaming up with digital advocates. - Hackett, managing their European and UK Influencer Marketing activations. As in October 2020, she is directing the first Influencer Marketing course with Elle Education. Written and taught by her.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Joanna Hubbard is the CEO and Co-founder of Electron, an energy technology company unlocking value in decarbonising energy systems by enabling granular, market-based interactions.She started her energy career in the early days of the renewable build-out on the asset financing side before transitioning into Cleantech VC. In 2015 she joined the international strategy consultancy firm McKinsey & Co, where she focused on digital transformation. Here, she understood that the full decarbonization and transformation of the energy sector will not happen without new, shared digital infrastructure and marketplaces that incentivize cooperation. This provided the basis on which Electron was founded.She is a frequent keynote speaker at energy and technology events, sits on advisory boards for several UK utilities on digital transformation and community trading models and writes for national publications on these topics.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Thomas Andrews is the founding CEO of Rightly, a personal data control hub. A geek who, after 10 years in finance and professional services world, finally found a way to do what he loves, building products for people. Son of a teacher and accountant, the change to entrepreneurship was not a natural fit, whose superpower is a brutally honest knowledge of his own limits and who to speak to when he’s outside of them! Tom likes to approach problems by understanding why and is only happy when they’ve been solved by a principle-driven solution.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Rory is a purebred digital native, starting his first company at 16. Currently, he is the Creative Director and founder of Runaway Collective, a subscription-based creative agency with a focus on rapid e-Commerce builds blended with video. With his unique blend of film, branding and data science, Rory has been building brands for over a decade - from startups to global conglomerates.

Since becoming heavily involved in the Food & Drink industry over the last 7 years by founding multiple food bev brands, Rory is determined to make a difference in the food space through education and the demystification of food ingredients. His upcoming documentary “The protein Lie and other dirty secrets” delves deep into the marketing secrets that the food industry doesn't want you to know about.

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