Leicester Startups Podcast

Thomas Constant designs things. When he was at Loughborough University he designed something pretty futuristic. In fact it was so futuristic and so different that people just weren't ready for it. It meant he had to change. In this episode we discuss deciding entrepreneurship over a conventional career; listening to your customers; and raising investment.

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

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This episode was recorded during Leicester Startup Week (Feb 2021). De Montfort University graduates Darrell Wright and Lois Cockerill talk to us about their startups' (Lead Balloon Studios) first year in business.

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

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This episode was recorded during Leicester Startup Week (Feb 2021). This conversation between serial entrepreneur David Chan and Ben Ravilious is all about how to ask the sort of questions that give you real actionable data. Ideal for early stage startups or those who want to understand their existing customers better.

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

www.leicesterstartups.com/

www.facebook.com/LeicesterStartups

www.twitter.com/LeicStartups

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This episode was recorded during Leicester Startup Week (Feb 2021). It features former Silicon Valley CEO Martin Babinec. Martin is founded and helped build TriNet, a company listed on NYSE now worth billions. He is Upstate New York’s most active early stage tech investor, started a non-profit dedicated to accelerating growth of startups across the region and even ran for US congress as a third party candidate. Now, he has authored 'More Good Jobs: An Entrepreneur’s Action Plan to Create Change in Your Community'.

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

www.leicesterstartups.com/

www.facebook.com/LeicesterStartups

www.twitter.com/LeicStartups

www.linkedin.com/company/leicester-startups

This episode was recorded during Leicester Startup Week (Feb 2021). It features founder and CEO Leanne Bonner-Cooke MBE. She started e-bate, a Leicester based software-as-a-service rebate management solution that raised £2m during the covid pandemic and created five new jobs.

Founder Leanne Bonner-Cooke was awarded an MBE in the 2018 New Year’s Honours List for services to women in business and is passionate about encouraging young people, boys and girls, into STEM subjects to ensure our future tech leaders.

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

www.leicesterstartups.com/

www.facebook.com/LeicesterStartups

www.twitter.com/LeicStartups

www.linkedin.com/company/leicester-startups

Ahlam Alharthy laughed at the thought of herself being an entrepreneur. She had a good steady job in teaching. Business was always for others, not her. Then she became pregnant and circumstances changed. In this episode we discuss leaving a job you love, reluctantly launching a business and scaling during a global pandemic.

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

www.leicesterstartups.com/

www.facebook.com/LeicesterStartups

www.twitter.com/LeicStartups

www.linkedin.com/company/leicester-startups

What's the D word? Well when it comes to Phil Zeidler, it could be a number of things. A Dad? Yep. Disruptor? Absolutely! Death? ... Well yes! Phil is the co-founder of insurtech firm DeadHappy, which aims to simply life (or death) insurance. In this episode we discuss how Phil went from being a door-to-door salesman to an entrepreneur. He tells us how his first business partner ran off with all of his money and his own near death experience.

This episode is supported by Bulb Studios, specialists in user experience & user interface design, web & mobile development and video & Motion Graphics. Visit: bulbstudios.com/

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

www.leicesterstartups.com/

www.facebook.com/LeicesterStartups

www.twitter.com/LeicStartups

What makes an economics graduate from the University of Cambridge ditch a lucrative career in banking to move to Leicester to set up a business he knows nothing about?! Saleem Arif did just that 12 years ago. He's since set up two further businesses in the city and now calls Leicester home. In this episode we discuss having confidence in business, being a master of persuasion and having his business featured on ads during the FA Cup Final, Coronation Street and on GMTV!

This episode is supported by Bulb Studios, specialists in user experience & user interface design, web & mobile development and video & Motion Graphics. Visit: https://bulbstudios.com/

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

www.leicesterstartups.com/

www.facebook.com/LeicesterStartups

www.twitter.com/LeicStartups

After falling ill as a teenager, Suleman Sacranie from Evington decided to pursue his quite random business idea. It was a choice that would take him from selling angel delight to expats in Spain, to becoming a multi-millionaire! In the latest episode of the Leicester Startups Podcast, we hear from award winning entrepreneur Suleman as he discusses building a business, disrupting markets, attracting investment, having a mentor, pivoting, scaling and selling.

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

www.leicesterstartups.com/

www.facebook.com/LeicesterStartups

www.twitter.com/LeicStartups

Julian Wright learned how to code well into his 60's. Now in his 70's, he's running a startup which develops apps. Linwood Apps specialises in teaching people how to read and play music. It's a small business which Julian hopes will eventually provide more of an income than his Spanish pension. In the meantime however, he's having incredible fun on his journey.

This whole podcast series has been made possible by funding from Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, Project Lead University of Leicester and Project Partners De Montfort University, LCB Depot, Leicester Startups and the Co-operative and Social Enterprise Development Agency (CASE), who are supporting entrepreneurs through the Leicester Start-up Co-working Project.

www.leicesterstartups.com/

www.facebook.com/LeicesterStartups

www.twitter.com/LeicStartups