“I went from obese to a national-level athlete in 2 years”

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 Peter.

Peter Monteza is the founder and CEO of MyARC—a startup that empowers fitness content creators to train their fans at scale.

After graduating from UCL, Peter decided the conventional consulting path wasn’t for him.

Instead, he spotted a gap in the gym and personal training space that he set out to solve. And from his personal struggles with obesity as a child, he knew that the power of fitness to change people's life

Since then, MyARC has taken its customers’ gym content creators from earning minimum wage to hitting six figures, with their first MyARC millionaires on the horizon.

The platform has helped thousands of users worldwide, including those who have overcome obesity, reversed diabetes, and even supported a breast cancer survivor in building muscle for the first time after struggling with other apps.

In this episode of Nova&Boba, Peter shares:

Peter’s story is inspiring, raw, and packed with insights for aspiring founders and founders navigating the unpredictable journey of building a startup.

On the Nova&Boba🧋podcast, we share the reality of founder life—the wins, the losses, and everything in between.

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We are joined by Emmie Faust, an exited founder and entrepreneur who has successfully scaled and sold multiple businesses in the digital and tech sectors. She is also the founder of Female Founders Rise, a "micro" angel investor, and a consultant helping businesses achieve significant revenue growth.

Alongside Emmie is Ambra Zhang, the co-founder and CEO of Juniper, a London-based startup revolutionising reproductive healthcare insurance. Leveraging her experience in investment banking, she launched Juniper to address gaps in health insurance, inspired by her own struggles with PCOS, and has raised £1.5 million in funding to expand the business.

Emmie & Ambra reflect on their personal journeys, discussing the problems they identified, securing their first investments, and the realities of life as female founders. Finishing with a Q&A from the audience, the live podcast event allowed fellow aspiring female entrepreneurs an intimate experience with Emmie & Ambra.

You can find Emmie & Ambra's businesses here:

Female Founders Rise - https://femalefoundersrise.com/

Juniper - https://www.getjuniper.co.uk/

We hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

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On this weeks episode, we are joined by Holly, an award-winning Female Founder who’s raised over £1m from angel investors for her startup Niya; the world’s first free whatsapp powered career coach.

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Holly Simmons spent her early years working in accelerators like Rocket Internet and was the founding member of a YC23 startup and has even done a stint in early-stage VC.

Now, Holly has built and used her FREE AI-powered WhatsApp careers companion to provide under-resourced and displaced individuals job opportunities they could have never imagined. She believes that everyone deserves a fulfilling career, no matter their background, and shes currently on a mission to help 100 million people.

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What if AI could determine if someone is a cultural fit for your company?

💡 According to PwC, organisations with strong cultural alignment are 12% more profitable than those without.

Yet, hiring managers often lack tools to objectively assess whether a candidate truly aligns with a company’s culture.

Enter Crystal, co-founder of Cognevo, an AI Interview Co-Pilot. This groundbreaking platform listens live during interviews, offering real-time, data-driven analysis of candidate responses and generating dynamic follow-up questions.

Crystal shares her story on the Nova&Boba Podcast

Today, Crystal and her team are building a platform to solve the AI recruitment crisis.

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"On average, it takes 9.5 years to diagnose bipolar disorder in the UK." 

What if AI could use voice to detect mental health issues for faster, more accurate diagnoses?

Tune into this week’s Nova & Boba podcast, where Edwin CEO of Psyrin a VC-backed startup shares:

🧬 Using voice for mental health diagnoses

Edwin’s story is one of rejection, resilience, and revolutionizing mental health care—one voice at a time.

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We’re thrilled to welcome Presence to this week’s Nova&Boba Podcast! Her journey is nothing short of remarkable—from retaking primary school to dropping out of LSE, battling anorexia at 14, and overcoming alopecia.

Despite startup failures and co-founder splits, Presence emerged stronger, founding her venture studio called E11EVATE, to empower young tech founders with a focus on Web3.

🚀 Transforming Healthcare using Computer Vision 🚀 #StartupJourney #Entrepreneurship #Podcast

Meet Maks, co-founder and COO of VitVio, who’s on a mission to revolutionise operating rooms with AI. A Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient and Royal Academy of Engineering Scholar, Maks offers an insight into healthcare innovation.

VitVio was born from a co-founder’s personal tragedy, driving the team to explore how computer vision could make surgeries safer and more efficient.

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Rejecting McKinsey's Grad Offer to Build a StartUp

Although things didn't go as planned, we're eager to examine the mistakes and lessons because, as they say, we learn more from our mistakes than from our successes.

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How do you sell a business you started at uni for 8 figures? 💰The tea was spilt, and it was piping hot indeed!In this interview, we dove into:

1. Are founders born or made?

2. Is it better to be bootstrapped or receive VC funding?

3. Is hard work enough to succeed in business?

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🚀 On the podcast we discuss how the cofounders of DotPlot are building for impact... no sugar coating just real insights on how to go from idea ➡️ to prototype ➡️ to startup.

DotPlot's mission? To revolutionise the early breast cancer detection. Their at-home breast monitoring tool, coupled with a user-friendly app, aims to increase survival rates by up to 93%.

After meeting during their joint Masters at Imperial College London and Royal College of Art, Debra and Shefali racked up quite a list of achievements: winning the National James Dyson Award and being featured in publications like The Times and The BBC.

On the Nova&Boba podcast, we discuss topics like:

AND MUCH MORE

FYI: Shefali is drinking Nojito Bubble Tea. Debra is drinking Pomegranate Bubble Tea. Ama is drinking Matcha Bubble Tea.

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