On episode 8 I talk to Pip Jamieson founder and CEO of The Dots a rapidly growing scale-up in London. Pip is on a mission to build a billion dollar company and connect creatives the world over and it appears she is on her way with Forbes calling Dots the next Linkedin for creatives.
Pip was recently named as one of the UK’s top disruptive entrepreneurs by the Sunday Times and originally started her career in government as an economic advisor to David Blunkett. Pip has spent the majority of her career in creative industries holding executive roles at MTV and founded The Dots in 2014.
On this episode we talk about :
Pip’s mission to build a billion dollar company that will stand the test of time
Management best with the OKR framework popularized by John Doerr and Andy Grove
The future of work, happiness and diversity
Finally we touch on a range of insights from raising venture capital as a female founder, the war on talent, how she achieved product market fit, the worst advice she ever heard as a founder and her next challenge in taking the Dots global!