Scaleup Valley Podcast

Scaleup Valley Podcast

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Scaleup Valley Podcast episodes

  • 311 The role of the CEO by a Serial CEO | Joel Trammell, The American CEO
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Joe Trammell, The American CEO & Author.
    Key Takeaways
    A Serial CEO: founding companies in the early 2000s
    Differences between bootstrapping and scaling through VC
    How to successfully exit companies at the right time
    Scaling by acquisition: challenges and opportunities
    Experience leading a public company
    How to unblock the CEO fears
    The role of a CEO
    58 min
  • 310 Scaling a Professional Services firm from 0 to 650+ employees | Nicolas Hess, CEO at Roboyo
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Nicolas Hess, CEO & Co-Founder at Roboyo
    Key takeaways
    1. Bootstrapping a professional services firm from 0 to 12M+, 5+ markets, 100+ people from 2016 to 2020
    3. Raising Private Equity capital for further expansion in September of 2020 (pandemic)
    4. M&A thesis: 2 acquisitions in 2021 and 3 in 2022
    5. M&A Growth vs Organic Growth
    6. Scaling from 12M+ to 75M+ (650+ people) from 2020 to 2023
    7. How to differentiate a professional services firm and how to compete with the big firms
    8. International expansion
    1 hr 1 min
  • 308 Leading Workplace Equity | Maria Colacurcio, CEO at Syndio
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Maria Colacurcio, CEO at Syndio.
    Key Takeaways:
    Creating the home of workplace equity
    The duty of the CEO of empowering the CHRO to become the CHFO (Chief Human Financial Officer)
    A hyper-focus to build customer devotion; the new ingredient to scale
    How to bring people from diverse backgrounds to your board
    Managing innovation without losing focus
    49 min
  • 306 Building a remote first global team in just 4 years | Craig Everett, CEO at Holibob
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Craig Everett, CEO at Holibob
    Key Takeaways
    Opening a world of possibilities for travellers, tour operators, and travel brands by pioneering solutions.
    How to innovate in a very crowded market like travel
    Leveraging technology to disrupt an established market
    Raising a Pre-Seed round during the Pandemic
    Bringing diversity in a very authentic way
    Lessons learned working in a remote first environment.
    The first acquisition just after Series A
    53 min
  • 305 From 1.8 to 65M in annual revenue in 20 years | Ricardo Costa, CEO of Bernardo da Costa
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike DIas speaks with Ricardo Costa, CEO of Bernardo da Costa
    Key Takeaways:
    How to ensure long term success of family companies
    The first company in Portugal starting a Happiness Department
    Internationalization: Lessons learned expanding to Spain (M&A)
    The journey from a €1.8M family company to a €65M holding and 250 team members in 5 countries
    Investing in KuantoKusta (diversification)
    How to find the right partner to open a new geographical market
    What's next for Bernardo da Costa? The European Leader? The Southern European Leader by expanding to Italy?
    1 hr 20 min
  • 304 Decarbonising the financial sector while pitching to 98 VCs | Alex Lempka, CEO at Connect Earth
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley, Mike Dias speaks with Alex Lempka, CEO at Connect Earth.
    Key Takeaways:
    A set of data tools that empower consumers and SMEs to take eco-conscious decisions
    Starting a company at only 24 years old
    Opportunities across the climate tech sector
    How to hire the right people at the right time
    Taking care of yourself as a founder. Think about your priorities on your personal side.
    55 min
  • 303 Buying and Scaling: from 1M to 10M+ EBITDA in 5 years | Robert Graham, CEO at Pillar Health
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Robert Graham, CEO at Pillar Health
    Key Takeaways
    The concept of acquisition entrepreneurship (ETA - entrepreneurship through acquisition)
    How to acquire a business
    Buying and scaling Pillar Health Group: From 1 to 10M+ EBITDA in 5 years with 3 acquisitions
    Self funded search and the SBA Loan Program (US specific)
    Helping acquisition entrepreneurs to succeed: How does the Search Investment Group (SIG) work
    The differences between the self-funded and the traditional search fund model
    1 hr 33 min
  • 302 Billion Potential Deep Tech Raising 19.3M To Disrupt EV Motors Felix Poernbacher DeepDrive
    On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Felix Poernbacher CEO at DeepDrive.
    Key Takeaways:
    From strategy consultant / investment banker to deep tech startup founder
    Is it wise to have 7 people in a founding team?
    The technology behind DeepDrive: disrupting the electric motors for Electric Vehicles
    Focusing on building a large scale series production
    From 0 to series A with BMW i Ventures, co-pace and UVC Partners
    Attracting high caliber talent to a very ambitious vision
    The upside vs downside
    50 min

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