In our 11th unicorn interview, Russell Goldsmith and Brendon Craigie were joined online from Utah in the US by Clay Wilkes, CEO of Galileo.

Galileo is a global payments processing platform that powers world-leading fintechs,  challenger banks, neobanks, financial services and investment firms by removing the complexity from payments.  As a fintech itself, Galileo is in rare company: a bootstrapped organization that achieved profitability years before accepting outside institutional investment. Under Clay’s leadership, Galileo announced its first institutional investment round in October 2019. In May 2020, Galileo was acquired by SoFi and now operates as an independent business unit with Clay as CEO.   

The show was produced in partnership with the European PR agency Tyto and their own ‘Without Borders’ podcast.

Show 121 - Unicorn Interviews - Clay Wilkes - Galileo

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In the latest episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from New York by David Obrand, the CEO of Salesloft, the AI powered revenue orchestration platform. Founded in 2011 by Kyle Porter and David Cummings, the company achieved unicorn status early in 2021. And then when Vista Equity Partners came on board as well, it raised the valuation of the business to $2 .3 billion.

Show 210 - Unicorn Leaders - David Obrand, CEO, Salesloft

Debbie West speaks with internal communications leaders about the challenges of managing the flow of information inside organisations. They discuss how to enable effective communication processes while minimising noise and distraction.

Our guests were:
1/ Keith Berman, Strategic Communications Leader
2/ Natalie Lambracos, Communications Manager, Protiviti
3/ Niamh O'Grady, Head of Marketing - UK, PageGroup

Show 209 - Navigating internal channels for effective communication

The first in a new season of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Denver, Colorado by Sami Inkinen, the CEO and co-founder of Virta Health, the leader in type two diabetes reversal and creator of a new standard in medical care for people living with type two diabetes, prediabetes, or obesity. Founded in 2014, the company achieved unicorn status in December 2020, and hit a $2 billion valuation in July 2023

Show 208 - Unicorn Leaders - Sami Inkinen, CEO and Co-Founder, Virta Health

Our fourth and final episode recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions.

Featuring:
1/ Kevin Miller, CMO, The Fresh Market
2/ Jennifer DiPasquale, President & Co-Founder, Women in Retail
3/ Sophie Marchessou, Chief Customer Officer, Mirakl
4/ Emma McFerran, CEO, Lyst
5/ Christopher Clark, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Grove Collaborative
6/ Arvind Gupta, President & CEO, Jesta I.S.

Show 207 - Shoptalk - Part 4 of 4

Our third of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions.

Featuring:
1/ Jake Stein, Head of Retail, Uber Direct
2/ Jasmeet Sabharwal, Senior Director, Marketing Strategy	Bread Financial
3/ Kimberly Wallengren, VP Marketing, North America, Coach
4/ Riad Hijal, Head of Commerce and Solution Management, SAP
5/ Jesse Goldstine, General Manager, Retail, MoMA Design Store
6/ Gabi Saper, CEO & Co Founder, CMY Cubes 
7/ Jenny McLean, Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead, Clarkston Consulting

Show 121 - Unicorn Interviews - Clay Wilkes - Galileo

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