The Ed Ley Show

Coffee #8 Matt Orlando owner of AMASS restaurant and research space.

In this episode we discussed:

- Why deliciousness and increased profit are vital ingredients in sustainability 

- The future of restaurants 

-The fear of big corporations and telling the truth 

- The difficult road ahead and why Matt is excited about the future 

Early in at Skype, early in at Tradeshift and co-founder at Memolane before being acquired by HP, Eric has an incredible wealth of experience in the start up world.

The perfect platform from which to launch Byfounders, a start up investment company by founders for founders.

In this conversation we talked about:

His incredible journey in the start up community

How he thinks about investing and start ups

How someone thinking about gaining funding should go about gaining funding and when and the common pitfalls.

How he manages stress, and much much more.

For coffee #6 I headed out to Claire's beautiful home in Charlottenlund. Claire was one of the people who made settling in Denmark easy for me and it was great to be able to turn and a microphone and share one of our conversations with you.

Claire is both an actress and a CEO at CJ London as well as what I would call a serial natural networker. In this conversation we discussed:

- Running a sustainable business

- Having a sustainable clothing brand

- How to say NO

-How she decides what opportunities to take and what to leave

- How she regulates her energy and much much more

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.

Episode 5 of the Ed Ley Show

Fishing out the fuck ups, failures and funny stories from founders, leaders and CEO's from the world of StartUps and Scale ups and maybe extract some lessons along the way.

In this episode I spoke with Kasper Hulthin Chairman at Normativ, co-founder Peakon, Podio, chairman at Tonsser

we jumped around all over the place in this one, we talked about:

- Setting up an office in New York

- What he learned about timing from his first ever business

- Decision making

- What is required to make a company successful

- His new Chairman role at Normativ and much much more. There are some REAL gems in this interview if you are running your own business. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

I sat down with Sam Evans CEO of Pure IT Associates and English CEO in Denmark.

In this episode we discussed:

- The complexities of and growing need for cybersecurity

- Brian and Michael Laudrup helped us to keep that somewhat light and understandable.

- Ethical consulting and the importance of relationship

- Personality marketing

- The catastrophic effects of not listening to your body

- Evolving as a CEO and much more

In this episode we discussed: 

- Employee and Client retention 

- The little things that cause customer to leave or invest more

- The importance of defining success

- The reality of distributed Vs fixed employee model 

- The importance of work ON yourself as much as your business 

Ian is the CEO of DEMI

In this episode we talk about:

- The rise of vertical social media as a counter to the disconnection created by horizontal SoMe.

- The deep connection we all share through food and how we can use it as a tool to unite the world in a common goal.

- Gaining big funding through VERY low budget proof of concept.

- Forming an amazing team 

- Building relationships 

And getting used to having your day derailed by bikes.

Henrik is the CEO of BotXO

I met Henrik for a coffee at his offices in Nordhavn. in this episode we cover: -Where the internet is going. -The risk calculation error people make when comparing employment to starting a company. -How to digitize your best customer service rep and Henrik's successful music career touring Europe playing base. - And much much more.

I met Henrik for a coffee at his offices in Nordhavn. in this episode we cover: -Where the internet is going.-The risk calculation error people make when comparing employment to starting a company.-How to digitize your best salesperson and Henrik's successful music career touring Europe playing Bass and much much more.