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  • Julian Richer: Richer Sounds

    My latest guest on The Makers Podcast is Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds - one of the most inspiring, down to earth, entrepreneurs I have ever met. 

     

    In this episode, we discuss:

     

    1. Where does determination in entrepreneurs come from? 
  • ‘’My lucky break’’
  • Setting up Richer Sounds in 1978, with the first store opening in London Bridge 
  • Those early challenges in setting up Richer Sounds from 1 to 52 stores 
  • Expanding internationally (to Ireland but not America) 
  • Finding the best in people whilst looking after them 
  • Having the best customer service in companies 
  • Why Julian in-directly gave 60% of his company to his employees 

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    Hosted by Ollie Forsyth 

    50 min
  • Graham Hobson (Photobox) & Aaron Simpson (Quintessentially)

    On June 4th, we hosted our first live conversation event. In this episode we discuss. 

    Aaron Simpson Quintessentially:

    • Starting Quintessentially with my two other co-founders 
  • Building your networks 
  • Stepping down as CEO 
  • Building the worlds biggest cruise 

    • Graham Hobson (Photobox) 

    • Raising capital 
  • How we attracted our first clients 
  • Selling Photobox 
  • Having a co-founder 
  • Angel investing 

    • plus so much more 

    A massive thank you to our venue provider, WeWork. 

    1 hr 8 min
  • Jess Butcher MBE: Blippar - The Makers Podcast by Ollie Forsyth

    Jess Butcher MBE is the co-founder of Blippar, which was one of the first VR companies to enter into the space. Jess is also an angel investor, but more recently, co-founder of Tick Done. 

    In this episode, we discuss:

    1. The early stages of Blippar
  • Going to market with the first AR browser
  • Raising $131m by investing in the best technology and team but which business model would win in the AR space?
  • Getting out of bed and being better than the competition
  • Having those emotional conversations with your co-founders when Blippar hit the headlines last year
  • Receiving an MBE
  • The new project - Tick Done (part of Zinc)

    • Hosted by Ollie Forsyth, The Makers Podcast

    43 min
  • Reshma Sohoni: Seedcamp - The Makers Podcast by Ollie Forsyth

    Reshma Sohoni co-founded Seedcamp in 2007 and has worked with partner Carlos Eduardo Espinal (No. 13) since 2009. Their firm has backed more than 285 companies, including unicorns Revolut, TransferWise and UiPath.

    I had the great pleasure of sitting down with Reshma Sohoni, co-founder of Seedcamp a few weeks ago. We had a great conversation, so this is what we discuss in this episode:

    1. The eureka moment for starting Seedcamp
  • Investing in founders that are solving big problems
  • Meeting Saul Klein (the co-founder) for the first time
  • Building your networks as early as possible
  • We discuss when companies are in the spotlight (Revolut)
  • Investing in Revolut
  • Discussing IPO’ing at the right time
  • Missing out on Deliverro and Citymapper
  • When companies come and pitch, what do VC’s want to see in the first 3 minutes
  • Screw-ups and when you miss out on the golden gem companies
  • Entrepreneurs looking to tap into Asian markets (investing in UiPath)

    • Reshma Sohoni: Seedcamp - The Makers Podcast by Ollie Forsyth 

    29 min
  • Giles Humphries: Mindful Chef - The Makers Podcast by Ollie Forsyth
    Mindful Chef was launched to bring delicious, nutritious and healthy meals delivered to your door in easy to cook recipes. Every week our customers receive their food box delivery containing a choice of meat, fish, and vegan ingredients sourced from small British farms - and it's all low carb and gluten-free too! Join the UK's favourite recipe box service and order today, with no commitment and free delivery nationwide.

    In this episode we discuss: 

    1. Economics of subscription companies at scale
  • Using the power of influencers to reach massive communities
  • Raising £9m and raising capital through investors who share the same values
  • How to be better than the competition (when your competitors have raised £100m!
  • Innovating and avoiding strong growth from tanking
  • The biggest screw-ups
  • The Vegan trend
  • Are millennials no longer wanting to cook?

    • - The Makers Podcast by Ollie Forsyth

    40 min
  • Rob Kniaz: Hoxton Ventures - The Makers Podcast by Ollie Forsyth

    Hoxton Ventures, co-founded by Rob Kniaz is an early stage technology venture capital firm. They partner with founders seeking to invent new market categories or transform large, existing industries. Their sweet spot is internet, mobile and software startups.

    We discuss: 

    Hoxton Ventures

  • Fintech

  • Is the UK still the right place to launch a business

  • Asian markets

  • Think about launching in the U.S sooner rather than later

  • Investing in Babylon Health & Deliveroo

    Hosted by Ollie Forsyth host of The Makers Podcast. 

     

    39 min
  • AC: Dozens - The Makers Podcast by Ollie Forsyth

    AC is the founder of the new fintech company, Dozens, the new home for your money as well as, the one stop app for your financial health needs. In this episode, we will discuss:

    1. The idea behind Dozens
  • How Dozens' bonds work
  • Launching just 8 weeks ago and now on 10,000 downloads, opening accounts at a rate of 100-200 per day
  • Building a tone of voice for your customers
  • Logistics on expanding a fintech outside of the UK
  • Building a company around trust
  • Creating a lifetime customers
  • Challenges for scaling too fast, then on boarding customers (card printing)
  • How can Dozens make us financially savvy?
  • Average deposits in the bonds
  • A fintech company that doesn’t look at CV’s when hiring!
  • Dozens are currently raising £3.5m on Seedrs, where will the money be spent?
  • Will Dozens launch business banking?
  • Will they IPO?

    • AC will be speaking at our Fintech event on October 1st. For a 30% discount, enter code Podcast - available only for the first 100 tickets. Visit www.makersseed.com/events

     

    See you there!

    Hosted by Ollie Forsyth host of The Makers Podcast. 

    41 min
  • Masha Drokova: Day One Ventures - The Makers Podcast by Ollie Forsyth
    Masha Drokova is the 28 year old, founder of Day One Ventures, a venture fund based in the Valley. She was also named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 List 2019, for Venture Capital. 
    We talk about:
    Launching Day One Ventures - aiming to be the best founder centric fund
    The challenges of launching a fund as a female founder
    The worlds biggest problems including Human Nature and Mental Health
    Meeting Jeff Bezos, where the name, Day One Ventures was inspired from
    Current challenges in the VC landscape
    Being named as this years 30 under 30 Forbes > Venture Capital
    Finding happiness as an entrepreneur
    The biggest screwups and managing exits from portfolio companies
    Four key principles
    The obsession with customers
    Hosted by Ollie Forsyth host of The Makers Podcast.
    20 min
  • Chris Smith: Playfair Capital - The Makers Podcast by Ollie Forsyth

    Chris joined Playfair 2018 as a partner. He previously built and exited a telecoms startup that operated in ten countries. Following this he spent nearly a decade in the City as a private equity lawyer. More recently he was the 8th employee at plan.com, where he held several positions including Sales Director, Head of Tech and Head of Product Development. Chris has also been an active angel investor over the past 10 years with several notable exits. 

    Hosted by Ollie Forsyth host of The Makers Podcast. 

    36 min

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