Stephanie Ledigo is the founder of GO:PR an agency that specialises in celebrity campaigns and events. When the global pandemic forced everybody to stay at home Stephanie pivoted into creating unique gift boxes so her clients could still celebrate their big days. Now the Zoom Box is a growing business catering a host of celebrity clients.

Stephanie talks to David Newns and Dominic McGregor about starting her own agency, taking a can-do approach to clients and the challenges of being a female founder.

About our hosts

A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.

Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.

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Freddy Ward cut his teeth in sales and marketing at HelloFresh and quickly rose up the ranks to become the Director of Sales and Marketing. In 2019, Freddy co-founded Wild with his childhood friend and started producing sustainable deodorant.

Freddy talks to David Newns and Dominic McGregor about his experience watching HelloFresh grow to a £100m company in an increasingly competitive market, learning from his mistakes and the rigours of building a startup business.

About our hosts

A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.

Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.

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Emma Kay founded WalkSafe to provide tools and knowledge to help keep people safe when walking alone.

Emma shares some of her own personal experiences of being harassed when walking home from school and how those experiences inspired her to take action later in life.

About our hosts

A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.

Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.

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Alan Chambers is a polar adventurer who led the first unsupported British expedition to the North Pole. Alan's career started at the age of 16 when he enlisted in the Royal Marines, he has taken his experience in leadership onto the ice, founding The Extreme Leaders to lead expeditions to the north and south poles.

Alan talks to David and Dominic about how he has developed patience as a skill, learned to lead from the back and how the right mindset can inspire you to achieve anything.

About our hosts

A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.

Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.

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Introducing our BRAND NEW podcast… 🏔The Summit by Fearless Adventures! 🏔

Hosted by David Newns and Dominic McGregor, this podcast is for anyone who is an aspiring founder or loves an inspiring story.

Whether they've just started out, are ascending their peak, or have reached their summit, our guests have experienced everything the founder journey has to offer. 

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Freddy Ward cut his teeth in sales and marketing at HelloFresh and quickly rose up the ranks to become the Director of Sales and Marketing. In 2019 Freddy co-founded Wild with his childhood friend and started producing sustainable deodorant.

Freddy talks about his experience watching HelloFresh grow to a £100m company in an increasingly competitive market.

Watch this space for season 1 of the Summit by Fearless Adventures featuring Freddy and many more inspiring individuals.

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