By Harry McInley
Unboxing Studio’s founder & creative lead Harry takes to the metaphorical ring with innovators who have questioned the status quo, thought outside the box and created their own path.
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The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.
Mark is the Director of RockSoup Media, who help challenger brands win at out-of-home advertising, a space traditionally dominated by the big, traditional brands. They have worked with brands such as NICE Wines (the founder of which was on the podcast recently), DASH Water, Made.com & Strong Roots, to name just a few.
In this bout, we discuss what it takes for a start-up brand on limited budgets to win at out-of-home advertising campaigns, how not to waste their money and why many marketing agencies won’t have their best interests at heart.
Check out RockSoup Media: http://rocksoupmedia.com/
Hector is the Co-founder of Unplugged, whose mission is to encourage people to have a more conscious relationship with their smartphones and disconnect in nature from time to time. They provide beautiful tech-free wood cabins in the countryside just outside of London where you can reset in nature with a 3-day digital detox.
In this bout, we discuss Hector’s journey to starting Unplugged, which included re-evaluating how he was approaching life and his relationship with alcohol. We then go onto discuss the question of whether society is optimising purely for growth and efficiency or whether we are optimising for happiness too, factoring in the role that social media, the news, smartphones and other new technologies play in modern life.
Check out Unplugged: https://unplugged.rest/
Angus is the Co-founder of MOJO, the medication-free approach to sexual wellbeing. The MOJO app is built on a foundation of science, data, and clinically-proven approaches from psychosexual therapy. They are leading a revolution that normalizes sexual issues and connects men to champion what sex and relationships are really like.
In this bout, we discuss the crippling effects that guys’ sexual issues can have on both guys and girls’ mental health, touching on some of our own experiences with performance anxiety and how the situation can be improved without the use of medication.
As you can imagine, one of the trickiest & funniest but important discussions to date on the pod!
Check out MOJO: https://mojo.so/
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Jeremy is the Co-founder of Nice Drinks, who have disrupted the wine industry with a canned wine drink. Before starting Nice, Jeremy was the Head of International Markets at Propercorn, supporting their international expansion.
Round 1: Why Jeremy started Nice and where the idea came from. How to innovate without disrespecting tradition.
Round 2: The challenges of questioning strongly ingrained consumer behaviour around drinking.
Round 3: The thought process behind the ‘Nice’ brand.
Final Round: The dangers of polarisation, cancel culture and wokeism.
Check out Nice: https://nice-drinks.co.uk/
Sam is the Co-Founder of Zeelo, a Smart Commuter Bus Platform that recently closed a $12M round to support its Global expansion. Sam also founded his first business, JumpIn whilst at Leeds University which was acquired by Addison Lee in 2014.
Round 1: Starting a business at uni and Sam’s thoughts on the funding process.
Round 2: What Sam focuses on day to day as a founder / CEO, what 3 factors keep Sam growing & drives him forward.
Round 3: The Future of Transport
Unboxing Uncensored: The case against remote work.
Check out Zeelo: https://zeelo.co/
Request to join The Unboxing Gym: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9050052/
Patrick is the founder of TOMII, whose mission is to make financial coaching and wellbeing accessible for everyone and to help people have a better relationship with money. Previously, Patrick worked in the sponsorship team at Manchester United.
Round 1: The shame and embarrassment that most people feel around money and the most embarrassing day of Patrick’s life.
Round 2: Managing money as an employee vs managing your money when self-employed, and the key differences. Tips for how to get a better handle on personal finances.
Unboxing Uncensored: The case against buying a house.
Check out TOMII: https://www.tomiiacademy.com/
Stephen is a serial entrepreneur best known for founding Pact Coffee, a subscription coffee business that has helped thousands of farmers worldwide to enjoy a better quality of life by paying premium prices for premium coffee and going straight to source. Before Pact, Stephen founded Crashpadder, which was acquired by AirBnb in 2012.
Round 1: Why Stephen stepped down as CEO of Pact Coffee. The difference in skill sets between an inventor and a CEO. How to scale effectively from product/market fit.
Round 2: How Stephen and Harry crossed paths 5 years ago and helped mentor him. Is starting your own business selfish?
Round 3: On social impact vs profitability.
Unboxing Uncensored: What Stephen believes most people are driven by.
Sign up to the FREE Unboxing mailing list: https://www.unboxingwithharry.com
Check out Pact Coffee: https://www.pactcoffee.com/
Brandon is the Founder of Houston, a new app launching in Canada that guides and introduces people to micro-dosing with psychedelics for health & wellness purposes. Brandon is based in Canada where there are new and increasingly relaxed laws around some psychedelics for therapeutic use. Before starting Houston, Brandon worked for Field Trip, a firm involved in the clinical research and application of these substances and pioneered new research in the space.
Round 1: What is creativity? How are the best athletes like Tiger Woods and Lionel Messi creative? Performing tasks mindfully & Finding the flow state.
Round 2: An overview of Brandon’s journey from being a professional footballer to working within the pharmaceutical industry, finding more purpose and his first experience with psychedelics.
Round 3: A Beginner’s guide to psychedelics. What actually are they? And how can they be used and for beneficial purposes such as finding purpose, boosting creativity and concentration.
Unboxing Uncensored for members-only: Is death an illusion?
Sign up to the FREE Unboxing mailing list: https://marvelous-mover-1212.ck.page/621513e6f2
Get early access to the Houston app: www.with-houston.com
Gian is the founder of Pitch Deck Helper, where he helps deconstruct and demystify the funding process for start-up founders. Previously, Gian worked for Octopus Ventures and Q Ventures Venture Capital firms in London after he had raised $16 million for start-ups in the BioTech space in Canada.
Round 1: Gian’s experience raising money with VCs and working at a Venture Capital firm. Why he opted against running his own VC-backed start-up.
Round 2: What investors look for when funding a start-up. Mythbusting the most common myths around early-stage start-up funding.
Unboxing Uncensored for members-only: Authoritarianism vs Freedom - The dichotomy playing out in society.
Join the Unboxing Gym: https://unboxingwithharry.com/unboxing-gym
Work with Gian: https://www.pitchdeckhelper.com/
Nikita is an education entrepreneur and freelance content creator, writing about education, the future of work, people and tech and is a thought leader in the space of the 'portfolio career' revolution. Previously, Nikita worked at Linkedin and was the co-founder of another grad recruitment start-up called Unbox (not a typo!)
Round 1: How Nikita did well at school, ending up as an Oxbridge graduate but is not necessarily an advocate of the way the system is currently set up.
Round 2: Where and how the school & education system is currently falling short to prepare students for the modern world of work.
Round 3: Trends for how our approach to work is changing and how schooling & education could change to support this.
Unboxing Uncensored for Gym members-only: The (unexpected) best way to get a job!
Join the Unboxing Gym: https://unboxingwithharry.com/unboxing-gym
Check out Nikita’s Substack: https://inklingswithnikita.substack.com/
The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.