This week Host Natalie Pearce was joined by Hugo Douglas-Deane and Thomas Panton, co-founders of home of buying better, Canopey.

The pair discussed how all of us can shop better, and what it takes to build a business taking on the likes of Amazon.

Visit www.virginstartup.org to find out about how you can start-up and thrive. You can access Start Up Loan funding and free Business Advice to get your new business off the ground.

Thanks to Virgin Money for making these events free for founders everywhere.

Produced by Goldfish for Virgin StartUp.

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's guest is Ella Goldner, co-founder of ZINC VC.

ZINC VC changed the Venture Capital game when they launched their platform for purpose-first founders looking to partner with investors who shared their vision for a better world.

Apologies for the sound quality in this episode, we had some tech problems on the night. We'll do better next time.

Visit www.virginstartup.org to find out about how you can start-up and thrive. You can access Start Up Loan funding and free Business Advice to get your new business off the ground.

Thanks to Virgin Money for making these events free for founders everywhere.

Produced by Goldfish for Virgin StartUp.

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Natalie met the changemaker championing unapologetic sexual and intimate health for everyone.

In 2017, best friends Farah Kabir and Dr Sarah Welsh were both equally frustrated with the limited variety and their experience in the condom and lube aisle.

They created HANX with the purpose to start a sex-positive and sustainable brand with gynae-backed sexual wellness products everyone would love, with no harsh chemicals.

Their attitude to challenge the status quo and misconceptions about our bodies is a step in the right direction to get rid of the days where you are left blushing at the till or embarrassed about buying sexual wellness and intimate health products.

After putting their life savings into this startup, their story is all about taking the leap and trusting your ambition. Join us in-person and online on 23rd August to meet co-founder Farah to ask her all the questions you want to know about starting up and challenging taboo subjects.

Apologies for the sound quality in this episode, we had some tech problems on the night. We'll do better next time.

Visit www.virginstartup.org to find out about how you can start-up and thrive. You can access Start Up Loan funding and free Business Advice to get your new business off the ground.

Thanks to Virgin Money for making these events free for founders everywhere.

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Natalie interviews Alex Wright, the co-founder behind DASH, the drinks brand reducing waste and making delicious drinks at the same time.

Apologies for the sound quality in this episode, we had some tech problems on the night. We'll do better next time.

Visit www.virginstartup.org to find out about how you can start-up and thrive.

Thanks to Virgin Money for making these events free for founders everywhere.

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Ben Keene interviews Dan Kieran, co-founder of Unbound and now author, most recently of Do Start - How to create and run a business (that doesn't run you).

Apologies for the sound quality in this episode, we had some tech problems on the night. We'll do better next time.

Visit www.virginstartup.org to find out about how you can start-up and thrive.

Thanks to Virgin Money for making these events free for founders everywhere.

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Keep your change, I want change please”

These words changed the life of Cemal Ezel, and consequently, thousands more. 

Former City trader Cemal founded Change Please to transform the lives of the homeless community by providing people experiencing homelessness a living wage job, housing, training and opportunities.

Visit https://changeplease.org/ to find out more about the Change Please mission.

Visit www.virginstartup.org to find out about how you can start-up and thrive.

Thanks to Virgin Money for making these events free for founders everywhere.

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Co-founder relationships can make or break a business. Whether it’s overcoming challenges or celebrating success together, the common goal to pursue your shared passion is what keeps founders going.

At this special In Conversation With MeetUp, our host Ben Keene joins Brixton Brewery co-founders Mike Ross and Xochitl Benjamin to uncover how their chance encounter at the pub brewed up a successful business.

The pair will discuss how having no experience in brewing beer or business didn’t stop them from starting up and how they managed to grow an iconic beer brand in south London.

If you’re building a food and drink brand, this candid chat will give you insights from their own launch to show you what steps could help your journey.

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Virgin StartUp helps founders and future founders start and grow the businesses they’re passionate about. Our monthly MeetUp events are for founders to access invaluable advice and network with like-minded entrepreneurs. Find out more at virginstartup.org

Thanks to the support from Virgin Money , we’re able to make our MeetUp events free to attend, providing thousands of early-stage founders with the support they need to start and scale businesses in the UK.

Virgin Money are here to disrupt the status quo. They want everyone to have a much happier relationship with money. Through their brilliant colleagues, inspiring spaces and digital solutions they are doing everything they can to offer a life more Virgin. They provide a full range of banking products and services to help founders at every stage of their business journey.

#virgin #virginstartup #funding #bootstrapping #crowdfunding #startuploans

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The food and drink industry is very crowded, so how do you get customers to reach for your products and get on the shelves in the first place?

From rumbling up recipes to picking the perfect brand name, our panel of award-winning food and drink founders give you a taste on what life is really like starting and scaling up.

In this MeetUp, our host Ben Keene has a feast of fantastic founder stories, insights and advice for up and coming startup leaders.

Featuring:

• Fabian Clark, co-founder of Quarter
• Dominique Woolf, founder of The Woolf’s Kitchen
• Andy Young, Business Manager of Black Milk

This is a recording of the Virgin StartUp MeetUp that took place in August 2022. Get your tickets to our next MeetUp from virginstartup.org/events.

Virgin StartUp helps founders and future founders start and grow the businesses they’re passionate about. Our monthly MeetUp events are for founders to access invaluable advice and network with like-minded entrepreneurs. Find out more at virginstartup.org

Thanks to the support from Virgin Money , we’re able to make our MeetUp events free to attend, providing thousands of early-stage founders with the support they need to start and scale businesses in the UK.

Virgin Money are here to disrupt the status quo. They want everyone to have a much happier relationship with money. Through their brilliant colleagues, inspiring spaces and digital solutions they are doing everything they can to offer a life more Virgin. They provide a full range of banking products and services to help founders at every stage of their business journey.

#virgin #virginstartup #funding #foodanddrink #foodiefounders

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet the founders behind a cult brand revolutionising the fashion industry, one garment at a time.

Paynter Jackets began as an experiment over a long-distance relationship. The first jacket they ever produced sold out in 86 seconds, so as experiments go, this wasn't too bad.

Becky Thomas and her husband Huw Thomas, created an innovative clothing brand by taking the traditional models of the fashion industry and turning them on their head.

Today, if you want to get your hands on a Paynter piece, you'll have to be nimble-thumbed on release day and hit that refresh button.

This isn't some marketing trick, or a celebrity-endorsed must-have, the simple but poignant ethos behind Paynter is that they only produce a strictly limited run of each of the pieces they sell every year.

In a world of over-consumption and fast fashion, Paynter are showing you can be be slow, limited, and still create a thriving business.

Thanks to our partnership with Virgin Money, we’re able to make our MeetUp events free to attend, providing thousands of early-stage founders with the support they need to start and scale businesses in the UK.

Virgin Money are here to disrupt the status quo. They want everyone to have a much happier relationship with money. Through their brilliant colleagues, inspiring spaces and digital solutions, they are doing everything they can to offer a life more Virgin. They provide a full range of banking products and services to help founders at every stage of their business journey.

#sustainability #fashion #virgin #virginmoney

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a founder, how do you stay true to your values and find partners and staff who share them? How do you help new team members create new working cultures which compliment yours? And what do you do when this goes wrong? 

Without its people, our businesses aren’t anything. As founders of new startups, you’re the beating heart and soul of your business, and how you build it will reflect your culture, values, practices and design. 

At our MeetUp we met 3 founders to talk about how they create and maintain their company culture as they grow.

Featuring:

Molly Johnson-Jones from Flexa Careers

Hector Hughes from Unplugged

Jim Woods from Betterspace UK

This is a recording of the Virgin StartUp MeetUp that took place in May 2022.

Get your tickets to our next MeetUp from virginstartup.org/events.

Virgin StartUp helps founders and future founders start and grow the businesses they’re passionate about. Our monthly MeetUp events are for founders to access invaluable advice and network with like-minded entrepreneurs. Find out more at virginstartup.org

Thanks to the support from Virgin Money, we’re able to make our MeetUp events free to attend, providing thousands of early-stage founders with the support they need to start and scale businesses in the UK.

Virgin Money are here to disrupt the status quo. They want everyone to have a much happier relationship with money. Through their brilliant colleagues, inspiring spaces and digital solutions they are doing everything they can to offer a life more Virgin. They provide a full range of banking products and services to help founders at every stage of their business journey.

#virgin #virginmoney #team #culture

Changemakers is brought to you by Virgin StartUp, the not-for-profit organisation helping founders start and scale the businesses they're passionate about.

Recorded live at Virgin StartUp's Changemakers events, every episode features honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders sharing the lessons, challenges and ideas shaping the future of business.

Looking to start or grow your own business?

Find out more at virginstartup.org

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Virgin Money - the home of brighter business banking.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.