40 Minute Mentor
333 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings40 Minute Mentor is on a mission to raise aspirations and inspire the next generation of category-defining Founders, through powerful career stories and inspirational mentorship. From purpose-led Founders to Olympic champions; learn first-hand from today’s successful leaders on what it takes to be brilliant, all in just 40 minutes. 40 Minute Mentor is one of the UK’s top Business and Careers podcasts and can be found on all popular podcast platforms, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and Stitcher.
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Getting Into STEM with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon & Amali de Alwis
February 13, 2023 04:55 - 14 minutesFollowing International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re looking back on two 40 Minute Mentor episodes with two absolute trailblazers - Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon and Amali de Alwis. Anne-Marie is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stemettes, an award-winning social enterprise working to inspire and support girls, young women and non-binary people in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths careers. You may also know Anne-Marie from the popular Channel 4 show Countdown, or have come acro...
Building An Accidental Global Fitness Brand with Nikki Wicks, CEO of The Body Coach
February 08, 2023 04:55 - 51 minutes“A lot of people expected me and Joe to go off the rails. We almost had permission because of our childhood. Because of that, there was always a part of me that wanted to prove people wrong.” In this inaugural episode of 40 Minute Mentor’s 9th Series, we’re joined by Nikki Wicks, the CEO of the legendary global fitness brand, The Body Coach. There won’t be a lot of you who haven’t heard of Joe Wicks and The Body Coach, but today, we get a real inside scoop into how the brand grew to what it...
World Cancer Day: Remembering The Late Catherine Wines
February 06, 2023 04:55 - 10 minutesTo commemorate this year’s World Cancer Day, we’re looking back on one of our all-time favourite episodes, featuring the late Catherine Wines. Catherine was the Co-Founder of WorldRemit, one of the fastest growing FinTechs in the UK, allowing people to send money to friends and family living abroad. Catherine was one of the most high-profile female leaders in FinTech and it came as a real shock to the industry when she lost her battle to stage 3 pancreatic cancer in 2020. We have benefited ...
Trailer: More Pocket-Sized Career Mentorship In Series 9
February 01, 2023 04:55 - 6 minutesYour pocket-sized career mentor is back with a brand new Series. 40 Minute Mentor was created to make business mentorship more accessible and raise aspirations. We do this, by interviewing the most brilliant leaders who are building exceptional, category-defining businesses. Our guests have ranged from Tech CEO’s to Sustainability Entrepreneurs and from Investors to Olympic Gold Medallists. And this Series will be no different. For a little preview of what’s to come, check out our brand n...
The Hidden Pages Of Black History with Samuel Tholley
January 25, 2023 04:55 - 31 minutes“Why is there a need to prove ourselves? Why are we in a situation where we’re not being treated equally as smart as any other ethnicity, especially when we’ve done all this great stuff throughout history?” In today’s 40 Minute Mentor feature episode, we’re joined by Samuel Tholley, a History Teacher and Founder of Hidden Pages - a zine discovering hidden Melanated history & lists of sources exploring the Melanated/"Black" experience. In today’s episode, we find out: ➡️ Why Samuel set up Hi...
Where Are They Now: James McClure On Angel Investing And Advice For Solopreneurs
January 18, 2023 04:55 - 23 minutes“The key is to be niche on an audience, but fairly liberal in what’s the best way for you to interact with them. And particularly with how to monetise that audience.” In this week’s ‘Where Are They Now’ feature episode, we’re joined by James McClure - experienced C-level Tech Exec, Angel Investor, Advisor and Executive Coach. James has grown big names, like Airbnb and Google, internationally and scaled up VC-backed businesses, like SeatGeek and Adzuna, running the commercial operations in r...
Where Are They Now: Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon On Her Book, ‘She’s In CTRL’ - A Practical Guide To Using Tech To Improve Women’s Lives
January 11, 2023 04:55 - 19 minutes“This idea of a lone genius that has all the answers does not solve anything, it only makes things worse.” We’re back with a fresh episode of our ‘Where Are They Now’ feature Series, where we invite some of our most popular 40 Minute Mentors back on the podcast to discuss their latest news and insights. This time, we’re joined by Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, Co-Founder and CEO of Stemettes, Author, Podcast Host and Arithmetician on the popular Channel 4 show, Countdown. In this episode, we find...
Series 8 Roundup: Navigating The Economic Downturn & Fundraising In 2023
January 04, 2023 04:55 - 10 minutes“The recession period felt awful, but actually during that time, even as a small business, we got to be the UK market leader, and all that with only five people working for us, at the time.” To kick off 2023, we’re looking back on the latest Series of 40 Minute Mentor and hand pick some of the great advice our mentors shared with us, this time focused on the economic downturn and fundraising. There’s still a lot of uncertainty and instability in the world and it’s hard to predict what 2023 ...
Best Of 2022 - A Year Of Mentorship In Review
December 28, 2022 04:55 - 17 minutesAs 2022 is coming to an end, we take the chance to look back and reflect on the last 12 months of 40 Minute Mentor. We did this, by asking some of the JBM team, our series sponsors and 40 Minute Mentor ambassadors for their favourite episodes of the year. To listen back to the episodes mentioned in today’s episode, click through the list below: 🎧 Amali de Alwis: https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/40-minute-mentor/series-8-amali-de-alwis-subak/ 🎧 Dan Garrett: https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/40-minute-...
Part 2: 10 Lessons From 10 Years Of Scaling JBM, with James Mitra, Founder & CEO of JBM
December 21, 2022 04:55 - 24 minutes“Where it does become an issue for you, the people around you, your team and your family, is when you are burning out, getting stressed and ill, because you’re not finding any balance at all.” In this second part of our new 40 Minute Mentor mini-series, we learn more about the lessons our Founder, CEO and host of this podcast, James Mitra, learned over the last 10 years of building and scaling JBM. If you haven’t caught up with the first part of the series, yet, make sure you check it out h...
Part 1: 10 Lessons From 10 Years Of Scaling JBM, with James Mitra, Founder & CEO of JB
December 14, 2022 04:55 - 18 minutes“I’m ashamed to say I was a bit embarrassed at times when I went to dinner parties and told people what I did for a living. There was always this reputation of sharky, dishonest recruiters.” This week, we’re launching the first of a special two-part Series on 40 Minute Mentor. JBM turned 10 years old this year and we’re officially turning the microphone and sharing our own Startup story. In today’s episode, our Founder, CEO and Host of this podcast, James Mitra, will share how JBM was star...
Sponsor Spotlight: Building Human-Centred Learning Experiences, with Stuart Packham, CEO of Alchemist
December 07, 2022 04:55 - 42 minutes“I realised that for the first time in my career, I reported to a board and investors, but the decisions were on me. It was all on me.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Stuart Packham, CEO of our Series Sponsor’s Alchemist, JBM board advisor and longtime mentor and friend of team JBM. Our host, James Mitra, and Stu have known each other for years, dating back to their days at Michael Page, so it was extra special to have Alchemist as our Series sponsor and Stu joinin...
End of Series 8 Message from your Host, James Mitra
November 30, 2022 04:55 - 2 minutesSeries 8 of 40 Minute Mentor has officially come to a close. It’s been 12 weeks of brilliant mentorship from some of the best in the industry, including: ➡️ Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain's greatest Paralympian and Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords ➡️ Graham Hobson, Founder of Photobox ➡️ Molly Johnson-Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Flexa ➡️ Sho Sugihara, Founder and CEO of Pave ➡️ Amali de Alwis, CEO of Subak ➡️ Ian Hogarth, Co-Founder of Plural Platform ➡️ Emma Steele, Partner at...
Bouncing Back From Redundancy And Depression To Build A Multi-Million-Pound Property Portfolio, with Ellie McKay
November 23, 2022 04:50 - 47 minutes“When people say that money doesn't make you happy, they've often not experienced both extremes." For our final 40 Minute Mentor episode of this Series, we’re joined by Ellie McKay, property entrepreneur and host of the popular ‘On A Mission’ Podcast. Not long ago, Ellie’s life was barely recognisable - raising three children under the age of five, battling postnatal depression and facing redundancy. Fast forward to today, Ellie is a serial entrepreneur, building a multi-million-pound prope...
Making VC More Accessible, with Eleanor Kaye, Executive Director at Newton Venture Program
November 21, 2022 04:55 - 43 minutes“Don't think because you perhaps don't have a typical background for VC, that you're not welcomed. That's actually far from the truth.” In our penultimate episode of this 40 Minute Mentor series, we’re joined by Eleanor Kaye, Executive Director at Newton Venture Program. Newton is a joint venture between London Business School and Local Globe VC, on a mission to ensure the next generation of VCs represents the world we all live in, by running programmes for people from overlooked or under-es...
How The Metaverse Is Changing Defence, with Joe Robinson, CEO of Improbable Defence
November 16, 2022 04:55 - 42 minutes“It’s okay not to know. It’s not okay not to learn.” The Metaverse often makes headlines, but what does it really mean? In today’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Joe Robinson, the CEO of Improbable Defence. Improbable is a British Metaverse technology Scaleup and Unicorn, that partners with video game developers, entertainment companies and defence institutions to help them bring to life rich, powerful, virtual worlds of unprecedented size, scale, ambition and usefulness. We’ve ...
How To Get Hiring Right
November 14, 2022 04:55 - 7 minutes“We don’t just recruit for mission alignment, but for mission obsession. You can spot a mission obsessed person from a mile away - they almost can’t contain it within them.” In this week’s bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we talk about all things hiring - the importance of getting hiring right and how hiring for values can help with that. In almost every conversation we have with Founders, hiring is referenced as a real pain point and something that’s difficult to get right but can be d...
Building The Headspace For Journaling with Elizabeth Uviebinené, Author & Founder of Storia
November 09, 2022 04:55 - 46 minutes“Write what you know. Two black girls from South London wrote a book that resonates with 1000s of people around the world.” In today’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Elizabeth Uviebinené, the multi-award-winning author, columnist at The Financial Times, and Founder of Storia. After starting her career in marketing, Elizabeth went on to publish five books, including her debut Bestseller ‘Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible’ which won many awards and was critically acclaimed. N...
How To Build A Portfolio Career, with James Mitra
November 07, 2022 04:55 - 7 minutes“The beauty of a portfolio career is that it gives you lots of flexibility and variety. And that’s been the number one reason a lot of people are choosing this path.” In this bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we discuss a topic which has increasingly become more popular amongst our candidates - portfolio careers. You’ll find out: ➡️ Why this has become such an interesting option for high-performing talent and an attractive solution for clients alike ➡️ The factors to keep in mind befor...
From Protesting On The Streets Of Hong Kong To Raising £1.5m Pre-Seed, with James Lo, Co-Founder & CEO of Mana
November 02, 2022 04:50 - 59 minutes“I’ve been rejected by every ideal university I imagined I wanted to go to, at least 50 jobs I interviewed for and by 130 VC funds in fundraising so far.” In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by James Lo, Co-Founder and CEO of Mana - the app designed to help everyone make a living by sharing their passion. James started his entrepreneurial journey early, founding an educational social enterprise at the age of 16, before following a more traditional Founder path of consulting at McK...
The Pivot That Changed JBM Forever, with James Mitra
October 31, 2022 04:55 - 11 minutes“Within 24 hours, we said goodbye to all our corporate partners and set off on a new path.” In this week’s bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we chat more about the pivot that turned JBM into the search firm it is today. James Mitra, Founder of JBM and Host of 40 Minute Mentor, talks us through why he decided to pivot the business, the drastic decision he had to make and why transparency, empathy and mentorship were so crucial to the success of the pivot. ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep ...
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & The Future Of Crypto, with Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic
October 26, 2022 03:55 - 51 minutes“Even CEOs have those moments of doubt and vulnerability. I continually have to work on making sure that I'm balancing the journey with enjoying the journey.” This week’s 40 Minute Mentor episode features Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic, a FinTech helping businesses make the crypto economy a safe place to transact and invest by managing financial crime in crypto. Having had the pleasure of working with Elliptic and Simone on some key senior hires into their growing team, we’ve seen firsthand ...
How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome with James Mitra
October 24, 2022 03:50 - 5 minutes“There is nothing wrong with doubting yourself. Having a bit of self doubt is good, because it means you’re constantly trying to improve, grow and evolve.” In this week’s bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we tackle a topic that is often discussed amongst Founders and leaders - imposter syndrome. Having experienced imposter syndrome on many occasions over the last 10 years of leading JBM, our host James Mitra shares some of the advice that has helped him to push through self doubt. Plus,...
From GitLab To Building A Global Remote Workforce, with Job van der Voort, Co-Founder & CEO of Remote
October 19, 2022 03:55 - 47 minutes“If you're not in a situation where you can safely take a year or two to start your own business, you probably shouldn't do it.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the brilliant Job van der Voort, Co-Founder and CEO of Remote, the FinTech empowering companies of all sizes to pay and manage workers in 50+ countries all over the world. Having always had a desire to start his own business, Job joined GitLab early on in their journey and spent 5 years with them growing the ...
LIVE at Sifted Summit: Purpose v Profit with Nikki Wicks (The Body Coach), Emma Steele (Ascension) & Amali De Alwis (Subak)
October 17, 2022 03:55 - 53 minutes“When your values are so set and embedded in what you do, then anything that doesn’t line up with them, is a ‘No’.” This 40 Minute Mentor episode, is the live recording we were honoured to host at this year’s Sifted Summit in London. Our panel discussion was all about putting purpose over profit and accelerating impact - a topic that has gained a lot of traction over the last years. Gone are the days in which top talent are looking to go into Banking, Consulting or Investing. Now the best ...
Building Your Founder Craft & Investing In Impact with Ian Hogarth, Co-Founder of Plural Platform
October 12, 2022 03:55 - 47 minutes“There's a very long list of these iconic companies that actually weren't started by first time Founders.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the brilliant Ian Hogarth, a hugely accomplished Entrepreneur, Angel Investor and Co-Founder of Plural Platform, an exciting new early-stage platform dedicated to investing in Europe’s next generation of tech companies with global ambitions. If you’ve been listening to 40 Minute Mentor for a while, you may recognise Ian’s name fro...
World Mental Health Day: Opening Up About Mental Health As A Founder with James Mitra
October 10, 2022 03:55 - 6 minutes“The more we talk about mental health, the more we normalise it and hopefully help save lives.” This year’s World Mental Health Day theme is ‘making mental health and wellbeing a global priority for all’ - something we’ve spoken about a lot on 40 Minute Mentor over the years. Whether it’s our mental health panel discussions, the day to day lived experience of mental health of the Founders we chat to, or purpose-driven Founders like James Routlegde, who is empowering people to connect with ...
Embracing A Non-Linear Career: From Shoe Design To Tackling Climate Change with Amali de Alwis, CEO of Subak
October 05, 2022 03:55 - 46 minutes“If we’re trying to say that the only way to find answers and the only way to fund climate issues is through equity based investment, it’s just not going to work. It doesn’t suit every type of business.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the brilliant Amali de Alwis, CEO of Subak, the world’s first not-for-profit accelerator that scales climate impact through data, policy and behaviour change. Prior to joining the team at Subak, Amali was Managing Director of Microsof...
How To Navigate An Economic Downturn
October 03, 2022 03:55 - 8 minutes“Sometimes you can use difficult times to come up with incredible new ideas. It’s a great opportunity to get your team to think creatively and empower them to come to you with suggestions and try new things. It's probably going to be pretty scrappy, but you never know, it might just be the making of your business.” In this week’s bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we talk about navigating challenging times, as a Founder and business leader. James reflects on the pandemic and shares some o...
Financial Inclusion & Finding Your Purpose As A Founder with Sho Sugihara, Founder & CEO of Pave
September 28, 2022 03:50 - 49 minutes“It's really demotivating in the early days to keep building, keep building but nothing seems to happen. You need tenacity and planning skills to get you through that.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the brilliant Sho Sugihara, Founder and CEO of Pave, the FinTech-for-good helping customers improve their credit score and history with bill monitoring and credit building. Sho started his career working with NGOs around the world, driven by the desire to build a world...
Purpose Over Profit At Sifted Summit - October 6th
September 26, 2022 03:55 - 6 minutes40 Minute Mentor LIVE and in person! We’re attending Sifted Summit on Thursday, October 6th, to record a live panel discussion with some of the most inspiring purpose-driven Founders and Investors. If you haven’t heard of Sifted Summit before, it’s the Startup event of the year, bringing startup Europe under one roof with new perspectives, new opportunities and new chances to collaborate. Our 40 Minute Mentor session at 2pm on the Thursday will be all about ‘Purpose Over Profit’ and will f...
The Future Of Flexible Working with Molly Johnson-Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Flexa
September 21, 2022 03:55 - 47 minutes“The biggest shift in the candidate market is that people care just as much about how they work as what they do.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the brilliant Molly Johnson-Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Flexa. Flexa is a global directory of verified flexible companies that lists companies by vacancies and flexibility percentage scores, benchmarked against thousands of data points. We’re proud partners of Flexa and were ‘flexified’ earlier in 2022. That’s why we wer...
How To Embrace Flexible Working, with James Mitra
September 20, 2022 03:55 - 6 minutes“We’ve really found that added flexibility has been an amazing way to attract talent, retain talent, and give everybody a chance to work in a way they want to work.” In this week’s bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we talk about all things flexible working and the way in which we’ve implemented more flexible ways of working here at JBM. We touch on the various benefits we introduced to the JBM team over the past 12 months, what’s been working the best and the lessons we learned along the...
Why The Wealthy Should Be Paying More Tax with Photobox Founder, Graham Hobson
September 14, 2022 03:50 - 57 minutes“Entrepreneurship is a process of natural selection. You can't ever guarantee that the playbook you're going to follow is going to guarantee success.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Graham Hobson, the Founder of Photobox, a photo printing company that acquired Moonpig and was later sold for a reported £400 million. Today, Graham is an angel investor, mentor and advisor, working to support climate change initiatives, fairer tax and social impact. In this episode, Gr...
How To Know When To Move On As A Founder, with James Mitra
September 12, 2022 03:55 - 5 minutes“There are so many opportunities out there for Founders. If you decide to step away, I can promise you there will be lots of people that will want to hire you.” This week’s bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, is all about knowing when to stay as a Founder and when to exit - something we talk a lot about with Founders, including in our upcoming episode with Graham Hobson. Over the next 4 minutes, James shares his insights on what Founders need to think about when deciding whether to transit...
From Paralympic Golds To The House Of Lords with Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
September 07, 2022 03:55 - 38 minutes“In the whole of my career, I lost more races than I won. I think people like to look at the medals, but don’t necessarily look at the other side of it.” 40 Minute Mentor is officially back for Series 8! We’re kicking off this new series with the amazing Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain’s greatest Paralympic athlete, who has won 11 Gold medals and broke 30 world records throughout her career. Following her competing years, Tanni was created a life peer and is a Crossbench Peer in the ...
How To Build Resilience with James Mitra
September 05, 2022 03:55 - 4 minutes“If you feel that you can be your vulnerable self, and you can bring your true self to work, you’re going to push yourself outside your comfort zone and achieve more.” In addition to our usual 40 Minute Mentor episode on Wednesdays, we’re launching a brand new bite-sized mentorship format. Starting today, every Monday, you can tune in and spend 4 minutes with JBM Founder and 40 Minute Mentor host, James Mitra. We’ll be covering some of the most popular topics we get asked about, share first...
Series 8 Trailer
August 31, 2022 03:55 - 4 minutes40 Minute Mentor, your pocket-sized career mentor, is back with a brand new series! From purpose-led Founders to Olympic champions; learn first-hand from today’s successful leaders on what it takes to be brilliant, all in just 40 minutes. To get a little preview of what's coming your way over the coming months, hit play on our Series 8 trailer. ⭐Enjoying 40 Minute Mentor?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And...
The Reality Of Founder Life with Foundr’s Nathan Chan
August 24, 2022 03:55 - 37 minutes“Every single problem that you’re experiencing in your business today, there’s somebody out there that has solved it.” To round off our 40 Minute Mentor ‘Early Stage Founders’ Feature Series, we’re joined by Nathan Chan, Founder and CEO of global media and education company, Foundr. Foundr provide training from the world’s greatest entrepreneurs through magazines, podcasts, videos, articles and online courses, to inspire their worldwide community of entrepreneurs. As a seasoned 40 Minute M...
Putting Purpose Over Profit with Afrocenchix’s Rachael Twumasi-Corson
August 17, 2022 03:55 - 53 minutes“This is an industry where 78% of products that are targeted to black women contain horrible toxic ingredients. There was a paper that came out that linked parabens in black hair care products to breast cancer growth in black women. Nothing you use to groom yourself should be making you sick.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor ‘Early Stage Founder’ feature series episode, we’re joined by Rachael Twumasi-Corson, the Founder and CEO of black-owned haircare business, Afrocenchix. Afrocenchix are...
Building A Multi-Award Winning Bootstrapped Business with Mags Creative’s Hannah Russell
August 10, 2022 03:55 - 51 minutes“There are a lot of cases where I think raising capital can actually ruin a perfectly good business model.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor 'Early Stage Founders' Feature Series episode, we’re joined by Hannah Russell, the Co-Founder of multi-award-winning podcasting company, Mags Creative. Mags Creative aren’t just the brilliant team behind our 40 Minute Mentor podcast, but are also the brains and creative power behind some of the best podcasts in the industry. The team helps brands and in...
Work Near Home - The Future of Work with Patch’s Freddie Fforde
August 03, 2022 03:55 - 54 minutes“What matters to me about the people in our cap table is that they’re people who really care about what we’re trying to achieve and our values, and fundamentally believe and support me as the Founder.” To kick off our brand new 40 Minute Mentor ‘Early Stage Founders’ feature series, we’re joined by the brilliant Freddie Fforde, Founder of Patch. Patch creates dynamic work clubs and community venues for local highstreets. Open and available to everyone, Patch are looking to redefine what the...
VC Feature: “Many generational companies were born out of downturns, so these are times for big opportunities”, with Index Venture’s Hannah Seal
July 27, 2022 03:50 - 29 minutes“VC should be a great career for people from diverse backgrounds, because it’s really a role where you’re judged on your output. At the end of a fund cycle, it’s pretty clear to see whether you’re a good investor or not.” In our final 40 Minute Mentor VC Feature series episode, we’re joined by Hannah Seal, Partner at one of the most prestigious VCs in the world and one of JBM’s favourite clients, Index Ventures. Index Ventures is an international multi-stage venture capital firm, investing ...
VC Feature: “The common trait we see amongst successful entrepreneurs is that they’re sacrificing a lot of life into this journey but they want to do it for something that matters”, with Felix Capital’s Antoine Nussenbaum
July 20, 2022 03:55 - 41 minutes“One of the biggest misconceptions in VC is that it’s an easy way to be successful, or a quick shortcut to something - that’s absolutely wrong. It’s a really long journey.” In today’s 40 Minute Mentor VC Feature series episode, we’re joined by Antoine Nussenbaum, the Co-Founder of Felix Capital. Felix is a venture capital firm for the creative class, at the intersection of technology and creativity, focusing on opportunities in digital lifestyle. They’re on a mission to support ambitious F...
VC Feature: “Founders in Europe were so underserved relative to what I experienced raising money in Silicon Valley”, with Kindred Capital’s Leila Zegna
July 13, 2022 03:55 - 46 minutes“Create an anxiety balance sheet with the things you have control over and the things you don’t have control over. Put the things that give you anxiety into these credits and debits and you’ll realise that actually there’s a lot more that’s in your control than you think.” Kicking off our VC feature series, we’re joined by Leila Zegna, the Founding General Partner of Kindred Capital. Kindred are building a new model for Venture Capital where every Founder they back becomes a co-owner of the...
Where Are They Now: Timothy Armoo On Scaling & Selling Fanbytes To A Global Media Agency
July 06, 2022 03:55 - 22 minutes“The moment you start seeing yourself as a black Founder, you end up almost acting with all the facts that impact black Founders. So, you end up going into conversations with investors expecting not to raise money, or you don’t even approach VCs because you think they won’t give you money, etc.” In this final episode of our 40 Minute Mentor ‘Where Are They Now’ feature series, we’re joined by the brilliant Timothy Armoo, Forbes 30 Under 30, Co-Founder and exited CEO of the recently acquired ...
Where Are They Now: Tessa Clarke On Scaling OLIO & Investing In Diverse Founders
June 29, 2022 03:55 - 23 minutes“If we were to see truly representative investment committees and truly diverse representation amongst the gatekeepers of power and capital, then we would solve this problem pretty much overnight.” In today’s 40 Minute Mentor instalment of our ‘Where Are They Now’ feature series, we’re joined by Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder and CEO of OLIO. OLIO is the number one sharing app, connecting neighbours with each other and local businesses, so surplus food can be shared, not thrown away. Over 6 mill...
Where Are They Now: Fred Jones On Parental Leave & Changing Mobility For Good
June 22, 2022 03:55 - 25 minutes“When you’re 60 and you look back on your career, you’re never going to look back and think - I wish I worked for the two months more, I didn’t spend with my daughter.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor, ‘Where Are They Now’ feature, we welcome back one of our very first guests on the podcast and JBM Board Advisor, the incredible Fred Jones, VP and Regional Manager of Northern Europe at TIER Mobility. TIER is Europe’s leading shared micro-mobility provider. Their international team of serial ...
Where Are They Now: Roberta Lucca On Becoming A Multi-Entrepreneur
June 15, 2022 03:55 - 21 minutes“Don’t be trapped by your job title. You can do more things. And by doing more things, by exploring all the sides of your identity and hidden talents, you’ll discover a completely different future than you can see right now.” Up next in our 40 Minute Mentor, ‘Where Are They Now’ feature series, we’re joined by the Co-Founder of BAFTA-winning gaming studio, Bossa Studios, and multi-creative entrepreneur, the incredible Roberta Lucca. Having transitioned from Co-Founder and CMO to Non-Execut...
Where Are They Now: Alex Stephany On Scaling The World’s First Crowdfunding Platform For Homeless People
June 08, 2022 03:50 - 17 minutes“Just a single conversation can actually change the direction of someone’s life.” To kick off Series 2 of our popular 40 Minute Mentor, ‘Where Are They Now’ mini-series, we’re joined by Alex Stephany, Co-Founder and CEO of Beam - the world’s first crowdfunding platform for homeless people. When Alex last joined us in Series 2 of 40 Minute Mentor, we talked about the early days of Beam, the inspiring story behind why the business exists and some brilliant actionable mentorship on providing a...