Dear Unexpected Entrepreneurs
44 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Dear Unexpected Entrepreneurs is the new flagship podcast for Summit, a community for entrepreneurs looking to refine their idea or grow their businesses to the next level.
An unexpected entrepreneur is an expert in their field, who has ambitious goals to innovate in their sector and push boundaries, which then, in turn, become their means for living and their own unique business.
Their goal wasn’t always to build a business, but to fill a need in a sector they're passionate about.
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Do what you love - Pete Fergusson
December 06, 2022 14:59 - 25 minutes - 20 MBPete Fergusson is Founder of Nemorin Film & Video, the world's branded video agency (part of the Argonon Group). Ex Head of Commercial Video for the Telegraph. Broadcast, media and branded content geek. Pete shares his three lessons learnt in this week’s Dear Unexpected Entrepreneur. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-fergusson/
Chris Schutrups - Always back yourself
November 15, 2022 05:19 - 33 minutes - 27.8 MBChris Schutrups is a UK based Entrepreneur, having founded the successful Mortgage Hut and now moving into hospitality. Chris shares his three lessons learnt in this week’s Dear Unexpected Entrepreneur. https://www.linkedin.com/in/schutrups/
You can't be everything, to everyone. - Liana Fricker
November 08, 2022 05:34 - 30 minutes - 23.9 MBLiana Fricker is the founder of Inspiration Space, TedX Speaker and Californian optimist sharing her three lessons to you, our Unexpected Entrepreneurs. Dear Unexpected Entrepreneurs is the new flagship podcast for Summit, a community for entrepreneurs looking to refine their idea or grow their businesses to the next level. An unexpected entrepreneur is an expert in their field, who has ambitious goals to innovate in their sector and push boundaries, which then, in turn, become their means...
Officevibe Co-Founder shares all on HR Tech - Jeffrey Fermin
November 01, 2022 06:57 - 23 minutes - 18 MBOfficevibe Co-Founder shares all on HR Tech - Jeffrey Fermin Find out more at; https://exploresummit.co.uk/
"Not every customer is right for you" - Pete Matheson
October 25, 2022 03:00 - 34 minutes - 78.7 MBPete Matheson joins us to discuss the ups and downs of running and selling a business. Pete shares his top three tips for Unexpected Entrepreneurs in this podcast. https://www.youtube.com/c/PeteMatheson
Why you should design your apps like cities
December 08, 2020 06:00 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MBWe dig into some real-world UX problems and talk about how these lessons can translate into better designed digital products.
Why you DON'T need an app in the Apple App Store
December 01, 2020 02:00 - 9 minutes - 8.63 MBThis week we break down the three reasons you don't need an app in the Apple App Store.
Building a business with Stripe Connect
November 24, 2020 07:00 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MBStripe Connect is a product which allows you to facilitate paints and distribute funds. SAAS Apps and marketplaces go hand-in-hand with Stripe Connect. Dan and Pete jump into why, what and when to use Stripe Connect. Watch more episodes of Inside The Studio at; https://steadfastcollective.com/videos
What Bloom and Wild can teach us about eCommerce
November 17, 2020 04:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBDan and Pete jump into the Bloom and Wild website to showcase five lessons you can implement into your website!
Tools for Remote Working during Covid-19 - Inside The Studio
November 10, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBInside the Studio is back. In this first episode, we take a look at four applications we are using for communication, project management, and pair programming, all of which are particularly useful when working remotely. Watch the full episode at: steadfastcollective.com/videos
Inside The Studio - Season Three
November 03, 2020 12:54 - 51 seconds - 1.54 MBYou requested it, we filmed it. Season 3 of Inside The Studio will be coming to your screens on Tuesday the 10th of November. This season, we'll be getting practical; sharing tips, tricks and tools for running your business in the COVID-19 pandemic. We'll be taking a look at some of your landing pages for review and we will be chatting through how to make the maximise your web application now that everybody is heading online.
Our evening with ustwo (Mills & Neef) - Inside The Studio
March 10, 2020 09:32 - 10 minutes - 8.07 MBIn February, Mills and Neef from ustwo joined us for our Creative X Business event. ustwo is a multi-national business started back in 2014 by Mills and Sinx. ustwo is a leading design, technology, games, and venture company with studios in Malmö, Lisbon, Sydney, Tokyo, New York and London. Perhaps best known for crafting the award-winning game Monument Valley, co-founder Mills and Neef from ustwo adventures will be joining us to share their story and announcing something special. The for...
Q&A - Inside The Studio
March 03, 2020 05:00 - 14 minutes - 11.5 MBInside The Studio is our behind the scenes series which lifts the lid on how we run our Digital Product Studio. We’re giving away our tips, tricks and processes which help us grow year after year. Subscribe to the podcast at: http://inside.steadfastcollective.com/
What to consider before starting a business
February 25, 2020 07:49 - 12 minutes - 9.86 MBIn this week's video, we're talking about what to consider before starting a new business.
Slack as a hub for your business
February 18, 2020 06:00 - 11 minutes - 9.58 MBOn this week's Inside The Studio, we talk through why we use Slack and why you may also find it helpful in your organisation.
Should you use Shopify? - Inside The Studio
February 11, 2020 07:54 - 12 minutes - 9.98 MBAt Steadfast Collective, we love working with Shopify. Let's tell you why!
What we wish we did from the start - Inside The Studio
December 03, 2019 10:01 - 10 minutes - 8.26 MBIn this week's inside the studio, we talk through three things we wish we implemented from the start of starting our Agency. Subscribe to the podcast at inside.steadfastcollective.com Watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2wqdXFTQRDh2ZamjoH3NHQ
Leadership Challenges - Inside The Studio
November 26, 2019 08:14 - 6 minutes - 5.21 MBThis week on Inside The Studio we took a question from Twitter. Martin Adams asked; What are the challenges you face being a leader. Pete explores three challenges he faces while leading his team of smart creatives at Steadfast Collective. Don't worry, Dan will be back next week! Subscribe to the Inside The Studio podcast at; http://inside.steadfastcollective.com/
How we hire top talent - Inside The Studio
November 19, 2019 11:02 - 10 minutes - 8.44 MBIn this week’s Inside The Studio episode, we chat through hiring in an agency context.
Our 2020 Goals - Inside The Studio
November 12, 2019 07:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBThis week we chat through our vision day, 2019 goals and looking ahead to what we’re hoping to achieve in 2020!
Bryony Simpson - Three Lessons Learnt
November 08, 2019 15:51 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBBryony Simpson is the founder of Engineers for Pioneers. Engineers for Pioneers pitches itself as a platform for making talented people more accessible to small and scaling business. We have worked with Bryony on their digital platform over the last 12 month, which you can read more about here. In this podcast, Bryony shares three lessons she has learnt while starting Engineers for Pioneers.
Conferencing Top Tips - Inside The Studio
November 05, 2019 11:03 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBIn our second Inside The Studio, we talk through our top tips for attending conferences. Conferences are a fantastic place to meet new people, build relationships and meet new clients.
How We Win Work - Inside the studio
October 29, 2019 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBThis week we jump into how we win new work. Over the last 6-12 months, we’ve been giving our sales funnel a lot more thought as we’ve been growing as an agency.
Introducing Inside The Studio
October 22, 2019 09:53 - 1 minute - 956 KBThis series will be a deep dive into how we run our agency, manage clients and keep growing year after year.
Jeff Gardner of Intercom shares his lessons learnt.
August 01, 2019 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBJeff has been at Intercom for seven years, as the fourth employee he headed up customer support while fixing bugs and odd engineering tasks. He then went on to lead the support team. In the last 18 months, Jeff has taken on the role of Head of Platform Partnerships. We asked Jeff to share three lessons he has learnt during his time at Intercom. Read the interview at: https://steadfastcollective.com/articles/jeff-gardner-intercom/ Join the other developers, designers and product owners b...
Soldo - Digital Product Playbook Podcast
June 27, 2019 10:27 - 18 minutes - 17 MBI met with Daniele Marino, Head of Product Development at Soldo to talk through lessons he learnt while building Soldo. Soldo helps businesses to control their spending, with pre-paid debit cards, virtual payment cards, and a handy dashboard overview. Founded in 2015, Soldo has raised a total of $22.2M in funding. http://steadfastcollective.com
Intercom: On Starting Up
May 13, 2019 14:33 - 6 minutes - 4.96 MBIntercom’s products are an undeniable success, with more than 450 employees around the world focused on creating the worlds best suite of messaging-first products. Their book, On Starting Up, is lessons their founders have learnt along the way. We’re giving away a brand new copy of this book, at the end you can find out how to get your hands on your own copy.
Directors Growing Up
May 06, 2019 09:47 - 12 minutes - 10 MBIn recognition of our fourth birthday as a business, we’ve recorded a special run of podcasts looking at what has inspired us along the way, the lessons we have learnt, and to bring some focus to what’s next for us as a company. The first instalment of these podcasts is entitled ‘Directors Growing Up’. Thanks for listening. We hope you have enjoyed finding out more about our back story as a company and our hopes for the future. We would love to get to know you, so get in touch and meet us fo...
Ben Everard - Three Lessons Learnt
February 04, 2019 13:01 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBWe met with Ben Everard to talk through three lessons learnt while starting up The Idea Bureau. We recorded this special edition of the Steadfast Collective podcast at New Adventures Conference 2019, we’ll be sharing our thoughts about the conference shortly! The Idea Bureau is a creative digital workshop focused on designing and building engaging websites, apps and digital services which have a positive impact on the world. So let’s jump into Ben’s three lessons. 1) Plan your day. Maintain f...
Brandon Kelly, Craft CMS - Three Lessons Learnt
February 01, 2019 12:11 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week our ‘Three Lessons Learnt’ podcast featured Brandon from the Craft CMS team. Brandon is the founder and CEO of Pixel and Tonic who created the content managing system titled Craft CMS. This system aids web agencies in building websites that their clients are then able to content manage going forwards. If you haven’t yet listened to the podcast, here’s a summary of Brandon’s three lessons that he learnt when starting up his own business: Don’t take your existing customers for grant...
Martin Adams - Three Lessons Learnt
October 26, 2018 09:40 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBThis week our ‘Three Lessons Learnt’ podcast featured Martin Adams. Martin currently works for a mattress company, consulting as their technical CTO as a contractor. Originally part-time, he has been full time since 2003. He is also building his own start-up called Zaro which began out of the frustration of working with remote, in-house and agency teams, where there is a lack of communication of the work that is done. He has been into technology and the web space since studying Internet Techn...
Radim Malinic Brand Nu - Three Lessons Learnt
October 12, 2018 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBRadim Malinic is an award winning freelance creative director, graphic designer and keynote speaker based in London. He runs the micro agency brandnu.co.uk. He joined us to talk about three lessons he's learned along his career and working with brands such as Nike, WWF and the Harry Potter Franchise. At Steadfast Collective, we're meeting with creatives from all over the world to chat to them about three lessons they've learnt while starting up. https://Steadfastcollective.com
Gaming - Talking Tech
October 05, 2018 09:29 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBOn this latest episode of Talking Tech Dan and Josh talk about gaming and how that had an impact on their careers as developers
Lee Button - Three Lessons Learnt
September 27, 2018 12:10 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBLee Button @leebutton joined us to share this three lessons he's learnt during his startup journey. Lee is a facilitator, working with businesses, charities, and organisations to help them plan and get over obstacles. Listen here! www.steadfastcollective.com
Simon Bennett, Snapshooter.io - Three Lessons Learnt
September 20, 2018 14:14 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBWe chatted with Simon Bennett of Snapshooter to discuss three lessons that he has learnt while building Snapshooter and other SAAS products. Snapshooter helps you schedule frequent customizable DigitalOcean backups of your droplets and volumes. - About Steadfast Collective - We are Steadfast Collective; a team of passionate creatives based on the south coast. www.steadfastcollective.com
Apple's Gather Round Event - Talking Tech
September 17, 2018 14:37 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode of Talking Tech, Dan and Pete discuss Apple's most recent Apple event including; iPhone XS, iPhone XS+, iPhone XR and Apple Watch Series 4. www.steadfastcollective.com
Lee Tengum - Three Lessons Learnt
September 14, 2018 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBWe met with Lee Tengum of 7am.ca to discuss three lessons that he has learnt while building digital products and helping others with their sales process. 7am builds products and processes that help businesses grow their revenue and market share. Lee has years of wisdom in building businesses Listen to hear Lee’s lessons on sales, failing and no excuses! The Steadfast Collective podcast steadfastcollective.com is for those starting up looking for wisdom from those with a few years head start.
Chris Whyley (Zamzar)- Three Lessons Learnt
August 23, 2018 16:02 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBWe met with Chris Whyley of Zamzar to discuss three lessons that he has learnt while starting Zamzar. Zamzar is an online file converter, created by brothers Mike and Chris Whyley in England. It allows users to convert files without downloading a software tool, and supports over 1,000 different conversion types. Listen to hear Chris’ wisdom about focus, shipping and running an application older than the iPhone.
Why we’re using Craft CMS!
July 05, 2018 09:47 - 15 minutes - 14 MBAs developers, we consistently strive to deliver feature-rich, performant and secure products. Due to the fast-paced nature of our work, it can often be difficult to deliver all three within the time and budget requirements of any given project. To ensure we meet these goals, we often reach for frameworks and tools which allow us to build products without re-inventing the wheel. We have recently been working with Craft CMS 3 to build client websites, and have been loving it. Here’s why:
Jan Carlyle – Three Lessons Learnt Podcast
June 15, 2018 05:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBWe met with Jan Carlyle to discuss three lessons that she has learnt while starting Autumn Live. AutumnLive is passionate about Technology, Education, Equality and Inspiration. They deliver this through strategic events, programmes and marketing campaigns, specialising in the tech, digital and creative sectors. Listen to hear Jan's wisdom about marketing, ROI and mentorship.
Pete & Rachel Heslop – Three Lessons Learnt Podcast
May 24, 2018 16:21 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBPete and Rachel Heslop, our company directors, share the Steadfast story, starting with our small beginnings, growing into the team and client work you see today. Steadfast Collective are a team of passionate creatives focusing on creating content-driven digital platforms and applications. We have a team of five, permanent, talented individuals in our Southampton office, alongside a small team of regular contractors who work alongside us on many of our projects. Pete and Rachel share three ...
Shelly Frame – Three Lessons Learnt Podcast
May 18, 2018 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBThis week I had the chance to speak to Shelly Frame of Etch. Shelly is Group Commercial Director responsible for strategising growth plans, keeping an eye on the finances, and keeping the company in check. The Etch Group is a collection of user design, customer experience, product and web development companies, which include Big Radical Ltd. They work across the Auto, Airlines, Health, Hospitality, Financial and Entertainment industries. Etch has a team of around 80 talented individuals acr...
Three Lessons Learnt with Ashley Baxter
May 11, 2018 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBThis week I had the chance to speak to Ashley Baxter. Ashley is currently building Jack, business insurance on a first name basis. She is also Director of Brokers Direct. Ashley likes video games, photography, and her dog, Indie. She is based in Glasgow, Scotland. We asked Ashley what three Lessons she had learned while starting With Jack,
Three Lessons Learnt with James Mitchell
May 04, 2018 13:50 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBThroughout May we are meeting with business owners from all over the UK to discuss three lessons they have learned while starting a business. Why three lessons? I’m glad you asked! At Steadfast Collective it’s our third birthday so we’re celebrating by meeting with some entrepreneurs who inspire us. This week I had the chance to speak to James Mitchell. James runs M3 productions, a UK-based theatrical production company and technical theatre design, support, and hire. James is a creative e...