Secret Leaders with Dan Murray-Serter
376 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThis is the entrepreneurial education I wish I’d had. A few years ago, I thought I'd made it as a Founder. My app was topping the charts, I was winning awards, having drinks with the Queen at Buckingham Palace (she laughed at one of my gags, sure), but as my business started to fail, I realised I had so much more to learn. The trouble was I found most business chat too stuffy, surface level or braggy so I started Secret Leaders to get behind the mask of entrepreneurship. I speak with the best Founders and business experts to learn how great companies are built - especially the things that normally get left out, like their mistakes. We cover the most important stuff, from fundraising to hiring, habits to mindset, so you can learn how to build a successful business. And no, you don’t need to get into an ice bath at 5am either...
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How I failed: On the cusp of greatness when everything falls apart with Flash Pack Founder Radha Vyas
September 29, 2022 06:00 - 17 minutesWould you fight for your business even after you’d put it into administration? Radha Vyas co-founded Flash Pack, an adventure holiday company, with her husband Lee, after realising there was an untapped market for solo entrepreneurs in their thirties and forties. They slowly built their company and were just entering an exciting first fundraising round when the pandemic hit, decimating their company and the entire travel industry. They had to put the company into administration but then were...
Dan Murray-Serter, Chapter 4: How to cross the chasm from idea to product
September 27, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutesYou want to launch a new product. But how do you decide on exactly what you’re going to develop? How do you build a community when you don’t have anything to sell them? How do you test demand? These are important questions that Dan Murray-Serter, the usual host of Secret Leaders, will be answering this week. This is the fourth chapter in our semi-regular series with Dan where we put him in the hot seat. If you haven’t listened to the previous three it’s worth doing that now because you’ll und...
How I Failed: Unable to keep staff, with Founder Hayden Bloomfield
September 22, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesDo you struggle to maintain good relationships with your employees? Hayden Bloomfield managed to grow his grounds maintenance company during the pandemic. At its height, it had a team of ten and was turning over £25,000 - £30,000 a month. But during a period of two years, Hayden went through thirty members of staff. He couldn’t focus on building the big picture because he regularly had to cover some staff not turning up for work. Why couldn’t he stop his staff from leaving? Listen to find o...
Fiverr: “Stop focusing on f*cking valuations, they mean nothing!” says Co-Founder Micha Kaufman
September 20, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutesMicha Kaufman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fiverr, the global online marketplace for freelancers. Let’s say you’re a designer. You can list your services and display your portfolio. And then companies who want stuff designed like a new website can find you and hire you to do the work. It's called Fiverr because at the beginning all the tasks cost 5 dollars. Though the pricing has changed, the name has stayed and the platform is currently used by 4.2 million customers in 160 countries worldwid...
How I failed: The danger of doing business with friends, with Footlights Founder Jo Fisher
September 15, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesWould you go into business with a friend? Jo Fisher is the Founder and CEO of Footlights, a performing arts company, which has 17 franchises and works with schools across the north of England. She got into business at a ridiculously young age. As a young child she used to sit in the entrance to her house and sell items her neighbours no longer wanted to make money for sweets. She left school at 14 to work full-time and launched her first business, an underwear business, when she was just 18...
The Newsette's Daniella Pierson on how to prove your haters wrong
September 13, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutesDaniella Pierson is the CEO and Founder of the Newsette, a women-focused newsletter which she started when she was at university at just 19 years old. Now 27, she was recently named by Forbes as one of the wealthiest women of colour in the United States. The newsletter now has more than 500,000 subscribers, whilst revenue grew from $1million in 2019 to $40 million in 2021. Within the company she also started a creative agency, Newland, which works with Fortune 500 brands. According to Inc., ...
How I failed: “When people try to take things off you, you gotta fight back!” with Natterjack Whisky Founder Aidan Mehigan
September 08, 2022 18:46 - 16 minutesFor this episode of ‘How I Failed’ we follow the story of Aidan Mehigan’s fight to save his business, as it happened. We first spoke to Aidan earlier this year when he was in the middle of a fundraise and court battle to keep control of his whisky business. When growing his company in 2018, Natterjack Whisky, Aidan had taken out a convertible loan note to fund his business. Then Covid hit, by the end of 2021, cash was low, their sales were almost non-existent on the international market and t...
THIS Co-Founder shares secret to making plant-based food that doesn’t suck - Andy Shovel
September 06, 2022 06:00 - 58 minutesTHIS is currently the fastest-growing meat alternative brand in the UK. After launching in 2019, it was recently valued at £150 million. But Co-Founders Andy Shovel and Pete Sharman didn’t always want to help people eat less meat. In fact, before THIS they ran a successful beef burger company. Andy knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur from a young age and sold his first business at 21. But far from feeling proud of himself, he really struggled. He hardly left his room for three weeks. Surrou...
What it was really like building Apple with Steve Jobs, with Founder & CEO of FNDR James Vincent
August 30, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourJames Vincent has helped develop brands for some of the biggest companies in the world. For 11 years he met Steve Jobs every week to come up with some of the iconic campaigns for Apple’s products. And then to launch the very first iPhone, James started Media Arts Lab, Apple’s exclusive brand agency, along with Lee Clow and other co-founders, which he ran for over eight years. For someone who had a big part to play in constructing Apple’s narrative, James Vincent is a relatively unknown figure...
SumUp: how to stumble into building an €8b company, with Co-Founder Marc-Alexander Christ
August 23, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutesHow much of your success is down to luck? Marc-Alexander Christ is the Co-Founder of SumUp, which was recently valued at €8b. He says being in the right place at the right time was a big factor in him starting the company. SumUp is a fintech best known for supplying card readers to small businesses so they can take payments. You may have seen them, and have probably used them because they work with over four million merchants worldwide. It hasn’t always gone their way though. As well as so...
Octopus Energy: how to run a massive company with no HR function, with Founder and CEO Greg Jackson
August 16, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutesGreg Jackson started Octopus Energy, a green energy supplier, in 2015. Since then it has enjoyed huge growth. It is now the fourth largest energy retailer in the UK, supplying over 3 million homes in the country, as well as homes in Germany, the USA, Japan, Spain, Italy, France and New Zealand. They were valued at nearly 5 billion dollars at the end of 2021. Greg is clearly passionate about climate change and says he went into business to drive change. Octopus Energy is a fascinating busines...
Little Moons: how to become an overnight success - in 12 years, with Co-Founder Vivien Wong
August 09, 2022 06:00 - 48 minutesGoing viral is something many businesses would kill for but having to scale up your business to meet rocketing demand is not easy. Little Moons makes mochi ice cream, a type of Japanese rice cake with an ice cream filling. Vivien Wong co-founded the business with her brother in 2010 after spending two years developing the product with her father in her parents' bakery. Over the next decade the company grew steadily and surely, until the company went viral on TikTok during the pandemic and sa...
How I failed: Launching a website no one visited with Founder Chris Donnelly
August 04, 2022 08:45 - 13 minutesLast year Chris sold a creative marketing agency he’d founded called Verb and he’s now the Co-Founder of Lottie, which just raised £6 million on a £45 million valuation. But before these successes, he experienced failure with his website the Real Uni Guide, which aimed to match students with the right universities for them. Along with his co-founder brother, he spent over a year building the website but when they launched, hardly anyone visited. Find out what happened and what Chris learnt f...
Sweatcoin: how to turn your worst moments into your best, with Co-Founder Oleg Fomenko
August 02, 2022 06:00 - 58 minutesWhat makes you want to exercise? Would you do it more if you were paid to do it? Oleg Fomenko thinks we aren’t naturally disposed to want to exercise, that we have evolved to preserve our store of calories rather than spend them. So, he built Sweatcoin, along with his Co-Founder Anton Derlyatka, an app that will literally pay you for taking steps outside. Specifically it will pay you a certain amount of ‘sweatcoin’ for every thousand steps you take. This digital currency can then be switched ...
How I failed: the gym business which went under, with Shares Co-Founder Benjamin Chemla
July 28, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutesBenjamin Chemla has been an entrepreneur for over a decade. He co-founded the massive on-demand delivery service Stuart in 2015 and currently he is the Co-Founder and CEO of Shares, a just-launched app which makes investing a social experience. But between his successes, there was a high profile failure. Benjamin founded a group of gyms in New York City called Fithouse in 2017. Everything started great, classes running on everything from yoga to boxing. Investors had put up $10 million and h...
Fanbytes: from growing up poor to selling for millions at 27, with Co-Founder Timothy Armoo
July 26, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutesWhat were you doing at 17? When he was that age, Timothy Armoo had already sold his first startup. Now 27, he has just sold his second startup, Fanbytes, a social media and influencer marketing agency, to digital advertising company, Brainlabs, for eight figures. Timothy, or Timo as he is known, grew up on a council estate in Hackney and it was the realisation that he was poor when he was a teenager that motivated him to become an entrepreneur. He started Fanbytes with his co-founders in 2017...
How I failed: not able to pay suppliers, staff or my mortgage with Founder Matt Jones
July 21, 2022 06:15 - 13 minutesFinding investment is a necessity for many entrepreneurs, but things don’t always work out the way they're supposed to. Matt Jones started his business Rubix Advertising in 2009, with the help of an investor. It started well and the business, a full service media advertising company, grew quickly. But only two years later, Matt had to close his business down. What happened? And how did he turn that failure into a seven figure success story? Listen to find out. If you have any feedback, we w...
The man who predicted the rise of the influencer, with Gleam Futures Founder Dom Smales
July 19, 2022 06:30 - 47 minutesDom Smales is the exited Founder of Gleam Futures, which was one of the first social media talent agencies in the world - and the first in the UK. When Gleam was founded back in 2010, influencers weren’t even a thing, but Dom saw the potential power bloggers could have. He went on to play a big part in the rise of the first Youtube stars, like Zoe Sugg, better known as Zoella; Tanya Burr; and the Pixiwoo sisters, Sam and Nicola Chapman. Dom exited in 2020 but it wasn't what he thought it wo...
How I failed: “I didn’t actually believe in the business, I just wanted to work for myself”, with Founder Amelia Sordell
July 14, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutesToday, Amelia Sordell runs a booming personal branding agency called Klowt, but back in 2015, aged 21, she had just founded Eitherside, a fashion brand for women who wanted to dress up for a night out - but without the luxury price tag. Only eight months after starting the company, Amelia was faced with taking out a loan she would have to personally guarantee, or shutting it down. She chose the latter. Listen to find out what went wrong, and how she finally overcame that failure after nearl...
Dan Murray-Serter, Chapter 3: ‘I’d decided life was meaningless’ - my battle with bulimia, anxiety, depression and insomnia
July 12, 2022 08:21 - 52 minutesYou wouldn’t sign up for a terrible experience but they’re a breeding ground for the best stories, and the most personal growth. It’s no different for today’s guest and the usual host of Secret Leaders, Dan Murray-Serter, who opens up about his biggest traumas… which became the biggest turning points in his life. This is the third chapter in our semi-regular series with Dan. If you haven’t listened to the first or second it’s worth doing that now because you’ll understand the periods he’s tal...
How I failed: “We were so convinced that we were among the few that would make it to IPO”, with multi-exit entrepreneur Touraj Parang
July 07, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutesTouraj Parang today has multiple exits under his belt, has sat on both sides of the deal table - and has written a book literally called "Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game". But the reason he’s become such an authority on exits is what we’re discussing today - his failed startup Jaxtr. Jaxtr was a way to make phone calls over the internet in the period 2005 - 2009, before stuff like Whatsapp calling was really a thing. They’d done really well according to some metrics - they had 10 m...
GoHenry: Creating a new category with other parents after kids racked up bills, with Co-Founder & COO Louise Hill
July 05, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutesLouise Hill is the Co-Founder and COO of GoHenry, a debit card and financial education app for children which has two million users. The starting point for Louise was noticing her kids buying stuff on iTunes without her permission. She then found out other children were spending money on all sorts of things without them or their parents realising it. So, after chatting with two dads whose kids went to the same school, they decided to do something about it. This is the story of how Louise tur...
How I failed: “I didn’t want to tell them I’ve reached the end of my rope”, with journalist Emma Gunavardhana
June 30, 2022 11:05 - 12 minutesEmma Gunavardhana, or Emma Guns as she’s often known started her career with a bang. She landed her dream job early doors - editing OK Magazine back when that was a really big deal. But when she left the comfort of that job to make it as a solopreneur, everything went to pot. Wind forward four years and Emma was at her lowest ebb, considering selling her car and moving back in with her parents at the age of 38 - a has-been who couldn’t make it in London. Find out what happened and what she l...
What3Words: Why an injury can be the best thing to happen to you, with Co-Founder & CEO Chris Sheldrick
June 28, 2022 09:09 - 46 minutesWe normally can’t see it at the time but bad things often play a critical role in good things happening. As Steve Jobs famously said, it’ll make sense looking backwards. This is exactly what happened to Chris Sheldrick who had plans to be a professional bassoonist but a freak injury changed the course of life. Chris is now the Co-Founder and CEO of What3Words, an alarmingly simple solution to a complex problem you didn’t know we had - addresses. Lots of places don’t have addresses - like a ba...
(Bitesize) How I failed: short-form video platform that got crushed by TikTok, with Jess Butcher MBE
June 23, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesOk, ok - it’s not all about your name or your competitors - but Jess Butcher was kicking herself when she came across TikTok shortly after launching Tick.Done. with her Co-Founders in 2018. Tick.Done. was also a short form video platform which made things confusing. Jess’s friends regularly congratulated her on her success, only for Jess to admit that TikTok, the thing they were hearing about everywhere, wasn’t her business. And pretty quickly it was the end for them. Jess is a legend - you ...
How I failed: short-form video platform that got crushed by TikTok, with Jess Butcher MBE
June 23, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutesOk, ok - it’s not all about your name or your competitors - but Jess Butcher was kicking herself when she came across TikTok shortly after launching Tick.Done. with her Co-Founders in 2018. Tick.Done. was also a short form video platform which made things confusing. Jess’s friends regularly congratulated her on her success, only for Jess to admit that TikTok, the thing they were hearing about everywhere, wasn’t her business. And pretty quickly it was the end for them. Jess is a legend - you ...
(Bitesize) How I failed: the non-alcoholic drink which got pulled from the shelves, with Richard Clark, Founder of Drynks
June 16, 2022 06:00 - 11 minutesRichard Clark is now the Founder and MD of Drynks, a non-alcoholic drinks business which raised money on Dragons Den and is growing strongly. But a few years ago he launched another non alcoholic drink, Iron Press, which had a very different outcome. Having enjoyed huge success at Halewood International with Crabbie’s Ginger Beer, Richard and his team found it easy to get into retailers, but it was then the problems started. Find out what went wrong and what he learnt from it. Feedback: h...
How I failed: the non-alcoholic drink which got pulled from the shelves, with Richard Clark, Founder of Drynks
June 16, 2022 06:00 - 11 minutesRichard Clark is now the Founder and MD of Drynks, a non-alcoholic drinks business which raised money on Dragons Den and is growing strongly. But a few years ago he launched another non alcoholic drink, Iron Press, which had a very different outcome. Having enjoyed huge success at Halewood International with Crabbie’s Ginger Beer, Richard and his team found it easy to get into retailers, but it was then the problems started. Find out what went wrong and what he learnt from it. ... We'd love...
How I failed: 37 jobs by the age of 24, with Krisi Smith, Founder of Bird & Blend
June 09, 2022 06:00 - 11 minutesWe’ve all made mistakes. Many of us have had short-lived jobs. And many of us have been fired. But getting through 37 jobs by the time you’re 24 is quite a haul. That’s what happened to Krisi Smith, the Founder of Bird & Blend, a booming tea company. But before she found her groove, she found she couldn’t hold down a job. This is the story of what happened and what she learnt from it. ... We'd love your feedback: [email protected] Check out Yotpo, our exclusive sponsor - to grow you...
(Bitesize) How I failed: 37 jobs by the age of 24, with Krisi Smith, Founder of Bird & Blend
June 09, 2022 06:00 - 10 minutesWe’ve all made mistakes. Many of us have had short-lived jobs. And many of us have been fired. But getting through 37 jobs by the time you’re 24 is quite a haul. That’s what happened to Krisi Smith, the Founder of Bird & Blend, a booming tea company. But before she found her groove, she found she couldn’t hold down a job. This is the story of what happened and what she learnt from it. Feedback: [email protected] Sponsor links: yotpo.com
Beyond: shorting your rival’s stock for $700m but losing the war, with Founder & CEO Ian Strang
June 07, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes80% to 90% of startups fail. But what those stats don't tell you is how you can do loads of things right and still fail. This is what happened to Ian Strang and the company he founded, Beyond, who tried to shake up the death industry - offering price comparisons, wills, funerals, probate - those kinds of things. They certainly managed to do that. They landed some blows, but ultimately they lost the war. This is Ian’s story, told a few months after his company failed. He and his team came up ...
How I failed: Chris Cabrera on getting fired, getting pissed, and getting even
June 02, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesBy the time he was 37, Chris Cabrera had managed his career very well. He was a leader in a public company - and he knew what strategy the company should take to seize the future. But then he got fired. This is the story of what happened and what he did next. ... We'd love your feedback: [email protected] Check out Yotpo, our exclusive sponsor - if you want to grow your ecommerce business: yotpo.com/secret
(Bitesize) How I failed: Chris Cabrera on getting fired, getting pissed, and getting even
June 02, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesBy the time he was 37, Chris Cabrera had managed his career very well. He was a leader in a public company - and he knew what strategy the company should take to seize the future. But then he got fired. This is the story of what happened and what he did next. Feedback: [email protected] Sponsor links: yotpo.com
How the fat kid did it: Vikas Shah MBE on getting over obesity shame and suicide attempts - and what people get wrong about entrepreneurship
May 31, 2022 06:00 - 49 minutesVikas Shah MBE looks like the picture of success today. He’s got an MBE. He advises the government on business matters. He’s an NED, investor - he’s someone you look up to. But it wasn’t always like this. He was a fat kid at school, and when he realised he was obese - was disgusted by himself. He lost his identity when his first business failed. He tried to commit suicide four times. The last one got very close to succeeding. But we’re here talking with Vikas-the-success today, and that’s b...
(Bitesize) How I failed: Alex Farrell on winding down her startup after taking on a new industry
May 26, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesAlex Farrell is a successful entrepreneur, NED and investor but amongst the successes, there have also been some losses. Alex founded Gift Wink in 2015, a platform where users could get timely and excellent gift ideas. So when your Mum’s birthday was coming up, you’d actually get her something awesome which arrived on time. That was the idea anyway, but four years later, after pushing against headwinds, Alex was forced to let the staff go and close the business. Find out what happened… Feed...
How I failed: Alex Farrell on winding down her startup after taking on a new industry
May 26, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutesAlex Farrell is a successful entrepreneur, NED and investor but amongst the successes, there have also been some losses. Alex founded Gift Wink in 2015, a platform where users could get timely and excellent gift ideas. So when your Mum’s birthday was coming up, you’d actually get her something awesome which arrived on time. That was the idea anyway, but four years later, after pushing against headwinds, Alex was forced to let the staff go and close the business. Find out what happened… ... W...
Tackling a problem that will affect half the planet as a first-time Founder, with Vira Health Co-Founder Andrea Berchowitz
May 24, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutesAndrea Berchowitz is the Co-Founder of Vira Health, a tech startup taking on problems in women’s health, starting with menopause. Andrea worked at McKinsey and then the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation but this is her first time as a Founder. What’s tougher than she expected? What’s surprised her about the switch? And what would she advise others thinking of making the move? Plus we discuss: How to pick what to do with your career The reality of menopause Stereotypes of engineers The ...
How I failed: Giles Harrison quit his job to start his own thing but hit a big reality check
May 19, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutesGiles Harrison, the Co-Founder of Sculpd, is riding high now but his first startup ground to a painful halt. Having quit his job in a bullish mood to found a matcha tea business, he soon found out how difficult startups are - and how much more difficult physical goods businesses are compared to digital ones. Find out how he failed - what went wrong - and what he learnt from it. ... We'd love your feedback: [email protected] Check out Yotpo, our exclusive sponsor - if you want to gr...
(Bitesize) How I failed: Giles Harrison quit his job to start his own thing but hit a big reality check
May 19, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesGiles Harrison, the Co-Founder of Sculpd, is riding high now but his first startup ground to a painful halt. Having quit his job in a bullish mood to found a matcha tea business, he soon found out how difficult startups are - and how much more difficult physical goods businesses are compared to digital ones. Find out how he failed - what went wrong - and what he learnt from it. Feedback: [email protected] Sponsor links: yotpo.com
The Sandbox: wtf is the metaverse and how will it change the world, with Co-Founder and COO Sebastien Borget
May 17, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutesSo you’ve heard people talking about the metaverse and have been wondering what they’re on about? You think you get it one minute but then someone else says something and you’re none the wiser? Yeah, sounds about right. This is why we’re pumped to be interviewing Sebastien Borger, the Co-Founder and COO of The Sandbox, who are a market leader in the metaverse. The Sandbox is the place where brands like Starbucks, Gucci and Nike have been buying virtual land so they can deliver experiences to ...
How I failed: Amanda Perry on going bankrupt after losing her baking business
May 12, 2022 06:00 - 14 minutesAmanda Perry tells us what it’s like to go bankrupt after flying high with her baking business. She’d been featured in Vogue; her cupcakes were flying off the shelves - she thought business was easy. Until it wasn’t, and it was her who was personally on the hook… How do you even go bankrupt from starting a company? What impact does it have on you? And how do you recover from something like that? Amanda’s now the successful Founder of Soup Agency but this is a cautionary tale for anyone think...
(Bitesize) How I failed: Amanda Perry went bankrupt after losing her baking business
May 12, 2022 06:00 - 14 minutesAmanda Perry tells us what it’s like to go bankrupt after flying high with her baking business. She’d been featured in Vogue; her cupcakes were flying off the shelves - she thought business was easy. Until it wasn’t, and it was her who was personally on the hook… How do you even go bankrupt from starting a company? What impact does it have on you? And how do you recover from something like that? Amanda’s now the successful Founder of Soup Agency but this is a cautionary tale for anyone think...
How I failed: Amanda Perry went bankrupt after losing her baking business
May 12, 2022 06:00 - 15 minutesAmanda Perry tells us what it’s like to go bankrupt after flying high with her baking business. She’d been featured in Vogue; her cupcakes were flying off the shelves - she thought business was easy. Until it wasn’t, and it was her who was personally on the hook… How do you even go bankrupt from starting a company? What impact does it have on you? And how do you recover from something like that? Amanda’s now the successful Founder of Soup Agency but this is a cautionary tale for anyone think...
Outbrain: closing a funding round with gunfire in the background -Co-Founder & Co-CEO Yaron Galai
May 10, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutesIt’s pretty rare that investors have to ask the Founder they’re speaking to if they’re in a warzone, or insist they have to leave their country for somewhere a little more ‘peaceful’ but that’s exactly what happened to Yaron Galai, the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Outbrain. Yaron was a captain in the Israeli Navy before smashing it out the park with a few startups he founded. Yaron’s latest company Outbrain (founded in 2006) is one you may not have heard of but you’ve probably used - they power ...
How I failed: Steve Witt on losing everything… twice
May 05, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesSteve Witt knows what it’s like to make a lot of money… and lose it all. He knows what it’s like to go from sipping mai tais on the proverbial Caribbean island to sleeping on your mate’s sofa because you’ve got nowhere else to go. And he’s gone through that twice. Find out what happened and how he picked himself up again. ... We'd love your feedback: [email protected] Check out Yotpo, our exclusive sponsor - if you want to grow your ecommerce business: yotpo.com/secret
(Bitesize) How I failed: Steve Witt on losing everything… twice
May 05, 2022 06:00 - 11 minutesSteve Witt knows what it’s like to make a lot of money… and lose it all. He knows what it’s like to go from sipping mai tais on the proverbial Caribbean island to sleeping on your mate’s sofa because you’ve got nowhere else to go. And he’s gone through that twice. Find out what happened and how he picked himself up again. Feedback: [email protected] Sponsor links: yotpo.com
BorrowMyDoggy: how to get people to trust strangers, with Founder and CEO Rikke Rosenlund
May 03, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutesBorrowMyDoggy is the kind of brand that just sticks in your brain. Once you’ve heard it you can’t unhear it. Today we’re talking with its Founder and CEO Rikke Rosenlund who had an idyllic Danish childhood but still doesn’t own a dog. Find out how she built the company bit by bit - and how they're helping the 25% of dogs who are depressed. We talk about: What your parents say behind your back The issues with dog care in the UK People finding love through pet sitting Real reason women fou...
(Bitesize) How I failed: Trinny Woodall on the fall of her first internet startup
April 28, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesThis is the first episode in our new bitesize series (10/15-minute episodes) dedicated to failure. Trinny Woodall’s an A-lister now, and the Founder of Trinny London, but before all the success she experienced a soul-crushing failure around the dotcom boom. Find out what happened, what she learnt from it - and how you should think about failure. Feedback: [email protected] Sponsor links: yotpo.com
How I failed: Trinny Woodall on the fall of her first internet startup
April 28, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutesThis is the first episode in our new bitesize series (10/15-minute episodes) dedicated to failure. Trinny Woodall’s an A-lister now, and the Founder of Trinny London, but before all the success she experienced a soul-crushing failure around the dotcom boom. Find out what happened, what she learnt from it - and how you should think about failure. ... We'd love your feedback: [email protected] Check out Yotpo, our exclusive sponsor: yotpo.com/secret
Finimize: what you should’ve been taught in school about personal finance, with the FTSE 100’s youngest Exec and Founder/CEO Max Rofagha
April 26, 2022 01:00 - 1 hourWhat we’re taught at schools is a real pet peeve here at Secret Leaders. Why are we mucking about learning Latin when we could be learning about stuff like nutrition and personal finance - genuinely useful subjects that will help us lead happier, more fulfilling lives? That’s what Max Rofagha thought when, after exiting his previous startup, he didn’t know what to do with his new found wealth. The content on the internet, the advice he was getting, just didn’t cut it - so he founded Finimize....