🎙️ Matt Williamson founded Vizzly (acquired by WPP) to help B2B SaaS companies build customer-facing analytics dashboards quickly, without compromising on flexibility. Traditional embedded analytics solutions were rigid and slow, forcing companies to choose between speed-to-market through no-code tools or spending months building custom solutions. Vizzly bridged this gap with a hybrid approach that enabled rapid deployment while maintaining developer control. 🚀 Vizzly demonstrated that founder...
Jun 16, 2025•35 min
About Lewis Chawko Lewis Chawko is the founder of RevOps Consulting, with a unique journey from sales to revenue operations expertise. Starting as an SDR and progressing to AE, Lewis discovered his passion for operational problem-solving and self-taught essential RevOps tools in his free time. He transitioned from sales into a full-time RevOps role before launching his consultancy, where he now helps tech startups and scaleups optimise their revenue operations and scale their go-to-market teams....
Jun 02, 2025•37 min
About Phil Mowat With over 15 years in franchising, Phil joined Ashtons Franchise Consulting in 2019. As the first point of contact for new clients, Phil assesses their needs and creates tailored franchise development plans, then delivers franchise development work to help business owners turn their companies into successful franchise brands. Phil’s franchising career began in 2009, when he helped transform his sister’s makeup artist booking agency into a franchised business, moving operations f...
Apr 29, 2025•44 min
🌍 Kostas Dimitros, a Greek senior professional in the construction industry with over 22 years of experience in the Middle East, shares his journey from Athens to Dubai. Kostas has worked with renowned companies such as Parsons, Bechtel, and Kerzner, delivering mega projects, developing comprehensive growth strategies and cultivating strong client relationships. Some of the large-scale projects include the ALBA Aluminum Smelter Expansion in Bahrain, the MINA Oil Tank Farm in Salalah, Oman and h...
Mar 26, 2025•42 min
About Paul Stefiszyn Paul Stefiszyn is a partner in ESP Consulting and an expert in electricity markets, energy trading, and risk management, with 25 years’ experience in industry and consulting in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. Paul’s recent work has focused on supporting governments and system operators with market redesign to advance the decarbonisation of electricity systems. He also regularly advises both small and large energy companies on commercial strategy, ri...
Mar 03, 2025•48 min
About Etienne Gillard Solutions-focused entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of experience in the financial services, professional development, and training sectors. Etienne is a well-experienced investor, technology entrepreneur (Founder 3x), and senior business leader (CEO 2x) with extensive experience in Early Stage VC, Platform Business Models, and Application Software. He holds a degree in Political Science with a minor in Law from UCL in Belgium, has completed the Management Develo...
Dec 03, 2024•47 min
About Roberto Arroyo Roberto Arroyo is an Ecuadorian and French entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the construction industry. As the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Construex, the fastest-growing and largest Construction Marketplace in Latin America boasting over one million subscribed companies, Roberto has showcased his ability to navigate and conquer the challenges inherent in developing economies through visionary leadership. Since 2009, he has initiated both for-profit and non-p...
Oct 29, 2024•54 min
About Becky Matheson With two decades of digital performance expertise, Becky is now the CEO and partner at Wrapped Agency. She collaborates with CEOs and senior leaders to unlock new opportunities for business growth. Leading the Wrapped team, Becky ensures that all performance work is results-driven, placing clients front and center of their target audiences while delivering a strong return on investment. About Kate Eady With over 30 years of experience as a business owner and brand strategist...
Oct 08, 2024•51 min
About Adam Wilkinson Adam Wilkinson has spent the last 15 years working across a range of industries in Health, Safety and Environmental HSE Management. After 10 years with the world’s biggest real-estate firm, CBRE, he is currently in post as the group Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) Director for their Facilities Management (FM) business, Global Workplace Solutions (GWS), in the UK. He holds an MSc in Environmental Management for business, as well as a BSc (Hons) in Oceanograph...
Sep 26, 2024•54 min
About Juan Nieto Juan Nieto is Founder & General Partner at Zacua Ventures. Juan previously worked as a ConTech investor for CEMEX CVC unit since 2018, where he developed Asia Pacific investment strategy, and set up the Shanghai Office in 2019. Prior to this, Juan worked as an alternative asset manager for Altamar CAM Partners, one of Europe largest private managers, in Madrid, and as a Consultant for Techedge Group in Chicago (USA). Juan holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from the Technical U...
Sep 10, 2024•53 min
About Paul Clark As the Founder and Chairman of HSE Global Series, Paul is passionate about creating and delivering high-quality content and engagement services for the health, safety, and environment (HSE) industry. With over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and leadership, Paul has a proven track record of consistently winning and retaining business within a competitive marketplace, as well as establishing credibility with senior decision-makers across various sectors and regions. A...
Aug 13, 2024•49 min
About iUGO iUGO specializes in tracking two essential types of data for fleets: vehicle data and driver data, with the aim of optimizing operations and improving fleet utilization. By leveraging this data, we ensure the safety of riders and drivers, enhance the speed of delivery, and elevate the overall customer service experience for Last Mile Delivery. Through real-time monitoring and analysis, we not only save costs and fuel but also improve compliance, thus gaining a competitive advantage an...
Jul 18, 2024•38 min
Alkin Akarslan, founder of Laranja and Global Golden Key, dicsusses medical tourism in Turkey and how to access international residency and citizenship opportunities. Laranja founded in 2014 provides medical tourism marketing & management support for select hospitals, small & mid size health care providers, large corporations, government entities and other instutions internationally. With a team of highly skilled professionals and partnerships in over 50 locations worldwide, Global Golde...
Jul 02, 2024•48 min
About Colm Lyon Colm Lyon is CEO and founder of fire.com – a digital payments business. He is one of Europe’s leading payments and fintech entrepreneurs. With a career spanning more than 30 years, Colm has built payment businesses, led change across the industry and supported the wider business community. Previously Colm was the founder and CEO of Realex Payments, one of Europe’s largest and most successful online payments businesses, which was acquired by Global Payments in March 2015. Colm is ...
Jun 05, 2024•54 min
About Dr. Cherif Massoud Dr. Cherif Massoud is a key figure in dental and orthodontic care. He believes in leveraging technology to enhance the overall dental experience, making it better for patients and practitioners alike. As the CEO of BASMA.COM, Dr. Massoud focuses on equipping dentists and orthodontists with cutting-edge tools, aiming to make dental care more accessible and affordable. He advocates for the use of advanced technology not only to enhance treatment outcomes but also to transf...
Mar 19, 2024•25 min
Dan Stuart, known by his nickname 'Savage Dan', manages media relations for Boxxer, works closely with Chelsea FC and is owner of Jukebox Studios (where this podcast is filmed). Dan collaborated with WSTRN to produce their hit single In2, which peaked at number four in the UK charts.
Mar 12, 2024•52 min
About Sam Howie Sam Howie, originally from New Zealand, is the Director of Enterprise Sales at Re-Leased, a pioneering cloud-based property management platform established in 2012. Sam was the first person on the ground for Re-Leased in the United Kingdom and since moving to London with his wife in 2015, Sam has played a big role in expanding the Re-Leased footprint. The company has amassed a client base of over 1,200 worldwide, with the UK market being its largest, boasting over 400 clients and...
Mar 04, 2024•32 min
About Yogesh Juneja Yogesh Juneja, Hotel Manager at the Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire, has worked in hospitality for more than twenty years across six countries. Yogesh oversees all aspects of the hotel's operations, ensuring unparalleled luxury and unforgettable experiences for every guest. About Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Four Seasons Hotels and Resort operates more than 120 hotels and 50 residences globally. The brand goes beyond hotels and residences, as it also operates a private charte...
Feb 26, 2024•30 min
Chris graduated from the London School of Economics and began a promising career in the International Development sector before stepping away to take an opportunity to become a professional boxer at the age of 24. Retiring from the ring as an undefeated professional in 2016, Chris went on to co-found a successful gym group before turning his full attention to coaching the City’s elite to gain clarity, elevate performance and bring deeper fulfilment into their stressful lives. Through debilitatin...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 7 min
About Roderick Schneider Roderick Schneider is the Chief Operating Officer of Workforce.com, where the mission is to eliminate employment friction for shift and hourly workers, and reduce the global unemployment rate. Roderick has been helping front line businesses navigate tough situations since moving to the UK during lockdown. When he’s not helping restaurants and bars for work, he’s eating and drinking at them. Prior to Workforce.com, Roderick worked as a financial advisor. About Workforce.c...
Feb 12, 2024•48 min
About Emre Ertan Before Cenoa, Emre was Chief Product Officer / and interim CTO at Getir, (a Sequoia-backed global ultra-fast delivery company, valued at ~$12B). During his tenure, Getir grew around 20x. He had several product director/manager roles in Silicon Valley’s fast-growth companies such as Zum, Slice, Unroll.me and Feedly. He also started two VC-backed companies before and holds 2 patents. He has an MBA from Stanford and Engineering degree from Sabanci University. Before his technology ...
Feb 07, 2024•38 min
Eva Luitsz, Co-Founder of Studio Melrose LTD, has over 7 years of dedicated expertise in the dynamic field of marketing. Eva specialises in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), social media management, content creation, and strategic planning. Multi-channel testing is the heart of marketing and works as a great tool to overcome budget restrictions, by helping brands prioritise what delivers the most impact. Tests shouldn’t just be reserved for paid media - companies with low budgets can test organi...
Jan 29, 2024•35 min
🚀 Insurtechs: the typically paper and process driven insurance industry sprouted insurtechs as a result of advances in technology, the internet of things (e.g. FloodFlash’s water level sensor) and improved data processing capabilities (e.g. Flock's leverage of telematics to provide quotes). They’ve resulted in a number of benefits for end-customers, notably data driven pricing that correlates more accurately to risk profiles, improved UX (e.g. Superscript's digital broking process) and insuranc...
Jan 22, 2024•56 min
Lewis is a Director at Rothschild & Co Wealth Management. Prior to joining Rothschild & Co in 2014, he began his career in the Wealth Management department at Barclays, having graduated from the University of Warwick with a BSc in Economics. He has worked in London and New York over the past decade but now leads the Rothschild & Co office in Manchester. Areas mentioned on this recording are general information and not a recommendation to act. Please seek independent investment advice...
Jan 16, 2024•41 min
As the year comes to an end, Lucas Calleja who normally hosts the podcast, stepped into the guest's seat and was joined by James Horrax who kindly hosted the podcast! They discussed key developments and items that were brought up by guests. Here are three key themes from 2023 that we reflected on: Pathways to profitability: it was a make-or-break year for many startups, as funding and higher valuations became more difficult to access if pathways to profitability were not clearly demonstrated to ...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Andrea Guzzoni is a serial entrepreneur and investor: Founder and Chairman of easyHire, Andrea invests and advises early-stage startups, focusing on SEIS-EIS UK-based companies and tech ventures in emerging markets. After building up international experience across Milan, London, Australia, Ukraine, and Tanzania, Andrea is currently pursuing an Executive MBA at Oxford University. Andrea is also a Business Mentor at TechItaliaLAB and a Board Member at Mimete, a metal powders producer. Beyond busi...
Dec 11, 2023•36 min
Outlier Ventures is the global leading Web3 accelerator, supporting founders building on layer one and layer two protocols with a portfolio of over 270 companies. During its Basecamp accelerator program, Outlier Ventures partners with global industry protocol leaders, including Aptos, NEAR, and Polygon, along with leading global corporations such as Walmart’s incubation arm Store Nº8, to design bespoke programs by its team of experts that help refine business strategy, product-market fit, commun...
Dec 04, 2023•35 min
Enis and Lucas discuss the opportunities and risks associated with investing in emerging markets. Enis Hulli is a General Partner at 500. Educated as an engineer he has a firm grasp of the technological aspect of the startup world and the ambition and knowledge to see the global potential in the regional startup scene. That is why, rather than venturing on the civil engineer path, he founded firstseed, a network of investors focusing on early stages investments. He aims to cultivate and grow the...
Nov 27, 2023•40 min
Melvin Chen is an investor and serial entrepreneur, having worked across multiple sectors in the investment and scale up technology industries including Goldman Sachs, Terra Firma and Samena Capital working on financing, StarLake where he advised firms expanding to and raising money from Asia before joining Latch to focus on go-to-market during their hyperscale journey to IPO. Forming a new market expansion strategy requires businesses to quantify and rank market potential, to ensure that a prod...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr
About FloodFlash FloodFlash is a multi-award-winning insurance technology company at the forefront of the parametric insurance movement. Launched in the UK 2019 and in the US in 2022, their rapid-payout flood product provides coverage to businesses, corporates and municipalities that struggle to secure flood terms anywhere else. They use the latest in data modelling and IoT technology to provide fast and flexible cover that pays claims in record times. FloodFlash is a registered coverholder at L...
Nov 13, 2023•47 min
