BeZero Carbon is a ratings agency for the Voluntary Carbon Market. Combining expertise across climate science, finance and policy, it provides ratings, risk and data tools that improve information accessibility and decision making.  In this episode, CEO & Co-Founder Tommy Ricketts sits down with Chris to share the story behind his climate Tech start-up and the role they are playing in the Net Zero Transition. Tommy starts by explaining exactly what a carbon credit is and what role it plays in the Net Zero transition. He talks through how they rate Carbon Credits & why ratings ar ..read more

10X Banking is a cloud-native core banking platform that's making banking 10x better for customers, banks, and society by enabling client banks and providers of financial services to give their customers more timely and relevant experiences and insights when it comes to managing money. In this episode, Chris is joined by Frankie Woodhead, a Director at 10X Banking and one of the first 40 employees in the business that now has over 500 employees… Frankie talks through what it’s really like to be part of a rapidly scaling business and the realities of growing at such pace. Frankie discusses thei ..read more

VidiVet's purpose is to make vet expertise more affordable and accessible to every pet parent; allowing them to ask anything about their pet at anytime, from anywhere in the world instantly, without violating their wallet! In this episode, Founder Ben Sweeney, chatted to Chris about his journey from Vet to founding a start-up, discussing the challenges that come with being a non-technical founder of a tech-centric business. Ben gives his thoughts on the pros and cons of a Founding CEO vs. a hired CEO, as well as his fundraising journey and experience as a current National Finalist for Tech N ..read more

As former VP of Customer Operations at Monzo and a current Angel Investor for Ventures Together, Rona Ruthen has a glittering career background within the operational tech space. In this episode, Rona delves into the important relationship between operations and tech within a business, what makes a great operational leader, and the common challenges that operations teams can expect to face... Covering her time at Monzo, Rona discusses her experience going from leading a team of 250 people to 1200 people and her advice for how to scale yourself up personally as a leader within a hyper-growth s ..read more

EdenFiftyOne promotes the 51 universal skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening within English language education. Their mission is to make global English language teaching, learning and assessment easier and to improve experience, outcomes and opportunities for everyone, everywhere. In this episode, Founder & CEO Tom Reynolds joins Chris to talk through how he went from Assistant Head Teacher to building an Ed Tech and his journey to becoming a B Corp.  He talks through his ambitious first sale the Vietnamese education system and how you start selling to a county & what ..read more

AeroCloud is an airport management platform is built on leading-edge technology & uses predictive AI & machine learning. Combined with common-use passenger processing & self-service solutions, they deliver an innovative answer to the complex operational challenges experienced by airports across the globe. In this episode, Co-Founder & CEO George Richardson sits down with Chris to discuss his journey from professional racing driver to tech Founder, and how his former career has impacted how he runs his business.  George also talks through his recent Series A round, his ex ..read more

AeroCloud is an airport management platform is built on leading-edge technology & uses predictive AI & machine learning. Combined with common-use passenger processing & self-service solutions, they deliver an innovative answer to the complex operational challenges experienced by airports across the globe. In this episode, Co-Founder & CEO George Richardson sits down with Chris to discuss his journey from professional racing driver to tech Founder, and how his former career has impacted how he runs his business.  George also talks through his recent Series A round, his ex ..read more

Pharmacy Innovation Lab is working alongside pharmacists to develop new technologies aimed at solving real issues currently being faced in the pharmacy every day. Being over 50% owned by pharmacists, they provide a unique community working towards resolving shared problems within the industry. In this episode, Paul Billington, Founder of both Pharmacy Innovation Lab and it's powerhouse Project 808, sits down with Chris to discuss how he is disrupting the pharmaceutical industry with technology, as well as traditional models to investment -  as he explains the unique way in which Pharmacy ..read more

Boodil is a cardless payments solution that offers merchants a more secure, cost effective payment proposition with instant access to funds whilst rewarding customers for every purchase they make.  In this episode, two of the four Co-Founders of Boodil - Dally Singh (CTO) & Harry Luscombe (CEO) - sit down with Chris to discuss their journey as an early stage start-up on the journey to disrupt the banking industry with their open banking solution.  The pair talk through their unique journey from four co-workers to co-founders and how this dynamic works. Dally also dives into how ..read more

Thinking about starting your own business? Or maybe you're considering taking the plunge from corporate to start-up life... In this season finale we've gathered a round-up of the best advice shared from start-up Founders & leaders across Season 5 of the show, detailing what you must consider if you're thinking about setting up shop on your own, or, if you're thinking about taking a new and possibly uncertain opportunity at a growing start-up... Thank you for all of your continued support & we'll be back next week with a brand new episode to kick off Season 6! Advice shared (in order ..read more