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This Much I Know is the podcast from Seedcamp, Europe’s seed fund.
Tune into hear the inside story from startup founders, investors and leading tech voices: the people who’ve built businesses, scaled globally, failed fantastically and learnt massively.
Seedcamp invests early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. Seedcamp provides the infrastructure to fast-track a founder’s vision and create value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon a decade’s experience backing exceptional talent.
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Why Sequoia came to Europe, with Sequoia Partner Matt Miller from 2022-01-26T07:44:15
In this episode of This Much I Know, Carlos Espinal is joined by Matt Miller, a Partner at Sequoia Capital. Matt started his entrepreneurial journey at a young age, first as an avocado seller and e...
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How Digital will Healthcare become, with the Founders of Ezra from 2022-01-13T10:25:43
In this episode of This Much I Know, Managing Partner Carlos Espinal speaks with Emi Gal and Diego Cantor, co-founders of Ezra, about how digital healthcare will become. Every year, 20 million peop...
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The Power of Consumers and The Future of Sustainable Materials from 2021-12-02T14:12:13
“Consumers of today like to have a dialogue with their brands...consumers can now ask the harder questions.” Ingvar Helgason, Co-Founder of VitroLabs
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The Intersection of Mental Health and Tech from 2021-10-28T15:29:51
In this Seedcamp Deep Dive, Head of Brand Natasha Lytton speaks with Maria, Head of Product at Spill about the intersection of technology with mental health, and the growing opportunities that exis...
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Setting-up product and tech teams from 2021-10-13T16:16:37
Seedcamp EiR David Mytton and VP Devin Hunt have both been successful, technical founders (Server Density, Lyst). As they scaled respective internal teams, they gathered a plethora of experiences o...
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How Accelerating Technology is Transforming our World from 2021-09-16T08:18
“Technology alone is not enough. Without the right governance, it may still lead us down the road of overconsumption and environmental catastrophe.” — Azeem Azhar, Author of Exponential: How Accele...
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Scaling for Success: Andrew Bartlow on High Growth Startups from 2021-09-08T13:24:59
“Keep it simple. Be brilliant at the basics”. This is the advice that Andrew Bartlow, Founder of Series B Consulting gives to small, high-growth organisations looking to scale rapidly on this week’...
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HBS's Tom Eisennman on why startups fail from 2021-08-25T10:14:22
90% of startups fail. For early-stage founders, this can come from both false positives or negatives. Two factors include: bias towards early adopters vs. mainstream customers, that are mostly nece...
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Building International Organisations with BoundlessHQ's Dee Coakley from 2021-08-12T16:02:40
The landscape of working and hiring remotely has drastically changed. Recruiting some of the best global talent as an employer requires a lot of knowledge on highly locally specialized topics becau...
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The Business of Restructuring and Transformation from 2021-07-21T12:34:03
Restructuring a company can happen on all scales. Whether it’s within a founding team or a huge corporation, there are important common threads that are applicable across all business sizes to ensu...
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Precious on Community: Managing and Growing Community with On Deck from 2021-07-09T11:11:55
The power of community lies in the ability to thrive virtually and scale across borders. Behind these communities, lie powerful and dedicated leaders whose intrinsic motivation to connect and suppo...
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Precious on Community: Curating a Community Solo with Hung Lee from 2021-07-09T11:10:02
The power of community lies in the ability to thrive virtually and scale across borders. Behind these communities, lie powerful and dedicated leaders whose intrinsic motivation to connect and suppo...
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The Diversity Playbook from 2021-06-23T15:26:52
"Diversity of the leadership... is the number one thing you should be doing as a founder at the early stages. Because that is going to pull in more diversity over time — that's how networks operate...
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Building for the future of work with Moonfire's Mattias Ljungman and Humaans' Giovanni Luperti from 2021-05-27T09:46:45
We've said it before and we'll say it again: the world of managing people and organising teams is brimming with changes. COVID-19 and new societal views on working in the 21st century (90% of Gener...
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COO Stories — Building Community through Consistency from 2021-05-11T16:00:27
Being a leader is a lonely journey. COOs, due to their incredibly diverse job descriptions, are particularly at-risk of feeling lonely and unable to confide in people within their teams. This is wh...
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Precious on Community: The Business of Community from 2021-04-14T14:02:54
"If you try to grow too quickly, you miss a really critical opportunity to create the foundation of community and figure out a model that works really well and is repeatable. Don't try to do too mu...
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Attracting the Best People Faster than your Competition with True's Duncan Finlayson from 2021-04-07T14:50:03
"[When hiring,] you're asking someone you've just met to effectively babysit your child. That's the sort of trust you need to have...you're effectively giving them your baby to help it scale." — Du...
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Introducing Precious on Community: What does community mean? from 2021-03-10T17:08:02
Humans are innately community-seeking. It's why we section off into groups on playgrounds, congregate around political leaders, and build families, biological or otherwise. Communities add value, a...
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Point Nine's Ricardo Sequerra Amram on spotting a B2B diamond in the rough from 2021-03-03T17:09:54
“That’s what gets us super excited — being able to see a product that fits a very specific need in the market, that even if it’s built super roughly, already exposes the needs that the founder has ...
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La Famiglia’s Jeannette zu Fürstenberg and Judith Dada on the Picasso painting that is a startup from 2021-02-17T18:14:17
“B2B is all about social science and social context. It’s counterintuitive because you’d think that is B2C but in B2C, it’s more about the vision and brand and riding on this huge wave that is buil...
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Evan Frank, Co-Founder of onefinestay, on servant leadership & OKRs from 2021-02-03T17:26:56
Not many people know that Evan Frank introduced our now-managing partners Carlos Espinal and Reshma Sohoni to each other during Seedcamp’s infancy. Even fewer are aware that Reshma was his first bo...
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Simplifying finance: How TaxScouts & Plum are making money work for everyone from 2021-01-20T14:57:55
The world of financial services is changing. From managing taxes to saving for retirement, the way in which we manage our money is being disrupted from all angles. And for good reason — a 2019 surv...
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Founder & CEO of GORUCK, Jason McCarthy, on building community and walking the harder path from 2021-01-13T16:54:34
‘We’re not a backpack company. We are a community and real brand.” — Jason McCarthy
Jason McCarthy never set out to start an outdoor gear company. After university, he decided to serve in ...
Freshbooks Co-Founder & CEO Mike McDerment on attracting and retaining SME customers from 2020-12-16T17:10:57
Can I lead the company I started? It’s a question founders and their investors ask themselves a lot. While most founders (four out of five, to be exact) want to stick around as CEOs of their own ve...
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Legal Hour with Tom & Carlos — Incentivising your team through Employee Share Schemes (Part 2) from 2020-12-03T12:28:22
Your team is the single biggest determining factor for your startup’s success. Building a great product, unlocking market potential, and attracting loyal customers require expertise and hustle from...
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Legal Hour with Tom & Carlos — Incentivising your team through Employee Share Schemes (Part 1) from 2020-12-03T12:27:46
Your team is the single biggest determining factor for your startup’s success. Building a great product, unlocking market potential, and attracting loyal customers require expertise and hustle from...
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Behind the Scenes of Seedcamp Fund V from 2020-11-18T15:34:45
Seedcamp Fund V is here. It’s our strongest fund to-date and we're thrilled that so many friends and founders have put their faith in us to continue backing Europe’s finest entrepreneurs.
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Prof. Luke O’Neill on the intersection of academia and health tech from 2020-11-06T16:40:18
The gap between academic research and business is shrinking. Notable scientific technologies are shifting from receiving grants to venture capital funding. From massive frauds (*cough* Theranos) to...
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Accel’s Harry Nelis on KAYAK, IPO strategy, and the right founder-VC relationship from 2020-10-21T17:13:02
Accel partner Harry Nelis knows what it’s like to be in the founder seat. After graduating with a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Harry moved to Silicon Valley to work as an Engineer at Hewlett Pack...
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Shachar Radin on how to build a demand generation machine from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the afternoons of 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for one of our favourite events of the year - the Seedcamp Marketing Summit. Attend...
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Re:ceeve's John May questions the value of LinkedIn Advertising from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Attest's Meagan Healey & Andy Davis on how to build content for organic and paid reach from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Fireside Talk: Ines Ures, former CMO at Deliveroo and Treatwell from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Fireside Talk: Chad West, Director of Global Marketing & Communications, Revolut from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Harry's Chris Seigal and Sally Higgin on implementing brand tracking to launch & scale your brand from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Will Allen-Mersh of Spill discusses moving from entertaining marketing to useful marketing from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Darryl Sparey, Co-Founder of Hard Numbers, on how to convert PR into Sales from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Anthony Rose, CEO of SeedLegals, on creating B2B content to fuel your marketing from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Ashley Friedlein, CEO of Guild, on Community-based marketing (CBM) from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Expert Talk: Ashley Friedlein (Guild) on community-based marketing (CBM) from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Kate Adams, VP Marketing of Drift, on the Great Marketing Reset from 2020-10-14T00:00
On the 17th & 24th of September, we brought early-stage marketers from the Seedcamp Nation together for our first ever online edition of the Marketing Summit. We delved into the hottest topics crop...
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Pinning down Financial Crime with the Founders of Salv and Resistant AI from 2020-10-07T14:22:35
Financial fraud is everywhere: in action movies, history books, and, yes, in our day-to-day lives in companies small and large. According to a 2020 PwC study, 56% of companies in the UK surveyed ha...
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Coatue Management Matt Mazzeo’s path into VC and his philosophy on being helpful from 2020-09-24T17:01:47
In 2012, super-angel investor Chris Sacca launched Lowercase Capital, a new fund focused on the intersection of media and technology. To ensure its success, he hired one of the best-networked busin...
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Legal Hour – The 6 make or break legal issues to consider when starting a company from 2020-09-09T14:18:05
On this third episode of the Seedcamp Legal Hour, Tom and Carlos are joined by Anthony Rose, Co-founder and CEO of SeedLegals, the world's first legal automation platform for startup funding and a ...
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Legal Hour with Tom & Carlos - what to be aware of when signing ‘standard terms’ from 2020-08-26T17:04:52
Tom and Carlos are back with another episode of the Legal Hour podcast where they’ll walk you through the standard terms for term sheets, advisory agreements, and founder collaboration agreements a...
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The Future of Health Care with the Founders of MedAll & Doctorly from 2020-07-29T16:12:41
We talk frequently about the future of health on this podcast and feature myriad guests to help cover the various facets involved in improving health care services the world over. The World Health ...
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Unity Founder, David Helgason, on the journey from young developer to democratising game development from 2020-07-08T14:03:15
In this week’s episode of This Much I Know, Carlos is joined by David Helgason, co-founder and former CEO of Unity Technologies, a Danish-American video game software development company best known...
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Seedcamp Deep Dive on the new wave of Open Source businesses from 2020-06-25T14:57:07
Open source software is having a moment – the number of projects are growing, as are the developers working on them. Importantly too, there has also been an evolution of business models in the spac...
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The Future of Health with the founders of Sano Genetics & Humanity from 2020-06-17T15:26:36
In this special Deep Dive, Carlos delves into a topic we’re particularly passionate about at Seedcamp, ‘The future of health’, alongside the founders of Sano Genetics and Humanity, both proud portf...
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Legal Hour with Tom & Carlos - Legal structures to be aware of when setting up your next round from 2020-06-11T14:59:56
After the success of our first Legal Hour podcast in which Tom and Carlos discussed commercial legal terms and what founders should look out for, they’re back again; this time with a detailed look ...
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Carmen Alfonso Rico on thesis-driven VCs, #CustomerLove and the immense value of brand and community from 2020-06-03T17:07:14
Can you translate the entrepreneurial concept of ownership in the VC landscape? How can you really spot passion in a founder? These are just a few of the questions that Carlos and Carmen Alfonso Ri...
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Check Warner on her mission to provide access to opportunities to all with Ada Ventures from 2020-05-20T15:52:39
Why are people put off by the term impact and yet, at the same time, they want to promote the very things that the term encapsulates? How can we fix this dichotomy between the negative bias towards...
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How businesses can win public-sector contracts with Stotles from 2020-05-07T14:36:55
14% of the global GDP goes from government to businesses every year. But how does the public procurement office run this global economy and how can companies trying to sell to government navigate i...
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Legal Hour with Tom & Carlos - Legal terms to be aware of when bringing in new investors from 2020-04-22T13:25
In this week’s recorded video podcast Seedcamp partners, Carlos and Tom, join forces to discuss some of the key terms startup founders should keep in mind when considering a term sheet from invest...
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Dominic Hallas, Executive Director at Coadec, on advocating for Covid-19 grant schemes for startups from 2020-04-15T14:58:37
This week Carlos is joined, remotely, by Dominic Hallas, Executive Director at The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), to discuss his work liaising between policymakers and the tech community...
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The future of investment with Uncapped and Tech London Advocates from 2020-04-01T13:46:39
In this week’s podcast, Carlos is joined by Russ Shaw, Founder of Tech London Advocates, and Asher Ismail, Co-founder of Seedcamp-backed company, Uncapped, Europe’s first revenue-based finance prov...
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Johnny Boufarhat & Devin Hunt on how to interact and learn in an online-only world from 2020-03-18T10:48:58
As the future sets to become fully digital in the next few months, what are the fundamentals required to enable the offline event market to successfully move online?
Joining Carlos to disc...
Marin Jankovski, GitLab's first engineering hire, on how to build and scale distributed teams from 2020-02-27T14:40:18
Recorded live at our Seedcamp People Summit, Marin Jankovski recalls the beginnings of GitLab and how the company grew to become one of the largest distributed workforce, with 67 locations around t...
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Marina Gorey on the importance of empowering people in your team as you scale from 2020-02-12T15:34:55
This week Carlos is joined by our brand new lead on all things talent and people, Marina Gorey, who we are incredibly excited to have join us to support our portfolio companies in helping them thin...
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Daniel Burka on why product testing should be deeply ingrained in your design process from 2019-12-11T15:07:59
This week Carlos is joined by Daniel Burka, Director of Design at Resolve to Save Lives, which he joined nearly two years ago to support the mission of saving 100 million lives from cardiovascular ...
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Simon Beckerman, founder of Depop, on community building for Gen Z from 2019-11-27T13:39:31
This week Carlos is joined by Simon Beckerman, founder of Depop, the leading app for Gen Z shoppers boasting 16 million users, nearly 20 million items listed on the platform, and around one million...
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The future of personal health - Live panel at Seedcamp Breakthrough 2019 from 2019-11-14T14:41:08
Last month we launched 'Breakthrough' an interactive event showcasing a cross-section of companies gearing up to raise their Series A in front of a packed room of growth stage investors.
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David Rowan on what makes Non-Bullshit Innovation from 2019-10-24T13:18:21
“Innovation is not a repeatable formula. Innovation is this messy thing that depends on the culture of the organisation; its heritage and its values.”
In this week’s podcast, Carlos is joi...
Freddy Ward on building HelloFresh’s marketing engine from 2019-10-10T11:23:27
Freddy joined HelloFresh as employee number 5 and left as Marketing Director, managing budgets to the tune of £25M. Tune in as Freddy shares the journey with Natasha and dives into the importance o...
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Sam Grant on how to make your brand the system 1 choice from 2019-10-10T11:23:11
In this fireside chat recorded live at the Seedcamp Marketing Summit, Sam Grant focuses on how cognitive biases affect decision making and why brand loyalty really matters. Sam shares his learnings...
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Andy Young on seven growth lessons from Silicon Valley from 2019-10-10T11:22:41
In this talk recorded live at the Seedcamp Marketing Summit our own EiR, Andy Young walks us through the seven tried-and-tested growth lessons he learned from Silicon Valley. Andy dives into the im...
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Giles Rhys Jones on how selling to businesses took what3words to the top of the App store from 2019-10-10T11:22:18
What3words, recently described by the BBC as “the app that can save your life”, was recently catapulted to the top of the app and play store, thanks largely to a clearly defined b2b2c strategy.
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Hannah Craik on how to balance your marketing focus: short-term spikes vs. long-term penetration from 2019-10-10T11:20:20
Recorded live at the Seedcamp Marketing Summit, Hannah Craik discusses one of the most pressing issues facing marketers today: how to balance short-term spikes vs. long-term penetration.
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Emily Brooke, Co-founder of Beryl, on building a purpose-driven business from 2019-09-26T10:30:04
The transition from dealing directly with a product to becoming a manager of people can be a challenging one for many founders. In this week’s episode of This Much I Know, Carlos is joined by Emily...
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Luciana Lixandru, Partner at Accel, on how to spot global winners among local champions from 2019-09-11T16:37:42
“It’s very difficult to spot an outlier in the early days. At series A, outliers are not obvious. If you go towards group decision making, you can miss some of these outliers.”
In this wee...
Daniel Korski, co-founder and CEO of PUBLIC, on the bright future of Govtech from 2019-08-21T13:33:52
Carlos is joined this week in the studio by Daniel Korski, co-founder and CEO of PUBLIC, a London-based VC fund that invests in tech startups transforming the way public services are run and delive...
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Keynote: Nilan Peiris - Mission Driven Startups - Seedcamp Product Summit 2019 from 2019-08-01T17:15:42
Nilan is the VP of Growth at TransferWise, which he joined 7 years ago. Previously Nilan was VP Growth at HouseTrip, in charge of scaling the company’s growth in the European market. He’s also work...
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Keynote: Sally Foote - How quality is driving your retention - Seedcamp Product Summit 2019 from 2019-08-01T17:15:13
Sally is the Chief Innovation Officer of Photobox and a commercial Product Director with over 20 years of tech and digital experience. She is currently leading product innovation at Photobox where ...
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Fireside chat: Matt Henderson - Staying Innovative While Scaling - Seedcamp Product Summit 2019 from 2019-08-01T17:15
Earlier this year Stripe hired Google veteran Matt Henderson to head its newly expanded Dublin engineering hub. Before joining Stripe Matt led Google’s strategy for scaling the Google Play app stor...
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Matt Lerner, founder & CEO of Startup Core Strengths, on the importance of growth marketing from 2019-07-10T13:20:56
Hiring a head of growth and paying for Facebook ads isn't enough to scale growth. Growth is a mindset that needs to filter from the top down.
On this week’s episode of This Much I Know, M...
Sia Houchangnia, partner at Seedcamp, on navigating the venture landscape in Asia from 2019-06-26T14:45:16
The mistake many Western tech giants have made is seeing China as just another country where they could easily get a few million users instead of focusing on localising their product offering.
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Cristina Fonseca, VP @ Indico Capital, on scaling enterprise SaaS & the future of European VC from 2019-06-12T14:25:44
On this week’s episode of This Much I Know, we have Cristina Fonseca, co-founder of Talkdesk and Indico Capital Partners, unpacking what it takes to build the next powerhouse enterprise SaaS busine...
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Sach Kukadia, Co-founder & CEO of Secret Sales, on category innovation and the power of brand from 2019-05-29T15:22:46
You can’t grow your business when you are super prudent - Sach Kukadia, co-founder and CEO at Secret Sales, the members-only shopping club that provides its users with exclusive access to discounte...
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Joe Cohen, founder of Seatwave, on the challenges of scaling marketplaces & learning from mistakes from 2019-05-15T15:23:14
On this week’s episode of This Much I Know, Carlos welcomes Joe Cohen to the hot seat. It would be hard to find someone with more experience in building ultra-successful consumer, entertainment and...
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Investing in Estonia's Breakout Talent with Sten Tamkivi from 2019-05-01T15:43:17
We’ve been investing in Estonia’s breakout talent for close to a decade and were one of the first funds to come to the region, uncovering exceptional founders and investing in the likes of Transfer...
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The Future of Healthcare with Dr Anna Hushlak co-founder, Ferly & Hamish Grierson co-founder, Thriva from 2019-04-17T15:37:44
What role do health-tech startups play in the future in providing integrated and holistic healthcare systems? How can we use the bio-psycho-social model through the lenses of sexual well-being to c...
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Caterina Fake, Cofounder of Flickr & Yes VC on the effect of technology on humanity from 2019-04-03T17:54:08
With mistrust in the technology sector at an all-time high, rather than asking ‘could this exist’ should we now be asking ‘should this exist’.
Caterina Fake is Silicon Valley’s most eloqu...
How to Navigate the 'Financial Jungle', with Max Rofagha and Carl Hazeley, Finimize from 2019-03-20T15:20:32
What makes up the economy and how does it affect individuals, startups and businesses alike? With ongoing talk and speculation as to whether we’re heading towards another global recession, Carlos i...
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Seedcamp Sessions: Bretton Putter, Founder of CultureGene, Bringing Clarity to Company Culture from 2019-02-27T15:27:01
Company culture is one of those areas which seems quite simple on a high level, yet only a few businesses excel at. This week we are bringing in Bretton Putter, the founder of CultureGene, a next g...
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Pipedrive: Martin Henk, co-founder from 2019-02-13T14:51:35
Pipedrive has become the dominant player in the sales CRM market, with over 80,000 businesses using it daily. Their story to the top features persistence and overcoming a lot of negative bias towar...
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Deconstructing the Startup Operating System with Michael Wolfe, co-founder of Gladly from 2019-01-30T15:58:01
In this week’s podcast, we are proud to welcome Michael Wolfe, co-founder of Gladly. Michael is a serial-founder and has been through the full range of experiences from exponential growth, raising ...
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Kristo Käärmann on building TransferWise, the 'Robin Hood' of currency exchange from 2019-01-15T14:33:39
There’s no better way to kick-off 2019 than with an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the story of portfolio company and fintech unicorn, TransferWise, as told by Co-founder and CEO, Kristo Kää...
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Seedcamp Sessions: Joe Furr, Founder at Point Studio, on web design and 'soulful' branding from 2018-12-05T15:18:03
This week we have Joe Furr, founder and creative director at Point Studio, deconstructing his thought process on web design and soulful branding. Aged just 28 years old, Joe has more than a decade ...
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Dominic Jacquesson, Director of Talent at Index Ventures, on employee stock options from 2018-11-29T15:35:44
Hiring and retaining talent is one of the most severe challenges of early-stage companies. Employee stock options are a fair, but often misunderstood tool for aligning interests between early emplo...
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Thomas Kristensen, Principal at LGT Capital Partners on how to invest in Venture Capital funds from 2018-11-06T15:05:40
In this week's episode of This Much I Know, Carlos speaks to Thomas Kristensen, Principal at LGT Capital Partners on how Venture Capitalists secure capital into their funds and how decisions are ma...
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Retention - Malcolm Bell - Seedcamp Marketing Summit 2018 from 2018-10-25T14:09:19
Malcolm is the co-founder of a British sportswear company Zaggora, where he bootstrapped the company to $40 million in sales in 18 months. He’s also an expert in residence at Seedcamp, where he adv...
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Growth - Mulenga Agley - Seedcamp Marketing Summit 2018 from 2018-10-25T14:08:45
Mulenga is the founder and CEO of Growthcurve, with more than 10 years of experience in growing businesses and building products. Prior to founding Growthcurve, he was the Vice President of Marketi...
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Storytelling - Panel - Seedcamp Marketing Summit 2018 from 2018-10-25T14:07:22
As part of our Marketing Summit our Head of Marketing, Natasha Lytton, sat down with Laurence Bret-Stern, CMO @ Pipedrive, Charlotte McCrum, Founder @ Harper Gray and Max Ottignon, Founder @ Ragged...
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Richard Reed - Keynote - Seedcamp Marketing Summit 2018 from 2018-10-23T15:13:52
In this fireside chat recorded live at our Marketing Summit, Richard Reeds speaks to Natasha Lytton about the amazing growth story of innocent drinks, the company he co-founded in 1999 with two fri...
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Natasha Lytton on building strong brands that cut-through an increasingly crowded market from 2018-10-10T13:04:32
In this week's episode of This Much I Know, Carlos speaks to our very own Head of Marketing & Communications, Natasha Lytton, about investing in your brand and the importance of getting the whole t...
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Byron Reese on Conscious Computers and the Future of Humanity from 2018-10-03T12:30:32
Byron Reese is an award-winning author, entrepreneur and futurist, currently serving as the CEO and Publisher at GigaOm. In his most recent book, “The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers ...
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Will Beeson, Co-founder of CivilisedBank, on the future of fintech from 2018-09-12T14:33:10
Will Beeson is one of the founding members of CivilisedBank, a new challenger fintech business bringing together people and technology to help UK companies do business and people save money with an...
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Danielle Ullner, Director at BCG Digital Ventures, on being an operational 'ninja' from 2018-09-05T13:03:47
Danielle Blumberg Ullner holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has more than 20 years of experience in management consulting and venture capital. Before joining BCG Digital Ventures, Daniel...
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Moritz Plassnig, Founder of Codeship, on taking a company from idea to acquisition from 2018-08-15T13:30:42
In this week's episode of This Much I Know, Seedcamp founder, Moritz Plassnig, talks to Carlos about his journey from scaling a prototype into the creation of a company, CodeShip, that in spring of...
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Justas Pikelis, co-founder, Monetha, on bringing trust to global commerce through tokenisation from 2018-08-02T15:55:35
In our last podcast, we had a fantastic discussion with Andy Bromberg from CoinList on the trends and problems of ICOs from the viewpoint of an industry-leading token offerings platform. In this ep...
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Andy Bromberg, Co-founder at CoinList, on how to navigate the complex maze of ICOs from 2018-07-18T09:56:48
Andy Bromberg’s is one of those stories made famous by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg in the movie Social Network. While enrolled at Stanford University, Andy and his colleagues started working on th...
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Edward Wray on scaling up, learning from mistakes and creating liquidity from 2018-06-27T13:17:36
Edward Wray graduated Oxford University to pursue a job at JP Morgan, where he spent 7 years eventually leaving as the VP of Dept Capital Markets & Derivatives. Going on to co-found Betfair in 1999...
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David Siegel of The Pillar Project on Crypto, ICO structures & Bubbles from 2018-06-13T15:03:20
David Siegel is one of the world's first web designers, a strategist, bestselling author, and a pioneer of the "personal data locker" concept. He's the CEO of the Pillar Project - a next-generation...
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Seedcamp at Factory Berlin with the Founders of Vantik & Doctorly from 2018-05-30T14:41:27
Earlier this year, we headed out to Berlin to speak to early-stage founders at The Factory and share stories from a couple of our more recent investments in the region. In this live episode, Carlos...
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Room to Read's John Wood on making Purpose your competitive advantage from 2018-05-17T14:52:12
Room to Read has brought the enduring gift of education to 11.6 million children in 15 countries. Its founder, John Wood left his position as Director of Business Development for Microsoft’s Greate...
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Patrick Drake, cofounder at HelloFresh on building customer loyalty from 2018-05-09T13:11:52
Sneaking out during lunch breaks to help out the chefs at the City law firm where he worked, Patrick Drake was always destined for a career doing what he loves: cooking. As co-founder and Head Chef...
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Tech.eu founder Robin Wauters on European startup ecosystems from 2018-04-25T15:34:23
What is the financing environment looking like for European startup ecosystems and the entrepreneurs building companies within them? In this data-driven podcast, Carlos is joined by Robin Wauters, ...
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Katie Marrache, Partner at JamJar on building consumer brands from 2018-03-28T13:41:16
Katie Marrache began her career working for entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den investor, James Caan. After landing an internship with him straight out of university, she was soon charged with managing C...
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Explorer Levison Wood on establishing mission command in business from 2018-03-21T15:04:22
Levison Wood is a British explorer, writer and photographer whose work has featured around the world. He has recently returned from his most ambitious expedition to date - a 5000 mile circumnavigat...
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Seedcamp Sessions: Balderton's Rob Moffat on startup growth engines from 2018-03-07T14:22:45
Rob Moffat joined Balderton Capital in 2009 and was promoted to partner in 2015. He is currently a board director or observer with five portfolio companies: Carwow, Wooga, Nutmeg, Prodigy Finance, ...
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Seedcamp Sessions: Ben Blume on what funds like Atomico look for in founders from 2018-02-28T15:20:09
At $765m Atomico IV is one of the largest venture capital funds ever raised in Europe. But what do Atomico look for in the companies and founders which they choose to back? In this second Seedcamp ...
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Seedcamp Sessions: David Mytton on SaaS funding from 2018-02-08T17:02:12
I launched the Seedcamp 'This Much I Know' Podcast back in 2015 with a view to hearing and sharing the exceptional and often unknown stories of many inspirational thought leaders. We've learned abo...
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Daniel P. Glasner, Partner at Cherry Ventures, on the 'cookbook' for managing a salesforce from 2018-01-24T16:43:11
Daniel is a founding partner at the Berlin-based fund, Cherry Ventures. With a consulting background at McKinsey before co-founding CityDeal (acquired by Groupon) and later Quandoo - the SaaS compa...
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Finding Flavour: Jude's Ice Cream and Rubies in the Rubble on building loved brands from 2018-01-10T14:31:27
In the crowded marketplaces of food and retail, how do you carve out space for independent new brands? For Jenny Costa, founder of Rubies in the Rubble, and Alex Mezger, director at the family mana...
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CrunchFund partner Susan Hobbs on making major career changes and storytelling for founders from 2017-12-13T00:00
Susan is a Partner at CrunchFund, the seed-stage fund launched by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington which has invested in the likes of Airbnb, Vine (acquired by Twitter), Cruise (acquired by GM ...
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Sonali De Rycker, Accel Partner on spotting startup talent and lessons learned from Nordic culture from 2017-11-29T15:50:07
There's no 'blueprint' for how to spot a great startup says Sonali De Rycker, General Partner at Accel, one of the world's leading venture capital funds with investments in the likes of Facebook, S...
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Introducing Seedcamp Fund IV: Partner Podcast from 2017-11-23T13:57:02
Following the recent announcement of our fourth fund which at first close of £41M is over 2x larger than our last and 20x bigger than our first, we are joined by Seedcamp partners Reshma Sohoni, Ca...
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Marketing guru Scott Brown on economies of content and nailing marketing fundamentals from 2017-11-01T16:21:05
Scott Brown is a veritable marketing guru, with decades of experience as an executive in Silicon Valley working with some of the world’s largest tech companies including the likes of Facebook, Cisc...
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BridgeU CEO Lucy Stonehill on driving innovation in Edtech and achieving international growth from 2017-10-25T14:18:59
Entrepreneur and former education consultant Lucy Stonehill experienced first-hand the pain points inherent in navigating the transition to higher education when she was an international student ap...
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Polar explorer Ben Saunders on leadership, entrepreneurship and enduring extremity from 2017-10-18T12:53:52
In 2004 polar explorer Ben Saunders - aged 26 - became the youngest person to ski solo to the North Pole, carrying a 180kg sled over 1,420 miles through arctic conditions. Between October 2013 and ...
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'Distributed Futures': Blockchain, Tokens and ICOs - Investors' Panel from 2017-10-05T17:17:56
At Seedcamp, we are passionate about identifying and investing early in startups using emerging technologies that have the potential to solve real problems. We began to invest in companies using bl...
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'Distributed Futures': Blockchain, Tokens and ICOs - Founders' Panel from 2017-09-28T15:27:53
At Seedcamp, we are passionate about identifying and investing early in startups using emerging technologies that have the potential to solve real problems. We began to invest in companies using bl...
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Dmitry Koval CEO at Blockwise on Blockchain and distributed applications from 2017-09-20T15:19:49
With the recent proliferation of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), financing mechanisms for decentralised protocols and applications we are seeing teams raise millions pre-product and with little more...
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Lex Sokolin, Fintech entrepreneur on Roboadvisors, AI and Token Mania from 2017-09-13T10:40:02
Which slices of the financial stack will new technologies irreversibly transform, and which will be the enablers – artificial intelligence, NLP, virtual assistants or blockchain – most significant ...
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Dessi Bell, Founder at Zaggora, on turning hotpants into a multi-million dollar retail brand from 2017-08-30T12:30:06
From £25,000 of private savings, and over the course of a year-and-a-half, Zaggora was able to become a multi-million dollar sportswear company selling activewear to women. How did its founders nav...
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Dan Glazer, Partner at WSGR, on stateside expansion for startups from 2017-08-16T12:48:23
What are the critical steps a European startup founder must make when plotting expansion to the United States? On that topic Seedcamp partner Carlos Espinal is joined by Dan Glazer, Partner at Wils...
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The future of legal services with Legit Patents and JAG Shaw Baker from 2017-08-02T13:43:47
What does the advent of artificial intelligence spell for the future of legal services and lawyers themselves? On that topic Seedcamp partner Carlos Espinal is joined by founder and CEO Matt Osman ...
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John Lilly, Partner at Greylock, on 'product intentionality' and humility in venture from 2017-07-19T11:00:50
'The best founders are intentional around product,' says John Lilly, Partner at Greylock and former CEO at Mozilla. ‘It’s about how you understand user needs and be intentional about matching those...
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Mary Keane-Dawson on unlocking value through digital transformation from 2017-07-05T10:49:03
"Digital transformation is hard for big companies because they have encouraged 'Groupthink' and rewarded the wrong behaviour for years and years," warns digital maven, entrepreneur and business men...
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LocalGlobe’s Robin Klein on founder-market fit and the future of European venture from 2017-06-22T12:48:25
Robin Klein is one of the true pioneers of Europe’s venture scene: as cofounder of The Accelerator Group (TAG) in 1995, and an early stage investor in the likes of Transferwise, lastminute.com, las...
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Eze Vidra, the 'godfather' of London's tech scene on building the capital's startup ecosystem from 2017-06-07T11:01:40
As the founder of Campus London, Google's first physical startup hub, Eze Vidra has a strong claim to being the ‘godfather’ of London’s current tech scene. Eze's journey has taken him from product ...
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Manoj Ramachandran & Pascal Zuta on transforming healthcare with AI from 2017-05-24T14:17:26
From virtual assistants to risk analytics, and drug discovery to imaging and diagnostics, artificial intelligence’s scope for transforming the healthcare industry is significant. But just how will ...
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Mike Butcher, TechCrunch Editor at Large, on batting for the entrepreneur in European journalism from 2017-05-10T12:52:23
The attitude of the British mainstream press when covering technology companies is often one of 'risk and scepticism', says TechCrunch Editor at Large Mike Butcher. But what if instead of predictin...
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Growth hacker Sean Ellis on expanding through experimentation from 2017-04-25T14:30:02
“If you don’t have experimentation across the full customer journey, you’re going to have a hard time growing any business,” says Sean Ellis, who coined the term ‘growth hacker’ in 2010 after using...
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Calum Chace on the advancement of AI for the benefit of humankind from 2017-04-19T13:41:57
How should we respond to the economic, social and moral consequences of automation driven by advancements in artificial intelligence? We are, argues Calum Chace (author of ‘Pandora’s Brain’, ‘Survi...
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Martha Lane Fox, entrepreneur and philanthropist, on navigating IPOs and the dotcom crash from 2017-03-30T11:04:48
lastminute.com, the online travel company, was founded in early 1998: “a time when, it seems strange now, but there really wasn’t a belief the internet would necessarily survive, yet alone be a too...
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt on disrupting Hollywood and creative collaboration with HitRecord from 2017-03-15T16:27:36
You may recognise actor, producer and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt from blockbusters including The Dark Knight Rises, 500 Days of Summer and Inception. On top of an acting career that spans 30 ye...
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Tristan Harris on product ethics & morality in design from 2017-03-02T14:55:14
How do you organise a billion people’s life choices? For tech giants like Google, Facebook or Apple that isn’t a flippant question: incremental design choices can have monumental significance when ...
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Patrick Campbell, CEO at Price Intelligently, on buyer personas and knowing your customers from 2017-02-22T15:39:04
Conventional wisdom often encourages startup founders to focus on product and growth, and then figure out monetization later. Yet this can be a backwards step as Patrick Campbell, CEO at Price Inte...
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Building Trust Online with Husayn Kassai of Onfido and Philipp Man of CHRONEXT from 2017-02-15T17:19:26
Online transactions occur behind a veil of digital anonymity. As a result it is not always possible to ensure a person is who they claim to be. For many startups the problem of trust is even more p...
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Investing in AI: Carlos Espinal speaking at the AIBE Summit 2017 from 2017-02-08T11:52:45
Seedcamp partner Carlos Espinal gave a talk at the AIBE Summit 2017 on venture capital investment in Artificial Intelligence. With one of the largest AI portfolios held by an early-stage investor i...
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Davor Hebel, Managing Partner at Eight Roads Ventures, on entrepreneurial ambition & scaling up from 2017-02-01T15:25:16
“Being a good consultant, being able to problem solve in a room with a whiteboard, is not the same as being able to get things done,” argues Davor Hebel, managing partner for Europe at Eight Roads ...
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Azeem Azhar on startup pivots, fake news and how AI is reshaping societies from 2017-01-25T11:44:35
With ‘fake news’ of increasing concern - and an issue pushed to prominence during the US presidential election - how can we ensure the accuracy of our information sources? Few are better placed to ...
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Alex Macpherson, Managing Director of Octopus Ventures, on backing exceptional founders from 2017-01-18T11:54:37
This week we’re joined by Alex Macpherson, Managing Director of Octopus Ventures. With 53 companies in its portfolio (including successes like Zoopla, Swiftkey and Graze.com), and around $850M in m...
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Kenneth Cukier, Senior Editor at The Economist on machine learning & big data from 2017-01-11T17:00:33
Big data, argues Kenneth Cukier, senior editor for data and digital at The Economist, is epoch defining: the ability for humans to store and transmit information at a scale previously inconceivable...
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Evan Nisselson, General Partner at LDV Capital on Visual Technologies & Satellite Selfies from 2016-12-14T15:18:25
This week we’re joined by serial entrepreneur and General Partner of LDV Capital, Evan Nisselson. LDV Capital invests in entrepreneurs building early stage Visual Technologies companies in Europe a...
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Jackson Gabbard, Seedcamp EiR & founding Facebook hire on great tech leadership from 2016-12-07T12:08:04
How can companies promote great technical leadership, and how should startups approach hiring developers? On that topic Seedcamp partner Carlos Espinal is joined by Jackson Gabbard, one of the foun...
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Andy Weissman, Partner USV, on blockchain, network effect businesses & the evolution of social web from 2016-11-29T13:27:24
Union Square Ventures, the New York-based venture capital firm, is famous for investing in ‘large networks of engaged users, differentiated by user experience, and defensible though network effects...
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"AI is Now" Seedcamp Event Live Audio from 2016-11-24T18:12:37
We believe the time is now for the application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to fuel new innovation, empower a new breed of startup and disrupt industries. That’s why we’ve alread...
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Marketing guru Katy Turner on company DNA and creating brands with purpose from 2016-11-21T11:39:25
With large corporates and startups alike increasingly seeking to project authenticity in their marketing, how can founders and marketing officers ensure their company’s purpose and vision is expres...
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Prince Constantijn, Oscar Kneppers & Ton van't Noordende on startups & investing in the Netherlands from 2016-11-15T10:28:14
The Netherlands is fast becoming one of Europe's major tech hubs with American technology giants Uber, Netflix and Tesla choosing the country for its European base, not to mention domestic success ...
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Tresor Security on Cybersecurity, Mr Robot & how startups can stay safe online from 2016-11-02T14:13:03
On Cybersecurity, Mr Robot & how startups can stay safe online
with Jamie Akhtar and Mariella Thanner, Tresor Security
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Mastering the art of product management with Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas from 2016-10-26T11:11:08
Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas is an entrepreneur, founder and executive focused on growth-stage tech businesses. Until recently Carlos was the Chief Product Officer at Skyscanner, the travel search engin...
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Josh Nussbaum, Principal at Compound, on rebranding and learning from missed opportunities from 2016-10-20T13:03:57
In this episode, Seedcamp partner, Carlos, is joined by Josh Nussbaum, Principal at the New York-based venture capital firm Compound, formerly known as Metamorphic Ventures. Compound, who rebranded...
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Amy Nauiokas, Founder & President of Anthemis Group, on passion as a guiding force from 2016-10-12T13:36:52
In this episode, Seedcamp partner, Carlos, is joined by Amy Nauiokas, founder and president of Anthemis Group. Founded in 2010, Anthemis is a leading digital financial services venture capital and ...
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100th guest special with Werner Vogels, CTO & VP of Amazon from 2016-09-28T10:05:50
Werner Vogels, CTO and VP at Amazon.com and a world-leading expert on scalable systems, didn’t have the traditional entry into tech one might expect.
Responsible for driving Amazon’s techn...
Alex Kayyal, Europe Head at Salesforce Ventures, on the art & science of valuation from 2016-09-21T11:21:01
In this episode, Seedcamp Partner, Carlos, is joined by Alex Kayyal, Europe Head at Salesforce Ventures, investing in the next generation of enterprise technology. Alex brings over a decade of exp...
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Hugh Campbell, Founding Partner at GP Bullhound, on preparing your company for an exit from 2016-09-15T10:25:16
In this episode, Seedcamp Partner Carlos was joined by Hugh Campbell from GP Bullhound. The conversation begins with Hugh explaining his time at Oxford where he studied "Physiology, psychology and ...
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Nic Brisbourne, Managing Partner at Forward Partners from 2016-09-08T12:03:12
In this new episode of the Seedcamp Podcast Nic Brisbourne, Managing Partner at Forward Partners joins Carlos Espinal.
Being passionate about both maths and sciences during his high-school...
Chrys Chrysanthou, Principal at Notion Capital, on leadership, corporate venturing, & investing from 2016-09-06T14:13:39
In this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast learn about Corporate Development from a strategic buyer and aquihires with Chrys Chrysanthou from Notion Capital and Carlos Espinal.
Tune in and li...
Sitar Teli on investing in Product-Led companies and founders from 2016-08-24T13:31:07
In the latest podcast, Sitar of Connect Ventures talks to Carlos Espinal about the issue of growth in startups. They discuss the importance of Product focus and User Experience with the impact on v...
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Alex Stephany, Author and ex-CEO at JustPark from 2016-08-03T15:43:27
In today's episode, Carlos from Seedcamp is joined by Alex Stephany, Tech CEO, Advisor and Author of "The Business of Sharing: Making it in the New Sharing Economy". Tune in to listen to Alex on ho...
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David Clayton, Founder at True & North from 2016-07-27T13:06:21
In this episode, Seedcamp Partner Carlos was joined by David Clayton from True & North. Starting off by speaking about David's early life and career and how it lead first for him to work at The Gua...
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Vincent Jacobs, Partner at Kima Ventures from 2016-07-21T14:08:29
In this episode, Seedcamp Partner Carlos was joined by Vincent Jacobs from Kima Ventures. Together they speak about Vincent's education and career which includes working at Seedcamp back in 2012.
Christoph Janz, Managing Partner at Point Nine Capital from 2016-07-14T15:34:54
In this episode, Seedcamp Partner Carlos was joined by the experienced investor and entrepreneur Christoph Janz, Managing Partner at Point Nine Capital. The result is an in-depth conversation about...
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The Legal Tech Sector explored with Tom Wilson from 2016-07-12T13:55
In this episode, Carlos was joined by our very own Tom Wilson, a qualified UK Lawyer and member of the Seedcamp investment team. Together, they took a deep dive into the Legal Tech sector, an area ...
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Seedcamp Dives into scaling Human Resources with Lyst and CharlieHR from 2016-07-08T13:55:14
In this episode, Carlos was joined by Matt Buckland, Head of Talent and HR of Lyst (www.lyst.co.uk), the fashion commerce platform, and Rob O’Donovan, Co-Founder & CEO of Seedcamp-backed CharlieHR ...
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Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner at PROFounders Capital from 2016-07-01T14:51:46
In this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast Sean Seton-Rogers from PROfounders Capital meets Carlos to share some of the lessons learned over his career as an investor – from experiencing the “The Bubb...
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Founder of Playfair Capital, Federico Pirzio-Biroli, on the future of investing in Africa from 2016-06-29T11:15:42
Seedcamp Partner Carlos Espinal had the chance to sit down with Playfair Capital founder, Federico Pirzio-Biroli, to discuss his background prior to starting Playfair and Co-Working space Warner Ya...
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Harry Stebbings, Founder of the 20 Minute VC Podcast from 2016-06-22T09:41:45
Starting by scoring a first interview with Guy Kawasaki Harry Stebbings walks us through how he started his network from scratch and built his massive following for his 20 Minute VC podcast show. <...
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Jeff Veen, Design Partner at True Ventures, on How a Design Expert Views Investments from 2016-06-15T12:55:07
In the latest episode, Carlos was joined by Jeff Veen, Design Partner for True Ventures, a Venture Capital firm that focuses on supporting the earliest stage Founders and their teams. In the podcas...
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EIRs on Hypothesis & MVPs from 2016-06-09T15:57:26
In this episode, Carlos sat down with Seedcamp Experts in Residence, Keith Wallington (previously at Mimecast) and Taylor Wescoatt (previously eMoov, Timeout and eBay), to discuss product hypothesi...
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Seedcamp Dives into Artificial Intelligence with Reinfer & IBM Watson from 2016-06-03T13:23:02
In the ‘Seedcamp Podcast Series’ we talk with key people in the tech startup industry to hear their stories, key advice and learnings from their experiences.
In this episode, Dr. Edward Ch...
Julian Teicke, Founder and CEO of FinanceFox, on Building Great User Experiences in Insurance from 2016-06-01T12:57:45
In this episode, Julian Teicke, Founder and CEO of Seedcamp-backed FinanceFox joined Carlos to discuss Julian's background as a serial Founder and what his ambition is, which is to fix the whole us...
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Alistair Shepherd of Saberr on Hiring, Firing, and Building the Perfect Team from 2016-05-27T12:39:11
In this episode, Carlos was joined by Alistair Shepherd, Founder of Saberr (http://www.saberr.com/), a Seedcamp portfolio company. Saberr, is a people analytics company that helps organisations mak...
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Seedcamp Dives into the Future of Insurance from 2016-05-20T16:10:36
In this episode, Carlos was joined by Ernesto Suarez, CEO of Halo Insurance Services, and Nikolaus Sühr, CEO and Co-Founder of Seedcamp's own KASKO, to discuss the future of insurance tech. The ins...
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Retail Week: Ben Farren, Founder of Spoke from 2016-05-05T15:11:30
In this second episode, Carlos and Tom from the Seedcamp team were joined by Seedcamp portfolio company, Spoke. Founder Ben Farren joined them to tell us about the story behind Spoke and the origin...
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Retail Week: Julian Wilson, Co-Founder & CEO, Khunu from 2016-05-04T15:11:46
This week we're sharing a short series for anyone who's ever wanted the inspiration, knowledge and insight into what it's like to build a retail business online.
In this first episode, Ca...
Jonathan Moules, Financial Times from 2016-04-28T17:56:13
In this episode, Carlos was joined by Jonathan Moules, a long-standing journalist for the Financial Times. Jonathan imparts his wisdom having worked with entrepreneurs for over the last decade to d...
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Seedcamp Dives into Bitcoin & Blockchain from 2016-04-15T10:44:14
In this episode, Carlos was joined by Dr. James Smith and Jonathan Heusser, for a look into Bitcoin - what it is, what it means for the industry and how the startups developing within this new spac...
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Stefan Klestil, Partner, Speedinvest from 2016-04-07T18:11:51
Stefan Klestil, Partner at Speedinvest, joins Carlos for our latest podcast. Alongside Seedcamp, Speedinvest invested in Holvi (acquired by BBVA) and in Curve, the fintech startup that consolidates...
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Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen, General Partner, Balderton Capital from 2016-03-24T12:22:45
In this episode, Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen, General Partner for leading VC Balderton Capital, joins Carlos to talk through his career working at giants such as Uber and Dropbox, and other players in th...
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Damian Kimmelmann, Co-Founder and CEO, DueDil from 2016-03-10T11:55:51
In this episode, Carlos was joined by Damian Kimmelmann, Co-Founder and CEO of DueDil, a fintech company that provides accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date private company data.
After t...
Dimitar Stanimiroff, Managing Director, Stack Overflow Developer Insights at Stack Overflow from 2016-02-25T18:28:57
Dimitar Stanimiroff, Managing Director of Stack Overflow Developer Insights at Stack Overflow, a Q&A site for programmers with over 4 million members, joins Carlos and Dave for this deep dive into ...
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Will Herrmann, Head of Commercial Operations, Hassle.com from 2016-02-18T18:19:21
Will Herrmann, Head of Commercial Operations for Hassle.com, joins Seedcamp's Dave Haynes in this podcast which follows Hassle.com's recent exit, having been acquired by Helpling. Following a sessi...
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Jon Bradford, Co-Founder of F6S and Tech.EU from 2016-02-10T12:49:51
Jon Bradford has played a key role in shaping the European tech ecosystem. Through his involvement in many accelerators (Springboard, Techstars, Ignite 100) and numerous supportive initiatives, he ...
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Scott Sage, Expert in Residence, Seedcamp - Part 2 from 2016-02-02T16:51:01
Scott Sage, Expert in Residence at Seedcamp, sits down with Carlos Espinal for the second in a three-part series. In this episode, Scott and Carlos discuss sales. They talk through sales execution,...
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Seedcamp Dives into Data Science from 2016-01-26T18:38:09
In this episode, Carlos was joined by Yodit Stanton and Verena Wimmer, to unpick exactly what we mean when we talk about Data Science, the role of the Data Scientist, how startups can think about u...
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Saul Klein, Co-Founder of LocalGlobe, Seedcamp and Kano from 2016-01-19T15:02:20
Seedcamp Co-Founder Saul Klein joined Carlos for this podcast on everything from the importance of knowing your positioning to the origins of Seedcamp. Aside from being the Co-Founder of Seedcamp, ...
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Jeff Lynn, CEO of Seedrs from 2016-01-12T15:12:41
Jeff Lynn, CEO and co-founder of Seedrs, joined Carlos for the first podcast of 2016 to talk about the fintech revolution taking place in London and the state of equity crowdfunding. Jeff discusses...
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Gerard Grech, CEO of Tech City UK from 2015-12-08T13:21:39
We recently welcomed Gerard Grech, CEO of Tech City UK, to the Seedcamp office to join Partner Carlos Espinal to discuss how to build and create environments to support tech startups. Gerard talks ...
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Ben Drury, Founder of 7Digital from 2015-12-01T13:32:58
Ben Drury, Founder of 7Digital, joined Seedcamp’s Dave Haynes for this interview talking through his journey as an entrepreneur. From starting in the first dot-com boom within early online music te...
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Keith Wallington, Expert in Residence, Seedcamp from 2015-11-24T16:02:28
Keith Wallington, Expert in Residence for Seedcamp and ex-Chief Group Officer of Mimecast, joins Carlos for this Podcast to explore key lessons learned from his experience helping operationalise bu...
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Phil Libin, Co-Founder & Chairman of Evertnote and Managing Partner, General Catalyst Partners from 2015-11-17T18:46:22
Phil Libin, Co-Founder and Chairman of Evernote and Managing Partner of General Catalyst Partners, joined Carlos Espinal for a chat at Web Summit in Dublin.
Phil and Carlos discuss everyt...
Rob Moffat, Principal at Balderton from 2015-11-13T17:56:29
Rob Moffat, Principal at Balderton, recently hosted an Academy session at Seedcamp. Following his presentation to our Founders, Rob joined our own Dave Haynes for this podcast to give his investor ...
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Scott Sage, Expert in Residence, Seedcamp from 2015-11-10T13:29:08
Scott Sage, Expert in Residence at Seedcamp, sits down with Carlos Espinal in the first of a three part series. In this episode, Scott and Carlos discuss Internationalisation.
Scott begins...
Krishna Gupta, Founder and General Partner of Romulus Capital from 2015-10-29T15:18:45
Krishna Gupta, Founder and General Partner of Romulus Capital, joined Seedcamp in Boston on our recent US Trip. Krishna founded Romulus in 2008 whilst studying at MIT. He formed the fund to plug th...
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Sheila Marcelo, Founder of Care.com from 2015-10-22T13:32:41
In this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast, we were joined by Sheila Marcelo, Founder, Chairwoman & CEO of Care.com.
Sheila joined Seedcamp on our US tour to meet with our Founders and talk ...
Hadley Harris, Founding General Partner, ENIAC Ventures from 2015-10-16T11:47:53
In this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast, we were joined by Hadley Harris, Founding General Partner of ENIAC Ventures.
Our conversation covers his career in mobile technology that lead to ...
Stephen Forte, Managing Partner at Fresco Capital from 2015-10-13T10:17:07
In this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast, we were joined by Managing Partner of Fresco Capital, Stephen Forte.
In our conversation we covered his move from Wall Street to becoming the “te...
Liam Boogar, Founder of the Rude Baguette, France's Startup Blog from 2015-10-08T17:24:31
We had the chance to catch up with Silicon Valley born founder of Rude Baguette, France's Startup Blog, during his recent visit to London.
In this episode we covered the startup scene in ...
Fred Destin, Partner at Accel from 2015-10-06T09:57
In this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast, Dave Haynes is joined by Fred Destin, Partner at Accel to talk through the career path that led to him working at one of the world’s leading VC funds. Fred ...
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Matthew Bradley, Investor at Forward Partners from 2015-09-22T11:22
In this episode we were joined by Matthew Bradley, Investor at Forward Partners. Matthew discusses his background and his experience that led him to start his own business in Italy and to invest in...
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Simon Murdoch, Founder of Episode 1 from 2015-09-17T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Simon Murdoch, Founder of early stage European technology VC, Episode 1. Simon discusses his background and experience that led him to becoming an entrepreneur an...
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Dan Appelquist, The Open Data Institute from 2015-09-15T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Dan Appelquist, Startup ambassador at The Open Data Institute. After discussing his background, Dan talks about Internet of Things, Privacy, and Open Data, giving ...
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Rob Fitzpatrick, Founder of Founder Centric from 2015-09-03T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Rob Fitzpatrick, Founder of Founder Centric. Rob discusses his background, how he got involved in the startup ecosystem, and gives insights on customer research an...
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Gabbi Cahane, Managing Partner at Meanwhile from 2015-09-01T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Gabbi Cahane, Managing Partner at Meanwhile. He discusses his background, his involvement in the creative industry, offering insights to founders on how to create,...
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Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Partner at Seedcamp from 2015-08-27T00:00
In this episode we added a twist to our traditional podcast format, as the Seedcamp Partner Carlos Eduardo Espinal is our guest! Neil Murray founder and journalist at Tech.eu hosts our weekly podca...
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Chris Morton, Founder and CEO of Lyst from 2015-08-25T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Chris Morton, Founder and CEO of Lyst. He discussed his background, the story behind Lyst, how to generate the foundations for a marketplace growth and the importa...
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Joel Gascoigne, Founder and CEO of Buffer from 2015-08-20T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Joel Gascoigne, Founder and CEO of Buffer. He discussed his background, the story behind Buffer, and the importance of creating a values driven culture from early ...
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Will Critchlow, Founder and CEO of Distilled from 2015-08-18T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Will Critchlow, Founder and CEO of Distilled. He discussed his background, his experience as a founder, and the fundamentals of search, social and content for a st...
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Bill Earner, Managing Partner at Connect Ventures from 2015-08-13T00:00
Bill is a managing partner at Connect Ventures. He has 10 years working in venture capital and startups, having worked as an investment manager at Amadeus Capital and in a variety of operational ro...
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Marc Zornes, Founder at Winnow from 2015-08-04T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Marc Zornes, Founder at Winnow. He discussed his background, his involvement in the food industry, and his latest experience as founder at Winnow.
Marc Zo...
Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner at Balderton from 2015-07-30T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner at Balderton. He discussed his background, his experience raising investment for blinkx, growing the business, his latest e...
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Josephine Goube, Director of Partnerships & Communications at Migreat from 2015-07-28T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Josephine Goube, Director of Partnerships & Communications at Migreat. She discussed her background, how she became involved in making immigration easier for compa...
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Bryce Keane, Founder & Director at Albion Drive from 2015-07-23T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Bryce Keane, Founder & Director at Albion Drive. He discussed his background, how he created the brand behind 3beards, offering his insights on how to build a comp...
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Malcolm Bell, Founder & CEO of Mailcloud from 2015-07-21T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Malcolm Bell, Founder & CEO of Mailcloud.
Malcolm discussed his background, his experience as founder of Zogorra, and growth hacking strategies for start...
Bay McLaughlin, Co-founder of Brinc.io from 2015-07-16T00:00
In this edition of the Seedcamp Podcast Series focused on Asia, Carlos Espinal continues his discussion about the asian investment ecosystem with Bay McLaughlin, co-founder of Brinc.io.
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Tytus Michalski, Managing Partner at Fresco Capital from 2015-07-14T00:00
In this edition of the Seedcamp Podcast Series focused on Asia, Carlos Espinal talks with Tytus Michalski, Managing Partner at Fresco Capital about the startup investment ecosystem in Asia.
Josh Elman, Partner at Greylock Partners from 2015-07-09T00:00
In this episode we were joined by Josh Elman, Partner at Greylock Partners.
Josh discussed his background and how he became involved in investing, and the criteria that VCs commonly use to...
Gillian Davis, Author of First Time Leader, on How to Run a Startup As a Leader from 2015-07-07T00:00
For many of the young, ambitious founders that we back, starting a company might be the first time they’ve had to manage a team. Yet very quickly they’ll need to not only manage a growing startup, ...
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Neil Rimer, Founding Partner of Index Ventures from 2015-07-02T13:17:34
In this episode we sat down with Neil Rimer, a Founding Partner of Index Ventures - one of the world's leading VC firms.
We talked about Neil's start in venture capital, founding Index Ven...
John Collison, Co-founder of Stripe from 2015-06-23T00:00
During our latest Seedcamp Academy session we were joined by Stripe co-founder John Collison.
He shared the story of how he grew the online payment provider with his brother, from securing...
Taylor Wescoatt on Product and Product Roadmaps (3 of 3) from 2015-06-18T00:00
In this edition of the Seedcamp Podcast Series, Carlos Espinal continues his discussion with Taylor Wescoatt (Entrepreneur in Residence at Seedcamp) about the Behavioural Product Roadmap model.
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Taylor Wescoatt on Product and Product Roadmaps (2 of 3) from 2015-06-16T00:00
In this edition of the Seedcamp Podcast Series, Carlos Espinal continues his discussion with Taylor Wescoatt (Entrepreneur in Residence at Seedcamp) about the Behavioural Product Roadmap model.
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Andy McLoughlin from founder to investor at SoftTech VC from 2015-06-11T11:56:42
We caught up with Andy to talk about his experience raising investment for Huddle, growing the business, his latest experience as an investor, and some of the lessons he'd tell his younger self.
Daniel King on the Startup Sales Process and Scaling from 2015-06-08T08:50:17
We had to sit down with Sales and Partnerships guru and Seedcamp mentor, Daniel King to ask him about how to start thinking about building out a Sales organization within a startup. Daniel is also ...
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Taylor Wescoatt on Product and Product Roadmaps (1 of 3) from 2015-06-04T15:58:09
In this edition of the Seedcamp Podcast Series, Carlos Espinal talks with Taylor Wescoatt (Entrepreneur in Residence at Seedcamp) about his background in Product and UX, and how it led to him devel...
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Ryan Holmes, founder and CEO of Hootsuite from 2015-05-28T15:33:03
Ryan founded Hootsuite in 2008. He has since been at the forefront of social business, leading the Hootsuite team while funding programs that empower the next generation of startups and entrepreneu...
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Scott Harrison Founder and CEO of Charity Water on life, purpose, meaning, and being a founder from 2015-05-22T13:03:43
In 2004, Scott served as a photojournalist for Mercy Ships in Liberia, West Africa, where he learned the life-threatening effects of contaminated water. Upon moving back to his home in New York Cit...
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Dan Hill, Product Lead at AirBnB from 2015-05-19T05:18:20
Dan Hill is Product Lead at Airbnb and Former co-founder and CTO at Seedcamp Company Crashpadder (http://tcrn.ch/1L3XiPM). He blogs at http://danhilltech.com/ and tweets at https://twitter.com/sere...
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A discussion on "Flipping to the USA" with Fred & Todd of Foley & Lardner from 2015-05-12T15:51:23
We had the chance to sit down with Fred and Todd of Foley & Lardner (http://www.foley.com/) to discuss points startups should consider as part of 'flipping' to the USA or starting off as a foreign ...
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Will Bunker of Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate from 2015-05-10T10:32:50
We had the chance to sit down with Will Bunker during this year's Collision Conference in Las Vegas. Apologies for the noisy background, but conference areas are not particularly great!
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Heidi Roizen of DFJ from 2015-05-04T18:45:02
We had a chance to chat with Heidi Roizen of DFJ and hear her story and what she looks for in founders as well as how to manage key stages in a company's life.
Heidi Roizen is the operatin...
Bretton Putter of the Forsyth Group from 2015-04-28T15:11:34
In this Podcast, we have a chance to sit down with Brett from the Forsyth group (http://www.forsythgroup.com/), an Executive Search Firm.
Covering everything from how to prepare for hirin...
Eytan Lerba, Entrepreneur & Googler from 2015-04-24T14:06:09
While visiting Youtube's main offices in California, we had the chance to meet with Eytan Lerba, a Founder turned Googler (currently he's a Manager of Strategy at YouTube) who had some very interes...
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Bram Kanstein of Product Hunt from 2015-04-20T17:24:31
We had the chance to sit down with Top Product Hunter & European Community Manager @producthunt, Bram Kanstein to talk about his @startupstash story and role within Product Hunt.
During o...
Sten Tamkivi, CEO & Co-Founder of Teleport from 2015-04-16T11:23:11
Sten, founder of Teleport (http://www.teleport.org), a Seedcamp & A16Z company, has created an online service to help discover and budget your next move.
We had the chance to sit down and...
Rob Go of Nextview Ventures from 2015-04-13T08:02:54
We had the chance to sit down and chat with co-founder Rob Go of NextView Ventures while at their offices in Boston.
With a background in operational product-focused roles at eBay, Fidelit...
Chris Traganos, Director of Developer Relations at Evernote from 2015-04-08T08:41
As Director of Developer Relations at Evernote, Chris plays an important role in evangelising Evernote's API as well as working to improve the tools, services, and outreach for Evernote's community...
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Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital and author of Mastering the VC Game from 2015-04-07T07:14:39
We had a chance to sit down with Jeff, author of Mastering the VC Game to get his insights on company development and what he looks for in a founder.
Jeff is a former entrepreneur (Upromis...
Richard Liu, Founder of DSPTCH from 2015-04-02T23:01:45
Building a brand is no easy feat, in particular, a brand that generates customer passion. Richard Liu, an ex-Paypal and LinkedIn team member, decided to pursue his passion and build a brand around ...
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Sonny Vu, Founder of Misfit from 2015-03-31T17:35:19
While in San Francisco, we had the chance to sit down and have a quick chat with Sonny and explore the origins of Misfit, his relationships with John Sculley and Noam Chomsky, and his vision for ch...
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Michael J. Skok, Serial Entrepreneur and Investor from 2015-03-30T17:22:38
As an entrepreneur of 20+ years, turned venture capitalist for the last decade+, Michael is passionate about investing to accelerate innovation and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs. He ...
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Spencer Lazar of General Catalyst from 2015-03-25T01:31:52
While in NYC, we had the chance to catch up with Spencer Lazar of General Catalyst. Spencer has been a long-time friend and is one of those few VCs who has been a product manager turned VC turned f...
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Andrew & James of Valar Ventures from 2015-03-24T19:06:02
We had the chance to catch up with long-time friends Andrew and James of Valar Ventures (http://www.valar.com/about) during Seedcamp's US Trip stop in NYC.
Valar, a co-investor in Transfe...
Lucas Nelson of Gotham Ventures from 2015-03-23T22:18:02
On our very first day of Seedcamp's Spring US Trip, we had the chance to visit Lucas Nelson of Gotham Ventures. With a background in hacking and a clear interest in the more technical companies and...
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Gearoid O'Rourke on Design from 2015-03-19T15:44:32
Gearoid O'Rourke, Growth & Design lead at Hassle.com joins Carlos to discuss the subtleties behind the different styles of design thinking, and how founders should start thinking about design early...
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Vojtech Horna of Index Ventures from 2015-03-10T16:07:52
While visiting our offices to record a Meerkat video, we managed to hijack Vojtech, Communications Manager at Index Ventures to sit down with Dave and Carlos to chat about his background in PR and ...
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Philipp Moehring of AngelList from 2015-02-19T17:49:19
Philipp Moehring, ex-Seedcamp team member and now part of the team heading up AngelList Europe, shares with us his views on the future of platforms, investing in Europe, and his view on how things ...
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Seedcamp Founder Series: The Opinion Team and the future of Podcasts from 2015-02-19T16:45:19
Podcasting is increasingly becoming the future of spoken media, with more and more people getting into the medium through the ease of recording through mobile devices. Tor Rauden, founder of Seedca...
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Expert-in-Residence James Moed on User-Centric Design from 2015-02-18T13:16:54
On this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast Series, Carlos interviews James Moed and explores some of the thinking behind his recent post on three things to think about before thinking about design (wh...
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Ales Spetic of Cubesensors from 2015-02-05T15:50:34
Ales Spetic, founder of https://cubesensors.com/ and previous Seedcamp founder, walks us through some of the early challenges of starting a hardware company.
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Alex Trewby of Divide (now Google) from 2015-02-05T15:22:06
On this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast Series, Carlos (@carloseduardoespinal) & Dave (@dave-haynes) chat with Alex Trewby of Divide (now Google - http://read.bi/1I9JlTl) on how to grow a company, ...
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Rockstar Lawyers and how to tackle early-stage legals with Tina Baker from 2015-02-04T16:51:36
On this edition of the Seedcamp Podcast Series, Carlos Espinal and Tom Wilson, Investment Manager (and ex-Lawyer) at Seedcamp, have a chat with Tina Baker, Partner & Co-founder of JagShawBaker (htt...
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The Moo.com Growth Story with Richard Moross, Founder and CEO from 2015-02-04T13:56:17
On this 3rd Podcast in our 'Take On' Series, Reshma and Carlos tackle some of the questions that many founders would love to ask success story Moo's (http://www.moo.com) founder, Richard Moross (h...
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Reshma & Carlos Take On: Evaluating Interested & Existing Investors in your Startup from 2015-01-28T18:23:48
On this podcast, Reshma and Carlos take on what investors look for in other investors to syndicate with, but also what founders should look for in investors, when actively fundraising.
For...
Reshma & Carlos Take On: What we look for in Founders from 2015-01-21T19:08:41
In the past, we've blogged about what investors look for in Founders (http://bit.ly/nTXFTz), but today Reshma & Carlos decided to kick off our podcasting series on the very subject but discussing w...
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