Game Set Matchup!

“A true gold star partner is someone who knows your solution well, trusts you as an organisation and introduces you to the opportunities they have…” In episode 3 of Game Set Match Up season 3, we caught up with Adam Howarth, Account Manager at ACF Technologies, the customer experience solution making customer journeys all the easier. 📍🧑‍💻 Adam took us through: 🤔 Why partnerships are key for AC...

“Partnerships exist for the mutual benefit of both parties… a rising tide lifts all boats” In episode 2 of Game Set Match Up season 3, we spoke to Chris Rabbitt, Founder of Meeow, the new on-demand video networking platform 🎥👋 Chris talks us through: 🪄 His experiences of creating startups 🤔 What constitutes a Meeow target partner 🤝 How their partnership with Leeds Digital Festival is helping...

Kicking off season 3 of Game Set Match Up, we spoke to Rikesh Dattani, Affiliate Account Manager at Latest Free Stuff, the UK’s leading freebie and sampling sites with over 1 million monthly visitors 🛍 Rikesh talks us through: ⭐️ What a gold star partnership looks like 🛠 How Latest Free Stuff is attracting new brands to their platform using tools like Findr 🤝 Tips on partnership creation and how...

In this week's episode of Game Set Match Up, we spoke to Kieron Cartledge, Global Sales Director at Baanx, the banking platform that bridges the gap between digital assets and real world spending 🏦🖥

Having founded not one but two businesses, Paul Grundy, CEO & Founder of baggl - the B2B marketplace for businesses to buy and sell products and services online - provides some insights on the various ways that partnerships are helping baggl 💰 In our latest episode of Game Set Match Up, we caught up with Paul Grundy, ex JP Morgan associate, now serial entrepreneur. Paul talks us through his e...

In our latest episode of Game Set Match Up, Jack shares the experience of his transition from full time footballer to entrepreneur, his advice when it comes to creating and nurturing win-win partnerships, and the absolute imperatives that must be put in place when creating a culture of high performance 🥇

”...only do case studies with users who’ve had one year's usage or more…when you do it for a year you get the whole picture of the customer journey” We couldn’t agree more! In our latest episode of Game Set Match Up, Gilsi talks us through the how he founded CrankWheel, how it was built based on his frustrations with old, inefficient sales processes, the importance of feedback and why building a g...

In our latest episode of Game Set Match Up, we spoke with Tom Fairey, CEO & founder Stakester, an esports mobile app touted as the biggest skills-based competition app for consoles in the world! 🕹 Tune in as Tom talks about the different perceptions and misconceptions of sales, his advice on making the leap to entrepreneur, and why Stakester takes much of its inspiration from high performing s...

In this episode of Game Set Match Up, we spoke with Adrian Daniels of iubenda, a pioneering new compliance-as-a-service platform - which monitors 24/7 - and then updates all your legal policies automatically - that’s magic!  Grab a coffee and tune in as Adrian takes us through the importance of culture and how that helps iubenda stand out amongst competitors, how he creates 5 star partnership...

On our latest episode of Game Set Match Up, we spoke with Rebecca Drew, EMEA Sales Leader at Vidyard, helping businesses connect with customers through video 🎥 Tune in for 20 minutes of all things partnerships as Rebecca takes us through her do’s and don’t when it comes to creating gold standard partnerships, and how getting involved with both sides of mentoring can help with your own personal de...

On this week’s episode of Game Set Match Up, we spoke to Nischa Us, Head of Sales Europe at next gen banking platform, Banking Circle. Grab a coffee, head over to the episode, and find out how Nischa cultivates partnerships and her advice on creating a successful, high performing team! P.S. prepare yourself for one of the best analogies we’ve ever heard 👏

On our latest episode of Game Set Match Up, we caught up with Thom Groot, co-founder & CEO at The Electric Car Scheme, helping employers transition to net zero carbon ♻️ Turn off your notifications for the next 15 mins, grab a coffee, and tune in to find out how Thom jumped from consulting, to corporate, to entrepreneur, the invaluable advice he’d give to his younger self, and his top tips for...

On our newest episode of Game Set Match Up, we caught up with Gabriel Pizzolante, UK Growth Marketer at Ironhack, the world’s largest technology university with partners including Facebook, Google, Santander, Uber, Vinted to name a few. Turn off your Zoom and Slack alerts for the next 15 mins, grab a coffee, and tune in to find out how Gabriel goes about creating a ‘Gold Standard’ partnerships, th...

On our newest episode of Game Set Match Up, we spoke to Joe Moruzzi, CEO and Founder of Pleesecakes! Joe took us through his extraordinary story of the meteoric rise of Pleesecakes, and how he found the transition from painter and decorator to the CEO of an FMCG brand with over 1m followers on TikTok 🚀🍰

On this week’s episode of Game Set Match Up, we caught up with David Tan, Senior Channel Partnership Manager at Airwallex. Dave takes us through his experience of walking Pumas through the Bolivian jungle (yes you read that correctly), how his background in marketing, sales and strategy has helped him in his partnerships role, and how they’re harnessing the power of live events to generate new lea...

On this week’s episode of Game Set Match Up, we spoke to Matt Mintram, Head of Mid-Market, UKI at Uber for Business Find out how Matt and Uber formed partnerships to help NHS and Care workers during the height of the pandemic, and his thoughts on the new hybrid work model.

On this week’s episode of Game Set Match Up, we caught up with Zitah, CEO and co-founder of financial forecasting software, Predictive Black. Zitah takes us through her thoughts on recruitment, how job descriptions can often make it easy to overlook tallent, and shares some of her tips when it comes to creating gold standard business partnerships 🏆

On this week’s episode of Game Set Match Up, we spoke to Carrie Paradas-Mandato, Head of Strategic Partnerships at pioneering loyalty points swapping platform, Swapi. Turn off Zoom and Slack alerts for 15 mins, grab a coffee, and tune in to find out how Carrie found the transition from Harvey Nichols to the fast-paced life in a startup, and her advice when it comes to creating the best business pa...

"If you work in corporate or a big company you're not really figuring things out quite like you are in a start up, you are really building everything from scratch." On this week’s episode of Game Set Matchup we spoke to Justin Rotman, CEO and co-founder of video messaging platform, Good Kind. Make sure to tune in to find out more on how Justin made the adjustment from corporate to scale-up, his ex...

This week on Game Set Matchup, we caught up with Alex Preece, serial entrepreneur and CEO of digital gift-card loyalty leaders Tillo. Grab a coffee and listen to how Alex made the transition from the Army and jumping out of planes (!), to becoming an entrepreneur, the biggest lessons he’s learnt and his advice when it comes to creating successful business partnerships.

For this week on Game Set Matchup, we spoke to Alison Shadrack, serial entrepreneur and CEO of PR agency Adia. Make sure to tune in to hear more about how Alison started off her career at just 19 years old at The European Commission, how she went on to establish three businesses, the biggest lessons she’s learnt throughout her career and her best advice when it comes to creating successful busines...

This week on Game Set Matchup, we spoke to Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, Global Director of Product and Marketing at Octopus Energy Group. Tune in to hear how Rebecca balances running huge global teams with a busy family life, what career advice she would give to her younger self, and all her tips when it comes to creating winning cultures and successful businesses.

For this week's episode of Game Set Matchup, we caught up with Phillip Buschmann, serial entrepreneur and founder of global fintech Aazzur. Grab a coffee and listen to how Phillip made the transition from petroleum to financial services, his advice for creating successful and scalable businesses, and how to cultivate successful partnerships.

This week on Game Set Matchup, we’re joined by Rory Hatherell, UK Partnerships Manager at eToro, the world’s no1 social trading and investment network. Tune in to hear more about Rory's tips for joining a new business in a pandemic, what advice he’d give to his younger self starting out, and all his advice when it comes to creating successful business partnerships.

For this weeks episode of Game Set Matchup, we caught up with head of strategic partnerships at tomato pay, Louis Demetroulakos Grab a coffee and listen in to hear more about Louis' thoughts on what cultural nuances you need to consider when working across markets, what advice he would give to his younger self starting out. and the importance of making sure your partnership starts off on the right...