The Impact Multiplier CEO

What if the solution to global poverty wasn’t more aid, but more entrepreneurs?   In this episode, Richard Medcalf speaks with Etienne Salborn, founder of the Social Innovation Academy (SINA), a transformative movement turning refugees, orphans, and disadvantaged youth into social entrepreneurs. From a single project in Uganda to 19 communities across Africa, Etienne’s work is redefining...

What if your biggest leadership challenge wasn’t strategy, but self-doubt?  In this episode, Richard Medcalf speaks with Mike Ettling, who recently stepped down as CEO of Unit4 after a transformative six-year tenure. Mike led the company through a complete business model overhaul—from a fragmented, on-premise software provider to a unified, cloud-first organisation. Along the way, he nav...

What if your boldest vision is years ahead of its time—so far ahead that the world laughs you out of the room? In this deeply personal and provocative conversation, Richard Medcalf speaks with  Benjamin Rubin , serial entrepreneur and founder of both Sirenum and Insectika. Benjamin has a rare gift: creating businesses that challenge entrenched paradigms—from transforming the invisible workfor...

Why would an entrepreneur decide that hiring C-grade students is the way forward? Today Richard speaks with Aditya Siripragada, founder of Fountane. Fountane is digital product studio and venture lab changing the traditional consulting model, with 125 people across US and India. The company doubled revenue annually for 6 years and won the Inc. Top 5000 award in 2024. In this conversation, you’ll l...

Do you need to have a super power to be an effective CEO? What happens if you don't? How can you build a pan-continental business with zero experience? And how can you empower your managers to lead effectively? In this episode Richard speaks with Rebecca Harrison, who has spent the last decade building the African Management Institute (AMI), Africa’s leading provider of business and management lea...

How can you build a business that is genuinely global on day one? How do you set up marketing, sales, delivery, recruitment and operations when your local market is not going to be your largest market, and where you want customers to come from anywhere? Today Richard speaks with Fred Plais, co-founder and CEO of Platform.sh, a leading, VC funded Platform-as-a-service for building, running, scaling...

How can you keep lean and efficient despite hyper growth? Welcome to The Impact Multiplier CEO, helping you to 10X your financials, 10X your positive impact and 10X the fun you have along the way! Today Richard Medcalf is speaking with Toms Jurjevs, Founder and CEO of Sun Finance, a 1200-person strong business that was recently recognised as the No.1 fastest-growing fintech in Europe by The Financ...

How can you avoid the common mistakes CEOs make as they scale from £0M to £15M? Today we find out. Richard speaks to Peter Busby, founder of professional services company Grayce that he scaled scaled to £15M in 7 years with 240 people. Peter shares his insights on building a successful business. We’ll explore everything from the lean startup approach and scaling challenges to maintaining growth an...

How do you grow a business that is so innovative it changes how your entire ecosystem needs to work? Today Richard speaks with Karl Andersson, Founder of Matsmart-Motatos, one of Europe's fastest-growing companies according to the Financial Times with a consistent annual growth of some 70%. Matsmart-Motatos is aiding the sustainable reform of the food system by allowing customers to buy products t...

What are the skills you'll need to develop in your business, in an AI world? This is the question Richard explores with today's guest. Tim Smeaton is the CEO and Co-Founder of Kubrick Group, a company that helps organizations realise the value of data, AI, and cloud technology.  In this conversation, you’ll learn: Why Tim recommends you "ignore amazing opportunities." How Tim identified a str...

That's what Richard Medcalf explores with Michael Riedl, the CEO of Team Internet. The business was founded in 1996 as a web services company distributing domain names, until Michael led a strategic charge to double-down on new solutions including online marketing. In this conversation, you’ll learn: The story of how they acquired 17 businesses in 4 years The 'business model epiphany' that led to...

In this conversation, you’ll learn: How Logan (and Richard) relate business and faith How to 'wow' people and build a powerful network of 6000 people (it's simple, but not always easy) The three big decisions everybody needs to address How Logan has built a culture of excellence that resulted in a Net Promoter Score "so high its almost unbelievable" (according to the consultancy who measured it!)...

In this episode,- Richard Medcalf speaks with Björn Thorngren, the CEO and co-founder of MEDS, a leading online pharmacy in Sweden. MEDS has been the fastest-growing Swedish company (2018-2021) according to the Financial Times, having grown in 6 years to 800,000 customers with a brand recognised by 50% of people. In this conversation, you’ll learn: How Björn identified the potential of the pharmac...

That's the question Richard explores today with Jack Murray, entrepreneur and the CEO of MediaHQ, a leading Irish SaaS company that has revolutionized the PR and communications industry with its comprehensive media contacts database and press release distribution tools. Jack is also an author, having penned "The Magic Slice," where he explores the art of storytelling in business. In this conversat...

Today Richard speaks with Dorie Clark. Dorie is the WSJ Bestselling author of The Long Game, as well as Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out. The New York Times has described Dorie as an "expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives." She has been named to the Thinkers50 list three times. In this conversation, you’ll learn: Why even successful CEOs might...

In this episode, we'll share cutting-edge insight about how you can make that happen. Elisa Farri is vice president and co-lead of Capgemini Invent’s Management Lab. She is listed in the Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2023. She is a frequent contributor to leading management magazines, including the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Rotman Management. She has recently published the "Management GPT"...

We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Brett Simmons, CEO of Scale Link. Scale Link is a social venture and a first-of-its-kind secondary market for small business loans, working with more than 30 community development finance institutions (CDFIs) and having purchased over $52M in loans over the last 3 years to provide capital and additional revenue to i...

We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Chintan Panchal, Founding Partner of RPCK Rastegar Panchal, a law firm that has developed a dedicated impact investing practice, advising both mission-aligned investors and social enterprises. Chintan has become a trusted advisor to leaders in the impact field because of his "purpose-driven" approach to corporate la...

More broadly, how can you make every conversation win hearts as well as minds? The answer is in becoming more “magnetic”.  Today we'll dive deeper into the topic of magnetism and explore three pillars to help you understand and apply the principles of magnetism in your leadership journey because becoming more magnetic doesn’t happen by accident. RESOURCES MENTIONED: Find out more about Rivend...

We're continuing our season on "Business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Andy Morris, CEO of Cirencester Friendly Society. In this conversation, you’ll learn: The do's and don'ts of selling and closing businesses, are based on Andy's experience with RBS in the MEA region. How Andy got independent and headstrong CEOs to coalesce and deliver on a vision none of them originally wanted. How...

I’ve found there are two key approaches - and the crazy thing is that most leaders focus almost exclusively on one, which means they’re performing well below their potential. In this episode, we'll explore what these two levers of personal impact are, so that you can make bigger things happen with less blood, sweat, and tears. You'll learn The two ways you can 10X your impact beyond your existing...

We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good". Richard Medcalf speaks with Marci Zaroff, Founder/CEO of ECOfashion Corp. Marci coined the term “ECOfashion” in 1995 and is a serial entrepreneur as well as the author of “ECOrenaissance: Co-Creating A Stylish, Sexy and Sustainable World.” She is the winner of awards including “WWD ESG Leadership Award,” “New York Moves Power Women Awa...

Today we dive into three commonly used strategies that leaders commonly try to drive the results they want. *spoiler! - only one of them is the key to transformation Get ready to challenge your thinking, be inspired, and uncover the transformative power of mindset on this episode of The Impact Multiplier CEO. RESOURCES MENTIONED: Find out more about Rivendell our exclusive programme for visionary...

We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Brad Flowers, co-founder of Bullhorn, an agency that builds impact brands with language and design. Brad leads naming and language generation at Bullhorn. He has a degree in literature, which he finds more useful than he expected. He co-founded the non-profit bike shop, Broke Spoke. Brad is also the author of The Na...

If you want to learn how to take the first step towards committing to a legacy of exponential impact then today’s episode is for you! Learn the 6 steps you need to up-level your courage, face your fears, and take small practical steps to unlock your exponential legacy.  If you're ready to embark on a journey of massive positive impact and personal fulfilment, tune in as host Richard Medcalf e...