The Millennial Entrepreneur

In this episode, I spoke with Jeroen Corthout, the co-founder of a powerful CRM platform, Salesflare. It is the most popular CRM ever on Product Hunt and AppSumo  We cover:  - Why he decided to start a CRM platform, given the crowded and highly competitive market landscape dominated by a few players  - How he started a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, tested it and scaled it to...

In this episode I spoke with Naomi Shah, the founder and CEO of Meet Cute, a media company producing original rom-com podcasts, producing over 300 stories to date! We cover: - How entertainment start-ups are rarely invested in by VC firms and how Naomi managed to land Meet Cute investment from a VC - How they produce original content, having worked with over 600 creators to date - The validation p...

In this episode, I spoke with Joe Binder, the founder of WOAW, an agency concentrating solely on building personal brands of entrepreneurs on social media and beyond! We talked about: - How Joe started his agency and why focusing on personal branding alone was so important to him and how he’s worked with the likes of James Caan and Tej Lalvani from Dragon’s Den - As an entrepreneur, why you should...

In this episode, I spoke to Bianca Rangecroft, the founder & CEO of Whering, a circular fashion app, that allows you to digitise your wardrobe, using data and AI to suggesting new outfits from the clothes you already own! We spoke about: - How you can start an AI-powered tech company with no technical background and bootstrapped, while still generating growth, like what Bianca has done - The i...

In this episode I spoke with Cassandra Dittmer, an international sustainable brand consultant and fashion stylist. We covered some amazing topics, such as: - How she defined her niche as a freelancer and also found her service-customer fit when it came to her services - The strategies she used to effectively embed her personal brand into her business and how you can use your personal image to elev...

In this episode, I spoke with Tersha Willis, the co-founder of terrible*, a technology company working with bands and other creators to enable them to monetise from merchandise We covered: - How terrible* started as a merchandising company, helping bands to provide high quality merchandise to now becoming an overarching tech company that manages the whole process for creatives - Tools Tersha has u...

In this episode, I spoke with Jessica Warch, Forbes 30 Under 30 winner, and the CEO and Co-founder of Kimaï, a start-up focusing on creating lab grown diamonds to evolve the unethical nature of the existing mining industry. We cover: - The problems that exist in the existing mining industries that have existing for centuries and how Jess started a lab grown diamonds company - How after 2 months of...

In this episode, I spoke with Roei Samuel, angel investor and entrepreneur who successfully exited his previous company after attracting 4.5m users We covered: - The journey of how Roei started his company to how it got successfully acquired a few years later - As a start-up, how you can effectively gear yourself up for angel investors - Tips and advice of how to convert interest from an angel inv...

In this episode, I spoke with another Forbes 30 Under 30 winner, Eshita Kabra – the founder of the award-winning app By Rotation, the world's first social fashion rental app We talk about: - The impact of fast fashion on the environment and how renting clothing is the next wave of sustainable fashion - The importance of circular economy start ups and how to build a two-sided platform to enable thi...

We have a solo episode! We’re going to be talking about: - How you can turn your customers from liking your product/service, to LOVING it - Revealing the launch of my own business, Wing, and how you can get involved - A really helpful framework to help you map out your business’ values to make your customers love you and outcompete the competition --- The Millennial Entrepreneur publishes a new ep...

In this episode, I spoke with Josh Cohen, the founder of Newlane – the first ever packable bike or scooter helmet made with sustainable materials We cover: - The methodical framework Josh used to validate his product hypothesis that can be utilised for any business - The step by step of Josh’s journey of how he validated the idea of Newlane to raising millions in funding, despite not having a prod...

In this episode, I spoke with Jack Cornes, the CEO and Co-founder of HausBots, a robotics company that has already raised over $1m in funding, building wall-climbing robots to be used to building maintenance tasks. We cover: - How their robots are saving lives by replacing the need for people to use scaffolding and ladders to inspect building - How Jack and his co-founder started their very own ro...

In this episode, I spoke with Eleanor Manley, the co-founder of an artificial intelligence powered technology start up, called Metta Space ( https://www.metta-space.com/ ), to reduce sexual harassment in the workplace. We cover: · The massive issue of sexual harassment, along with how artificial intelligence can help combat it and prevent it · Why now is the perfect time to tackle this issue at sc...

In this episode, I spoke with Babs Jamieson, qualified UK and USA lawyer and CEO of Jamieson Law If you run a business or are thinking about starting a business and want to know the essential legal practises you need to adopt for it – this is the episode for you! We cover: - What legal items you need to resolve early in your business, covering things like what you need if you have other co-founder...

In this episode I chatted with Jack Rosenthal, a teenager who created one of the largest teen investing clubs in the world, worth over $120k in assets. We cover: - Why Jack started the club, focusing on educating teenagers on the art of investing - How Jack has written two books on teen investing and teen entrepreneurship and he outlines the way you can self-publish your very own book through Amaz...

In this episode I spoke with Amardeep, a blogger who makes thousands of pounds every month from blogging on Medium and is the editor of one of Medium’s largest publications, The Entrepreneur’s Handbook. This is an amazing episode for anyone who wants to learn how to earn an income from blogging. We cover: - How Amardeep started blogging on Medium only a year and a bit ago to now generating about £...

In this episode, I spoke with Annie, co-founder of Bottleshot – an amazing cold brew coffee brand We covered some fantastic topics such as: - How Annie and her co-founders took a concept from the USA and adapted it to the UK and European markets - Outlined the strategy behind how they have undertaken many brand partnerships which has hugely escalated their growth and how you can best undertake bra...

In this episode, I spoke with Nate, the founder of an amazing prosthetics company, Koalaa, recent Forbes 30 Under 30 Winner and all-round great guy We chat about: - Why he decided to start a prosthetics company and his thoughts around the wider product availability for the disabled around the world - How he tested his product in the market as he doesn’t struggle with the problem himself, he had to...

In this episode I spoke with Yas, the marketing pro behind her own marketing brand, Your Artwork Service. This episode is a real marketing masterclass of how to start and outline a marketing and branding strategy for your business, covering: - How Yas got into digital marketing, having worked with over 200 clients having only starting around 2 years ago - The strategies you should use when decidin...

In this episode I spoke with Justine Lambert, the CEO and founder of Brains with Benefits, a community of entrepreneurs brought together to solve the problem of entrepreneur loneliness We cover: - The issue of solo entrepreneur loneliness and how it impacts people on a daily basis, going into how it has impacted me and Justine, where it killed one of her previous businesses - How she built a group...

In this episode I spoke with Will McDowell, the CEO and Founder of meal prep delivery service, Tastily. We covered: - Why Will decided to go into food from his journey of personally improving his mental health and physical health by losing 30kg by utilising a healthy meal service - How Will started a subscription box service, where we talked about the logistics, margins, and other operations assoc...

In this episode I spoke with Tina Chen, the founder of the plant-planted tea latte drink, Humanitea She gave some amazing insights in: How to get stocked in stores with your product, having got 5 new stockists just in the week we chatted How she tested her product and the advice on how you can test your food product idea because I know many of you have thought about starting a food business The st...

In this episode I spoke with Danielle White, one of the co-founders of an exciting new drinks company, Savora Drinks. Savora is a company aiming to pair alcoholic spirits with mixers, starting out by making their very own tequila mixer themselves If you are thinking of starting your own drinks brand this is for you and if you’re into tequila and spirits, this is also the episode for you! We cover...

In this episode I spoke with Naomi McGregor - TEDx speaker, Founder of Movetru, engineer and a ballet dancer We covered some amazing topics, such as: How Naomi decided to do engineering, fighting the gender stereotypes and barriers put on her to get into that field to eventually becoming an ambassador for females in STEM How she has fused her love for ballet and her engineering brain to create a b...

In this episode, I spoke with Kristian, the founder of a brand new social media network called FLTR. It’s a new social media platform aiming to realign the visions of what a social media should be and that is an excellent way to connect with people, and specifically in his case, personal development. We talk about: How he has witnessed the evolution of modern social media platforms becoming intrus...