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    • Jul 21, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 6 EPISODES


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    Start / Scale / Disrupt: Ellie Ellie's founder on bootstrapping an ecommerce business

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2017 26:54


    We spoke to Danielle Plowman, the founder of personalised gift retailer Ellie Ellie, about how she started up with just £500 and grew to a team of 25. In the podcast you’ll learn about: - Entrepreneur branding in startups - Reducing cart abandonment - Selling on Not On The High Street This podcast was supported by BusinessZone partner Worldpay. After the interview we’re joined by James Frost, Worldpay UK’s chief marketing and commercial officer, who shares insight on increasing conversion, fulfilment, using retail technology and more. Worldpay is supporting BusinessZone's month-long focus on retail and ecommerce. To find out more about how Worldpay helps thousands of small businesses with secure online payments check out their website - https://business.worldpay.com/lp/onlinepaymentdis?utm_source=BusinessZone&utm_medium=Article

    Start / Scale / Disrupt: Ed Relf on MVPs, talking to customers and pivoting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2017 29:59


    Serial entrepreneur Ed Relf delves into scaling Laundrapp to 90 employees in three years including: - Working with MVPs - The businesses he started you haven’t heard of - Pivoting from a technology, asset-light business to having a fleet

    Start / Scale / Disrupt: How startups investigate and scale their online advertising

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2017 30:58


    In the latest episode of Start / Scale / Disrupt, we were lucky enough to talk to toucanBox CMO Depesh Mandalia. He shares his top advice for ecommerce startups that are trying to develop and scale their marketing spend.

    Start / Scale / Disrupt: Gerard Grech on the future of tech startups

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017 25:16


    We caught up with the CEO of Tech City UK, a digital growth programme delivery organisation that’s backed by the government, to chat about the future. We discussed: - Tech City UK’s visa programme has seen record applications since Brexit - Whether politicians listening to the concerns of the sector - The role of smart capital in an efficient ecosystem - The impact of tech on society at large

    Start / Scale / Disrupt: Meetzoo's founder on planning a crowdfunding round

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2017 21:30


    Founder Paul Lewis-Borman has recently raised a £150,000 crowdfunding round and launched new productivity app Meetzoo. Before that he built software company Symbox to a £10m turnover. In today’s episode we talked about: - Business can suffer by not being funded properly - The obsession entrepreneurs have with ideas - How you value a business’ network ahead of crowdfunding - How to set raise targets - Being a non-technical founder - Don’t be the smartest person in your organisation

    Start / Scale / Disrupt: The Pitch winner Kafoodle on culture and scale

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2017 24:50


    Kafoodle won The Pitch last year after building an ethical health tech startup that helps restaurants and consumers track the origin of food and avoid life threatening allergy issues. In this episode of Start / Scale / Disrupt, Kafoodle co-founder Tarryn Gorre, talks about: - How the founders with very different expertise met - Bootstrapping the business and the question of future investment - How mission clarity can make a startup feel more structured - Moving from targeting small businesses to enterprise clients - Applying for government grants - And, bringing in an MD: “Just because we had the idea for Kafoodle Care, doesn’t mean we’re the best people to sell it into that market.”

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