Founders365

222 Founders stories shared. This final summary of the year is just to say a big thank you to all the Founders365 guests, listeners, and supporters. Season two is inbound with new guests, more stories, and more insights to share. It has been one hell of a year and being able to share 222 stories with you has been an honor. I am truly thankful to every listener for supporting Founders365.  ----Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Sam Watson Jones is Co-Founder and President of Small Robot Company and a 4th generation arable farmer. Small Robot Company is on a mission to help farmers feed the world whilst regenerating the planet. Their sustainable farming robots Tom, Dick and Harry will deliver Per Plant Farming for the world's biggest food crops.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Amna Akhtar is a leader, author, mentor and advocate for a better quality of living, especially for women of colour. Professionally, she is the Co-founder and Creative Director of GirlDreamer , a social enterprise that supports women of colour personally and professionally to tackle social inequality. Her work has led to GirlDreamer becoming one of the “Top 50 most exciting, innovative and disruptive creative companies in England” and “Most Influential Leadership Development Enterprise 2020 - UK”, whilst she has personally been acknowledged as one of Birmingham’s “30 under 30”.In her personal time, Amna advocates for holistic and purposeful living, her mantra “I can & I will” has seen her through some of life’s tough challenges and her dreamer mindset has always ensured she never settles and always strives for greatness in all she pursues. Amna holds intentional living at the core of all she is and does and considers herself to be the ultimate ‘GirlDreamer’.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Camille Lurton is a former content producer turned entrepreneur. After working for a couple of years in the digital industry from large corporations to small businesses between the U.S and Hong Kong, she decided to take the leap and start her own company at the age of 27. Pixl Media was born out of both frustration for the current video content industry and the need for radical change. Settling first in Hong Kong in 2019, Pixl just recently expended to London where it is now based and operates between Asia and Europe.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Jeroen Corthout is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and fast-growing startup companies.Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to follow up the leads for their software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of their leads manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically and then actively helps you to follow up.It's now the most popular CRM on Product Hunt and top-rated on review platforms like G2 for its ease of use and automation features.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Tessa Clarke is Co-Founder & CEO of OLIO • Share More, Waste Less, a free app tackling the problem of food waste by connecting neighbours with each other, and volunteers with local businesses, so that surplus food can be shared, not thrown away. Since launching 4 years ago, 2.5 million people have joined OLIO and together they’ve shared over 9 million portions of food taken 27 million car miles off the road  and saved 1 billion litres of waterTessa started her career as a strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group and then spent 10 years as a digital Managing Director in the media, retail and financial services sectors. She met her co-founder Saasha Celestial-One whilst they were studying for their MBAs at Stanford. Tessa is passionate about the sharing economy as a solution for a sustainable world, and about ‘profit with purpose’ as the next business paradigm.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Salmo Visa is an online service in the form of a web app, it is designed to help UK immigrants prepare/organise their visa applications faster and easier, without the need of hiring a lawyer.Amber Perng is a Taiwanese product designer who initially moved to the UK as a student. After graduating from Central Saint Martins, she co-founded a design studio, Meahe Design and began the entrepreneurial journey.In 2019, she applied for her latest visa and faced an enormous struggle in the application process. After spending £3,600 on a lawyer, thinking that this would make life easier, she quickly realised the lawyer didn’t do anything more than what she expected or did already. Feeling furious about this situation, the idea of Salmo began to grow in her mind.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Kim Antoniou is an award-winning tech entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Auris Tech Limited, inventors of a unique voice recognition engine designed to work specifically with children’s voices.It is the engine behind the award-winning, and government accredited reading platform, Fonetti - the world’s first children’s listening bookshop App, developed in collaboration with The University of Edinburgh and available in the AppleStore and soon, the Google Play Store.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Sohn set up Drink JIN JIN in 2019 and launched in 2020.New drink brand JIN JIN has launched its cultured fruit and vegetable drink concentrate as it looks to bring the ancient Asian drink to the UK. Packed full of probiotics and complex enzymes from more than 35 raw and natural ingredients, JIN JIN is a fermented drink containing living beneficial bacteria which supporting gut health which helps introduce balance to the body's functions.Low in sugar content, JIN JIN is a great alternative to sugary soft drinks and a gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan ingredient for every occasion. Unlike fermented tea-based kombucha ready to drink products, JIN JIN is a cordial, similar in consistency to honey and it’s recommended to mix 1 part (20ml) of the concentrate with 10 parts water (still or sparkling). The drink can also be added to smoothies, or used as a mixer in your favourite cocktail.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Neil Laughton is a former Royal Marine Commando, Special Forces veteran and helicopter pilot. He is an entrepreneur who founded a group of companies in the construction industry, built the business to £40m turnover before selling up to a FTSE 100 company. Currently, he is Managing Director of an experiential training company, Chairman of the Scientific Exploration Society and Founder of the Penny Farthing Club.Neil is passionate about travel, sport and adventure. He has organised and led 50+ expeditions on 7 continents by land, sea and air. He climbed Mt Everest with Bear Grylls, circumnavigated the UK & Ireland on a jet-ski and he piloted the world's first road legal flying car on a 10,000 km journey from London to Timbuktu.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Dan Hudson lives and breathes gigl and oversees all areas of what the business does. He has 16 years experience in recruitment, having worked in exec search, agencies and finally as global head of recruitment for a US bank.Today he's on a mission to change the future of work and put people not paper at the centre of the application process.Dan has always been highly entrepreneurial, starting his first business (a butchery at 12 years old), by 14 this have diversified into chicken farming (eggs) and he has never really stopped.Away from work, Dan is sport and business mad. He cycles, runs, is an Ironman, plays rugby, golf and much more. He loves to learn how businesses work/run and take this knowledge to help develop gigl.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Blake is the founder and CEO of easyGuide; a UK Startup 100 travel technology company that enables locals and tourists alike to discover and instantly book tickets to exciting activities and experiences around the world.Prior to launching easyGuide, Blake graduated from Cass Business School in 2012 as a Sir Stelios Scholar with a Masters in Banking and International Finance and progressed to pursue a career in finance where he spent 6-years building an investment management firm in London.Blake’s latest venture with Sir Stelios aims to create an end-to-end customer journey across the tourism industry whilst leveraging the strength of the easy brand which serves over 100 million customers per year through household names including easyJet and easyHotel.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Leigh Ashton is the author of iSell, a speaker, trainer and coach...and the founder of The Sales Consultancy. She works with Sales Leaders and their teams to develop a Sales Growth Mindset culture enabling them to meet and exceed targets. Her programmes develop Sales Leaders and Sales Teams to think and perform at a higher level and her clients include NatWest, Harrods, Wright Medical, AVEVA, Motorpoint, British Airways…and many more. She is known for increasing sales...and leaves people feeling confident, motivated and inspired to go beyond their comfort zone…and achieve greater sales success!Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Salman Khan is the co-founder of Kwick Doctor and is a 40-year old information technology expert who has been working in the healthcare sector for two years now. He joined Pac after returning from the UK and offered to help through his app Kwick Doctor that connects the public to consultants, doctors, pharmacies, laboratories and even delivers prescriptions at your doorstep.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Elliot Reeves is a highly accomplished broadcaster, speaker and advisor, as well as creator of The Elliot Reeves Show, host of 13 Minutes with Elliot Reeves and founder of Inspired Edinburgh; a pre-eminent video production and media company centred around a world-class online talk show and top 20 UK ranked Philosophy podcast.He has interviewed everyone from TED Global speakers and Orwell Prize winning writers, to record-breaking adventurers and international athletes. Additionally, he was worked with Scotland’s most respected institutions, organisations and leaders, including the likes of Prof Norman Drummond CBE, Sir Bill Gammell and First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Ray Blakney is probably like every other award-winning Filipino-American entrepreneur who grew up in Turkey and lives in Mexico that you know. He started his first business, with his wife as a business partner, in 2008. Since then he has bootstrapped multiple 6 and 7-figure online businesses. Most of this was done from home in his superman pajamas.He and his businesses have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Boston Globe and other top publications. Ray has also been a speaker at multiple conferences around the world.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365 

Rakesh Shah is the founder of Thrive Growth Partners, a firm which specialises in providing straightforward and impactful advice that helps take ambitious young businesses to the next stage. A key area of focus is helping technology and sustainability businesses get investor-ready so they raise their next round successfully. Rakesh also provides part-time CFO services, partnering with businesses over the long term to help them scale. Since launching in February, Rakesh helped Rightcharge raise their seed round and is currently working with several startups who are actively fundraising, with several companies launching rounds in the new year.Prior to Thrive Growth Partners, Rakesh was Finance Director of Highview Power, a cleantech / sustainable energy tech startup. While FD, Rakesh helped the business raise tens of millions in funding, grow from team significantly and expand into multiple geographies. Before moving into the startup world Rakesh held various roles at large corporates, most recently Engie and Publicis Group.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

James Kerslake, originally from NZ, has been a lifelong city worker with a side hustle. It was always his dream to build something for himself - the reason he left his homeland - and he has spent two decades exploring various business ventures, learning a lot of hard lessons along the way. Relentless and unwilling to give up, the idea for Tom Savano Cocktails appeared to him one day whilst enjoying a mojito in the garden, and he knew that this time, something felt different.James had spent most of his life travelling to beautiful places, enjoying special moments such as sunsets on the strip of Ibiza listening to music from Cafe del Mar. These moments are what grew into the seed of Tom Savano, the cocktail brand which seeks to recreate all your most memorable travel experiences, through incredible, craft drinks. Having now launched the brand around his day job, he's slowly approaching the point in his twenty-year career, when he will walk away from it for good, to fulfill his dream of creating something for himself that will be remembered.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.Listen to more and subscribe at https://stevenhaggerty.com/founders365

Habil started Cajuu in 2018 with the aim of adding value to cashews. For over 40 years Habil's family have been working with farmers across southern Tanzania to ethically source the finest cashews. Habil started bringing this amazing product over to the UK and has worked to create a range of vegan, cashew-based snacks with vibrant and unique flavours. Cajuu is now in over 80 stores across the UK and EU and growing rapidly! They also have plans to launch many new flavours and other cashew-based products, watch this space! Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Asma Bandey is the Founder of Kashmiri Tea House - a Botanical Cold Brew Tea company that makes ready to drink Elixirs for people who are looking for natural alternatives to coffee. She is an advocate of Mindful Drinking & Mental Health awareness, and in addition to launching a Cold Brew Tea range; has been growing a community of like-minded people through her IGTV series "Mindful Drinking, Wellness & Anxiety" which features discussions with mental health professionals on a wide range of topics.Her journey from the corporate world to entrepreneurship was one rooted in necessity. After a decade in B2B sales, Bandey found herself burnt out, caffeine sensitive and living with regular anxiety and chronic sleeplessness. Her search for a natural, healthy, gently caffeinated beverage turned up empty and so she decided to reach back into her Himalayan roots to blend & brew the kind of drink she needed. As it turns out, it's a drink a lot of people needed too.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Sweetshop is the brainchild of Angus Imlach, one of the first employees at arguably the world’s most controversial music startup, Crowdmix. He built an influencer network consisting of the globe’s most powerful voices online, a network that at its peak, amassed a global reach of over 2 billion people. This network was instrumental in securing over £10 million in funding for the Company.Angus’ experience at Crowdmix catapulted him through the industry ranks allowing him to build an envious blackbook of A-list celebs, music artists and investors.Sweetshop was born out of coming across the missing link in agency/client relationships time and time againFounders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

#202 - Tom Noble - Founder of OFS & MerumaskTom Noble is our first returning guest - a Founder who has truly adapted to the market with the effect of 2020. In 2017 Tom quit his job as an accountant to move back in with his parents to start a sportswear brand out of their garage. After the business that he outsourced to closed down, he took out a loan to buy all of their equipment.With no knowledge of garment manufacture he started sewing and within a week was creating production quality garments. The business has grown rapidly over the past few years, expanding to new markets. In May 2020 when Covid took away 90% of his sales as the sportsworld closed its doors, the business pivoted to manufacture masks.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Giuseppe Baidoo is an award-winning entrepreneur and founder of Güsto Snacks. He arrived in the UK in 2012 from Italy, to focus on his basketball career and product design studies at the university Ravensbourne. In 2014 he wasn’t able to continue his career in basketball and decided to focus on his academics and career in product design. During his time in university in 2014, he founded OOZE drinks and subsequently Gusto snacks. Two award-winning brands on a mission to reduce food waste.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

#200 - Matty Derwent - Founder of VulcanizeMatty Derwent is a UK based entrepreneur who owns his own branding and e-commerce company, he has acted as a director for leading energy tech companies who’ve raised over eight million pounds in funding, one later being sold to a "unicorn" status company and is currently a distributor for a leading trainer brand.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

#199 - Collin Powers - Founder and CEO at EllyraAs a former professional tennis player, Collin Powers is implementing his knowledge of sports into the development of virtual reality tennis training. Having begun his entrepreneurial journey in high school, selling LED Christmas lights to customers in all 50 US states and most of Canada, he has now combined these two passions to revolutionise the world of skills acquisition. After playing professional tennis for six years, Collin went on to study at the University of Edinburgh where he received an honours degree in Business with Enterprise and Innovation. It was at university where he came up with the idea for Ellyra, a virtual reality program that gives tennis players and coaches control over their training while giving them access to analytics that would normally never be seen.Since starting Ellyra, Collin has taught himself how to program and develop for VR and has now fully developed the Ellyra Tennis MVP. He is also proud to be working very closely with influential people in the tennis industry, who believe the technology will make a tremendous impact on the world of tennis and beyond.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies

#198 - Ashley Staines - Co-founder at VolunteeroAsh is a former Goldman Sachs banker who launched his first startup in 2018. This first business, DoubleTapp, is a platform allowing hospitality businesses to incentivise and automatically reward customers for posting about them on social media. As a sole founder, Ash launched the platform, raised £150k in angel funding, hit 60 paying businesses across 2 cities and had 10k user downloads. Then Covid hit.Since lockdown Ash had a desire to do more volunteering but hit many of the barriers others face including lengthy registration and inefficient processes. In response, Ash and his 2 co-founders built and launched Volunteero in 2 months. Since launching, Volunteero has shown significant 280% increase in volunteer productivity for charities and has been awarded Innovate funding. Recently his first venture DoubleTapp was also awarded an Innovate grant and so Ash looks forward to growing both businesses over the coming year.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

#197 - Natalia Cortazar - Founder and Director at The Good Egg | Influencer MarketingNatalia is a Bilingual Spanish-English Influencer Marketer with 8-year's experience in the field. Considered 'One to Watch' on Top #Influencer50 by Talking Influence, she is an active player in industry debates and has built an engaged audience on LinkedIn. After heading the Social, Events & Influencer team at Kindred, she founded The Good Egg, a "no-fuss" consultancy service for different brands and agencies.She is currently collaborating with several agencies in the UK and Europe looking after their clients' influencer marketing campaigns: Hackett, Pepe Jeans, Duolink, Pret, among others. She has worked for (and with!) many FMCG, Fashion, and charity clients, such as: - Sainsbury's, developing their annual Influencer Marketing strategy. - Public Health England, supporting its Cervical Screening campaign by teaming up with digital advocates. - Hackett, managing their European and UK Influencer Marketing activations. As in October 2020, she is directing the first Influencer Marketing course with Elle Education. Written and taught by her.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares the real stories from Founders who run inspiring and exciting companies.

Joanna Hubbard is the CEO and Co-founder of Electron, an energy technology company unlocking value in decarbonising energy systems by enabling granular, market-based interactions.She started her energy career in the early days of the renewable build-out on the asset financing side before transitioning into Cleantech VC. In 2015 she joined the international strategy consultancy firm McKinsey & Co, where she focused on digital transformation. Here, she understood that the full decarbonization and transformation of the energy sector will not happen without new, shared digital infrastructure and marketplaces that incentivize cooperation. This provided the basis on which Electron was founded.She is a frequent keynote speaker at energy and technology events, sits on advisory boards for several UK utilities on digital transformation and community trading models and writes for national publications on these topics.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Thomas Andrews is the founding CEO of Rightly, a personal data control hub. A geek who, after 10 years in finance and professional services world, finally found a way to do what he loves, building products for people. Son of a teacher and accountant, the change to entrepreneurship was not a natural fit, whose superpower is a brutally honest knowledge of his own limits and who to speak to when he’s outside of them! Tom likes to approach problems by understanding why and is only happy when they’ve been solved by a principle-driven solution.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#192 - Anthony Chapman - Co-Founder at Fellow StudioUtilising his skills in branding and creative strategy, Anthony has worked in both specialist design studios and global agencies, delivering award-winning campaigns for a range of clients. Some of these include Nokia, Vodafone, Syncsort and Skype.Anthony is a passionate and creative individual who understands the importance of classic graphic design especially interested in layout, form and typography. His work aims to focus on inventive problem solving and stimulating communication. His experience is invaluable when approaching branding, art direction and idea generation.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#191 - Jason Roberts - CEO & Founder at Kaleida InternationalJason Roberts is an esteemed business professional with 22 years’ experience in Financial Services. After spending 11 years working for a number of investment banks including J.P. Morgan, Jason made the move to Financial Service technology sales where he spent 11 years selling SAAS solutions to financial institutions for a number of US tech start-ups.Leaving the city in 2018 after spotting a gap in the market and with a wealth of industry experience and contacts, Jason set about building a solution to improve the commercial prospects and for SMEs and start-ups by launching his very own social platform focused on helping B2B Buyers and Suppliers connect. Son to a single parent from South London, Brixton, and now Husband and father to two daughters, Jason highlights empathy, kindness and integrity as attributes he values the most in people.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#190 - Vince Patten - Founder at TippziVince Patten is the Founder/CEO of Tippzi a revolutionary digital ads app that helps SMEs achieve affordable ads. He also is a senior consultant for Save Our Planet, Refillery, Canada. Which he helped attain the rare distinction of achieving all 17 sustainable development goals of the UN.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Simon Hardie is co-founder and CEO of findexable – the new digital platform for benchmarking fintech innovation globally, and home to the Global Fintech Index. As Ai and analytics re-shape business, Findexable’s mission is to make it easier to gather, interpret and benchmark fintech activity, enable unmoderated, real-time insight on global fintech activity – to determine the ingredients of fintech success.Simon has two decades of experience producing financial intelligence content, research and events for global financial publishers including The Economist, Euromoney Institutional Investor and IFR (part of the Thomson Reuters Group), as well as boutique research publishers and media companies across Europe and the Middle East. He was previously a director of banking events and publishing house VRL (now Global Data).Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#188 - Michelle Myers - Founder and CEO at Pink CallersMichelle is the founder and CEO of Pink Callers, an administrative support solution that assigns customer service rockstars to support home service businesses remotely. Pink Callers manages all incoming calls, emails and chats to your business, inputs all information into your business CRM and schedules both sales appointments and accepted crew work. Pink Callers mission is to provide work at home opportunities in the admin support / remote office management space.Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#187 - Kas Andz - Founder at KAMG Kas Andz is the Founder of his own agency in London that simply pours jet fuel on e-commerce business growth. Kas bootstrapped the business from his mum’s house leading to rapid growth since having worked with Revolut, VistaJet and even approached by Gartner. He’s since gone on to invest in algorithmic trading, deep dive into biohacking & entrepreneur performance and more all while 22 still. 4x college dropout, years of depression & contemplations of suicide have lead Kas to play life with an “all or nothing” approach. When he's not running his agency, you'll find him running marathons, gulping herbal tea’s, trying to automate his daily life or playing with his Chihuahua Sushi. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#186 - Roger Nairn - Co-Founder & CEO of JAR Audio Roger has worked with some of the world's biggest brands including Netflix, Lamborghini and Four Seasons. Now he's taking his brand storytelling skills to the world of podcasting with JAR Audio - which is a podcast studio working exclusively with brands. JAR help it's clients grow their revenue and impact through ROI-driven podcasts that make meaningful connections with listeners. They've been lucky enough to work with brands like Expedia, Lululemon, RBC, Cineplex, and more. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#185 - Alexei Mirkin - Founder & CEO at alphaseeker.app Spending his teenage years in Chicago and NYC, he often passed by the CME and the NYSE. Back then he had no idea what quantitative finance is, but being good with numbers always came natural. Alexei is a serial entrepreneur. Attended Hunter College in NYC studying economics for two years. Went on to start a couple of startups in the early 2000s. Continued on to 10 years of algorithmic trading on various markets. Quantitative finance quickly became his obsession. In his early days of algorithmic trading, he was chasing the holy grail, just like all beginners. But over the years he has learned what a good strategy is when it comes to investing. It was ten long years of trial and error and continuous education, learning from the greats like Wyckoff and Markowitz. Creating models, simulations, testing algorithms - then wiping the board clean and starting over from a clean slate. After receiving an Artificial Intelligence with Python nano degree from Udacity, he decided to augment his purely mathematical approach and let ML do some of the heavy lifting. Alexei decided to combine the classical theory with ML. The results came out better than he could have dreamed then he decided to go ahead with another startup. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#184 - Lindsay Spolan Pinchuk Founder+ CEO at Bump Club and Beyond For nearly ten years prior to BCB, Lindsay worked in publishing, advertising, and marketing at Hearst Magazines, MTV Networks, The Tribune Company and Time Inc for brands including Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Sports Illustrated, The Chicago Tribune, and Nickelodeon. As a University of Michigan Alum she bleeds maize and blue, but also has a soft spot for the Northwestern Wildcats where she earned her Master’s of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications. Lindsay herself wanted to connect with other expectant moms when she was pregnant, thus the catalyst behind starting the BCB brand. BCB has worked with almost every brand in the baby industry. In 2011, BCB was named “Best Mommy Community” by Chicago Magazine. In 2014, Lindsay was named one of Crain’s Chicago Businesses’ Best Entrepreneurs. Besides her work life, she is a Detroit native living in Chicago since 2001. She now calls the northern suburbs of Chicago home and she lives there with her amazing husband, Daniel (who she met working at overnight camp over 20 yrs ago!), their two beautiful daughters and COVID puppy, Ollie. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#183 - Sunna van Kampen - Founder at Tonic Health An entrepreneur with broad-ranging experience across 4 different industries and over 10 different brands covering everything from multi-million-pound global projects to startup growth. He most recently launched Tonic Health, securing half a million in funding and launching into the largest health retailers in the country within just 10 months of trading. Previously, he co-founded LVK Global a sales and marketing agency and developed Piccolo Baby Food, the fastest growing baby food brand in the UK. Prior to this, Sunna was Head of Trading at Virgin and led global projects for Barclays Bank and Mattel Europe. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Ben Legg is the co-founder of The Portfolio Collective and also an engineer, author and reinventor of industries. His career has included army officer, McKinsey strategy consultant, COO of Google Europe and global technology CEO. He has worked in over 60 countries, has five kids and is a self-professed exercise nut. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Alberto Fantappie is the Founder and CEO of Wemby. Previously to starting Wemby, he was an HR and finance officer in Afghanistan ad South Sudan for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Before switching paths, he led the South Europe marketing team at Zalando in Berlin, managing a budget in excess of €70M. Earlier to Zalando, he bootstrapped a short-term property rentals app in Paris, and held other roles in banking, managing consulting and internet companies, including Rocket Internet and Google. He holds an MSc in Management from City university and ESCP business school. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Danny Heath is Founder of YourGamePlan and has worked in recruitment communications and market for over a decade. Working in London and New York for publishing houses and national press. The majority of his experience is in the early talent space. He has launched YourGamePlan to make sure every young person has the best chance possible of a successful career. YourGamePlan is a free digital employability training website for schools and young people. After fully launching in August this year, YourGamePlan is now ready to come to market and work with employers & institutions. Their platform is designed to empower young people and ensure they have access to soft skills and employability training via video learning. All of their training is free for schools, charities and young people. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Connie Steele is a seasoned marketing and strategy executive with a passion for building brands products, and experiences. She has over 20 years of experience from start-ups to F500 companies, B2C and B2B businesses, and has held senior marketing leadership roles in several technology companies. Today through her management consultancy Flywheel Associates, she works with scale-up companies to not only develop their business and marketing strategies but also drive the successful execution of these efforts. Connie is also an avid podcaster. She’s the creator and host of the Strategic Momentum, a podcast and e-learning brand focused on ‘Understanding the Business of Work’ to support the next generation of leaders in reaching their growth potential. This business and career advice content platform has featured NYT best selling authors, world-renowned psychologists and executives. Further, she shares her perspectives through contributions to Arianna Huffington’s consumer well-being and productivity platform Thrive Global. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Jonathan Pritchard is a highly sought after consultant and speaker specializing in the area of applied psychology in life and business. His client list includes Fortune 500 companies like BP, State Farm, United Airlines, and more. He is the founder of the international consulting company "The Hellstrom Group" which has trained teams to improve their sales, negotiation, and presentation skills on six of the seven continents. His expertise comes from his background traveling the world as a Mentalist, a unique type of entertainer specializing in mind-reading tricks. The applied psychology he uses on stage in Vegas, on TV, and online gives him an edge off stage as well. He is the author of several books focused on psychology, motivation, self-improvement, and more. He currently lives in Chicago where you can find him practicing Wing Chun Kung Fu every morning. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Val Scholz has founded Kiko together with Tony Popov as he had the same frustrating experience living in Vienna, Milan, Lisbon, and London: finding and renting a nice flat is extremely difficult, and requires a lot of time. Their software can be used by private landlords, letting agencies, and institutional landlords to rent out any property in less than 5 minutes online in their own online store as well as manage the entire tenancy. To date, the company has raised over £500,000 from Seedcamp and other VCs. Kiko operates as a fully remote company and consists of 5 full-time employees based in London, Moscow, and St Petersburg. Before Kiko, Val Scholz lead Growth at Revolut to grow their customer by over 1 million new customers a month and was awarded the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Suds Singh is the founder of Interesting Content, company which he founded in 2015. Interesting Content is a digital video production company based in London. The company has produced more than 1,000 videos to date, so it would be safe to say they know a thing or two about creating video content that their customers will find engaging, shareworthy and - most importantly! - interesting. Suds founded the with an initial budget of £0 and has since grown the business to 6 figures and counting. The company currently creates content for household names such as Space NK, Tesco, Disney, Receipt Bank, Soldo, Tide Bank as well as tech companies such as dotdigital, Avora, IGX Global and a whole host of other too. The company consists of 6 full-time employees based in London, Kyiv and Basel and around 60 freelancers spread thought London and some across the globe too. In his spare time, he likes to go for runs, read books and watch gross-out comedies on Netflix usually with a glass of red in hand. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Lynn Whitbeck is the Founder and CEO of Petite2Queen, and she helps the world by providing sales and leadership programs and tools to achieve more, faster. Building on her successes and experiences in executive leadership roles, Lynn shares the lessons learned along her journey to supercharge your career. Lynn is the co-author of the highly regarded book, Practical Wisdoms @ Work. This quick-read guide provides insights to navigate situations, challenges, and opportunities that arise every day in business. Teaching you how to broaden your career with skills that will set you apart. You may have seen Lynn in USA Today, HuffPost, Chicago Tribune, and more! Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

In 2015, James Bidwell became CEO and owner of innovation portal Springwise Intelligence, described by Seth Godin as “almost too good to share”. James is also Founding Partner of RE_SET, the innovation and digital transformation boutique consultancy, created for the disruption economy. James is the author of “Disrupt! 100 Lessons in Business Innovation” published by Hodder and Stoughton 2017 Operating at the nexus of global change James brings deep experience and insight into digital, brand and innovation across all organizational disciplines at a time of unprecedented uncertainty and opportunity. At Springwise, James is immersed in the global innovation community with deep insight into the newest and most transformative new businesses and innovations from every corner of the world. Springwise Innovation Snapshots have become a must-read for CEOs, innovators, investors, educators and corporates from all sectors. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

In 2016 Anthony Rose co-founded SeedLegals, a revolutionary new legal tech platform that lets startups and investors complete the legals needed to build, grow and fund their business, at a fraction of the cost of using a law firm. Known as “The man behind BBC iPlayer”, Anthony ran the iPlayer and other BBC services from 2007 to 2010, taking the iPlayer from pre-launch to major success story. SeedLegals was founded by serial entrepreneur Anthony and serial angel investor Laurent Laffy who met at a party in Rome. They'd both had enough of paying insane amounts of money to lawyers for the same legal documents at every funding round, and funding rounds taking months to negotiate and close. They decided to change it. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Mike Maynard is owner at Napier Partnership Limited and is a self-confessed geek who loves talking about technology. He believes that combining the measurement, accountability and innovation that he learnt as an engineer with a passion for communicating ensures Napier delivers great campaigns and tangible return on investment. Mike began his career as an electronics design engineer, working for companies ranging from GEC-Marconi to DDA, developing products from complex radar systems to Kim Wilde’s mixing desk. Mike later joined IDT Inc, an American semiconductor company, making his move into marketing when he switched from European Applications Manager to European Marketing Manager. In 2001 Mike acquired Napier with Suzy Kenyon. Since that time he has directed major PR and marketing programmes for a wide range of technology clients. He is actively involved in developing the PR and marketing industries and is Chair of the PRCA B2B Group, and lectures in PR at Southampton Solent University. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Rachael Crook is the Co-founder and CEO of Lifted, the start up revolutionising how we care for our loved ones. Their ambition at Lifted is to lift lives by building the complete companion to anyone looking after a loved one. From the moment of diagnosis to the end of life, they want to make sure that no one cares alone. She Co-founded the company based on her personal experience struggling to find care for her mother after she was diagnosed with early on set dementia. Rachael was formerly a consultant with McKinsey & Company and a Senior Advisor in the Prime Minister's Implementation Unit. She holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford and BA(Hons) from the University of Warwick. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.