Podcasts about farewill

91 is the atomic number of protactinium. Speaking of protracted, it's finally time to say FareWill to Dr astroSaundbites himself, after five years of co-hosting our wonderful podcast. We begin with a deep dive into his Uranian adventures that might offer the key to our next mission there. We then reflect on his time in grad school, share some sage wisdom and explore what the future holds as he transitions to a not-postdoc at NASA.  Will's first paper: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AJ....161..280S/abstract Will's' second paper: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022P%26SS..21305431S/abstract Will's third paper: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023PSJ.....4..199S/abstract (Will's fourth paper is in review - so stay tuned!) Will's career resource links: Websites to help you discover lots of careers you can pursue with your PhD and how to get there: https://beyondprof.com/ https://theprofessorisin.com/ https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 https://gradfutures.princeton.edu/ A great webinar on career transitions for astronomers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX3aUONcLP0&ab_channel=AAS Great books: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700626885/ https://theprofessorisin.com/buy-the-book/

Today we're bringing you the latest episode from our sister-show at Finimize, Generation.It's an achievement to build a disruptive, innovative startup in any industry. It's another entirely to build it in one that revolves around a subject no-one wants to talk about: death. But that's exactly what today's guest Dan Garrett - founder and CEO of will-writing company Farewill - has done. In less than a decade Dan's built the biggest will-writer in the UK, a leading firm in an industry that sits at the heart of the great wealth transfer. In this episode, Dan talks about how to design a lean org structure to supercharge product growth, why he thinks being understaffed is actually necessary to stay innovative and how they used design to achieve an NPS score in the 90s. Partner with us: https://business.finimize.com/Subscribe to the Finimize Newsletter: https://finimize.com/ Max Rothery: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxrothery/

In today's episode of 'AI Lawyer Talking Tech,' we delve into the groundbreaking lawsuit filed by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft, which has significant implications for the use of copyrighted data in training generative AI systems. This case not only challenges the common "forgiveness, not permission" approach but also introduces novel arguments regarding the value of training data and reputational damage caused by AI "hallucinations." Join us as we explore how this legal battle could reshape the landscape of AI technology and innovation in the legal industry. The New York Times' AI copyright lawsuit shows that forgiveness might not be better than permission13 Feb 2024Conversation UKCan AI write laws? Lawyer puts ChatGPT to the test13 Feb 2024Tech XploreFrom Hype To Reality: What Businesses Need To Know About Generative AI13 Feb 2024Above The LawLove and Legal Tech: Cassie Vertovec and Alex Macdonald13 Feb 20243 Geeks and a Law BlogLawPay Launches Innovative Payments Integration with Legal Subscription Services Platform, Fidu13 Feb 2024Morningstar.comLegal tech firm Farewill sees value written down more than £50 million by shareholder Daily Mail13 Feb 2024Yahoo! Finance UK and Ireland10 Overlooked Intricacies in Online Privacy Regulations: a Lawyer's Perspective13 Feb 2024Legal ReaderBucks County Refused to Pay Ransom to Restore Systems After Cyberattack13 Feb 2024Insurance JournalKPMG Law chief: GenAI will reshape conversations about billing13 Feb 2024Legal FuturesJourney Through The World Of Antiques: A Reflection On Surveying Legal Tech Landscape12 Feb 2024Above The LawTaming the Data Flood: How Data Consolidation Empowers Businesses12 Feb 2024SmarshLegalweek Roundup: Top Takeaways for Litigation Teams12 Feb 2024JD SupraNavigating the Regulatory Landscape of AI: Insights from Bret Waters, Natasha Allen, and Louis Lehot12 Feb 2024JD SupraJust Released: 2024 EDUCAUSE AI Landscape Study13 Feb 2024Stephen's LighthouseMarketing Partner Forum: The value of client teams in customer retention and growth13 Feb 2024Thomson Reuters InstituteAI can already diagnose depression better than a doctor and tell you which treatment is best13 Feb 2024RealKMAI Executive Order: The Ramifications for Business Become Clearer13 Feb 2024SkaddenCalifornia Privacy: A Deeper Dive Into the New Regulations Expected in 202413 Feb 2024Jones DayRight To Know - February 2024, Vol. 1412 Feb 2024Clark HillNews Adams and Reese Announces Advisory, Litigation Services Around Artificial Intelligence February 12, 202412 Feb 2024Adams & Reese LLPConnecticut Attorney General Releases Report on Connecticut Data Privacy Act Enforcement12 Feb 2024WilmerHaleFederal Agencies Issue Status Report on White House AI Executive Order Implementation12 Feb 2024Perkins Coie

On today's show we are joined by Dan Garrett, CEO of Farewill. Technology for most of us is never not in the palm of our hand in the way of social media, contacting friends and working, but these uses seem menial when it can be applied to such bigger uses. The way we have been dealing with death for decades has been formal, complicated and expensive. Instead of feeling supported, people often feel lost. Farewill is changing the way the world deals with death: to make the experience warmer, brighter and friendlier, with the help of technology. To hear how technology is evolving, and what tech leaders are prioritising, check out Nash Squared's newly released 25th Annual Digital leadership Report. www.nashsquared.com/dlr

Dan Garrett is the Co-Founder and CEO of Farewill, the wills, probate and funerals company on a mission to change the way the world deals with death. Dan joins Elliot to talk about how he's modernising the ‘Victorian' funeral care industry with a far more empathetic, personal experience.

Damien Fahy of moneytothemasses.com talks to Andy Leeks about money. On this week's episode Damien discuss investing directly in gilts, explaining how lending to the government can give an attractive return, especially for higher-rate taxpayers. Damien then focuses on wills, exploring a real-life case involving Aretha Franklin's discovered will before discussing tips when making a will in the UK. Lastly, Andy reveals the tracker energy tariffs that can be cheaper than the current energy price cap.   Check out this week's podcast article on the MTTM website to see the full list of resources from this week's show. Best savings accounts in the UK Bloomberg: Boost your savings by lending to the Government What is the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)? Podcast Episode 178 - How to prioritise your finances Podcast Episode 179 - Creating a lasting power of attorney Octopus tracker energy tariff - How does it work and should you switch? Which? Wills review Farewill review

In this episode, Kate was joined by  Hayley Weston from Farewill and Siân Ford from amicable to talk about Wills and how they are impacted by relationships. Farewill provides Will-writing, probate, and cremation services in the UK. It's mission is to change the way the world deals with death, putting people at the heart of everything they do. Farewill is the UK's favourite will-writer, winning National Will Writing Firm of the Year for the fourth year in a row at the 2021 British Wills and Probate Awards, and Probate Provider of the Year for the second consecutive year in 2021. Hayley has been with Farewill for just over a year and is the Lead Solicitor on their Legal team.  She is primarily responsible for all aspects of the legal accuracy of the company's wills and she provides day-to-day supervision and support to the online and telephone Wills teams, as well as supporting where needed on our probate and funerals business. Hayley joined Farewill having previously specialised in all areas of private practice from Wills, probate, trusts, estate and tax planning.Siân is Consent Order Specialist at amicable having completed a law degree, LPC and Masters specialising in family law. Before joining amicable, Sian worked at several law firms working in private client with a focus on Wills and probate.  She also has experience in criminal practice and Cardiff crown court.  In this episode, they start with the basics looking at what a Will is and when you might need one. They go on to talk about how Wills are impacted by different types of relationships including cohabitation, marriage and civil partnerships.  What becomes clear is the importance of having a Will, particularly if you're in a cohabiting relationship. They also discuss blended families and estate planning, as well as when you should seek specialist advice from a tax expert. 

In this episode of the Ideas on Stage podcast we spoke once again with Mark Leruste. Mark Leruste is the CEO and Founder of Ministry of Purpose©, best-selling author of “Glow in the Dark” (Hachette UK), keynote speaker, proud dyslexic thinker and the award-winning host of The Unconventionalists© podcast. A sought-after speaker at industry conferences and Fortune 500 companies, Mark's TEDx talk has been watched over a million times. Mark previously served as Country Manager at the Movember Foundation, where he helped raise €2.8 million for men's health, inspiring 110,000 fundraisers to sign up, winning multiple awards along the way. His new book “Glow in the Dark” (Hachette UK) is a must read for every entrepreneur and business leader who wants to raise their profile and turn their personal story into a powerful asset that gets noticed. Mark believes in creating a future worth striving for. That's why he's an advisor and early-stage angel investor in purpose-driven startups including Oddbox, Circa5000, Brewdog, Coconut, ScoreApp, Wearth, Frahm, Farewill and This. In this episode we talked about how sharing your personal story can transform your business and change your life. We hope you enjoy it! +++ Mark's links: ​​- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/markleruste - Mark's best-selling book Glow in the Dark: www.glowinthedarkbook.com - Scorecard: www.becomethespotlight.com Mark's suggestions: - Nanette by Hannah Gadsby (Standup comedy show on Netflix) - The Gap by Ira Glass: https://youtu.be/91FQKciKfHI Recommended books: - Do Story by Bobette Buster - The Storyteller's Secret by Carmine Gallo - Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller - I Got There by JeVon McCormick - Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks +++ Take the Confident Presenter Scorecard to assess your current presentation skills. It's free, easy, and takes just 3 minutes to complete: https://ideasonstage.com/score Join our free live web class to learn how to grow your business, increase your influence, and make a bigger impact through great presenting: https://www.ideasonstage.com/uk/masterclass

“We don't just recruit for mission alignment, but for mission obsession. You can spot a mission obsessed person from a mile away - they almost can't contain it within them.” In this week's bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we talk about all things hiring - the importance of getting hiring right and how hiring for values can help with that. In almost every conversation we have with Founders, hiring is referenced as a real pain point and something that's difficult to get right but can be detrimental for a Startup when you get it wrong. Throughout today's episode we'll hear the best hiring advice from some of our previous 40 Minute Mentors, including: ➡️ Wing Chan, Co-Founder & CEO of Sourceful➡️ Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder & CEO of OLIO ➡️ Margot de Broglie, Co-Founder of Your Juno➡️ Rachael Twumasi-Corson, the Founder & CEO of Afrocenchix ➡️ Dan Garrett, Co-Founder & CEO of Farewill  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mmPlus, if you have any questions you'd like us to answer in our bite-sized Monday episodes, please get in touch with Hannah at hannah@jbmc.co.uk 

The average cost of a funeral in the UK is just over £4000 - and can be a lot more. Charlotte Williams and Amit Katwala explore how social and financial pressures are changing the way we do funerals, as more and more people turn to cheaper greener alternatives. They trace the history of the funeral and its many associated traditions with funeral historian Dr Helen Frisby, and unpick so-called funeral poverty with Lindesay Mace from Quaker Social Action. Dr Kate Woodthorpe from Bath University explains the birth of the Funeral Director and Dan Garrett, the CEO of Farewill, discusses how the industry is adapting to changing attitudes to death and the big rise in "personalised funerals". Presented by Charlotte Williams and Amit Katwala Produced by Bukky Fadipe A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

“One of the biggest challenges that we're facing is that we have a category defining product and nothing like it has existed before, so we have to do a lot of consumer education.”To celebrate the completion of 40 Minute Mentor Series 7, we've put together a fascinating roundup episode spotlighting industry disrupting business leaders. We hear from category defining businesses, including Dan Garrett from Farewill, Margot & Alexia de Broglie from Your Juno, Nicolas d'Audiffret from Ankorstore and Wing Chan from Sourceful. These Founders share some brilliant mentorship with us, including: How Farewill came to exist and what mistakes Dan has learned from over the years [2:16]The fine line Your Juno have to balance while educating their consumers on what and why they're building [17:02] What it takes to scale Ankorstore, the fastest growing Unicorn in Europe, all while taking on big retail players like Amazon [23:30]And how Sourceful are helping businesses make more sustainable choices when it comes to sourcing [32:19]  ⛳️  Helpful links: ➡️ The full 40 Minute Mentor episode with Dan Garrett: https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/40-minute-mentor/destigmatising-death-with-farewills-dan-garrett/ ➡️ The full 40 Minute Mentor episode with Margow & Alexia de Broglie: https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/40-minute-mentor/closing-the-financial-literacy-gap-with-your-juno-founders-margot-alexia-de-broglie/ ➡️ The full 40 Minute Mentor episode with Nicolas d'Audiffret: https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/40-minute-mentor/how-to-build-a-2-billion-unicorn-in-under-3-years-with-ankorstores-nicolas-daudiffret/  ➡️ The full 40 Minute Mentor episode with Wing Chan: https://jbmc.co.uk/insights/40-minute-mentor/making-business-more-sustainable-and-developing-talent-with-wing-chan-co-founder-ceo-of-sourceful/ ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm

“I thought burnout was just the equivalent of meaning you hadn't got it - you couldn't keep going. Then one day at work, I came out of a meeting and collapsed in the streets.” In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we're joined by industry-disrupter Dan Garrett, Co-Founder and CEO of Farewill - the multi-award-winning wills, probate and funerals company on a mission to change the way the world deals with death. In today's episode, Dan shares thought-provoking mentorship, including: His candid take on burnout and how collapsing after a meeting has changed his outlook and the way he deals with stress [07:53]How his upbringing and engineering and design background have turned him into the entrepreneur he is today [11:22]What inspired him to take on the biggest untouched consumer industry with Farewill [14:15]How him and the Farewill team are changing the attitudes towards death [19:53]The mistakes he made while building Farewill to a team of over 90 and raising their 30 million Series B funding [22:43]Exclusive outtakes from some of the most heart-warming messages people have left in their will [32:10]How Farewill have embedded their customer-centric approach in everything they do - from hiring to day to day customer care [36:07]And Farewill's brilliant approach to hiring and why they're looking for ‘BLOBs' [41:37] 

Alex Dundson Alex Dunsdon is a Partner at Saatchi Invest and founder of Potential VC building a generation of impact VCs. Their mission is to find, foster and fund crazy, unusual, and innovative startups helping the world. Alex was also a seed cheque investor into Citymapper, Farewill and Ometria. Alex joins me this week to deliver his ultimate breakthroughs and formula for decisions, whether it is about your career path or your life. Resources The Science of Serendipity: How to Unlock the Promise of Innovation Book by Matt Kingdon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Serendipity-1e-P-Kingdon/dp/111847810X) Connect with Alex Potential (www.potential.co) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexdunsdon) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alexdunsdon) Twitter (https://twitter.com/alexdunsdon) Connect with Sam: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharris48/) ReasonFM (https://reason.fm/user/Sam) Sam's newsletter on creativity and entrepreneurship - Explosive Thinking (https://explosivethinking.substack.com/) Sam's podcast on books - Wiser than Yesterday (https://www.wiserpod.com) Support the Show - Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/growthmindset) Subscribe! If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Alex Dunsdon.

REPEAT: 2021, like 2020, was another turbulent year for most people's finances, but the new year provides the perfect opportunity to set some “financial resolutions”.The guests on Money Clinic are millennial couple Toby and Siobhan and they're looking for some timeless “fin-spiration” to get their money to work harder. They've paid off their credit cards under lockdown, and are wondering where to direct their spare cash. How much could they save if they overpaid their mortgage — and how would that compare to putting more into their pensions or other investments. There's also one financial to-do that they're been putting off for a long time — making a will. Money experts Ken Okoroafor from The Humble Penny and Dan Garrett, co-founder of digital will-writing service Farewill, provide expert tips.If you would like to talk to Claer for a future podcast episode, email the Money Clinic team money@ft.com with a brief description of your story. Follow Claer on Twitter and Instagram @Claerb and read her weekly Serious Money column in the FT Money section of the FT Weekend newspaper.You can follow Ken Okoroafor on Twitter and Instagram @TheHumblePennyIf you're looking for fresh ideas about what to do with your money in 2021, Claer has asked podcast hosts from the finance and business world to share their financial New Year's resolutions for 2021. Covering investing, saving, financial planning and side hustling, you can read insights from Patricia Bright (Caught Off Guard), Emma Gannon (Ctrl Alt Delete), Chris Browning (Popcorn Finance), the FT's former editor Lionel Barber (What's Next?) and many more by clicking on this link: https://www.ft.com/content/8a09fc2d-4c25-4d81-8835-a5517c6cb3d3And here's some further reading for listeners who are considering making a will. The pandemic has forced through legal changes making it much easier for people in England and Wales to make a “digital will” online. Read this FT Money piece to find out how: https://www.ft.com/content/4df16e49-940f-46f2-b0b4-6a82c011c3baAnd for a more general grounding in the topic, read this FT article - 10 things you need to know before making a will: https://www.ft.com/content/c5559861-6c19-4fdb-a652-4059cf5e6bd0 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The only certainty in life is death (and taxes!) And yet the industry of death had remained largely unmodernised by the time Farewill was co-founded by Dan Garrett in 2015. “Out of 100, losing a spouse, or a parent or a best friend, is the 100 out of 100 worst thing you ever go through. And what a great funeral can do is bring back some of that connection that you have with someone.” Dan says that despite death affecting every single one of us it's also historically lacked the kind of customer-centricity you see in great tech companies the world over. And that's simply because we have a profoundly human aversion to talking about and thinking about death.  “When you're grieving, your amygdala, your hippocampus basically shuts down. It's really difficult for you to make decisions when you're dealing with grief. And you will just go to a high street funeral director and end up paying loads of money for something that you don't necessarily want.” Find out what innovation in the death industry actually looks like and the beautiful, personal things that people are doing with their wills and funerals. You might even get some inspo, if you can bear to think about it… Sponsor links: smithandwilliamson.com/secretleaders netsuite.com/secretleaders linkedin.com/secretleaders vanta.com/secretleaders

I was thrilled to be joined by guest investor, Alex Dunsdon. Alex was previously head of central strategy and business development director for M&C Saatchi. He was also co-founder of thebakery.com from Dec 2012 to Jan 2020, which enables corporates to drive meaningful innovation, as well as creating partnerships with startups. Alex moved on to be chief of staff at Redbrain, one of Europe's fastest-growing companies, helping them transform from startup to scaleup. Currently, Alex set up, and is partner at, Saatchi invest and is LP for Potential Climate Ventures who want to have a global scale impact on the climate - currently invested in and advising over 130 companies. Alex also set up Potential, which is set up to help the 7bn people in the world who have talent but no opportunity. Their mission is to find, foster and fund crazy, unusual, and innovative startups. Alex was also a seed cheque investor into Citymapper, Farewill and Ometria, as well as circa 20 other companies. Alex is also very keen on cryptocurrency so we bent his year at the start of the episode on all things Bitcoin and beyond. We listened to the pitch from Aisling Byrne, founder of Nuw, who are looking to help their users reduce the environmental impact of fashion, and gain unlimited access to the community's shared wardrobe. While there are other fashion swapping/2nd hand fashion sites out there, Nuw have used a unique token system to ensure users trade the same quality of clothes, while taking money out of the whole equation. They have some very positive early traction including high repeat usage rates and are raising funds to help scale the product and market with the aim of having 12m active users over the next 3-5 years. We dug deep on scaling a marketplace, the revenue model, subscriptions, competition and feasibility of scaling the userbase so quickly. Brought to you by my Startup Playground, Horseplay Ventures - https://horseplay.ventures/ Nuw - https://www.thenuwardrobe.com/ Alex Dunsdon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexdunsdon/

[1:40] What about your experience working in the Japanese geriatric residential made you start Farewill? [06:15] What is the current experience for consumers who want a Will, probate, or funeral service? [14:12] How did you build trust in this industry and get your first few customers? [17:46] What impact has Farewill made on customers? [22:20] How did Farewill manage to become the number 1 Will provider in UK?  [26:43] How do you market a product for the death industry? [28:45] How has the pandemic changed the perception of death related services? [31:15] What do you look for in hiring and building culture at Farewill? [36:22] What are you most worried about in terms of risk to your growth? LinksBook recommendation: Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Mike & Will chat to Clare Ridd about the benefits of user research, how we can integrate it into our processes and the type of environment needed for a culture of research to thrive.Clare started her career at the UK Home Office but now leads research at Farewill, a company helping people to deal with death.

Lasting Powers of Attorney are misunderstood and most often ignored by too many of us. Often that's due to ignorance; sometimes concerns are about cost. Today I want to clear some of that up, and I've enlisted the help of just the right person…

Sarah is the co-founder of Unruly, the global video advertising marketplace that was acquired by News Corp in 2015 for a nine figure fee.  Sarah is now the Senior Independent Director at TechNation, a network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs.She is also a best selling author, her book 'stepping up: how to accelerate your leadership potential' which is a must read career handbook for millennials. You can purchase that at - https://steppingupbook.co.uk/Sarah was appointed an OBE for services to technology and innovation and is a judge on the women's prize for fiction. She started her career as a lecturer at University of Sussex and Cambridge.She starts by explaining how the London 7/7 terrorist attacks led to her wanting a change in her career, and that led to her founding Unruly. Sarah also talks about health and energy being the big sectors for growth.Specific roles she talks about include data scientists, software engineers, digital marketeers and international operations teams. She also namechecks, some of the most exciting companies in the latest Technation cohort. Olio - is a mobile app for food-sharing, aiming to reduce food waste. It does this by connecting those with surplus food to those who need or wish to consume such food. It is run by the very impressive Tessa Clarke Florence - is an online marketplace seamlessly connecting independent nurses and carers with the shifts they want.Farewill - is making the process around will writing much easier and attempting to make life simpler for the loved ones when someone passes away. Thanks for checking out the show notes, please do remember to rate us on iTunes and feel free to share us on social media, LinkedIn in particular although we are on Instagram and Twitter @JimmysJobs If you'd like to see more information about the job roles being offered please look at my Twitter @jimmym

Death is such an unusual, fascinating, and emotional area to work in, however the industry hasn't evolved much since the 1850s. But today's guest, Dan Garrett, CEO and co-founder at Farewill, is on a mission to change that - to bring wills, probate and funerals into the 21st century. “[Will writing] is the most amazing industry because it's basically the biggest consumer industry that's been untouched by technology. It's a multi-hundred billion dollar business globally. The industry looks and feels like it did in Victorian times.”Having just raised £20 million in a Series B round and with their absolutely awesome recruitment process, Farewill is the UK's leading tech firm in the death space, working to bring technology and an improved customer experience to a difficult time in everyone's life. Starting a business, raising funds and recruitment are all common topics for discussion on The Melting Pot, what makes this a truly unusual episode is simply because of the industry Dan is revolutionising. From tech and the death business, to the incredible recruitment engine he's built that gets the hiring process right 80% of the time, this is a really interesting discussion with useful points pertinent to all entrepreneurs. On today's podcast:Why he started an online will writing businessTheir chosen marketing channelsThe problem with the existing funeral industryRaising a successful series B during lockdownHis aggressive growth planThe effect of burnout on him

Alex Dunsdon is a VC at SAATCHINVEST, Chief Of Staff at Redbrain.com, Setting up Potential.co. Investor in Citymapper, Pollen, MrsWordsmith, Farewill and KyraTv. He also runs Linkybrain. He is always hunting misfits and he spoke to us about his view on bu

Pretty much nothing has changed when it comes to writing wills, arranging funerals and applying for probate in…well, in a very long time. Today I'm chatting with Dan Garrett, CEO of Farewill and he's on a mission to force change in what he calls the death industry!

Dan Garrett, CEO of Farewill, on how his company provides a unique financial and legal services platform for dealing with death.---The information contained in this podcast is intended for discussion purposes only. It is not a recommendation, offer, or a solicitation for the purchase or sale of a security or any services of Motive Partners. All investing involves risk and there is no guarantee that past performance will be indicative of future results.The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are as of the date of recording, reflect the views and opinions of the persons expressing them, and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Motive Partners. Motive Partners makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information provided and undertakes no obligation to update, amend, or clarify the information in the podcast, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Any securities, transactions, or holdings discussed may not represent investments made by Motive Partners. It should not be assumed that securities, transactions, or holdings discussed (if any) were or will be profitable, or that the recommendations or decisions made in the future will be similar or will equal the performance of the securities, transactions, or holdings discussed herein.This podcast may contain forward-looking statements that are based on beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates, and projections about the financial industry, the economy, Motive Partners or Motive Partners' investments.  Nothing in the podcast should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, accounting, tax or other professional advice or in connection with any offer or sale of securities. 

James Routledge and George Bettany, founders of the mental health startup Sanctus, have been on a mission for the last two years to try and change the perceptions of mental health - with the intention of one day putting the first mental health gym on the high street.Their experiences with mental health from before Sanctus and through their work with businesses around the UK to create impartial, safe spaces for employees to work on their mental health have made them realise just how much the perceptions need to change and how we need to get people talking about their mental health in day to day conversation. Ever since the famous Zuckerberg startup story, the glamorous perception of startups has been a journey many people have decided to partake in. But startup culture is not all it is cracked up to be.James & George's first experiences of poor mental health centered around the failure of their startup ‘Matchchat' - which led to the creation of Sanctus which values itself around going against the grain of startup culture. But this isn't to say the world of startups isn't for everyone.So the guys sit down with Venture Capitalist, co-founder of The Bakery, Investor in Citymapper, Ometria, Verve, Farewill (to name a few) - Alex Dundson - to chat both the dangers and positives of startup culture on your mental health.Music Credits:"Loopster, ZigZag, Dreamer, Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This episode's topic isn't the cheeriest, but it is important - wills and back up plans as a freelancer.  Looking to sort your will? I really liked using Farewill, and this link will get it for £35 https://farewill.com/r/emmacossey-78380. If your situation is more complicated, a lawyer is probably a better option - but make sure you get it done! www.freelancelifestyle.co.uk www.freelancelifestyle.co.uk/newsletter for access to the Facebook group www.twitter.com/freelance_life