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Another Agentforce Guinea Pig has joined the show… She's here to tell you if you think rolling out AI is as easy as flipping a switch, think again.From early mistakes to surprising wins, Laura Meschi, Customer Experience Manager at Secret Escapes, walks us through what it actually takes to train an AI agent that can truly support customers.We dive into why ROI isn't the best measure of AI success, how customer effort scores skyrocketed after launching Agent Force, and why CX leaders need to start simple and think long-term. Laura also pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to train an AI agent — and why you absolutely shouldn't DIY your rollout.If you're a B2B leader wondering how AI agents fit into the future of customer success, this conversation will hit home. Key Moments: 00:00: Laura Meschi's AI Agent Rollout at Secret Escapes02:45: Secret Escapes' Agentforce: Lessons from a First-Mover11:14: Surprise Wins and the Underrated Power of Human QA16:41: How Agentforce Reshaped the CX Team (Without Cutting Headcount)22:26: Guardrails, Limits, and Finding the Sweet Spot for AI Use Cases26:30: Why Clean, Centralized Data Is the Real AI Superpower27:18: Don't DIY Your AI: The Case for Bringing in Experts29:58: How AI Improved CES and Transformed Customer Perception34:50: What's Next: Future AI Strategies and Upcoming Salesforce Tools37:21: Reimagining CX: Using AI to Build Relationships, Not Just Efficiency40:37: Start Simple, Prioritize Data, and Train for the Long Game  –Are your teams facing growing demands? Join CX leaders transforming their AI strategy with Agentforce. Start achieving your ambitious goals. Visit salesforce.com/agentforce Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org

Anglo-Italian musician Jack Savoretti speaks to Monocle's Fernando Augusto Pacheco about his latest album, ‘Miss Italia', on which he embraces his roots and sings in Italian. Savoretti discusses his partnership with Birra Moretti Sale di Mare and Secret Escapes, celebrating the essence of Italian culture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sam Altman is the CEO @ OpenAI, the company on a mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. OpenAI is one of the fastest-scaling companies in history with a valuation of $90BN and $2BN+ in revenue. Brad Lightcap is the COO @ OpenAI and the man responsible for the incredible scaling of sales, GTM, partnerships and business to today being over $2BN in revenue. Arthur Mensch is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mistral AI. Since its inception in May 2023, Mistral has raised over $520M in funding from investors like Andreeseen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Microsoft with a current valuation of $2 billion.  Des Traynor is a Co-Founder of Intercom, and has built and led many teams within the company, including Product, Marketing, and Customer Support. Today Des leads all of Intercom's R&D efforts, and parts of Intercom's marketing. Tom Hulme is a Managing Partner of GV (Google Ventures), and leads the European team. Today, GV has over $10BN in AUM and Tom has led investments in Lemonade.com (IPO), Snyk, Secret Escapes, Blockchain.com, GoCardless, and Currency Cloud (exited to Visa). Tomasz Tunguz is the Founder and General Partner @ Theory Ventures, just announced last week, Theory is a $230M fund that invests $1-25m in early-stage companies that leverage technology discontinuities into go-to-market advantages. Sarah Tavel is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the most successful and renowned venture firms in the world. At Benchmark, Sarah has led rounds in Chainalysis, Hipcamp, Medely, Rekki, Glide, Cambly and more. In Today's Episode We Discuss: Will foundation models be commoditised? What is the end state for the foundation model landscape in 10 years? How will large cloud provider incumbents approach M&A with smaller foundation model providers? When will we see marginal revenue exceed marginal cost in the foundation model business model? Where is the value: the application layer or the infrastructure layer? How can startups know whether they will be threatened by OpenAI? What are good tests/questions to know if you are in the path of one of the large foundation models? How does the business model of SaaS fundamentally change in a world of AI? Will we see the end of per-seat pricing in a new world of AI? What is the right way to approach pricing in a world of AI? Consumption? Tokens?  

Tom Hulme is a Managing Partner of GV (Google Ventures), and leads the European team. Today, GV has over $10BN in AUM and Tom has led investments in Lemonade.com (IPO), Snyk, Secret Escapes, Blockchain.com, GoCardless, Blue Vision Labs (exited to Lyft), and Currency Cloud (exited to Visa). Prior to joining venture full-time, Tom was one of Europe's most successful angel investors with a 5x DPI track record and 20x+ TVPI. In Today's Episode with Tom Hulme We Discuss: 1. Lessons from a 24x TVPI Angel Track Record: What are Tom's biggest lessons from his biggest winners angel investing? What are Tom's biggest takeaways from the 0's in his angel track record? What is the biggest advice Tom would give to angel investors starting out today? What are the single biggest mistakes Tom sees angel investors make today? 2. The Four Pillars of Venture Capital: What does Tom believe are the four key components of being successful as a VC? Why does Tom describe VC as "being a founder on anti-depressants"? How does Tom categorise the three different types of investors that exist? Sourcing, selecting, servicing: What is Tom best at and what is he worst at? 3. The Conventional Wisdom in Venture That is Not True: Why does Tom believe it is BS that you should never sell your winners? Why does Tom believe he has never had complete conviction in any of the companies he invests in? Why does Tom believe the "everything has to be a fund returner mindset" is BS? Why naivety doesn't lead to great founders? Why employees at rocketships are the best founders? 4. AI: Foundation Models, Generative AI, The Incumbents: Where Does the Value Go: Does Tom believe there is money to be made investing in foundation models? Why does Tom liken investing in foundation models to investing in power stations? Where does Tom believe there is value in the application layer? Why does Tom think that generative AI is largely a sustaining innovation? Why does Tom think Microsoft will win the next wave of AI? Who else is well-positioned? Why does Tom believe there is a correlation between those that fear monger around AGI and those that need funding for their businesses?  

Před půl rokem Tomáš Braverman oznámil, že po dlouhých deseti letech odchází z pozice šéfa českého online srovnávače cen Heureka Group. Skupina se pod jeho vedením zdesetinásobila, dnes jej ale čeká nová mise. Od července zasedne po Ladislavu Veselém, který odešel na rodičovskou dovolenou, do ředitelského křesla Slevomat Group. Do čela skupiny jej vybrali britští vlastníci z fondu Secret Escapes. “Mám pocit, že na longlistu na začátku měli snad 200 kandidátů, takže mám radost z toho, že jsem to vyhrál,” říká v novém Forbes Byznys podcastu Tomáš Braverman, který je matadorem české e-commerce a loni se stal její osobností roku.

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.On today's show, we welcome a long-time VC investor who brings the perspective from both sides of the pond. Fred Destin, the founder of Stride VC, a seed fund operating out of London and currently investing out of its second £123M fund, shares his views on the venture capital industry.Prior to Stride, Fred was a General Partner at Accel and Accomplice (fka Atlas Venture). He's invested in some of venture's big winners, including Deliveroo, Pillpack, Cazoo, Zoopla, Secret Escapes, Integral Ad Science, and more, generating over $1.4B in value to investors and a blended multiple in excess of 7x. Fred has been featured on the Forbes European Midas List a number of times. Fred and I had a fascinating conversation about the hows and the whys of early-stage venture. We discussed:How VCs can navigate the difference between decision points and discovery zones.Why a positive bias towards people can be a driver of returns in venture.Why venture capital is often a poor experience for founders.Why trust, truth, and empathy make for a strong and enduring founder relationship.Why Fred thinks that the most product of a venture capital organization is decisions.Why. and how simplicity can be core to company-building.How to evaluate risk versus reward at early-stage.How younger investors can hone their craft.The future of early-stage venture.Thanks Fred for coming on the podcast to share your wisdom on early-stage investing.

The idea of an entrepreneur giving up ‘a good job' in order to pursue their own venture is hardly an isolated one, but few entrepreneurs would believe their journey could take 20 years, seeing off a dot-com crash, two terrorist attacks on either side of the Atlantic, and a global financial crisis – any one of which probably brought down many SME's. But that is exactly what today's guest did. In 1999, Michael Dwyer sketched out the basis for his new venture on the front of an Irish Independent newspaper on a flight back from London, that would see him quit a marketing director role with Northern Foods to develop a hub on the internet to bring brands and consumers together in a way that works for both, using offers as a key attraction. And with that Pigsback.com was born. What followed were thousands of squeezy pink pig stress relievers, multiple ups and downs that saw the business skirt perilously close to oblivion, and further fund raises, harsh cost cutting plans, illogical price from competitors – which proved to be their undoing - before finally selling the business in April 2019 to Secret Escapes for €25m.    This is the 18th episode with guest Michael Dwyer, Entrepreneur and Founder of Pigsback.com in the Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe.

Cian is the Chief Marketing Officer at Wise, a global fintech company which solves for international money challenges for consumers and businesses. Cian was the Chief Customer Officer at Secret Escapes, a members-only travel and experiences company, working across brand, performance marketing, CRM, data science, and product. He's also spent time at The Guardian, ASOS, eBay, Lloyds Bank, and Capital One.   --- We talk about:  Building regional marketing teams  The role of measurement in decision-making, and the relationship between marketing and finance Leaning into customer experiences to differentiate from a crowded space     Why it's not advisable to apply universal playbooks  --- Where to find Cian:  Cian's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cianw/ --- Where to find Patrick:  Patrick's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pcmoran/ --- (02:22) Introduction to Wise  (05:51) Foundations on consumer marketing and building out B2B and enterrprise marketing  (08:08) State of the European macro environment and the implications to Wise (10:17) Product led growth and developing a solid product experience to drive more acquisition   (13:19) Ensuring marketing is a growth lever and drives causal impact  (15:48) Using a predictable LTV and fully loading costs within a 12 month payback period. Establishing profitable cohorts    (21:48) Building SEO at scale to drive organic acquisition and an owned sophisticated affiliate network to contribute to SEO traffic  (wow)   (24:19 ) Leaning in on content for B2B marketing  (25:05) Regional and international organizational models  (29:54) Lifecycle marketing and CRM operations  (32:00) The CMO/CFO relationship and developing the conviction and trust around governing spend  (35:40) Establishing the brand mostly against banks  (40:53) Not believing in universal playbooks which is broken with new constraints. Focusing on first principles    (44:08) Execution is not the only thing that matters (47:27) Sustained CMO leadership  (50:26) Where to find Cian!

In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I am joined by William Reeve, a serial tech entrepreneur with an extensive track record of founding and chairing successful high-growth tech businesses. William shares his insights on why the rental sector has been overlooked by the tech industry for so long, despite impacting a significant percentage of homes in the UK. As CEO of Goodlord, a RentTech company, William discusses how he is using technology to revolutionize the rental experience for agents, landlords, and tenants. We explore the challenges faced by the lettings industry and the role that RentTech can play in addressing these issues. Join us as we discuss the potential of RentTech to reshape the world of renting and establish itself as a major player in the tech industry. Learn why the lettings industry desperately needs tech reform and how Goodlord is leading the charge to bring much-needed innovation to this important sector. William has extensive experience founding companies such as Fletcher Research (sold to Forrester Research), LOVEFILM (sold to Amazon), and Secret Escapes. He has also served as NED and/or Chair of various high-growth tech businesses, including Graze (sold to Carlyle), Nutmeg (sold to JP Morgan), True Knowledge (sold to Amazon), Media Ingenuity, and Zoopla.

Erik Richnák je skúsený manažér, ktorý v súčasnosti pôsobí ako CEO slovenského Zľavomatu. V tejto časti magazínu Ecommerce Bridge nám porozprával, ako sa firme darí, čo je ich tajomstvo úspechu a aké majú plány do budúcnosti. V rozhovore sa dozviete: 02:00 Prečo sa Zľavomat ešte nepremenoval? 04:35 Na ktoré produktové segmenty sa Zľavomat najviac zameriava? 07:59 Koľko klientov a ponúk získavajú cez aktívny sales a koľko organicky? 10:34 Prečo predaj fyzických produktov predstavuje iba nízke percento? 14:15 Čo priniesla spolupráca s cestovnou agentúrou Secret Escapes? 20:40 Ako sa stal Erik šéfom slovenského Zľavomatu? 23:29 Existuje v tomto zľavovom biznise veľká konkurencia? 29:07 Venuje sa Zľavomat aj offlineovým aktivitám? 31:56 Akým spôsobom pristupuje firma k marketingovým kampaniam? 34:53 Čo Zľavomat najviac odlišuje od konkurencie? 38:39 Kde by mohol byť Zľavomat o 5 a kde o 10 rokov?

Bonus content taken from our How to be a CEO podcast: William Reeve knows a thing or two about how to sell a successful start-up. His first, Fletcher Research, was bought for around £20m in 1999. He followed that up in 2011 with a reported £200m sale of LoveFilm to Amazon. Since then he's worked with household names like Secret Escapes and PaddyPower, helping to develop their businesses. Now he's CEO of digital property lettings platform Goodlord and a non-executive director at Dunelm.To listen to the full episode click here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's guest is formidable entrepreneur, investor and CEO of Goodlord, William Reeve. After setting up his first business during the dotcom boom of the 90s, William moved on to set up pioneering media rental website LoveFilm.com in the noughties. Since then, he has co-founded Secret Escapes, as well as served on the boards of Nutmeg, Dunelm and Graze as a non-exec. Most recently, he founded Goodlord; an award-winning lettings platform designed to streamline tenancies. Having dipped his toe into all business sectors, William stands out as a tech leader with many strings to his bow. In this episode, he tells Gareth about his colourful career as an entrepreneur and the things he's most excited about in the years to come. William's take on the world situation right now (1.20)  Problem-solving at Goodlord (2.58)Early days at Mckinsey's - (4.30)Setting up a business (6.37)The dot-com boom (8.10)LoveFilm.com (10.05)Forecast for the future of online media (15.30)How does William assess which opportunities to accept or reject? (17.07)Joining Zoopla (19.52)Secret Escapes (23.16)Milestone moments (25.13)What is William most excited about in the future? (28.51)Outside of work/advice to 21-year-old William (30.18)How the workplace is evolving (32.38)Inspirational stories (35.29)

In der Mittagsfolge begrüßen wir heute Paul Becker, CEO und Co-Founder von Re:cap, und sprechen mit ihm über einen zur Verfügung gestellten Kreditrahmen in Höhe von 100 Millionen US-Dollar. Re:cap bietet Unternehmen an, bis zu 60 Prozent ihrer jährlich wiederkehrenden Umsätze in sofortige, nicht verwässernde Vorabzahlungen umzuwandeln. So müssen sie beispielsweise weniger stark auf klassische Investoren setzen und ihnen Unternehmensanteile verkaufen. Neben dem Finanzierungsmodell bietet das Startup auch ein Analysetool zur Überwachung der wichtigsten KPIs an, mit dem sich die Unternehmen auch innerhalb ihrer Branche vergleichen können. Die Kernzielgruppe sind Unternehmen mit SaaS-Dienstleistungen und E-Commerce Startups. Diese Geschäftsfelder haben regelmäßig keine klassischen Sicherheiten und bekommen in dieser Folge in den meisten Fällen keinen Bankkredit. Diese Finanzierungslücke schließt Re:cap mit seinem Kreditausreichungsmodell. Nach eigenen Angaben konnten so mehr als 200 Unternehmen mit einer zweistelligen Millionensumme unterstützt werden. Das junge Startup wurde im Jahr 2021 von Jonas Tebbe und Paul Becker in Berlin gegründet. Das Fintech hat zum Marktstart im Dezember 2021 in einer Seed-Finanzierungsrunde 100 Millionen Euro eingesammelt. Die Runde bestand aus dem Londoner VC Felix Capital, dem Berliner VC Project A und dem Bestandsinvestor Entrée Capital aus Israel. Nun gab das Berliner Startup bekannt, dass die Silicon Valley Bank einen Kreditrahmen von 100 Millionen US-Dollar bereitstellt, den Re:cap ausreichen kann. Die US-amerikanische Bank wurde 1983 in Kalifornien gegründet und beschäftigt über 2.400 Mitarbeiter in den USA, Kanada, China, Indien, Großbritannien, Israel und Deutschland. Seit der Gründung hat die Silicon Valley Bank über 30.000 Startups finanziert. Darunter sind beispielsweise Unternehmen wie HelloFresh, Pinterest, Trustpilot, Secret Escapes, Lilium, Made.com und Etsy. Re:cap möchte mithilfe des Kreditrahmens weitere Unternehmen in Europa bei der Finanzierung unterstützen und hat seinen Start in den Niederlanden bekanntgegeben. One more thing wird präsentiert von OMR Reviews – Finde die richtige Software für Dein Business. Wenn auch Du Dein Lieblingstool bewerten willst, schreibe eine Review auf OMR Reviews unter https://moin.omr.com/insider. Dafür erhältst du einen 15€ Amazon Gutschein.

William Reeve knows a thing or two about how to sell a successful start-up. His first, Fletcher Research, was bought for around £20m in 1999. He followed that up in 2011 with a reported £200m sale of LoveFilm to Amazon. Since then he's worked with household names like Secret Escapes and PaddyPower, helping to develop their businesses. Now he's CEO of digital property lettings platform Goodlord and a non-executive director at Dunelm. In this episode we talk about: Why CEOs should prioritise building a good company, not a sellable oneAdvice on exit strategiesLeadership skillsThe archaic property rental sector and how to change itHow interest rates and the cost of living are affecting SMEs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In der Nachmittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit Benedict Kurz, CEO und Co-Founder von Knowunity, über eine erfolgreich abgeschlossene Finanzierungsrunde mit einer Gesamtsumme von 10 Millionen Euro. Knowunity hat eine gleichnamige App entwickelt, welche Schülerinnen und Schülern den Austausch von Lernzetteln und Vorbereitungsmaterialien für Klassenarbeiten ermöglicht. Zusätzlich bietet die Anwendung auch die Möglichkeit, sich gegenseitig via Chat oder Videocall Nachhilfe zu geben. Die Applikation hat laut Unternehmensangaben bereits rund 2,4 Millionen User. Benedict Kurz, Lucas Hild, Gregor Weber, Julian Prigl und Yannik Prigl haben Knowunity 2019 gegründet und waren zu dem Zeitpunkt selbst Schüler, wodurch die Möglichkeit bestand, die Lernplattform zielgruppengerecht zu entwickeln. Das Startup aus Sindelfingen hat bereits 60 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter und ist im DACH-Raum, Frankreich und Polen aktiv. In einer Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde konnte Knowunity nun zehn Millionen Euro einsammeln. Lead-Investoren waren hierbei der Züricher Risikokapitalgeber Redalpine und der Londoner Technologiefonds Stride.VC. Redalpine hat in 74 Startups investiert, darunter u.a. Taxfix, N26, Zenjob, Jodel, Donut, Genialis, Sennder, Lengoo, Carvolution und Showheroes. Stride.VC wurde 2018 gegründet und investiert in technologische Startups in der Seed Phase. Das Portfolio umfasst u.a. Deliveroo, Linktree, Secret Escapes, Zoopla, Digits, Priceminister, Hopin, Cazoo und Dailymotion. Der Bestandsinvestor Project A und die Business Angels Verena Pausder sowie Mario Götze haben sich ebenfalls an der Serie A beteiligt. Mit dem frischen Kapital will Knowunity neue Formate und Lernmöglichkeiten entwickeln, rund 40 neue Angestellte einstellen und nach Italien und Großbritannien expandieren. Mittelfristig ist auch eine Expansion in die USA geplant.

Thomas is Director of People & Talent at Juro – a 55-people contract automation platform on a mission to de-throne MS Word – where he is building a human-centric, scalable People & Talent function from the ground up. Juro is backed by Union Square Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Seedcamp and the founders of TransferWise, Gumtree and Indeed. Juro powers more than 100,000 contracts in more than 65 countries, with a customer base that includes Trustpilot, Deliveroo, Secret Escapes and Cazoo. Juro is an all-in-one contract automation platform that helps visionary legal counsel and the teams they enable to agree and manage contracts in one unified workspace. Juro was founded in 2016 by Richard Mabey, an ex-Freshfields lawyer, and Pavel Kovalevich, a software engineer and entrepreneur. This is a great conversation with Thomas who talks us through how he sets up his team as a Strategic Business Function. Tom's team will play a key part in making sure that new hires are absolutely pivotal to the business and will sometimes turn down hiring managers requests! A great chat around the evolution of Talent Teams. Check it out!

Fred Destin is the founder of Stride.VC, a London-based seed-stage tech fund that is made up of a team of dedicated venture investors backing small teams of passionate entrepreneurs. He was also the lead investor and board member for companies such as Cazoo, Zoopla, Deliveroo, Pillpack, Integral Ads, Secret Escapes and others. His portfolio has a total enterprise value of more than $20BN. In this episode, Amrit and Fred explore using risk to help your children develop, ritual forming as a way to connect and the difference between focusing on the outcomes rather than the journey. Keep up to date with everything Startup Dads related on Twitter -  https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/ (https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/) This week's Startup Shout Outs: Landscape Ventures - www.landscape.ventures A https://fascinateproductions.co.uk/ (Fascinate) Production. 

It's been said that no idea is truly original, so bringing value to business is all about an ability to execute those ideas. With an incredible track record to show from his decades as a serial tech entrepreneur & angel investor, there's no doubt that William Reeve possesses that ability in abundance.Having run the largest technology consumer research programme in Europe, Co-Founded the UK's leading online DVD rental brand - which eventually became LOVEFiLM - and holding Non-Executive roles in Secret Escapes, Graze and Dunelm, William has no shortage of tales and takeaways from his experiences.Joining Lee on this week's Extrology, William recalls the pain points that became progress on his business journey, which now sees him as the CEO of Goodlord.Lee and William discuss:William's remarkable portfolio of executive and non-exec rolesEarly fascination with technology, and releasing a game during his GCSE yearsFinding more value in executing ideas than conceiving themThe oft-overlooked quality of sales as a professional skillTaking a portfolio approach to business vs having a sole focusThe importance of diverse skill sets and outlooks in any teamExtrology is sponsored by Progresso Talent Partners who for more than 25 years have successfully delivered interim and permanent leadership talent to transform businesses and to hire the talent you need to enable your business to thrive: https://www.progressotalent.com/Links & references at: https://www.extrology.com/

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future is hiring, read more on our next chapter here and you can sign up to our newsletter here.I first met Oliver when he came into No.10 to talk to me about Kano which was a computer that young children could self build and learn about hardware, software and coding … Although, frankly it probably wouldn't have been a bad idea for this early 30 something to have tried it at the time too. He is now running a company called Jolt in the UK, which describes itself as a business school for self made people. The world moves so fast now, that people need to be almost constantly reskilling and Jolt is helping people to do this in the modern era. They are financially backed by the partner of the second season of Jimmy's Jobs of the Future, Octopus Ventures who are part of the Octopus Group.They are built to specialise in the four areas they believe will change the world for the better: health, money, deep tech and consumer.They have backed the founding teams of more than 100 companies including Zoopla, Secret Escapes, graze.com, tails.com, Swiftkey, Depop, and Cazoo.Some of their portfolio companies have gone on to join forces with the world's largest businesses including Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Twitter.With £1.3 billion under management and investing over £100m a year, Octopus Ventures is one of the largest and most active venture investors in Europe. Their typical investment is from £1 million for Seed to £10 million for Series B and they have funded companies who have gone on right through IPO. So today's guest is Oliver Beech who runs Jolt in the UK, one of Octopus portfolio companies. A reminder you can follow us onInstagram: @JimmysjobsTwitter: @JimmysjobsAnd most importantly on LinkedIn.If you'd like to see more information about the job roles being offered please look at my Twitter @jimmym

Fred Destin is the founder of Stride.VC, a London-based seed-stage tech fund that is made up of a team of dedicated venture investors backing small teams of passionate entrepreneurs. He was also the lead investor and board member for companies such as Cazoo, Zoopla, Deliveroo, Pillpack, Integral Ads, Secret Escapes and others. His portfolio has a total enterprise value of more than $20BN. In this episode, Amrit and Fred explore using risk to help your children develop, ritual forming as a way to connect and the difference between focusing on the outcomes rather than the journey. Keep up to date with everything Startup Dads related on Twitter -  https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/ (https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/) This week's Startup Shout Outs: Landscape Ventures - www.landscape.ventures A https://fascinateproductions.co.uk/ (Fascinate) Production. 

Fred Destin is the founder of £100m seed-stage tech VC fund Stride.VC.  Before Stride, he was partner at Accel and Atlas Venture. He has been the lead investor and served on the board of some of the world's most exciting startups, including Deliveroo, Cazoo, Zoopla, Unibuddy, PillPack, Secret Escapes, Dailymotion, and more. Fred is a true visionary and shared with us his thoughts on early traction and investing in student founders.Want to join a private group chat with 10 other young startup enthusiasts? Meet Waves.

Como verificar o impacto de uma mudança? Teste em produção? Conhece o teste A/B? Sabe quais são os objetivos de um teste A/B? Participantes: Keyle Barbosa de Menezes keyleb@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/keylebarbosa/ Pedro Ivo Oliveira da Cruz pedriv@gmail.com eu só trabalho aqui Marco Porcho maporcho@gmail.com https://medium.com/@porcho https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-porcho Marcio Frayze David marcio@segunda.tech https://twitter.com/marciofrayze https://segunda.tech https://masto.donte.com.br/web/accounts/138458 https://linkedin.com/in/marcio-frayze https://dev.to/marciofrayze Julianno Martins Silva juliannoms@gmail.com https://twitter.com/juliannoms https://linkedin.com/in/juliannoms Links: Webinar: A/B Testing 101 by Booking.com Product Manager, Saurav Roy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di2e1QpKYUY Estudo de caso de testes A/B aplicados no app Secret Escapes - https://www.optimizely.com/customers/secret-escapes/ How to Run A/B Tests Successfully by Vice Media Product Manager - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsiDwGntnpA&t Curso de Teste ab da Udacity: https://www.udacity.com/course/ab-testing--ud257 Testes ab x Testes Multivariados: https://www.nngroup.com/videos/a-b-testing-vs-multivariate/

In season 2, episode 1, Simon talks to William Reeve. William is CEO of fast growth technology business Goodlord, a role he's held since 2018. Alongside this, he's non-Exec Chairman of Nutmeg and non-Exec Director at Dunelm PLC. William is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Fletcher Research, LOVEFiLM.com, and Secret Escapes. He is also an experienced angel investor.

In season 2, episode 1, Simon talks to William Reeve. William is CEO of fast growth technology business Goodlord, a role he's held since 2018. Alongside this, he's non-Exec Chairman of Nutmeg and non-Exec Director at Dunelm PLC. William is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Fletcher Research, LOVEFiLM.com, and Secret Escapes. He is also an experienced angel investor.

In season 2, episode 1, Simon talks to William Reeve. William is CEO of fast growth technology business Goodlord, a role he's held since 2018. Alongside this, he's non-Exec Chairman of Nutmeg and non-Exec Director at Dunelm PLC. William is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Fletcher Research, LOVEFiLM.com, and Secret Escapes. He is also an experienced angel investor.

Would you take the best digital marketeer in the world if they were a poor cultural fit for your business? Striking a balance between skills and shared values is key as you expand your workforce - something that Secret Escapes' Head of Performance and Revenue, Rumyana Miteva knows all too well.Rumyana joins Alex Marriner in episode 2 of the Scale of One to Tech podcast to discuss how Secret Escapes have maintained passion and engagement from their staff and the tools used to do so. They also explore the recent shift towards T-Shaped marketeers, identifying current and future business needs, and upskilling your team.This episode coversImproving your business development communicationsAssessing current and upcoming business needsIdentifying cultural fits in employment candidatesDiversity and inclusion when hiringSpecialist vs T-Shaped marketeersKeeping staff engaged and passionateLinks and references at: https://www.acquiredigitaltalent.com/Get in touch: alex@acquiredigitaltalent.com

Petr Kováčik vybudoval největší český vyhledávač slev Skrz.cz a v roce 2017 ho prodal britské skupině Secret Escapes. Po odchodu začal budovat nový startup Blabu a v podcastu podrobně rozebíráme, jak celý projekt vymyslel, na co si je v začátcích potřeba dát pozor, proč po roce málem zkrachoval a jak nakonec spolu s Mitony vše nanovo restartoval.

In this week's episode, we're joined by Rob Holdstock, Talent Acquisition Partner, Secret Escapes and our very own Ben Kandebe also makes a special guest appearance. Probably one of the nicest guys in recruitment, Rob really knows his stuff and talks to us about candidate experience and mentality at this time. As well as this, Rob shares his thoughts on the ‘new normal' in terms of interview strategy and process and discusses how Secret Escapes are tackling remote hiring. If that wasn't enough, we get an update on Darren's Football Manager progress, the infamous hackajob ‘Water Cooler' Slack channel gets a shoutout and we learn about different tried-and-tested lockdown routines. If you have any comments, questions or queries, please email 'hello@hackajob.co' and we'll get back to you. Please note that this episode was recorded live and all participants took part separately. 

Fred Destin is a Founding Partner @ Stride.VC, one of Europe's newest and largest early-stage seed firms. Prior to co-founding Stride, Fred was a General Partner @ Accel where he was the lead investor and board member at Deliveroo, Pillpack (acq. AMZN for $1BN) and Carwow. Prior to Accel, he was a partner at Atlas Venture (now Accomplice) where he invested in and served on the board of Pillpack, Zoopla (IPO), Secret Escapes, Integral Ad Science (partial exit to Vista at $850M) and TheCurrencyCloud to name a few. Fun fact, his portfolio has a total enterprise value of more than $10BN and he generated in excess of $700M in exit value to investors. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Fred make his way into the world of venture and come to co-found one of Europe's newest and largest seed funds in Stride.VC? 2.) If you look to Twitter, all VCs are "open for business", does Fred really believe the market is still open for business? How will deal volume be affected? How bad does Fred think this could get? How does this downturn compare to that of the dot-com and 2008? 3.) Why did Stride decide to take the decision to pause on investing at this moment in time? How does Fred respond to the suggestion of better pricing and less competition at this time? How does Fred believe venture investors view of risk evolves at this time? What is the first to change? 4.) With many new funds deploying their first fund in 18 months, does Fred think we will see a gravyard of new fund managers out of cash and with cash hungry portfolios? What advice does Fred give to newer managers of other elements they have to be minfdul/aware of? 5.) How does Fred think about the right way for managers to communicate with their LPs at this time? What has Stride done that has worked? Does Fred believe we will see many LPs defaulting on their initial commitments? How does Fred think emerging managers can navigate this? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Fred’s Fave Movie: Mulholland Drive Fred’s Most Recent Investment: Collective Benefits As always you can follow Harry, Fred and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

You may know that LoveFilm became Amazon Prime Video, that part of the deal was public knowledge. What you may not be familiar with is the wrangling, the deal making and the allegiance swapping that went on behind the scenes to get the deal across the table. In this very special live episode of Secret Leaders we once again sit down with serial entrepreneur and angel investor, best known for creating Lovefilm and being an early investor in Secret Escapes, ‘the subscription guy’ William Reeve and VC Jedi, Simon Cook, to discuss the ins and outs of one of the most complicated business sales in recent history - when LoveFilm sold to Amazon. Because this deal wasn’t straightforward in the slightest. A series of unusual mergers, buyouts, disputes and much more led to this being one of the more complicated deals of both their lives. In fact, the only way to explain how convulated the deal was, is by comparing it to the plot of Game of Thrones. Simon was the VC on the board throughout the whole deal and Will was the founder of LoveFilm, yet neither of them are 100% clear on what went down. It’s very rare to hear such insights from such a high profile sale, so grab a notebook and pen and learn what it takes to not just grow a subscription business, but how to sell it to a behemoth like Amazon. “They [Amazon] could see we were winning. They said ‘we do not believe in being a loser in anything we do. We'd much rather have a small piece of the winner, than a big piece in the loser.’ And that was their indication they'd much rather sell to us than compete with us.”We chat about:Building up LoveFilm and plonking flags in EuropeWhy competition drives business forward and sparks innovationWhy they teamed up with Amazon to defeat NetflixLessons learned - venture debt, paying attention to working capital and why raising venture capital is the worst thing a business can doLinks:https://www.secretleaders.com/william-reevehttps://www.secretleaders.com/s01e15-simon-cookWant to receive our podcast on a weekly basis? Subscribe to our newsletter!

Andy McLoughlin is a partner at Uncork Capital in San Francisco, focusing on B2B software opportunities. Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that commits early, helps with the hard stuff, and sticks around. Really. Andy's investments include LaunchDarkly, Coder, Crossbeam, Focal Systems, Human Interest, Pattern (acquired by Workday), Test.ai, Simplify, Fountain, GreatHorn, Bigfinite, and Identify3D, as well as a number of companies still in stealth. Andy was previously a prolific seed investor into many well-known startups. Postmates, Buffer, Intercom, Pipedrive, Hullabalu, RolePoint, Tray.io, Bugsnag, Thread, Calm, Secret Escapes, Apiary (acquired by Oracle), Import.io, Zesty (acquired by Square), Marvel, Cloud66 and more. Prior to becoming an investor, Andy is best know for co-founding Huddle with Alastair Mitchell. Andy had many roles at Huddle over the years - Head of Technology, Head of Product, Head of Marketing, Head of Strategy / Business Development, GM North America - but he was most passionate about building a great team and a great product. Andy stepped back from his executive role in 2015 but remained on the board of directors until the company's acquisition in 2017, when it was eventually sold to private equity for $89m in August 2017. That sum is far less than Huddle's reported peak valuation of up to $300M when it snagged a $51 million Series D funding round in 2014.

"Man muss ein bisschen mit Autoritäten nicht gut klar kommen, wenn man erfolgreicher Unternehmer sein will." Mit seiner Hotelbuchungsplattform Justbook hat er sich erfolgreich mit dem Branchenprimus HRS angelegt und nach der Übernahme seines Start-ups den Reiseclub Secret Escapes in Deutschland groß gemacht. Mittlerweile hat sich Stefan Menden auf die Rettung angeschlagener Unternehmen verlegt, Firmen im Bildungsbereich zugekauft - und unterstützt diese nun bei ihrem Weg in die digitalisierte Welt. Was Traditionsfirmen von der Start-up-Welt lernen können, wie sich die Berliner Szene verändert hat und über "dummes deutsches Geld" spricht er mit unserer Redakteurin Mirjam Hecking in der neuen Folge der Podcast-Reihe "Neue deutsche Karrieren: Gründer, Querdenker, Idealisten"

The kelpie is a shape-shifting water spirit that is said to inhabit the lochs, rivers, and pools of Scotland. Underneath the surface of the water, the kelpie lives in its true, monstrous form, but passers-by beware… the malevolent kelpie can transform at will into a beautiful human or a majestic horse. In these guises, the kelpie does it’s best to lure victims to a watery grave.This week’s story: “The Kelpie and the 10 Children” by Lindsey Morse & Niall CooperThis episode also included an excerpt from:“Address to the Deil” by Robert BurnsThis episode was researched and written by Lindsey Morse. Niall Cooper assists with writing and editing. Our theme music was composed by Graeme Ronald.Additional music: "Secret Escapes" by Purple Planet is licensed under CC BY 3.0 / A derivative from the original workVisit our website: www.fabfigmentals.comSupport us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fabfigmentalsFollow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/figmentalsFind us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/fabfigmentals

Today’s guest is James Routledge, Founder of Sanctus. Sanctus is a mental wellness start up that is on a mission to inspire people to work on their mental health just like we do our physical health. They have a bold vision to put the world’s first mental health gym on the high street, and I for one hope that they can achieve this. James’s passion to help others improve their mental health came from his own experience having suffered mental health issues, following the failure of his first business Match Chat, something we discuss in detail in today’s show. The idea for Sanctus actually came about when he shared this struggle in a heart-felt and honest blog where he openly talked about the journey that he and his co-founder George had been through. This blog received 100s of responses and from this initial post the idea for Sanctus was born. Since then Sanctus has grown into a large team with over 40 businesses including Aviva, Secret Escapes, Tansferwise, RedBull amongst others, to help them reframe the conversation around mental health. Their amazing work has been featured in publications including the Times, The metro, and now the 40 Minute Mentor! I have close friends and family that have had struggled with their mental health over the years so when I heard about the work Sanctus was doing and saw the refreshing honesty and humour with which James talks about it, I was really keen to get James on the podcast to have a chat. This episode was recorded shortly after mental health week here in the UK and we go into some really important topics in this interview around mental health, the challenges we all face and what you can think about to look after yours. James’s experience of launching and growing a VC funded start up and then dealing with and overcoming its failure to get to where he is today is truly inspiring. It’s a little longer than previous episodes but I know you’re going to get so much from what he shares in this interview. If you want to find out more about James you can check out his LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdroutledge1?originalSubdomain=uk If you want to find out more about Sanctus you can check out their website - https://sanctus.io/ We're always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts once you’ve listened to this interview just drop me an email at james@jbmc.co.uk

Aleš Mlátilík je CEO Zľavomatu už skoro 5 rokov. Predtým pôsobil v General Electric a tesne pred Zľavomatom v Enerne na pozícii riaditeľa investícii. Budeme sa rozprávať o investíciách a o vstupe Secret Escapes do českého Slevomatu a slovenského Zľavomatu. Rozoberiem témy ako: kedy vstúpiť do firmy, kedy nechať niekoho vstúpiť do firmy, aké to má výhody a nevýhody. Čo priniesli Secret Escapes Zľavomatu a možno aj naopak. V rozhovore sa dozviete: 1:02 prečo Aleš prešiel z korporácií a sveta veľkých firiem do niečoho menšieho, ako je Zľavomat; 4:01 čo ho zaujalo na pracovnej ponuke od Zľavomatu; 7:15 aký posun firmy vníma od vstupu Secret Escapes, čo sa zmenilo a čo naopak ostalo; 11:38 koľko percent obchodu pochádzalo z Česka a Slovenska pred vstupom Secret Escapes, aký podiel má globálny trh teraz a aké plány majú do budúcnosti; 14:59 aké metriky dostali od Secret Escapes, aké ciele si stanovili a ako vyzerá ich spolupráca a komunikácia; 17:30 aké know-how v marketingu a obchode im priniesol vstup globálnej spoločnosti a naopak, čo sa naučili v Secret Escapes od nich; 22:11 aké špecifiká pozoruje v zahraničí a aký prístup zvolili v Čechách a na Slovensku; 26:40 ako Secret Escapes vyriešili vedenie firmy, ponechali české vedenie alebo si dosadili vlastných ľudí.

Serial tech entrepreneur William Reeve realised early on that he wasn’t quite techy enough to be a techy, and so focused on the business side of tech businesses. And without this early enlightenment, we might not have seen the likes of Zoopla, Dunelm, Secret Escapes, Lovefilm or Graze, to name but a few of the businesses that have benefitted from William’s involvement.At the tender age of 23, having recently graduated from Oxford University with a degree in engineering and having just started his own company, William was told by a family member that he was ‘too young’ to start his own business. Four years later that business sold and netted William £10m.Listen today as we find out what it took to bring Lovefilm to market and how it beat Amazon. Join us as we chat to William about:Other than marriage, what William’s best investment to date wasHow, aged 27, he sold his first business and made almost £10m in the processWhy he chose to go down the DVD subscription routeHow Lovefilm handled the slow business start by buying out the competitionWhat it’s like negotiating with a behemoth like AmazonHow to measure user churnLinks:https://www.wreeve.com/Want to receive our podcast on a weekly basis? Subscribe to our newsletter!

Bei Travel-Dealz geht es häufig darum, wie ihr an den den günstigsten Flug von A nach B kommt. Doch ein billiger Flug bringt nichts, wenn die Hotels am Zielort extrem teuer sind und damit ein vielfaches der Kosten ausmachen. Wir haben daher unsere Tipps für die Hotelbuchung zusammen gefasst. Der Podcast dauert gut 30 Minuten. […]

Themen heute:    Hyundai und LEGOLAND Deutschland gehen gemeinsam in die Saison 2019 ///   Lexus Kooperation mit „Secret Escapes“ 1. Hyundai Motor Deutschland und das LEGOLAND® Deutschland Resort führen auch in der Saison 2019 ihre strategische Partnerschaft fort und bieten weiterhin gemeinsam Mobilität für Groß und Klein. Nachdem der beliebte Freizeitpark im bayerischen Günzburg am 6. April seine Tore wieder geöffnet hat, können Kinder in der Hyundai LEGOLAND® Fahrschule wieder ihren ersten eigenen Führerschein machen. Darüber hinaus stellt der Automobilhersteller dem Freizeitpark erneut 30 familienfreundliche Fahrzeuge für Shuttle- und Dienstfahrten zur Verfügung. Tradition haben auch die Hyundai Familientage, die Hyundai Besitzer bei freiem Eintritt genießen können. Die Hyundai LEGOLAND® Fahrschule macht Elektromobilität schon für die Kleinsten möglich. Kinder zwischen sieben und 13 Jahren können auf Elektro-Flitzern ihren ersten eigenen Führerschein machen. Nur wer auf dem Parcours mit echten Verkehrsschildern, Ampeln und realistischen Verkehrssituationen alle Regeln einhält, wird mit der Lizenz belohnt. Ans Steuer der bis zu 6 km/h schnellen Stromer geht es wie im „Erwachsenen-Leben“ erst nach einer theoretischen Einweisung. Auch Kinder von drei bis sechs Jahren können nebenan in der Hyundai LEGOLAND® Junior Fahrschule erste Fahrpraxis sammeln. An die Tradition der beliebten Hyundai Familientage knüpft die Marke auch in diesem Jahr wieder an. An den Wochenenden 4./5. Mai und 5./6. Oktober erhalten Hyundai Fahrer für sich und drei Begleitpersonen kostenlose Eintageskarten.      2. Lexus ist neuer Partner des Luxus-Reiseportals „Secret Escapes“. Die europaweite Kooperation ist ganz im Sinne der Lexus Markenstrategie „Experience Amazing“. Wie der renommierte internationale Reisevermittler verfolgt auch der Premium-Automobilhersteller den Anspruch, Kunden ein einzigartiges Erlebnis zu bieten. Automobiler Luxus trifft auf exklusive(s) Reisen: Secret Escapes offeriert seinen rund 42 Millionen registrierten Mitgliedern außergewöhnliche Angebote und Rabatte für Luxus-Reisen und -Hotels. Mit 1,5 Millionen Buchungen ist das Online-Portal das Größte in dieser Klasse und erzielt entsprechend große Reichweiten. Die Partnerschaft startet pünktlich zur Markteinführung des neuen Lexus UX. Unter dem internationalen Claim „The Lexus Design Collection“ platziert Secret Escapes das Crossover-Modell in unmittelbarer Nähe zu ausgewählten Top-Angeboten von Designhotels in Deutschland.   Diesen Beitrag können Sie nachhören oder downloaden unter:

Petr Bartos is a serial entrepreneur and significantly contributed to the Czech leading e-commerce projects in his CTO roles. Petr co-founded Slevomat.cz (2010, e-commerce daily deals market leader to this day, acquired by Secret Escapes in 2017), DameJidlo.cz (2012, acquired by Delivery Hero 2014) and subsequently 2 other e-commerce marketplaces. Petr currently focuses on his new venture Cogvio and inovating the pharma and healthcare industry. Considering the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare as one of the most regulated environment globally, the complexity and burdens are enormously high. Nowadays, Cogvio connects people with various expertise in the pharmaceutical industry, medical doctors and medical device experts with software developers and data scientists to create unique technology-driven solutions. If you would like to hear more Dataheroes podcast, make sure to subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform.

Bývalý majitel a současný šéf největšího českého agregátoru slev Skrz.cz Petr Kováčik se loni stal součástí jednoho z největších českých internetových exitů, když jeho portál putoval společně se Slevomatem a slovenským Zlavomatem do rukou britské skupiny Secret Escapes. Ta za balíček firem dle odhadů médií zaplatila více než 1,5 miliardy korun.

Bývalý majitel a současný šéf největšího českého agregátoru slev Skrz.cz Petr Kováčik se loni stal součástí jednoho z největších českých internetových exitů, když jeho portál putoval společně se Slevomatem a slovenským Zlavomatem do rukou britské skupiny Secret Escapes. Ta za balíček firem dle odhadů médií zaplatila více než 1,5 miliardy korun.

Im neuen ds-Podcast kommentieren OMR-Podcast-Legende Sven Schmidt und ds-Chefredakteur Alexander Hüsing wieder die wichtigsten Startup- und Digital-News aus Deutschland. Wir sprechen über den E-Scooter-Boom (insbesondere über GoFlash von Lukasz Gadwoski), die Übernahme von Travelbird durch Secret Escapes, die Zahlen von HelloFresh, den Niedergang von Marley Spoon, den Talfahrt von Home24 und über Von Floerke. Dieser Podcast in der zeitlichen Übersicht 00:00 | E-Scooter/GoFlash 12:15 | Travelbird / Secret Escapes 18:30 | HelloFresh 25:00 | Marley Spoon 29:00 | Home24 31:45 | Von Floerke

Skupina Slevomat Group, pod ktorú patrí aj Zlavomat.sk, sa stala súčasťou jedného z najväčších dealov v rámci SK/CZ e-commerce, keď ich UK skupina Secret Escapes v roku 2017 kúpila za viac ako 1,5 mld. Kč. Aké bolo pozadie tejto transakcie a čo všetko tomu predchádzalo, prezradil CEO Zlavomat.sk Aleš Mlátilík zakladateľovi Pricemania a Pricemania Academy Michalovi Královi. V rozhovore sa dozviete: - ako sa Aleš dostal so Zlavomat-u a prečo prijal ponuku manažovať SK trh - ako sa zmenil trh zľavových portálov za posledné roky - prečo a ako sa Zlavomat posunul od zliav smerom k inšpirácii - prečo v istom bude ukončili spoluprácu s množstvom partnerov (poskytovateľov zliav) - ako vychádza porovnanie Zlavomat-u v porovnaní s Booking.com a v čom sú iní - prečo Zlavomat opustil segment fashion a na čom to stroskotalo - aké Zlavomat dosiahol čísla za rok 2017 (spostredkovaný obrat, ziskovosť) a aký bol medziročný vývoj - akým spôsobom sa dá ešte rásť na SK/CZ trhu - ako vyzerá dlhodobý súboj so ZlavaDna.sk - ktoré marketingové kanály Zlavomat-u najlepšie fungujú a ako sa im osvedčuje televízia - ako vyhodnocujú televíznu reklamu a kedy podľa Aleša funguje - koľko investujú ročne do marketingu - akú má Zlavomat návštevnosť a mieru konverzie - koľko dnes Zlavomat-u tvorí mobilná návštevnosť - ako sa im osvedčuje mobilná aplikácia - ako prebiehal predaj celej Slevomat skupiny za viac ako 1,5 mld. Kč

Jeff Fagnan is Founding Partner @ Accomplice, one of the East Coast's leading early-stage funds with a portfolio including the likes of AngelList, PillPack (acq by Amazon), Freshbooks, Hopper, Secret Escapes and many more incredible companies. Accomplice is also unique as it is a platform builder creating incredible initiatives such as Spearhead, Maiden Lane and Boston Syndicates, really moving the needle in seeding local ecosystems. As for Jeff he is well known as a founding investor, working with most of his portfolio since inception, sometimes as a co-founder including Veracode (Sold to CA Technologies‍). Jeff also sits on the board of AngelList, PillPack, InsightSquared, Hopper, Freshbooks and more. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Jeff made his way into the world of VC from consulting over 18 years ago? How did his experience of the bubble influence Jeff's mindset and thinking? 2.) What did Jeff learn about building an optimal venture partnership with the transition from the 23 partner Atlas to the tight-knit Accomplice? Where does Jeff believe most venture partnerships go wrong today? What does Jeff believe is the right size partnership in venture? Why does Jeff believe that partners are there to save each other from themselves? 3.) How did Jeff's experience with Atlas effect his views on portfolio construction? Why does Jeff advocate for the model of raising $200m every 2.5 years for a pure seed strategy? How does Jeff think about building an effective reserve strategy? Why does Jeff not believe pro-rata should be guaranteed? Why does Jeff believe force ranking a portfolio is dangerous? 4.) Jeff believes the best VCs are able to manage 2 things, what are those 2 things? From his 18 years on boards, what does Jeff believe makes the truly special board member? Who is the best he has worked with and why? How does Jeff look to gain the balance of being both proactive to opportunities and reactive to inbound? 5.) Accomplice has recently made it's foray into the West Coast, what was the thinking behind that move? How does Accomplice think about establishing mindshare as a new entrant in a hotly contested environment? What does Jeff believe is the key to successful geographic expansion in venture? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Jeff’s Fave Book: Where The Wild Things Are  Jeff’s Most Recent Investment: Perch As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Are you told your standards are too high, well The League is the app that tells you to keep them that way, they know your time is valuable so simply tell them your preferences and they will handle the scouting and vetting for you. Plus even better, your profile will only ever be seen by people who match your preferences, matches expire after 21 days and so there are no drawn-out games and they even require LinkedIn to protect your privacy and block you from matching with co-workers and business connections. You can apply now by downloading The League on the app store or heading to The League.com Zoom is the fastest-growing video and web conferencing service, providing one consistent enterprise experience that allows you to engage in an a variety of activities including video meetings and webinars, collaboration-enabled conference rooms, and persistent chat all in one platform. Plus, it is the easiest solution to manage, scale, and use, and has the most straightforward, affordable pricing. And you can see for yourself! Sign up for a free account (not a trial!). Just visit Zoom.us. Culture Amp is the platform that makes it easy to collect, understand and act on employee feedback. From onboarding surveys to company-wide engagement, individual effectiveness and more, the platform manages multiple sources of feedback and connects the dots for you and that is why companies like Slack, Nike, Oracle and Lyft all trust Culture Amp. It enables leaders to make better decisions, demonstrate impact and turn your company culture into a competitive edge.  Find out more on cultureamp.com.

#ReclaimEDM Podcast 02 features unique soulful deep-house tracks from around the world, mixed live by DJ nomsta. (www.nomsta.net), featuring tracks by Chewy Rubs, Dubble D presents Moodymanc, Johannes Albert, Vincenzo, Bassart, Michael Mayer, Joe Goddard, MANTU, Salif Keita x Megablast, KERINNIS, Anja Schneider, La Fleur, Gezender and L Cio. The mix starts with the tempo of 116 bpm, as most upbeat funk tracks would similarly be, opening with "Get Down" a remix of the 1978 Gene Chandler song by disco-nu-disco re-editor/producer Chewy Rubs whose most recent release was on Yam Who's Midnight Riot label, I let the funk flow keeping all the tracks strictly at 116 bpm for a steady deepburn groove. Mixing by looping in the claps and vocal one shot of 2007 old-but-gold 20:20 Vision release of "Wiggle" by Manchester jazz drummer house producer Moodymanc aka Dubble D, the track has this vintage deep house, perfect to follow with more of the 80s-electro Chicago feeling by Johannes Albert's Hip Edits of the 1987 Mickey Oliver song "Never Let Go" featuring the vocals of Shanna Jay with updated kicks and bassline. 20-something years old Italian Corrado Bucci is a bit of a wonder child/posterboy of the jazzy-soulful house circles with his sophisticated productions seeing pressings from top quality labels like Compost, Defected, Local Talk and BBE Music, who also does A&R and scouting now for Japanese label Rebirth Records where he signed his debut to in 2012. Soulful deep house Berliner Vincenzo gave an uplifting remix to Bucci's "Sumthin'" which is a great filler to bridge to Dortmund/Berlin label Raving Society's dubby synthy lush electro release of "Innstruments" by fellow German Bassart. Indie-electro band Hot Chip's member and vocalist Joe Goddard has been putting out solo material since around 2009 and has formed a bit of a production partnership with Kompakt Records' co-owner and veteran Michael Mayer, so it's not surprising to see him providing a remix to Goddard's latest release on Domino "Children". I had to play a cheeky bootleg of Malinese "Golden Voice of Africa" Salif Keita's ode to women and feminism in Africa, "Moussolou", which also features female Malinese singer Oumou Sangare. Osunlade did an official Yoruba Soul mix of the song but it has a more organic feel although it's till a deep house track, I like the club feel of Megablast's re-edit which is really more like a remix. A bit of trivia about "Wassoulou sound" of Mali - since their independence in the 60's, the Wassoulou region of Mali has produced many strong female musicians creating new music based on their traditional dances and rhythms combined with the djembe drums and a harp-like instrument invented by local youths during this period called the kamalengoni, which gave birth to music unique to Wassoulou that communicates a sense of youthful rebellion and freedom. 2nd half of the mix goes deeper into deeper house and quite accidentally stringing a list of Berlin based artists together. I'm very excited about Berlin-based Get Physical artist MANTU aka Manuel Overbeck who has started his own label Raving Society and has signed some outstanding releases of late. His very own "Underwater Solution" has been described as melancholic but I think it's just the deep jazzy chords and bassline doing its thing. I also got sent a promo EP that includes a dreamy spoken word deep house number "Poetry Jam" by another Berlin producer Kerinnis. Up next, is "Secret Escapes" by yet another Berliner but a veteran, Anja Schneider from her first album after 9 years on her new label SoUS after leaving Mobilee the label she found more than a decade ago. La Fluer is a Swedish-now-living-in Berlin and has this new deep tech house track "Femton" out on the legendary club-label Watergate where he is also one of the resident DJs. The track was also featured in their Nov 2017 Watergate XV compilation. To finish, a remix of "Duhka" by a Brazilian producer L Cio for another Brazilian Gezender, who said that the track was inspired by zen music, mantras and Buddhist songs and was trying to "bring it to sensibile and sensory techno with spiritual, philosophical and political questions". Now, that's what I called deep. Tracklist / Chewy Rubs - Get Down - Chewy Rubs Extendedit Dubble D presents Moodymanc - Wriggle - Original Mix Johannes Albert / Hip Edits - Never Throw - Re-edit of Mickey Oliver & Shanna Jay's Never Let Go Corrado Bucci - Sumthin´ - Vincenzo Remix Bassart - Innstruments - Original Mix Joe Goddard - Children - Michael Mayer Remix Salif Keita - Moussolou - Megablast unofficial Remix MANTU - Underwater Solution KERINNIS - Poetry Jam Anja Schneider - Secret Escapes - Original Mix La Fleur - Femton - Original Mix Gezender - Duhkha - L_Cio Remix The mix is available on all major music social platforms. HearThis https://hearthis.at/reclaimedm.com/reclaimedm-02-podcast-mixed-by-nomsta/ Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/reclaimedm/reclaimedm-radiocast02 Send news to ReclaimEDM.com hello@ReclaimEDM.com For DJ booking, promos, media: nomsta@gmail.com Please hashtag #ReclaimEDM when reposting so we can follow you too!

#ReclaimEDM Podcast 02 features unique soulful deep-house tracks from around the world, mixed live by DJ nomsta. (www.nomsta.net), featuring tracks by Chewy Rubs, Dubble D presents Moodymanc, Johannes Albert, Vincenzo, Bassart, Michael Mayer, Joe Goddard, MANTU, Salif Keita x Megablast, KERINNIS, Anja Schneider, La Fleur, Gezender and L Cio. The mix starts with the tempo of 116 bpm, as most upbeat funk tracks would similarly be, opening with "Get Down" a remix of the 1978 Gene Chandler song by disco-nu-disco re-editor/producer Chewy Rubs whose most recent release was on Yam Who's Midnight Riot label, I let the funk flow keeping all the tracks strictly at 116 bpm for a steady deepburn groove. Mixing by looping in the claps and vocal one shot of 2007 old-but-gold 20:20 Vision release of "Wiggle" by Manchester jazz drummer house producer Moodymanc aka Dubble D, the track has this vintage deep house, perfect to follow with more of the 80s-electro Chicago feeling by Johannes Albert's Hip Edits of the 1987 Mickey Oliver song "Never Let Go" featuring the vocals of Shanna Jay with updated kicks and bassline. 20-something years old Italian Corrado Bucci is a bit of a wonder child/posterboy of the jazzy-soulful house circles with his sophisticated productions seeing pressings from top quality labels like Compost, Defected, Local Talk and BBE Music, who also does A&R and scouting now for Japanese label Rebirth Records where he signed his debut to in 2012. Soulful deep house Berliner Vincenzo gave an uplifting remix to Bucci's "Sumthin'" which is a great filler to bridge to Dortmund/Berlin label Raving Society's dubby synthy lush electro release of "Innstruments" by fellow German Bassart. Indie-electro band Hot Chip's member and vocalist Joe Goddard has been putting out solo material since around 2009 and has formed a bit of a production partnership with Kompakt Records' co-owner and veteran Michael Mayer, so it's not surprising to see him providing a remix to Goddard's latest release on Domino "Children". I had to play a cheeky bootleg of Malinese "Golden Voice of Africa" Salif Keita's ode to women and feminism in Africa, "Moussolou", which also features female Malinese singer Oumou Sangare. Osunlade did an official Yoruba Soul mix of the song but it has a more organic feel although it's till a deep house track, I like the club feel of Megablast's re-edit which is really more like a remix. A bit of trivia about "Wassoulou sound" of Mali - since their independence in the 60's, the Wassoulou region of Mali has produced many strong female musicians creating new music based on their traditional dances and rhythms combined with the djembe drums and a harp-like instrument invented by local youths during this period called the kamalengoni, which gave birth to music unique to Wassoulou that communicates a sense of youthful rebellion and freedom. 2nd half of the mix goes deeper into deeper house and quite accidentally stringing a list of Berlin based artists together. I'm very excited about Berlin-based Get Physical artist MANTU aka Manuel Overbeck who has started his own label Raving Society and has signed some outstanding releases of late. His very own "Underwater Solution" has been described as melancholic but I think it's just the deep jazzy chords and bassline doing its thing. I also got sent a promo EP that includes a dreamy spoken word deep house number "Poetry Jam" by another Berlin producer Kerinnis. Up next, is "Secret Escapes" by yet another Berliner but a veteran, Anja Schneider from her first album after 9 years on her new label SoUS after leaving Mobilee the label she found more than a decade ago. La Fluer is a Swedish-now-living-in Berlin and has this new deep tech house track "Femton" out on the legendary club-label Watergate where he is also one of the resident DJs. The track was also featured in their Nov 2017 Watergate XV compilation. To finish, a remix of "Duhka" by a Brazilian producer L Cio for another Brazilian Gezender, who said that the track was inspired by zen music, mantras and Buddhist songs and was trying to "bring it to sensibile and sensory techno with spiritual, philosophical and political questions". Now, that's what I called deep. Tracklist / Chewy Rubs - Get Down - Chewy Rubs Extendedit Dubble D presents Moodymanc - Wriggle - Original Mix Johannes Albert / Hip Edits - Never Throw - Re-edit of Mickey Oliver & Shanna Jay's Never Let Go Corrado Bucci - Sumthin´ - Vincenzo Remix Bassart - Innstruments - Original Mix Joe Goddard - Children - Michael Mayer Remix Salif Keita - Moussolou - Megablast unofficial Remix MANTU - Underwater Solution KERINNIS - Poetry Jam Anja Schneider - Secret Escapes - Original Mix La Fleur - Femton - Original Mix Gezender - Duhkha - L_Cio Remix The mix is available on all major music social platforms. HearThis https://hearthis.at/reclaimedm.com/reclaimedm-02-podcast-mixed-by-nomsta/ Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/reclaimedm/reclaimedm-radiocast02 Send news to ReclaimEDM.com hello@ReclaimEDM.com For DJ booking, promos, media: nomsta@gmail.com Please hashtag #ReclaimEDM when reposting so we can follow you too!

#ReclaimEDM Podcast 02 features unique soulful deep-house tracks from around the world, mixed live by DJ nomsta. (www.nomsta.net), featuring tracks by Chewy Rubs, Dubble D presents Moodymanc, Johannes Albert, Vincenzo, Bassart, Michael Mayer, Joe Goddard, MANTU, Salif Keita x Megablast, KERINNIS, Anja Schneider, La Fleur, Gezender and L Cio. The mix starts with the tempo of 116 bpm, as most upbeat funk tracks would similarly be, opening with "Get Down" a remix of the 1978 Gene Chandler song by disco-nu-disco re-editor/producer Chewy Rubs whose most recent release was on Yam Who's Midnight Riot label, I let the funk flow keeping all the tracks strictly at 116 bpm for a steady deepburn groove. Mixing by looping in the claps and vocal one shot of 2007 old-but-gold 20:20 Vision release of "Wiggle" by Manchester jazz drummer house producer Moodymanc aka Dubble D, the track has this vintage deep house, perfect to follow with more of the 80s-electro Chicago feeling by Johannes Albert's Hip Edits of the 1987 Mickey Oliver song "Never Let Go" featuring the vocals of Shanna Jay with updated kicks and bassline. 20-something years old Italian Corrado Bucci is a bit of a wonder child/posterboy of the jazzy-soulful house circles with his sophisticated productions seeing pressings from top quality labels like Compost, Defected, Local Talk and BBE Music, who also does A&R and scouting now for Japanese label Rebirth Records where he signed his debut to in 2012. Soulful deep house Berliner Vincenzo gave an uplifting remix to Bucci's "Sumthin'" which is a great filler to bridge to Dortmund/Berlin label Raving Society's dubby synthy lush electro release of "Innstruments" by fellow German Bassart. Indie-electro band Hot Chip's member and vocalist Joe Goddard has been putting out solo material since around 2009 and has formed a bit of a production partnership with Kompakt Records' co-owner and veteran Michael Mayer, so it's not surprising to see him providing a remix to Goddard's latest release on Domino "Children". I had to play a cheeky bootleg of Malinese "Golden Voice of Africa" Salif Keita's ode to women and feminism in Africa, "Moussolou", which also features female Malinese singer Oumou Sangare. Osunlade did an official Yoruba Soul mix of the song but it has a more organic feel although it's till a deep house track, I like the club feel of Megablast's re-edit which is really more like a remix. A bit of trivia about "Wassoulou sound" of Mali - since their independence in the 60's, the Wassoulou region of Mali has produced many strong female musicians creating new music based on their traditional dances and rhythms combined with the djembe drums and a harp-like instrument invented by local youths during this period called the kamalengoni, which gave birth to music unique to Wassoulou that communicates a sense of youthful rebellion and freedom. 2nd half of the mix goes deeper into deeper house and quite accidentally stringing a list of Berlin based artists together. I'm very excited about Berlin-based Get Physical artist MANTU aka Manuel Overbeck who has started his own label Raving Society and has signed some outstanding releases of late. His very own "Underwater Solution" has been described as melancholic but I think it's just the deep jazzy chords and bassline doing its thing. I also got sent a promo EP that includes a dreamy spoken word deep house number "Poetry Jam" by another Berlin producer Kerinnis. Up next, is "Secret Escapes" by yet another Berliner but a veteran, Anja Schneider from her first album after 9 years on her new label SoUS after leaving Mobilee the label she found more than a decade ago. La Fluer is a Swedish-now-living-in Berlin and has this new deep tech house track "Femton" out on the legendary club-label Watergate where he is also one of the resident DJs. The track was also featured in their Nov 2017 Watergate XV compilation. To finish, a remix of "Duhka" by a Brazilian producer L Cio for another Brazilian Gezender, who said that the track was inspired by zen music, mantras and Buddhist songs and was trying to "bring it to sensibile and sensory techno with spiritual, philosophical and political questions". Now, that's what I called deep. Tracklist / Chewy Rubs - Get Down - Chewy Rubs Extendedit Dubble D presents Moodymanc - Wriggle - Original Mix Johannes Albert / Hip Edits - Never Throw - Re-edit of Mickey Oliver & Shanna Jay's Never Let Go Corrado Bucci - Sumthin´ - Vincenzo Remix Bassart - Innstruments - Original Mix Joe Goddard - Children - Michael Mayer Remix Salif Keita - Moussolou - Megablast unofficial Remix MANTU - Underwater Solution KERINNIS - Poetry Jam Anja Schneider - Secret Escapes - Original Mix La Fleur - Femton - Original Mix Gezender - Duhkha - L_Cio Remix The mix is available on all major music social platforms. HearThis https://hearthis.at/reclaimedm.com/reclaimedm-02-podcast-mixed-by-nomsta/ Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/reclaimedm/reclaimedm-radiocast02 Send news to ReclaimEDM.com hello@ReclaimEDM.com For DJ booking, promos, media: nomsta@gmail.com Please hashtag #ReclaimEDM when reposting so we can follow you too!

Snad celá česká e-commerce zaznamenala prodej Slevomat.cz, Zlavomat.sk a Skrz.cz britské společnost Secret Escapes. Celý obchod přesáhl 1,5 miliardy korun a zapsal se tak mezi české rekordmany. Jedním z jeho hlavních tvůrců byl dnešní host Pavel Vopařil. V rozhovoru jsme si povídali o tom, jak celý obchod probíhal, jak prodejci oslovovali potenciální zájemce, co rozhodovalo při vyjednávání a co se v rámci celého prodeje nepovedlo. Bavili jsme se také o tom, zda by se Slevomat před pár lety - v době největšího boomu slevových serverů - prodal za více peněz než nyní. Pavel Vopařil byl jednou z hlavních postav celého obchodu. Majitelé Slevomatu si jej najali a on je celým obchodem provázel. Slevomat ale není jediným projektem, s jehož prodejem má zkušenosti. Právě pracuje na něčem dalším… Co se ve videu dozvíte? - Proč si majitelé Slevomatu najali právě Pavla Vopařila a svěřili obchod zrovna jemu? - Jak to ovlivnilo Pavlovu kariéru a na čem dalším pracuje? - Proč se Slevomat vlastně prodával a neprodal by se dřív za více peněz? - Jakou roli v tom všem hrál Skrz.cz a jaká je jeho budoucnost? - Co při prodeji všech firem rozhodovalo a co se v jeho rámci nepovedlo? - Jak probíhalo oslovování potenciálních zájemců a následné vyjednávání? - Podle čeho se majitelé o výběru kupce rozhodovali a jak se měnila prodejní cena? - V jakém stavu je celý obchod nyní? rostecky.cz www.rostecky.cz Veškerá doporučení, informace, data, služby, reklamy nebo jakékoliv jiné sdělení zveřejněné na našich stránkách je pouze nezávazného charakteru a nejedná se o odborné rady nebo doporučení z naší strany. Podrobnosti na odkazu https://mladypodnikatel.cz/upozorneni.

Snad celá česká e-commerce zaznamenala prodej Slevomat.cz, Zlavomat.sk a Skrz.cz britské společnost Secret Escapes. Celý obchod přesáhl 1,5 miliardy korun a zapsal se tak mezi české rekordmany. Jedním z jeho hlavních tvůrců byl dnešní host Pavel Vopařil. V rozhovoru jsme si povídali o tom, jak celý obchod probíhal, jak prodejci oslovovali potenciální zájemce, co rozhodovalo při vyjednávání a co se v rámci celého prodeje nepovedlo. Bavili jsme se také o tom, zda by se Slevomat před pár lety - v době největšího boomu slevových serverů - prodal za více peněz než nyní. Pavel Vopařil byl jednou z hlavních postav celého obchodu. Majitelé Slevomatu si jej najali a on je celým obchodem provázel. Slevomat ale není jediným projektem, s jehož prodejem má zkušenosti. Právě pracuje na něčem dalším… Co se ve videu dozvíte? - Proč si majitelé Slevomatu najali právě Pavla Vopařila a svěřili obchod zrovna jemu? - Jak to ovlivnilo Pavlovu kariéru a na čem dalším pracuje? - Proč se Slevomat vlastně prodával a neprodal by se dřív za více peněz? - Jakou roli v tom všem hrál Skrz.cz a jaká je jeho budoucnost? - Co při prodeji všech firem rozhodovalo a co se v jeho rámci nepovedlo? - Jak probíhalo oslovování potenciálních zájemců a následné vyjednávání? - Podle čeho se majitelé o výběru kupce rozhodovali a jak se měnila prodejní cena? - V jakém stavu je celý obchod nyní? www.mladypodnikatel.cz www.rostecky.cz

This is a new format where I bring experts from different fields to have a roundtable discussion on a particular topic. Today we speak about the state of transatlantic tech and what you should be thinking about if you’re looking to expand internationally. Note that this was recorded late Dec 2016 just before President Trump came into office. MY 3 GUESTS: (1) Daniel Glazer – partner at Silicon Valley-headquartered law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he leads the New York office’s Technology Transactions practice. He also helps lead WSGR’s US Expansion practice, advising UK and other non-US technology companies on US expansion (2) Pru Ashby – head of North America at London & Partners who are the official promotional company for London. She works on attracting and advising US companies to set up and grow in London (3) Alliott Cole – director at Octopus Ventures, one of Europe’s largest venture capital teams. Some of their investments include: Secret Escapes, yPlan, Zoopla, Swiftkey (sold for $250M to Microsoft) & Lovefilm (sold to Amazon for $200M)   FIVE THINGS TO LISTEN OUT FOR:  (1) Similarities and differences between US and UK/European markets (2) Startup ecosystem post-brexit (3) Future outlook under a Trump presidency (4) How do you structure an expansion into US or Europe (5) What companies have done this well? TIME STAMPS [3m21s] Intros [6m16s] State of UK post brexit [18m49s] Investment growth in London since 2010 [19m28s] It takes 10.2yrs for companies to IPO on average [20m23s] Has the market overreacted to Brexit? [23m9s] Mood post US election [24m16s] How will entrepreneurs think about globalisation [30m9s] Similarities and differences in business culture in US vs UK [42m11s] Recommendations on hiring people in US when you’re a startup [43m35s] How do you structure an expansion [48m27s] Where do you start your first US office [51m41s] When do you know it’s the right time to move [58m36] Examples of companies that have done a good job of expanding [1hr6m] What do companies struggle with when they move [1hr14m] What should US companies think about when expanding to UK [1hr18m] Looking forward  Sign up for exclusive content, giveaways and my email updates: https://www.creatorlab.fm/subscribe Connect on social:   https://www.instagram.com/creatorlabfm https://www.facebook.com/creatorlabfm https://www.twitter.com/creatorlabfm https://www.snapchat.com/add/creatorlabfm   Connect with Bilal: https://www.twitter.com/bzaidi https://www.instagram.com/bzaidi212

Fred Destin is General Partner at Accel in London where he focuses on consumer and software investments. He is the lead investor and board member at Deliveroo, Pillpack (featured in ep: 89 with Eric Paley) and KNC. Prior to Accel, he was a partner at Atlas Venture where he worked with with companies like Zoopla (public), Secret Escapes, Integral Ad Science, Dailymotion (acquired by Orange), PriceMinister (acquired by Rakuten) and others. A special thank you to Mattermark for providing all the data displayed in today's show and you can find out more about Mattermark here!    Click To Play   In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Fred made his way into the world of startups and investing? 2.) What is it like investing in rocketships like Deliveroo and PillPack? 3.) What are the reasons most startups fail at the seed stage? What are the most common reasons that founders get fired? 4.) Why does Fred believe raising a Series B so tough? Is it the embodiment of the funding barbell? 5.) What are Fred's thoughts on VC founder alignment? Why does Fred deliberately cause tension between a founder prior to making an investment? In what form does this take? 6.) When I asked Fred for topics he was interested in, he gave me a list and one of them, I have never had suggested before and it is ‘Why are VC’s so schizo’? What does Fred mean? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: Fred's Fave Book:  Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master & Margarita Fred's Fave Blog or Newsletter: The Atlantic, Tech.eu Fred's Most Recent Investment: Deliveroo   As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Fred on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!  

WATCH: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/alex-macpherson-octopus-ventures/  Alex Macpherson - Octopus Ventures. Silicon Real - Entrepreneurs In Tech. Octopus Ventures has a clear mission: to be the preferred venture capital house of the most talented entrepreneurs. Octopus Ventures on Twitter: http://twitter.com/OctopusVentures In their own words: "We back teams with the potential to build big businesses. Our focus is on identifying entrepreneurs and fast-growth companies that can scale explosively to create, transform or dominate an industry. We partner with entrepreneurs, we don’t just invest in them, and we work tirelessly to make them as successful as they can be. We have a proven track record of helping build exceptional global businesses, including graze.com, Secret Escapes, SwiftKey, and Zoopla Property Group." Octopus Ventures: http://octopusventures.com SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/SiliconReal  More Silicon Real: http://www.siliconreal.comhttp://www.twitter.com/SiliconRealhttp://www.facebook.com/SiliconRealhttp://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/silicon-real/id668705287?mt=2

In this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast, Dave Haynes is joined by Fred Destin, Partner at Accel to talk through the career path that led to him working at one of the world’s leading VC funds. Fred talks about the key differences he sees between the US and European venture ecosystems and his five years spent serving on the board of Seedcamp. Fred Destin joined Accel in 2014 and focuses on consumer and software investments. He is the lead investor and board member at Deliveroo, Pillpack and KNC. Prior to Accel, he was a partner at Atlas Ventures where he worked with with companies like Zoopla (public), Secret Escapes, Dailymotion (acquired by Orange), PriceMinister (acquired by Rakuten) and others. Fred grew up in Belgium and graduated from the Solvay Business School (University of Brussels).

Andy Mcloughlin was co-founder of London-based Huddle, a leading enterprise content collaboration company. Under Andy’s leadership, Huddle became one of Europe’s most awarded and well-known technology startups, raising over $80M of venture funding. Andy has been a prolific active angel investor since 2010 and has built a portfolio covering 35+ pre-seed / seed stage investments. His companies include innovative SaaS businesses like Tray.io, Buffer and Pipedrive, as well as retail plays including Postmates, Secret Escapes and Zesty. Andy is now a Venture Partner with SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investors in Internet, SaaS and mobile startups. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Andy get into Angel Investing? 2.) Why does Andy believe Europe has the capacity to create amazing entrepreneurs? 3.) What is your Andy’s approach to deal sourcing? 4.) What is Andy’s approach to accelerators and demo days? 5.) In such a competitive market, how does Andy differentiate between startups? 6.) How important is portfolio diversity for Andy? 7.) What are Andy’s thoughts on group investing? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Silicon Valley 2nd Episode: The Down Round Fave Blogs: Hunter Walk, Hiten Shah, Launch Ticker Productivity Tool: Evernote As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here: www.syndicateroom.com

Tom Valentine, Managing Director & Co-Founder at Secret Escapes which curates exclusive, members-only offers for 4 and 5 STAR hotels and holidays.More than £14m of INVESTMENT from angel investors and VC, such as Index Ventures and Octopus Investments.

While your business is small, the founder can personally interact with the employees and convey the core vision that they have for the organisation. As the organisation expands, this is increasingly difficult, and the founder has to rely on others to ‘sell the dream’. In this episode, we speak to Alex Saint, co-founder and CEO of Secret Escapes, about the process of ‘stepping back’ as his company has expanded and opened offices abroad. We also speak to Ksenia Zheltoukhova, Research Associate at the CIPD, who discusses recent CIPD research findings , which highlight the importance of finding a way to formalise your values as your business grows. To hear how DUO have formalised their values with the help of employees from across the business, we speak to Claire Alexander, HR and Talent Development Manager at DUO. We also speak to Ben Saunders, Head of HR at IMarEST, the professional body for marine professionals, about the vision and values challenges faced by a membership body, and