11Mar

Mikael Johnsson, Oxx VC – intense focus to scale-up enterprise SaaS winners

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B2B, SaaS, scale-up, startup, VC

Mikael Jonsson co-founded Oxx in 2016 to help bridge the gap for European B2B software companies who have great traction but need capital to scale up. We discuss: 💰 Too much VC investment going into B2C startups hence many potential B2B ventures are left behind 📈 The viability of creating successful B2B ventures with slower initial revenue growth - typically overlooked by VCs 🤔 Intense focus as a recipe for success both for VCs & B2B startups 🦄 The dynamic progress of funnel.io - a strong contender for future unicorn status - a team of smart, passionate, dedicated individuals hell-bent on solving a very large, high impact, problem

04Feb

Eyal Malinger: Investing in Rhinos – the unicorn’s ugly, but real, cousin🦏

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Eyal Malinger, Investment Director at Beringea - a transatlantic early stage tech VC - invests in B2B Saas, VR/AR & blockchain. We discussed: 🦏Why VCs should consider investing in rhinos - the unicorn’s ugly, but real, cousins 🌊The potential environmental benefits of the next wave of enterprise AR/VR solutions 😄🙁Why startups should aim to polarise investors rather than please everyone they pitch to 👨‍💻Brexit's impact on tech talent & investment in London

12Jan

Martin Adams, CEO @ CODEC – The Hero’s Journey

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growth strategy, Start-ups, venture capital

Martin Adams is the CEO & Co-Founder at Codec who’s Audience Intelligence Platform enables marketing decisions to be driven by data & evidence, rather than instinct. Codec won the Best Artificial Intelligence Product in Marketing at CognitionX 2019 and they’re backed by some of the world's largest investors including 500 Startups & Telefonica. Martin discusses: 👨‍🎓 Leaving his 1st startup to immerse himself in IP law & social networking at Harvard, the birthplace of Facebook 📊 His obsession for using social data to drive creative and strategic decisions 🔄 Consistently taking a contrarian approach to the market - even when this initially puzzled many potential investors 💰 Being highly selective in bringing in investors who support Codec's vision & are able to contribute strategically as well as financially

10Dec

Paul Coggins, CEO @ Adludio – Sunday Times Tech Track “Ones to Watch”

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international expansion, SaaS, Start-ups

Paul Coggins is the CEO at Adludio who's revolutionary 'Sensory Ad Science' technology delivers 10x results for blue chip clients - like Unilever, Nestle & PayPal - compared to traditional mobile advertising solutions. Adludio is 1 of the UK's fastest-growing B2B software scale-ups: having quickly launched in 3 continents, delivered ad campaigns in 70+ countries, & grown revenues 40% month on month, Adludio qualified for the Sunday Times 2019 Tech Track "Ones to Watch". In a wide-ranging discussion, Paul explains: 📱that Adludio's founders were inspired by the lack of memorable mobile ad campaigns to create a unique solution to engage mobile device users; 🎨 how Adludio uses kinaesthetic learning to develop ads that are brilliantly creative & engaging on mobile devices; 🌍why Brexit uncertainty prompted Adludio to rapidly expand - much earlier than planned - into overseas markets like the US, France, Hong Kong & Singapore; 📈 the challenges of transitioning to a SaaS commercial model to help deliver a significantly higher exit valuation

08Dec

Thomas Davies: The CEO Decathlete – building a team of Olympians!

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After 20 years in the tech sector - including running Google’s European Enterprise Business Thomas - Thomas Davies founded Temporall to disrupt cultural analytics & help businesses unlock & measure the true value of their people. Since launching in 2017, Temporall have deployed their solution at dozens of blue chips including Rakuten, Google, Dyson & Arup. We explore: ★ Why digital transformation without insightful organisational intelligence is very risky ★ The challenges of building a brand identity & an entirely new product category ★ The behaviours & values you, as a leader, need to consistently demonstrate to attract employees who’ll make a real difference to your organisation & to your clients ★ The importance of simple messaging for business success - especially when you're trying to create a new product category

02Dec

Sampo Hietanen – Creating a Revolutionary New Product Category

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Diversity, leadership, startups, sustainability, transportation

Sampo Hietanen - the founding CEO at MaaS Global - is delivering a revolution in transportation! MaaS Global - who’ve raised €50m in funding from various VCs and corporate investors including Nordic Ninja, Mitsubishi & Toyota - are the world’s first “mobility as a service company” offering a paradigm change in transport services. Sampo discusses: 🚀The challenges of creating a category from scratch - especially when your product is dependent on your partners 🚊 How MaaS Global is overcoming resistance from powerful incumbents 🚗 Why persuading people to give up their car is the biggest question for our planet’s sustainable economic growth in the next few decades 🚈 The fun and challenge of a truly diverse culture: 24 nationalities in a single office!

19Aug

Sonal Puri, CEO @ Webscale – disrupting the market for cloud hosting & cloud services

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CEO, enterprise software, growth strategy, Scale-ups, Start-up Culture, startups, venture capital

Sonal Puri - the CEO of Webscale who are disrupting the multi billion dollar market for cloud hosting & cloud services - discusses: ☁️Using deep tech to turn the cloud into a utility 🤝Replacing her talented, humble & self-aware founding CEO ⚡The potential dangers of pursuing a freemium pricing model 📚How she learns each & every day from other startup CEOs & mentors 📈Webscale's impact on $billion clients like Puma, Unilever & Tommy Hilfiger

22Jul

Mark Roberge, Stage 2 Ventures – Delivering Sustainable SaaS Revenue Growth

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growth strategy, SaaS, sales strategy, Scale-ups, Start-up Culture, Start-ups, VC, venture capital

Mark Roberge is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, former CRO at Hubspot, Author of Best Seller "The Sales Acceleration Formula" and Founding Partner at Stage 2 Ventures. Mark discusses: ★ His framework to drive sustainable SaaS revenue growth comprising 3 stages: product-market fit, go-to-market fit & – finally – “growth & moat” ★ His belief that the headlong pursuit of revenue growth – ignoring customer value creation, churn, & revenue retention – damages many tech ventures ★ How to ensure you have true product–market fit & continuing customer success - month after month, quarter after quarter! ★ Why churn is a “silent killer” & why business leaders must quickly identify, & track, leading indicators for churn & customer success

03Jan

Amar Hanspal, CEO at Bright Machines – 1 of the hottest AI/robotics start-ups in the world!

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A-Players, leadership, Organisational Culture, Robotics, Start-ups, venture capital

Amar Hanspal is the founding CEO at Bright Machines - a startup combining intelligent software with flexible factory robots & machine learning to meet the demands of the next generation of manufacturing - who recently closed a $179 million Series A. Amar discusses: ★The “happy collision” that brought the Bright Machines founding team together to address a $60bn-$100bn market opportunity ★The adventurous & disruptive profile of Bright Machines’ employees: “missionaries & mountaineers” ★How Bright Machines' exceptional leadership team - addressing a huge market opportunity with an aggressive business plan - raised their impressive Series A

12Dec

Christian Owens, CEO @ Paddle – The UK’s fastest growing software scale-up

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#employeeretention, CEO, employee value proposition, enterprise software, entrepreneur, Hiring, leadership, Organisational Culture, Scale-ups, startup recruitment, talent, talent attraction, VC, venture capital, War for talent

Christian the founding CEO at Paddle - the UK’s fastest growing software startup having raised $25m in VC funding, tripled revenue every year for 6 years & tripled headcount in the past 9 months - discusses: ★How to scale your team from 50 to 150 people in 9 months ★How to ensure your company is the employer of choice ★The CEO’s day2day challenge: keeping 150+ bosses happy ★How to raise smart VC funding

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