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Meet the founder of Jack Media, James Kitchener. He lives in the surfing town of Byron Bay and has been a successful entrepreneur since 2005 when he started experimenting in the world of affiliate marketing.
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He’s come a long way since the days of travelling and working from a laptop (not that he wouldn’t enjoy going back to that..), now running the Jack Media office and employees whilst desperately trying to sneak a quick 30 minutes in the ocean with his surfboard.
In this rapid Q&A session, James delivers some very straight and practical advice about what it takes to run a business based on his own unique experiences. To hear more insights from real life entrepreneurs click here.
Join Jake Hayman for a quickfire Q&A session. Jake recently appeared on Dragons Den with his business partner Joe, only to turn down an offer from serial entepreneur Peter Jones.
Today Jake took a few minutes from the busy world of Frame Again to answer some startup friendly questions.
To hear Jake and Joe’s first interview with Breaking Biz click here, and to hear from other entrepreneurs, click here.
As our social, financial and legal lives become more digital, there’s a very real problem with the deceased and their loved ones becoming the victims of online identity theft.
Planned Departure are a very interesting startup looking to solve this particular pain point in the market and I have personally invested money in them using the equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. In this episode I’ll explain what Planned Departure do and why I decided to invest in them.
If you’d like to invest in startups using Seedrs, you may be interested in learning more about it in this interview with Mark Hepburn.
If you’re new to investing in startups, we have a simple guide available on Kindle.
To listen to more interviews with startup investors, click here or to hear from entrepreneurs/startup founders just click here.
Eliot Peper was introduced to me by previous guest Lucas Carlson. Eliot has worked alongside both startups and entrepreneurs and has a few stories to tell.
Why do some VC’s confuse startup investing with Wall Street? Why don’t startup founders want to grab a beer with their customers? This interview explores these questions and more, creating a useful set of insights for today’s startup founders trying to get ahead with their business.
Eliot recently had his first book released with well known Venture Capitalist Brad Feld, and his new publishing company. It’s called ‘Uncommon Stock: Version 1.0’ and you can find it here.
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Mobile gamers are drowning in ads and it’s starting to annoy them. The solution? GiftGaming. In this episode we’re joined by the founder and CEO, Nick Hatter.
This is a great episode for any budding entrepreneurs out there because Nick is young, driven and his company plays in the mobile ad space, an area that many are trying to crack. Nick chats to us about GiftGaming, startup pitching and dealing with startup investors.
If you’re interested in mobile advertising, you may enjoy our interview with TreSensa CEO Rob Grossberg.
For more interviews with startup founders, click here or for more interviews with startup investors, click here.
In today’s interview we’re joined by Harriot Pleydell-Bouverie, founder of Mallow & Marsh who is the second guest (following the founders of Frame Again) from Breaking Biz to appear on BBC’s Dragons Den and turn down an offer of investment.
Mallow & Marsh make marshmallows with the highest quality of ingredients available, and can be found in Sainsburys and at the Sourced market in Kings Cross St Pancras.
We chat to Harriot about the background of her business and why she turned down Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones on Dragons Den.
If you enjoyed this episode you may enjoy listening to Bee of Bee’s Bakery as well as the other startup founders we’ve interviewed.
Today’s guest is Rob Grossberg, co-founder of New York based startup TreSensa . Rob chats to us about being a small player in a huge market and why TreSensa have chosen HTML5 over the traditional app stores.
We also discuss how he raised investment with his co-founders and the advice he has for other startups.
How do you tell your investorsther business isn’t working? What if they then told you to go and sort it out in 30 days?
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We welcome back Apu Gupta of Curalate to discuss the world of startup investing. Apu’s story includes the successful pivot of Storably to Curalate as well as advice for any startup founder looking for the right investor for them.
For more episodes on startup investing click here, or to hear from startup founders, click here.
Today we’re joined by Joe Kenyon and Jake Hayman, the founders of Frame Again and recent guests on the new series of Dragons Den.
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After turning down an offer to buy their business by Peter Jones, Joe and Jake shifted to the crowdfunding platform of Seedrs and smashed their original investment target in less than a day. In this episode we speak to the guys about their experience on Dragon’s Den and pick their brains on raising investment as a startup.
If you’re interested in investing in Frame Again using Seedrs, click here for more information. For an interview which explains how to become an investor from anywhere using Seedrs, click here. We also have plenty of CEO and Investor interviews on the podcast for you to enjoy.
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