The Startup Discovery School Podcast

Join SDS as they give their perspective on the entrepreneurship landscape for 2022. They discuss creative ways to raise money, exits happening a lot earlier than in the past, the rise of the digital creator, emerging markets, African based startups and the rise in diverse founders, in more technical roles.If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, please consider leaving a review her

How would you summarise the entrepreneurial ecosystem in 2021?As we wind down for the holiday season, we wanted to take this time to reflect on some of the amazing guests we have spoken to this year, what have we learned, that can help founders grow their business.If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, please consider leaving a review here, which will help us to convince hard to

Episode Description; We are joined by Frances Odera Matthews, founder of The Notion Bar and Notion Consultant. She explains the potential of Notion for businesses and creators, when she knew she was ready to leave her 9-5 to focus on her Notion consultancy and spreading the wealth through NFTs and digital assets. Frances Odera Matthews is founder of The Notion Bar, where she's a ce

We are joined by Principle at Oxx VC, Philip Edmondson-Jones. Phil walks us through the world of Venture Capitalists, what they do, what they are looking for in business and the importance of crisis management after working for a business that went bankrupt.After starting his career in financial services and strategy consulting, Phil has spent over five years as a specialist SaaS v

we are joined by Principal at Anthemis Group, Farhan Lalji. Farhan talks us through, the art of building a company, but also how to exit a business, he gives us a history lesson on Watsapp, Flickr, Yahoo, Slack, Shazam, Linkedin, the importance of understanding the customer and why your idea is worthless until you’ve got a proof-point. Farhan is a Principal at Anthemis, where he

We are joined by Partner at Bethnal Green Ventures, Dama Sathianathan talking all things Impact Investing. What’s the difference between impact investing and ‘normal investing’. What are the main misconceptions about impact investors and when should companies consider impact investments. Dama Sathianathan (she/her) is a partner at Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV), Europe’s lead

We are joined by the CEO of Merch Masters Ltd, Kieza Silveira De Sousa. Kieza talks to us about how he started his business, why six figures is not a lot of money in business, the challenges with finding and nurturing the right talent, team, partners, supply chain, and how he started his business without raising equity.Kieza Silveira De Sousa is an entrepreneur with over 12 years e

We are joined by an investor at Founders Factory, Saloni Bhojwani, discussing the challenges female entrepreneurs face when raising capital and why not all businesses need external funding or give away equity in their business. Saloni Bhojwani grew up in Singapore. She worked as a management consultant at Deloitte for four years before moving to London to complete an MBA, where you

For our launch episode, we are joined by co-founder of Aceleron Energy Carlton Cummins, discussing the challenges of building a business, selling physical products, building a team, and learning how to absorb USEFUL criticism while putting USELESS criticism.Carlton Cummins is Chief Technical Officer & Co-founder of Aceleron Energy. Born in Barbados Carlton is an entrepreneur an