Another Excuse

Stanley is the founder of The Attention Seeker, a full-service Social Media & Creative Agency. He started the business 5 years ago and has grown it to over 25 employees and $5M in annual revenue. He has created content about his journey since he began and he shares a lot of valuable advice and insights into the industry. In this episode, we discuss: • How company started • How

Jason is the co-founder of Astrix AI, an adaptive learning platform for professional level exams. And the first exam they're focusing on is the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 1 exam. We discuss how it all started and what's wrong with the current way exam prep is done. In this episode, we discuss: • How Astrix works • Why Jason is tackling this problem • The importan

Matt Raad is the Founder and CEO eBusiness Institute and the Host of the Digital Investors Podcast. He buys and sells online businesses and teaches others how to do it too. In the episode, we discuss: • Why online businesses are better than physical ones • His journey to financial freedom • How to scale and flip a website • What to look for when buying a business • The im

Stephen Dooley is the founder of Roamr. Roamr is a platform that enables businesses to offer global mobility as a perk to their employees. It's a house swap and meetup platform and we get into all the details in this episode. In the episode, we discuss: • How Roamr started • What makes Roamr different to other platforms • The three criteria for starting a business • The imp

Jean-Francois is the co-founder of wabya, a platform that connects you with the right coach. They aim to bring self-realisation through coaching to 1 billion people by 2023. In the episode, we discuss: • How wabya started • The meaning behind the name • What self-realisation means • Dealing with burnout • The impact coaching can have • The hurdles they've overcome And s

James is the co-founder and COO of Narchie, an investor at Portfolio Ventures and the co-host of the Riding Unicorns podcast. We cover it all in this episode, including how Narchie, a social marketplace for homeware, started. In the episode, we discuss: • How Narchie started • How they got 20,000 waitlist signups • What kind of businesses Portfolio Ventures invests in • The

Arshad is a partner at Betatron Venture Group, a VC fund investing in early-stage B2B companies across Asia. We chat about Betatron's investment thesis and Arshad's experience in running and starting businesses. In the episode, we discuss: • His investment thesis • What it takes to be a founder • His scrappy startup stories • Valuable lessons learned • De-risking starting

Niall Cleaver is the founder of Cupsly. Cupsly is Britain's luxury coffee brand and their first product is a reusable coffee cup. The business is about to launch its first product and we discuss every Niall has learned so far. In the episode, we discuss: • How Niall had the idea for Cupsly • The benefits of building in public • What Cupsly will become • Mindset around the u

Mack Grenfell is the founder of Byword. Byword enables you to generate high-quality, AI-written articles at scale. You can upload 1,000s of keywords or titles, and create SEO-optimised articles in just a few clicks. We discuss all things AI and how the idea for Byword came about. In the episode, we discuss: • How Byword works • Building in the AI boom • Differentiating your p

Rayhaan Moughal is the founder of Sidekick Accounting. Sidekick is an Accounting company with a big focus on assisting business leaders with strategy. We discuss many aspects of Rayhaan's business and how it all began. He provides some great insights into how to take that leap. In the episode, we discuss: • What Sidekick does • How sidekick started • Level 1,2 & 3 businesses