SuperConnector Show

In this video, Roan Lavery (CEO, FreeAgent) shares insights on how he & his co-founders started & scaled the Edinburgh-based company to be the UK’s #1 bookkeeping software for small businesses. He also talks about SaaS / tech product development, marketing, funding, investment, building a team, leadership, AI, the Edinburgh / Scottish tech ecosystem & FreeAgent’s fu

Mark Renney (Managing Director, Wubbleyou) & Paul Lancaster (Founder, UK Startup Week | PLATFORM) discuss how & why you might want to productise your services to grow your business, how to save time & speed up processes through automation, AI & much more. You can also sign up for a free, 2hr 'Productisation Workshop' with Mark at https://bit.ly/WubbleyouProductisati

In this epic 2hr conversation originally recorded for our Startup Week ONLINE event in May 2020, Michael Owen (Mychael.co.uk / Always Wear Red / 50odd.co.uk) & Paul Lancaster (Newcastle Startup Week / TRYBES) discuss why, when & how to pivot in business or in life (plus lots of other interesting thoughts on creativity, marketing & branding).

In this interview, Christina Lord (http://www.authenticactioncoaching.com) & Paul Lancaster discuss 'Feck Perfuction: Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life' by James Victore - a brilliant book that encourages you to 'trust your weirdness, do the work & be the best self you can be.' They also share their own thoughts on embracing your creativity & playfulness & fin

In this interview originally recorded on Day 3 ('Funding & Finance') of our Startup Week ONLINE event in May 2020, Paul Lancaster interviews Richard Blakesley (CEO, Capital Pilot - 'The Investability Rating Agency') about the difficulties of finding investment for your business & how they are levelling the playing field by helping startups outside of London find the funding

In this interview originally recorded for our Startup Week ONLINE event in May 2020, Cindy Moy (Founder & CEO, mySysters) talks about how she came from Minnesota, USA to Newcastle upon Tyne for our very first Newcastle Startup Week festival in 2017, fell in love with the North East of England region & found the support she needed to turn her idea into mySysters - the #1 app

In this interview originally recorded for our Startup Week ONLINE event in May 2020, Alan Hodgkiss (Director, Business Doctors) interviews Paul Lancaster (Founder, Newcastle Startup Week) about how to build a valuable business, the coaching he was given & strategic plan they developed together to take his business forward. To learn more about Business Doctors & how they can

In this interview originally recorded on Day 1 ('Inspiration') of our Startup Week ONLINE event in May 2020, Paul Lancaster talks to the wonderfully talented singer songwriter Luna Bec about creativity, where inspiration comes from (& how to find it again when it is lost), love, relationships, spirituality & more! Learn more about Luna & listen to her music at https://w

In this interview originally recorded for our Startup Week ONLINE event in May 2020, Paul Lancaster & Andrew Esson discuss coping with unexpected events, disaster recovery & growing your business through leadership & innovation. Andrew also talks about how since COVID-19, businesses seem to have split into 3 types - Innovation, Hibernation & Liquidation & how ev

Having worked in sales for major enterprise software companies like Oracle & SAP in London & Dublin, Hali-ma now wants to bring her knowledge, skills, expertise & network back to Newcastle where she was born & raised. Her business, MARKETAI, uses technology ‘intelligently’ to enable sales staff & executives to focus on closures & human-centric sales exce