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Jonny Plein is the co-founder of Pouch, a free to use browser extension. ‘Pouch’ became the third company in the history of the Den to secure offers of investment from all five Dragons in 2017.
After qualifying as a chartered accountant from Ernst & Young he set up the business with two friends in 2016. Pouch is a leading money-saving browser extension in the UK. After a rollercoaster 3 year journey, Pouch was acquired by Global Savings Group for a 7-figure sum in early 2019.
This episode focuses on his BBC Dragons Den experience, co-founder relationships, the highs and lows Pouch endured prior to acquisition and how to prepare for the biggest pitch of your life.Find out more about Jonny Plein via: LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter.
Join Pouch: https://joinpouch.com/en-gb/
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Welcome to the START UP. START NOW. podcast with your host Sharena Shiv.
START UP. START NOW. publishes a new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors.
We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out.
The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to Start Up and Start Now by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing!
Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you!
Connect with Start Up. Start Now. and to nominate a guest please visit: www.startupstartnow.co.uk
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Mark Maciver, aka SliderCuts, has been cutting hair professionally for over fifteen years. During that time, he has nurtured a superlative client list, which runs the gamut from basketball player Lebron James to world heavyweight champion boxer Anthony Joshua, as well as TV personality Reggie Yates and high-hitting UK rappers Stormzy and Tinie Tempah, amongst others.
With over 89k followers on Instagram, SliderCuts provides some of the tightest shape-ups from East London to West Hollywood. His razor-sharp skills makes him an expert figure in his field, and his vast knowledge and business acumen has made him a trusted figure within the wider community. As a result, Mark was recently recognised for his position as one of the UK’s top black business people following his win at the acclaimed Black British Business Awards.This episode focuses on Slider’s early days through to finding his shop and the challenges he has faced. Some great practical lessons to be learnt throughout for young entrepreneurs.
Find out more about Mark Maciver via: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
www.slidercuts.comA new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out. The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to Start Up and Start Now by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing!
Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you!
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Introducing Mart Abramov, the CEO and co-founder of TaxScouts - the startup changing the way we do our tax returns! While Self-Assessment tax returns have proven to be a tedious task for many start-up, freelancers and early-stage entrepreneurial ventures, Mart and his team have helped to create an affordable service offering immense benefits to people who need a non-taxing tax service.
Mart is no stranger to the tech scene, with an impressive ten years of experience building products for the likes of Microsoft, Skype and TransferWise. In our episode, he speaks on the innovative tech scene definitive of his birthplace in Estonia, bringing the Estonian business flair straight over to Shoreditch where TaxScouts is based!
But TaxScouts doesn’t stop there - earlier this year, they set up an office in Madrid, kickstarting European expansion for the business and demonstrating how British-based start-ups have the potential to go global!
Make sure to tune in to Mart’s episode to uncover all the details behind his vast tech experience, Estonian influence and revolutionary flat-rate tax business!
Find out more about Mart Abramov via: LinkedIn.
Connect with TaxScouts via, their website, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram.
A new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out. The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to Start Up and Start Now by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing!Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you!
Connect with Start Up. Start Now. and to nominate a guest please visit: www.startupstartnow.co.uk. To connect with Sharena Shiv please visit: www.sharena.co.uk.
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As featured in Forbes 30 under 30, Alina Bassi has gone from Aston University where she studied Chemical Engineering, to Cambridge working for bio-bean Ltd and working in energy consulting for ThyssenKrupp, to now Berlin where she has established her business Kleiderly.
Combining her drive for innovation with a passion for sustainable progress, Alina set out to establish Kleiderly with a self-assured goal of using her experience to solve the pressing issue of clothing waste within the fashion industry. She has since developed technology recycling waste clothing into new and sustainable material, contributing to the creation of an economically efficient and eco-friendly circular economy.
Alina is on a mission to lower the carbon footprint that is increasingly apparent within the fashion industry and save tonnes of CO2 emissions. Her entrepreneurial venture is certainly one to watch as it accelerates sustainability within the fashion world, and bridges the gap between calls for action and the active steps towards it. As well as her venture, Alina is a founding member of Tech In Colour and an alumni of Google for Startups Female Founder alumni, all contributing to her addition to Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2020.
Tune in to Alina’s episode where she’ll be giving you first-hand insight into her entrepreneurial journey towards her prideful Forbes achievement and her revolutionary business venture.
Find out more about Alina Bassi via LinkedIn and Instagram.
Connect with Kleiderly via their website, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
A new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out. The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to Start Up and Start Now by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing!
Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you!
Connect with Start Up. Start Now. and to nominate a guest please visit: www.startupstartnow.co.uk. To connect with Sharena Shiv please visit: www.sharena.co.uk.
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Meet Ashley Hribar-Green, co-founder of CoffeeJack - the world’s smallest 9 bar, portable espresso maker and ‘The Most Funded Coffeemaker in Crowdfunding History’! As former Dyson engineers, Ashley and his business partner Matthew Aston Cain have implemented their mechanical design skills directly within his entrepreneurial goals, creating an inventive product that delivers both the convenience and the quality factor to their consumer base.
Ashley, alongside Matthew, have invented various novel business ideas such as magnetic pens and pencils, and emphasises the importance of businesses born from customer problem-solving. With a goal in mind and 300 product prototypes, he managed to raise an applaudable £1.5 million+ from seed funding. Based on his entrepreneurial drive, Ashley was shortlisted as a Great British Entrepreneur Awards Finalist for 2020, and is working towards getting his creative coffee innovation manufactured and distributed to coffee lovers seeking a quick and on-hand caffeine fix during their busy schedules!
Find out more about Ashley Hribar-Green via LinkedIn:
Connect with CoffeeJack.
See how much they have raised so far - Indiegogo.
A new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out. The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to Start Up and Start Now by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing!
Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you!
Connect with Start Up. Start Now. and to nominate a guest please visit: www.startupstartnow.co.uk. To connect with Sharena Shiv please visit: www.sharena.co.uk.
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Having held a number of senior positions across global businesses such as PwC, Natwest and CMI Women, with impactful roles such as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Head of Inclusion, Director of Client Relationship Programmes and Head of People Business Networks. Dr Heather Melville OBE is an intrapreneneur driving change from directly within these corporate businesses. As a thought leader, innovator and activist, Heather is firmly established within the world of business and continues to be impactful to the way it functions.
With an impassioned commitment to promoting BAME and female talent within entrepreneurial and corporate fields, Heather is experienced in mentoring individuals from their education all the way through to their first glimpse into the working world. We’re not surprised that Heather was very deservingly awarded an OBE for her services to female entrepreneurs, diversity in business and gender equality. As a Chair of CMI Women and Patron of Women in Banking and Finance, Heather continues to work as a catalyst for diversifying the world of entrepreneurship and pushing for constant progress. Her most recent appointment as Director of Client Relationship Programmes (a programme specifically designed for C-Suite clients) and Head of People Business Networks, has provided the firm with a strong foundation to continue to engage with their 65,000 clients, 22,00 alumni and 22,000 employees through a clear vision and strategy that brings them together to solve critical business problems.
This episode zones in on the importance of mentoring to current and budding entrepreneurs, the diversity gap apparent within entrepreneurship and corporate firms along with her inspirational journey towards her OBE.
Be sure to tune in to get the inside scoop into the influential background of Dr Heather Melville OBE and the vast achievements which have propelled her to success she possesses today.
Find out more about Heather Melville via LinkedIn.
A new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out. The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to Start Up and Start Now by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing!
Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you!
Connect with Start Up. Start Now. and to nominate a guest please visit: (www.startupstartnow.co.uk). To connect with Sharena Shiv please visit: (www.sharena.co.uk).
