From the Factory Floor

From the Factory Floor

A podcast for anyone looking to begin their startup journey with advice ranging from business to tech from those who have been there and done it!

Episodes

March 21, 2024 29 mins

When building a startup thinking about the talent you bring in to your business and your Employee Value Proposition is probably one of the furthest things from your mind.

But bringing in the best (and most flexible) talent can be the difference on whether your business thrives or survives.

On the podcast this week Nyree Trimbel spoke to Ruby Melling, founder of Talentloop about the importance of being strategic ...

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On the latest episode of From The Factory Floor we spoke to Georgia Gibson, founder of Youni who spotted an opportunity at university to help universities retain students through connecting people with passions.

Georgia talks through;

How she spotted an opportunity
Finding a technical co-founder
Generating traction and revenue
Getting Angel Investment

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Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Sam Royle from SoSquared on their journey and cover all things startup and boostrapping. Stay Tuned!


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James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile proces...

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February 13, 2024 21 mins

Today on FtFF Nyree catches up with Ian Brookes on their journey and cover all things startup and boostrapping. Stay Tuned!


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James Brookes can be found here:
James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, a...

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February 6, 2024 33 mins

Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Matthew Codd on their journey and how and when founders just approach early stage sales. We discuss everything from his background to the role of a founder in sales and what startups can expect when the bring a sales team onboard! Stay Tuned!


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Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Rob Bowley on their journey and how he is now a fractional CTO for many startups in the North West. We discuss everything from his background to the role of a Fractional CTO and what startups can expect when the bring a fractional CTO on board! Stay Tuned!

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December 19, 2023 27 mins

Today on FtFF James catches up with founder Rob March on their journey with their startup Gigmate. We discuss everything from their background to their current endeavour, where Gigmate fits in and its potential scale and next steps! Stay Tuned!

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Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Chris Earle. Chris shares his views on early-stage investment and what's important at those very early stages. Stay Tuned!!

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James Brookes can be found here:
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Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Harry from Housr. Harry shares his entrepreneurial journey and how it has led to the creation of Housr, with all the ups and downs and sales tactics he's employed to get Housr to where it is today. Stay Tuned!!

If you want to take Harry up on his kind offer to help founders on their journey's drop him an email at harry@housrapp.co.uk.

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September 26, 2023 25 mins

Today on FtFF James catches up with Andy Shuttleworth from the recently launched CoPerceptuo. It's been a while since we first spoke to Andy at the beginning of the project, so we catch-up on the process, the challenges and the changes throughout the process of building out and testing the MVP.  Stay Tuned!


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September 19, 2023 16 mins

Today on FtFF James catches up with Aleksa Vukotic on the upcoming instalment of pragmatic CTO and what the attendees have to look forward to. Stay Tuned!

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James Brookes can be found here:
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Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Emma-Louise Fusari from In House Health, on the importance of looking after your tech team and her journey from idea to successful business and her tips for looking after your own mental well-being as a founder. Stay Tuned!


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Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Jess Jackson from Praetura Ventures on the role of Incubators and Accelerators in the start-up ecosystem, what people should expect and how to spot a good one. Stay Tuned!

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July 4, 2023 23 mins

Today on FtFF Nyree and Ian catch up on the role and importance of your startup advisors and non-execs. Stay Tuned!

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Today on FtFF James catches up with founder duo Daniel Bottomley and David Bilsborough on their journey with their startup VoxANN. We discuss everything from their background to their current endeavour, where VoxANN fits in and its potential scale and next steps! Stay Tuned!

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Today on FtFF James catches up with founder Brendan Chaplin on their journey with his startup Chrono-Net. We discuss everything from his background and passion for watches, how he came up with the idea for Chrono-Net, and what's next in his startup journey!

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March 14, 2023 24 mins

In this week's episode, the usual crew are back with James, Nyree and Ian discussing the importance of the value proposition and some of the tools and techniques you can use to help build your startups value proposition.

Watch this space as we also have an upcoming webinar where Ian will go into even more depth in this with some practical advice

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February 28, 2023 31 mins

James was out this week, so Nyree kindly stepped up to the host chair! She had the pleasure of welcoming Martin Bryant onto the show to cover all things startup and PR with topics ranging from what is actually newsworthy to relationships with journalists and news channels.

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February 14, 2023 28 mins

In this week's episode, James, Nyree and Ian discuss one of the more interesting and difficult topics when beginning a startup, whether it's better to go it solo, or whether to have a cofounder come on board.

Watch this space as we also have an upcoming webinar where Ian will go into even more depth in this with some practical advice

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January 19, 2023 26 mins

In this week's episode, James, Nyree and Ian discuss all things KPI. What you should and shouldn't be measuring, what goals should you be setting and much much more.

If this isn't enough we also have a webinar coming up on just this topic:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/your-startup-kpis-tickets-494986145887?aff=ebdssbeac


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