Startups Magazine: The Cereal Entrepreneur

Startups Magazine: The Cereal Entrepreneur

Grab a bowl & dig into this! Startups Magazine interviews the most innovative startups of the moment. Stirring in some startup lessons & failure fables as well as a sprinkling of inspirational advice.

Episodes

July 4, 2025 31 mins

Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine, speaks to Tom Robins, CEO of Switchee all about Switchee's mission of improving the quality of life of people who live in rented homes, how founders can make or break businesses, and the lessons he has learned as a serial scaleupper. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine, speaks to Giorgia Granata, Co-Founder and CEO at Wype, all about bum cleanliness and health, her experience on Dragons Den and why building a startup is like a horse

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine, speaks to Andrew Roughan, CEO at Plexal, all about the importance of collaboration in the industry, Plexal's four pillars of innovation support and why the UK needs to find its subsector niches to excel in. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine, speaks to Tammy H. Nam, CEO at Creatopy, about her 30-year career in tech startups, the core leadership principles that are important to her and how to lead a rapidly scaling business. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Iman Dakhil, Founder HintHint all about being a solo non-technical founder in a tech-based business, bootstrapping the business from the start and the perfect gift. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Fabio Bin, Co-founder and CMO of WeRoad, about how WeRoad is tackling the loneliness crisis with travel, connecting people's cultural stories, and a WeRoad marital success story. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Joshua Steer, CEO and founder of Radii Devices about the importance of clinical feedback, he transition to academia to founding a startup and the immediate pivot Radii Devices had to make on launch. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Tracey Shirtcliff, Founder and CEO of ScopeBetter, all about the serendipitous moment of her arriving in the UK, the highs of starting and exiting a business, and how even serial entrepreneurs face challenges three businesses down the line. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Stuart Rowland, Founder & CEO of Revalue all about what a carbon credit is and what makes a good one, the work Revalue is doing to create radically better carbon credits and the real-world impact that the company want to demonstrate to the world.

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Onyeka Nweze, Founder and CEO of Unikorrn all about her startup Unikorrn and her experience as a non-technical founder, why having experience in the risk management industry means Unikorrn solves a real pain point and her time on BBC's The Apprentice as the first tech founder in 18 years. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to James O'Sullivan, CEO and Founder of Nuke from Orbit all about the story behind the name, how the app works to keep your credentials secure and the smartphone theft that James experienced that led to the creation of Nuke from Orbit. 

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December 13, 2024 51 mins

Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to the Startups Magazine editorial team to discuss all things Startups Magazine in 2024. We talk about our favourite featured startups this year, the trends the team is predicting for the wider tech sector in 2025, and we sprinkle in a couple of Christmasy questions. What are our favourite Christmas films, Christmas dinner non-negotiables, and which of the team HATES a Christmas walk?  ...

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Harry Dennis, CEO and Founder of Waterhaul all about how ghost gear is devasting our oceans and Waterhaul's mission to help this cause, the importance of storytelling as a founder, and getting recognition from famous faces, including how the Pope owes a pair of Waterhaul sunglasses. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Mona Tiesler, Investment Manager at tokentus Investment AG and Founder at OpenAlpha all about the importance of long-term thinking in a startup, how blockchain can disrupt legacy industries and controversially, why VC funding isn't the be-all and end-all for startups.

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November 1, 2024 47 mins

Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Andy Fishburn, Managing Director of Virgin StartUp all about Virgin StartUp's mission to help founders startup and thrive, its unique ability to support and plug startups into the Virgin ecosystem and a whole host of its success stories. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Yvonne Nagawa, Founding Member and COO at Black Seed Ventures all about the importance of networking for startups and VCs alike, ensuring authenticity as a founder, and the story behind founding Europe's first seed fund that invests in only black founders. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Anna Jones, CEO and Co-Founder of RefuAid all about blocking out the noise and focusing on those who need help, the magic of community for Refuges and winning the Social Impact Hero at the Hustle Awards 2024.

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Muna Daud, Founder of FlowSense all about overcoming design bias and ensuring the product is fit for purpose, the importance of constant innovation and winning both the Most Innovative Tech and Rising Startup Award at the Hustle Awards 2024. This is sponsored by Anglia Unicorn. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Melissa Gauge, Founder of SpareMyTime all about the positives of facing challenges, the key advice to just stick at it and winning the Inspirational Woman of the Industry award at the Hustle Awards 2024. 

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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Lena Hackelöer, Founder and CEO of Brite Payments all about the rapid growth of Brite Payments, the invaluable experience she gained working at Klarna and winning both the Founder of the Year and Most Successful Scaleup Awards at the Hustle Awards 2024.

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