FT Start-Up Stories

The Financial Times's Jonathan Moules talks to entrepreneurs about building successful brands, giving birth during a funding round, and rebuilding a reputation in the wake of bankruptcy. Real stories from those who've done it, from idea to exit. Produced by Fiona Symon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Uncovering the secrets of computing

August 13, 2018 • 23 mins

Alex Klein tells Jonathan Moules about his ambition to transform attitudes to computing with his kit to help people of all ages make their own and write the programmes to go with them.

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How not to hire a psychopath

August 6, 2018 • 23 mins

Geoff Watts and Julia Fowler co-founded EDITED, an innovative tech company that brings data analysis to the retail industry, nearly a decade ago. They tell Jonathan Moules that the toughest problem they've faced was when they hired someone who wasn't a team player.

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Pursuing the AI dream

July 23, 2018 • 20 mins

Twenty years ago, Chetan Dube left the world of academia, at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, to pursue a career in business. He tells Jonathan Moules what inspired the move.

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The accidental entrepreneur

July 16, 2018 • 21 mins

Michelle You, co-founder of the music ticketing and concert discovery platform Songkick, tells Jonathan Moules about the fun of creating a business, and the sense of failure she felt after the company was acquired by Time Warner.

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Creating trust in an online world

July 9, 2018 • 21 mins

When Peter Mühlmann’s mum had some bad experiences making her first purchases online in 2007, he decided there must be a way to guide consumers to businesses they could trust. The result was Trustpilot.

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Buddi: what to do when a deal goes wrong

July 2, 2018 • 20 mins

Sarah Murray’s mobile alarm and tracking technology company faced an early setback when a government contract she’d been pinning her hopes on fell through. She tells Jonathan Moules how she dealt with the disappointment and bounced back.

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How fighting a computer bug turned into a vocation

June 25, 2018 • 25 mins

Marcin Kleczynski’s interest in computer software was sparked at the age of 14 when a battle to remove a virus from his home computer brought him into contact with the world of cyber geeks. He teamed up with some of them to provide a free service, later turning their ‘freemium’ model into a lucrative global business, Malwarebytes.

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The business that spun out of control

June 18, 2018 • 21 mins

Julie Deane set up the Cambridge Satchel Company as a way of financing her children's education, but its rapid success attracted outside investors and the venture took a direction that made her feel uncomfortable. She tells Jonathan Moules how she regained her confidence and took back control.

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iZettle: beating the incumbents

June 11, 2018 • 22 mins

If you are trying to fill a gap in the market and a very conservative industry tells you it can’t be done, then go for it because there is “massive opportunity and the sky’s the limit”, iZettle’s Jacob de Geer tells Jonathan Moules

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Dale Murray: networking saved my business

June 3, 2018 • 19 mins

Dale Murray co-founded Omega Logic, which provided an electronic solution for mobile phone top-ups just as mobile phone use in the UK was becoming widespread. Timing played a big role in the success of the company, but it was ultimately her networking skills that saved the business

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Start-up Stories returns

May 30, 2018 • 39 secs

We’re back. Start-up Stories is returning with a new set of entrepreneurs sharing their insights about the joys and challenges of starting a business.

So look out for our first episode in series five - from Monday June 4

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A payment solution for Latin America

September 11, 2017 • 23 mins

Philipp Bock set out to solve one of the biggest problems faced by consumer businesses in Latin America - the lack of a localised cross border payments infrastructure.

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The Aspen busters

September 4, 2017 • 21 mins

Glenn Keys and Andrew Walker were childhood friends who'd both served in the army and run businesses. Eventually they found a way to pool their resources, creating a company that provides tailored healthcare solutions in 12 countries from the UK to Africa, East Timor and Iraq.

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Challenging the consumer giants

August 28, 2017 • 20 mins

Jeff Raider has helped pioneer a high quality, low cost model for selling consumer products like glasses and razors online. He tells Jonathan Moules how he did it.

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A winning commute

August 20, 2017 • 21 mins

A crowded train journey home after a Chicago baseball game provided the inspiration for Katie Hill-Gottesman's Commuter Ads business, as she tells Jonathan Moules

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Europe's tech pioneer

August 14, 2017 • 22 mins

Bernard Liautaud's startup was the first French company to go public in the US back in the 1990s. He describes how he steered the company from idea to exit and now advises other European companies hoping to take the same route.

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Building a successful team

August 7, 2017 • 18 mins

Slack co-founder Cal Henderson and his collaborator Stewart Butterfield started out with the aim of creating a successful video game but ended up doing something completely different.

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Blazing a trail for cycling safety

July 31, 2017 • 21 mins

Emily Brooke wanted to help solve the worst problem faced by urban cyclists - safety. She tells Jonathan Moules how she went about it.

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Beating off the competition

July 24, 2017 • 18 mins

Will Dean tells Jonathan Moules how a legal challenge acted as a catalyst for the growth of his extreme sports business Tough Mudder.

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Plugging into the global maker movement

July 17, 2017 • 21 mins

Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh imagined a product for fixing things that would help end the global throw-away culture. She tells Jonathan Moules how she turned her idea from a fun concept into a reality.

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Episodes

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Pursuing the AI dream

The accidental entrepreneur

Creating trust in an online world

Buddi: what to do when a deal goes wrong

How fighting a computer bug turned into a vocation

The business that spun out of control

iZettle: beating the incumbents

Dale Murray: networking saved my business

Start-up Stories returns

A payment solution for Latin America

The Aspen busters

Challenging the consumer giants

A winning commute

Europe's tech pioneer

Building a successful team

Blazing a trail for cycling safety

Beating off the competition

Plugging into the global maker movement

Popular Podcasts

Uncovering the secrets of computing

How not to hire a psychopath