The Back Yourself Show with Tom Fairey
The Back Yourself Show presents a leading conversation within the startup community globally that is actively helping over 10,000 founders and entrepreneurs in the first phase of their journey as business operators. Featured guests include investors and senior operators behind global businesses such as Google, Microsoft, Deliveroo, Coca Cola, Skype, Giphy, Babylon Health, BBC iPlayer, SeedLegals, Channel 4 Ventures and more.
Episodes
The Back Yourself show has been about giving would-be founders the insight they need to take the plunge into the start up world.
On the final episode of the show, we thank all everyone who helped make the show, everyone who appeared on the show, and of course everyone who listened as well.
Tom also teases a very exciting new project - enjoy!
The Back Yourself show is all about giving would-be founders the insight they need to take the plunge into the start up world.
On today’s episode of the show, we are answering questions that our audience have put to us on start ups, growing a business, and what it takes to be a founder.
If you’re interested in the infancy and launch stage of a business or want to know how to nurture a culture of success, this episode is for you!
This week’s episode of the show features our youngest guest yet, Suhit Amin.
Founder of Saulderson media, an influencer agency representing prominent gaming and YouTube content creators, Suhit founded the company at just 16.
In this episode, Suhit talks about building a successful business after battling a life threatening illness, how and why he started entrepreneurship at such a young age, and gives insight into the influencer mark...
On this week's episode of the Back Yourself Show, we were live at the 2022 Sifted Summit in London.
The panel of guests include Lottie Unwin, Founder of The Copy Club, David Foreman, Co-Founder of Prateura Ventures, Molly Johnson-Jones, Founder of Flexa and Patrick Ryan, Founder of Odin.
In this show the panel will be discussing a range of topics like why raising capital is like going on a first date, what VC’s are easiest to w...
My guest this week is former jockey turned founder Andy Bartlett. His Roam local app allows people to access an array of local knowledge of food, drink and things to do across the world.
He knows a thing or two about being quick out of the blocks and dealing with hurdles in both his horseracing days and now as a business owner. In this episode, Andy speaks about how his childhood shaped his self-awareness and ability to be authentic...
My guest this week is George Kruis, former England and Saracens rugby star turned founder of FourFive.
In this episode, George shares insight into how being a professional Rugby player taught him the invaluable skills he needed to become a founder and business owner. He also shared secrets into how he networked and built a team of employees, as well as why he ventured into the science focussed pharmaceutical side of the CBD industry...
This week we're revisiting Philip O'Reilly's episode, a principal at Draper Esprit.
In this episode, he shares all of the secrets that investors don't want founders to know about how to get Series A&B investment, what happens behind the scenes in an investment committee, what he looks for besides the numbers and where the next hot investment is coming from.
If you have a question that you would like answered, em...
This week we're revisiting Matthew Stafford's episode. He's the founder of the global founder network 9others and the impressive Angel Syndicate.
In this episode, he shares his non-linear story of becoming a champion of founders and a successful investor.
If you have a question that you would like answered, email them over to our podcast producer Rosie at Rosie@stakester.com #startup #businesstips #founder
If you wa...
This week we're revisiting Emma Davidson's episode, former Citibank trader and now Hedge Fund Director.
In this episode, she shares her entrepreneurial journey, secrets to early success in her career, the importance of getting stuck in and not letting pride get in the way and truly understanding what success looks like to her.
If you have a question that you would like answered, email them over to our podcast producer Ros...
This week we're revisiting Eamonn Carey's episode, he's the former MD of TechStars.
In this episode, he shares his entrepreneurial journey, the secrets of what early-stage investors (like himself) look for in founders and how to build a company for success.
If you have a question that you would like answered, email them over to our podcast producer Rosie at Rosie@stakester.com
#startup #businesstips #founder
If you...
This week we're revisiting Anthony Rose's epsidoe, he's the former head of BBC iPlayer and the founder of SeedLegals.
In this episode, he gives game-changing tips on product development, how to raise early-stage investment effectively and why the stats suggest having military grade focus is key to startup success.
If you have a question that you would like answered, email them over to our podcast producer Rosie at Rosie&...
This week we're revisiting Samantha Hornsby and Mae Yip's episode, the founders of Eric.
Today, you will hear how two best friends took very different paths, but ultimately knew they needed to solve a problem in the world. So they gave up successful careers to go it alone, together. Now they run ERIC, the largest creative careers festival in the UK and are pivoting to create market-changing tech.
If you're looking for i...
This week we are revisiting Brie Read and Tom Martin's episode, the Founders of Snag Tights. They took an embarrassing event and used empathy and relentless experimentation to create a Startup that within two years takes over 3000 orders and £2m in revenue a month.
If you're looking for practical tips on how to start an online clothing business, how to use Facebook advertising effectively and how to speak to your customers,...
This week we’re dusting off the cobwebs on some of our first-ever podcasts and revisiting them so we can reshare some of their untapped wisdom.
Today, we start with Alex Dunsdon’s episode. He’s a founder, investor and part-time philosopher, and in this episode, he shared his vast knowledge of all things entrepreneurship and investing.
If you have a question that you would like answered, email them over to our podcast producer Rosie a...
This week we are collecting together all of series 4's amazing marketing tips and compiling them into one bite-size episode. In this episode, we are going over: How to listen to your customers effectively, how to hire an amazing head of marketing, how to ask your customer's open-ended questions and how to use influencer marketing to grow your business.
If you're looking for practical tips on how to market your product ...
My guest this week is Alice Ursini the founder of UMA
In this episode, Alice shares how she started a company with her friend in a sector she knew nothing about, but that fact worked to her advantage as to how having an outsider look at things made the company a success. She shares all of her secrets on how to talk to your customer when they are children and what are the biggest mistakes a founder can make when building a company f...
My guest this week is Dana Publicover the founder of Publicover & Co.
In this episode, Dana shares everything about how to sell your product, from how to simplify your product or service, how to prepare for a sales pitch, to how to effectively speak to your customer and use the data to sell them your product.
Dana also shares the secrets of how she landed herself massive clients like Nassa, Google and McKinsey.
If you’re looki...
My guest this week is Jennifer Quigley-Jones the CEO & founder of Digital Voices.
In this episode, Jennifer shares everything about influencer marketing, why startups should use influencers, how influencers can grow your business, and how it’s great to gain trust and credibility in early-stage startups.
Jennifer also dives into what should startups look for in an influencer to promote their brand and the biggest question of th...
My guest this week is Hugo Cornejo, co-founder at Packfleet, and former VP of Design at Monzo.
In this episode, you will hear from the very man who came up with the iconic hot coral Monzo card. Hugo shares how Monzo was founded, how he came up with the design for the card, and what startups can do to stand out from their competitors.
He dives deep into all of the learning he has taken from Monzo to start his own business Packflee...
My guest this week is Lottie Unwin, founder of The Copy Club.
In this episode, Lottie details the origins of her startup; how her original idea was never intended to become a business, but how after seeing her community continue to grow, she took the plunge and invested all of her time into The Copy Club.
Lottie explains the ideas behind cross-pollination marketing and how it can grow your business, all while explaining how you can j...
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