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The Founders LoungeMulti-million pound exit, property investing and building an AI startup - Sam Oliver | E89Sam Oliver started his entrepreneurial journey when he was just 22, founding Eydin Property, a property investment company. He then pivoted to tech, creating LeadPro, a successful property marketing software that he took from zero to a multi-million pound cash exit. Now, Sam is diving into the world of AI with his new startup, OpenFi, which is revolutionizing sales processes using conversational AI.
We talk about:
- Starting a property investment business at a young age
- Key lessons from his first failed startup
- How Sam leveraged property...
2024-07-111h 06The Founders LoungeMy Success System: How I Sold My Agency for 7 Figures and Started an AI Startup - Jodie Cook | E88Jodie Cook started a digital agency at age 22, fresh out of university. Over 10 years, she built her agency into a successful lifestyle business before selling it for 7 figures using her proven "success system" blueprint. Then she soon started Coachvox, and startup that helps coaches make an AI clone of themselves. Jodie chronicled her entrepreneurial journey in her book Ten Year Career which received praise from prolific entrepreneur Derek Sivers, who stated "every future millionaire needs this wise perspective."
We talk about:
- Starting an agency at age 22 fresh out of university
2024-05-161h 08The Founders LoungeBeing Bipolar and Building Tech Companies - James Roycroft-Davis | E87James Roycroft-Davis is a serial tech entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and investor. He has founded multiple companies, including his latest startup Baseline which aims to support people with bipolar disorder through an app-based platform.
We talk about:
- Losing a job and starting a business
- First startup: Productizing his mom
- Running a business with spouse or family member
- Challenges of building a tech startup
- Why 72% of entrepreneurs suffer from some mental health condition
- Bipolar disorder and its...
2024-04-181h 11The Founders LoungeI Bought a Side-hustle and Grew It to a 7 Figure Business With Remote Employees - Noel Andrews | E86Noel Andrews is the CEO of JobRack, a company that helps businesses hire remote employees in Eastern Europe and South Africa. He bought the business when it was very small and has grown it to a 7-figure company. Noel is also exceptionally good at building relationships, surrounding himself with interesting people and organizing all sorts of fun activities with other entrepreneurs.
We talk about:
- Buying vs starting a business
- Transition from a corporate job to entrepreneurship
- Challenges in scaling a job board
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2024-04-111h 09The Founders LoungeHow I Built a $6M ARR SaaS with 80+ Employees in Just 4 Years - Roei Samuel | E85Roei Samuel is a serial entrepreneur who started one of the world's most successful eSports platforms at just 22 years old, growing it to over 8 million monthly users before selling the business for millions. He then founded Connectd, a platform connecting startups with investors and advisors, which he scaled to $6 million in annual recurring revenue and 80+ employees in just a few years.
We talk about:
- Starting one of the world's most successful eSports platforms at 22
- Growing to 8+ million monthly unique users
- On breaking the rules to achieve success
2024-04-041h 05The Founders Lounge7-Figure Agency Founder: Starting and Scaling an Agency in The Age of AI - Loukas Hambi | E84Loukas Hambi is the founder of two multi 7-figure agencies. The first one, Hambi Media, was recently sold to Soar With Us. And his second agency, For You Advertising, became the fastest-growing TikTok agency. He’s helped 150+ DTC brands scale to 7 and 8 figures and spent over £150M on creative. He also started a few of his own DTC brands.
We talk about:
- Lessons learned from the legendary Felix Dennis
- Starting, growing and selling an agency
- Is agency a good or a bad business
- L...
2024-03-231h 10The Founders LoungeDiscussing AI Business Opportunities with a YCombinator Founder - Peter Nixey | E83Peter Nixey is a serial entrepreneur who started working with AI way before it was cool. His first startup, Clickpass, was in one of the first 5 YCombinator cohorts (together with Dropbox and Disqus). He’s currently running Intentional, a task/time management software company. He’s also starting an AI focused venture studio.
We talk about:
- The experience of being among the first Y Combinator startups
- Working with Paul Graham, the “godfather” of startups
- Some of the best founders are very clear thinkers
- Lesson...
2024-02-2949 minThe Founders LoungeExited 2 Companies by 29, Now He Invests in Startups and Charters Superyachts - Richard Hadler | E82Richard Hadler is a 2x exited founder. He sold a B2B marketing agency and a D2C ready-to-drink cocktail brand. He’s a director at Odin and a Co-Founder of Founders Capital where he’s now focused on investing in startups.
We talk about:
- Turning around a struggling publishing business at a young age
- Scaling an agency business to 80+ employees
- How to build a highly profitable agency
- Starting a cocktail business during the pandemic
- Founders Capital and investing in st...
2024-02-221h 03The Founders LoungeHow I Sold a Browser Plugin For 7 Figures in 2 Years (Dragons' Den's Best Pitch) - Jonny Plein | E81Jonny Plein sold his first company, Pouch, for 7 figures after just 2 years. But he’s gone through all the worst entrepreneurial ups and downs throughout this journey. They got 5 out of 5 offers on Dragons’ Den, grew 10x overnight, then had to fire the whole team. Now he raised £2M for his next startup, YASO, helping brands enter the $1.7tn Chinese ecommerce market using social commerce.
We talk about:
- Where the idea for Pouch came from
- Innovative ideas are over-rated
- How to build the first product
2024-02-1552 minThe Founders LoungeHow This $300M Founder Sold His Luxury Lifestyle Startup to a Bank - Alex Macdonald | E80Alex Macdonald is a Co-Founder of Velocity Black, which was acquired by Capital One for a reported $297M. Now he’s a Co-Founder and CEO of Sequel - an investment platform for the world’s best athletes. He’s also an angel investor in 40+ companies.
We talk about:
- One of Alex’s first jobs: buying distressed companies for $0
- How Alex got the idea for Velocity Black
- What it takes to build a company worth $100s of millions
- Growth strategy of one of the fastest-growing startups in Europe
- How to achieve a successfu...
2024-02-081h 24The Founders LoungeLife of a Serial Entrepreneur: From Lemonade Stands to Multi-Million Tech Startups - Lex Deak | E79Lex Deak is a serial entrepreneur, Dragon's Den winner and founder of a venture capital firm. With his latest tech startup, Basket, he raised millions in funding to revolutionize the online shopping experience.
In this episode of The Founders Lounge, we talk about:
- The one thing that fuels Lex’s drive and business success
- Building and selling his first company
- Building a social network and appearance on Dragon’s Den
- The mistake of partnering with a dishonest investor
- Building a venture capital firm
- The value of private membership clubs
- Testing 15-20 business ideas that...
2024-02-011h 26The Founders LoungeHow to Build a Business Empire Off the Back of a Personal Brand - Sam G. Winsbury | E78Sam G. Winsbury is the founder of Kurogo, the UK’s leading personal branding agency. He works closely with some of the best founders in the UK to build massive audiences with millions of views.
In this episode of The Founders Lounge, we talk about:
- What helped Sam start a successful business straight out of uni
- The biggest lesson from working with 7, 8 and 9-figure founders
- Building your network in a new city
- Why the sudden personal brand phenomenon (and why you should care)
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2024-01-2559 minThe Founders LoungeThese 10 Questions Will Make You a Better Founder - Matthew Stafford | E77Matthew Stafford is an angel investor with several successful exits. He is a co-founder of 9others, a monthly problem-solving dinner event for entrepreneurs, which has been attended by thousands of founders. He’s also a co-author of the book Find Your 9 Others - The Questions To Ask Yourself As You Start Up And Scale Up.
In this episode of The Founders Lounge, we talk about:
- Matthew’s recent 3 startup exits
- The 10 questions you need to ask yourself as a founder
- The importance of your “why” behind s...
2024-01-181h 19The Founders Lounge£220M Raised: Fundraising Secrets & Stories from the UK's Top Pitch Expert - James Church | E76James Church is the co-founder and COO of Robot Mascot, the UKs leading pitch agency. He's a #1 Amazon best selling author with his book, “Investable Entrepreneur”, where he shares his unique methodology for creating a pitch that convinces investors. James has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, on numerous industry blogs and podcasts, run mentoring sessions at Tech Hub, Google Campus and Runway East, and deliver mastermind sessions for The Chartered Institute of Marketing, University College London and the University of East Anglia.
Show notes:
- From a branding agency to the UK's leading pitch agency and s...
2024-01-101h 18The Founders LoungeThis Investment Banker "Accidentally" Built a 7-Figure Agency in 2 Years - Alexej Pikovsky | E75Alexej Pikovsky is the CEO and founder of Alphawell Brands, a holding company under which he currently operates a 7-figure growth agency and a fast-growing wellness ecommerce brand. Early in his career he spent two years at a $3 billion private equity fund, gained board-level experience and led a EUR 226 million sale of a portfolio business. Then he went on to start the UK’s largest CBD marketplace, which he then led through an award-winnign pivot (yes, apparently that’s a thing!) into what’s now a profitable agency and a growing ecommerce brand. Alexej was previously featured in Fortune, Financ...
2024-01-031h 03The Founders LoungeHow I Make 7 Figures Profit Working 6 Days a Month - Olly Richards (StoryLearning) | E74Olly Richards is an entrepreneur, investor and author of 50+ books. He runs his £10M online education business, StoryLearning, working only 6 days a month. He started his career as a jazz musician and a teacher, and then step by step started building what’s now a massive audience and an 8-figure business.
Show notes:
- From a jazz musician to an online entrepreneur
- The secret to 50% profit margins
- Find competent and motivated team members
- The best way to solve any problem in your business
- Why...
2024-01-011h 21The Founders LoungeWarzones, Mindset, Exponential Growth and Relationships - End Of Year Special 2022 | E73End of year special episode is a mix of the best moments from our podcast in 2022. I thank all of you for taking the time and watching, and I hope you are getting massive value out of it. In this episode, we talk about warrior mentality, relationships, building businesses to be sold, and scaling an e-commerce store from 0 to 1.
Brought to you by Judge.me - the ultimate e-commerce product reviews solution. If you’re looking for a job in an inspiring, profitable, and fast-growing UK-based startup, check out https://careers.judge.me.
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2022-12-211h 58The Founders LoungeFrom War Zone in Afghanistan to Starting Multiple Businesses - Paul Blair (ArcX) | E72Paul Blair is a military veteran turned entrepreneur. Over 20 years of experience in leadership and high-pressure situations in the military served as a great and unique background to start a business. As an entrepreneur, he has launched, grown, and sold businesses in the property, financial services, and pet product sectors. Today he’s still involved in several businesses, but his main focus is on ArcX, a SportTech and Digital Health startup that's developing a game-changing smart ring for sports enthusiasts.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Lessons learned from 20 years in the military
...
2022-12-131h 12
The Founders LoungeFrom Selling Fake IDs to Building a €10.000.000 Business - Ryan McDaid | E71Ryan McDaid is the co-founder of Fonez, an Irish electronics store which he took from 0 to €10M in revenue. He recently took a back seat and decided to instead focus on his property business and life coaching.
Brought to you by Judge.me - the ultimate e-commerce product reviews solution. If you’re looking for a job in an inspiring, profitable, and fast-growing UK-based startup, check out https://careers.judge.me.
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2022-12-061h 05
The Founders LoungeGrowing From 0 to 200 Staff Within 6 Weeks - Joseph Battle (Ecovibe) | E70Joseph (Jos) Battle is a UK-based serial entrepreneur who experienced the highest heights and the lowest lows of the entrepreneurial journey. His entrepreneurial skills and mindset were obvious already in his childhood when he started making money with various “lemonade stand” types of businesses. He thrives on seeking new opportunities and bringing them to life. Throughout his several business ventures, he went from 0 to having hundreds of employees within weeks. He started a marketing agency that was at its peak making £4M in profit. One of his businesses was worth £100M before it, unfortunately, all came crashing down… He shares all thes...
2022-11-291h 23
The Founders LoungeFrom a Drunk Night Out to a $30M+ Startup Exit - Nick Telson (DesignMyNight, Trumpet) | E69Nick Telson is a London-based serial entrepreneur, angel investor, podcaster, startup mentor, and public speaker. He’s currently a co-founder of a new B2B sales tool, trumpet, host of the Pitch Deck podcast, and a co-founder of an angel investing venture arm, Horseplay Ventures. He previously co-founded DesignMyNight and managed to grow that to 100+ employees, 15,000 SaaS customers, and 8m monthly uniques on the website before they exited for $30-40M.
In this episode, we talk about:
How a drunk night out led to a new business idea
Pivoting from a media business to a tech business
Negotiating a deal to...
2022-11-221h 24
The Founders LoungeBehind the Scenes of a Multimillion Venture Studio That’s De-risking Startups - Jordan Schlipf | E68Jordan Schlipf is a serial tech entrepreneur and early-stage investor. Today, he’s the founder & CEO of the Rainmaking Venture Studio, the world's first investment-only Corporate Venture Builder. They raised tens of millions of Pounds to de-risk the process of building new businesses by building them in partnership with large corporations.
In this episode, we talk about:
Jordan’s story
Jordan’s first successful business
London’s startup scene through the years
What is a venture studio
How Rainmaking is different from other venture studios
Jordan’s 2 strategies for identifying business opportunities
First steps when starting a new business
Recruiting founders/CE...
2022-11-151h 34
The Founders LoungeFrom 0 to 1.000.000 EUR in 2 Years With Digital Products - Primoz Bozic | E67Primoz Bozic is the co-founder and CEO of WeCreateCourses - an agency producing educational digital products in collaboration with experts. In two years they took the company from 0 to 1 million EUR revenue with very healthy profits and serving tens of thousands of customers.
Brought to you by Judge.me - the ultimate e-commerce product reviews solution. If you’re looking for a job in an inspiring, profitable, and fast-growing UK-based startup, check out https://careers.judge.me.
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2022-11-081h 07
The Founders LoungeBuilding a Portfolio of Small Businesses and Going From 0 - 100k Followers at 24 - Alex Banks | E66Alex Banks is the founder of the Through the Noise newsletter and Tribescaler SaaS business. After studying finance & accounting at one of the world's most reputable universities, he didn’t find a comfortable job like most of his classmates. Instead, he mastered social media, content writing, and storytelling. In only 10 months he grew his Twitter account to 100k followers and his newsletter to over 13k subscribers - with zero advertising spend!
In this episode, we talk about:
Why start a business instead of getting a comfortable job in finance / consulting
The journey from content consumer to content creator
Building a Twi...
2022-11-041h 07
The Founders LoungeRaising £10M+ to Build a SaaS Business Based on Psychological Research - Nick Mason (Turtl) | E65Nick Mason is the founder and CEO of Turtl. He always had an interest in psychology, which led him to take some of the psychology research insights and build them into a B2B SaaS business. Turtl was started in 2015 and had been successfully growing since then. They’ve recently raised a £10M series A investment round. Their clients include Bloomberg, Cisco, Allianz, Capita, Baker McKenzie, and many others.
In this episode, we talk about:
Building an MVP for a technical product
Getting the first clients for a B2B SaaS business
Raising funding from angel investors vs institutional investors
Disc...
2022-10-1858 min
The Founders LoungeFrom £0 to Tens of £M Exit, Buying Businesses & 6-Figure Side Hustles - Charlie Carpenter | E64Charlie is a seasoned entrepreneur, mainly focused on mobile app opportunities. He started his first business straight out of university. One of his next businesses, Kite, was acquired for 10s of millions of Pounds by Canon. Now, he’s building Joy, the most trusted parenting platform that provides essential information, memories, and services for young families.
In this episode, we talk about the following:
- Charlie’s first business - jumping on the mobile internet trend
- Advice for networking and reaching out to mentors
- How to be a good mentor
- Incubating mobile apps
- Getting acquired for 10s of milli...
2022-10-121h 11
The Founders LoungeThe 4 Pillars of Peak Performance, Why You Need Haters & Meeting Andrew Tate - Oliver Anwar | E62Oliver Anwar helps entrepreneurs and high performers get to the best shape of their life with his coaching programs.
If you’re interested in fitness & lifestyle for peak performance, running a coaching business, personal brand, and audience building, then you’ll love this episode.
In this episode, we talk about:
Oliver’s story from a regular fitness trainer to an online coach for high performers
Why do I constantly screenshot Oliver’s tweets
Growing a Twitter audience to 60k+ followers
How Oliver got to meet Andrew Tate
Who is the Liver King
...
2022-10-081h 09
The Founders LoungeSold His Biz At 27 For Tens Of Millions £££, Here’s What Makes Him Successful - Tim Armoo | E63Timothy Armoo was the founding CEO of the innovative influencer marketing agency Fanbytes which he started when he was 21 and sold for tens of millions of pounds when he was 27.
Timo started his first company at 14 and his second at 17 which he sold 11 months later to Horizon Media. He was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his achievements in media and marketing. He’s been featured by BBC, Forbes, Adweek, Business Insider, and TEDx, and won awards, including the Huffington Post Entrepreneur of the Year and most “Influential person in advertising” from the Evening Standard.
In this episode, we talk abo...
2022-10-041h 17
The Founders LoungeThe 4 Pillars of Peak Performance, Why You Need Haters & Meeting Andrew Tate - Oliver Anwar | E62Oliver Anwar helps entrepreneurs and high performers get to the best shape of their life with his coaching programs.
If you’re interested in fitness & lifestyle for peak performance, running a coaching business, personal brand, and audience building, then you’ll love this episode.
In this episode, we talk about:
Oliver’s story from a regular fitness trainer to an online coach for high performers
Why do I constantly screenshot Oliver’s tweets
Growing a Twitter audience to 60k+ followers
How Oliver got to meet Andrew Tate
Who is the Liver King
Why do you need to have haters on social medi...
2022-09-281h 05
The Founders LoungeBuilding High Performing Teams And Avoiding Burnout - Kosta Kolev (Calliper) | E61Kosta Kolev is the Co-Founder of Calliper, a data analytics platform making data accessible and actionable for every team. Kosta has built and launched new businesses and products across London, Hong Kong, and Berlin. He also works as an advisor helping startups and corporates overcome product, strategy, and growth challenges.
If you’re interested to learn about product management, building high-performing teams, and business frameworks then I think you’ll love this episode.
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2022-09-201h 36
5 pravil uspešnih5 pravil uspešnih #2 (Matic Jesenovec)Gost v drugi epizodi podcasta “5 pravil uspešnih” je bil Matic Jesenovec. Matic je strokovnjak na področju produktnega vodenja in marketinga. Zraven tega še je (so)ustanovitelj več podjetij, vodi majhno skupnost podjetnikov v Veliki Britaniji, kjer tudi živi. Prav tako pa vodi svoj podcast The Founders Lounge.
Govorila sva o:
– Obkroži se s pravimi ljudmi
– Poseben si, tako kot vsi ostali
– Nekateri iščejo izgovore, da jim nečesa ni potrebno narediti, drugi da to naredijo
– Vse lahko dosežeš, če vsak dan narediš 1 korak naprej
– Bodi hvaležen za to, kar imaš
2022-09-1938 min
The Founders LoungeWeb3 Practical Use Cases, Opportunities & How To Get Involved - Conor Svensson (Web3 Labs) | E60Conor Svensson is the founder and CEO of Web3 Labs where they work with organizations to define and execute their Web3 strategy. Their clients include Microsoft, J.P. Morgan, and Vodafone. He’s also the author of the best-selling book, the Blockchain Innovator’s Handbook, and host of the Web3 Innovators podcast.
If you’re interested in learning more about web3 and the opportunities that blockchain technology brings, you must listen to this episode.
In this episode, we talk about:
How Conor discovered Blockchain
How Web3 Labs helps organizations to define and execute their web3 strategy
What’s the real-world use case f...
2022-09-1359 min
The Founders LoungeRaised $20M to Buy & Build the Most Desirable Ecom Brands of Tomorrow - Ben Fletcher | E59Ben Fletcher is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the business. He’s currently the Co-Founder & CEO of The Mothership where they buy eCommerce businesses and grow them into the most desirable brands of tomorrow.
After selling his eCommerce wine business in 2013, he founded the Fast Growth Icons series of events, bringing experienced entrepreneurs together to get practical tips to take their business to the next level. He’s been an investor in, and mentor and adviser to a wide range of companies.
If you’re interested in starting an ecommerce company, acquiring other businesses, or learning about l...
2022-09-061h 20
The Founders LoungeBehind the Scenes of a 2-Person VC Fund with 120+ Investments - Vedika Jain (Weekend Fund) | E58Vedika Jain is the Chief of Staff at Weekend Fund, which she runs together with Ryan Hoover, the founder of Product Hunt. They write $100k-300k checks into early-stage startups around the world across consumer and B2B. To date they have invested in over 120 startups, they have over 350 Limited Partners and they run the whole fund as a two-person team. Some of their notable investments include Intercom, Deel, Pipe, Moonpay, and many others.
If you’d like to raise a VC investment, work for a VC fund or start a VC fund, then you must watch this episode.
In this...
2022-08-301h 11
The Founders Lounge£10M Ecommerce & Ferraris at 24, Now Building a Psychedelic Wellness Brand - Matt Kelly | E57Matt Kelly is a serial eCommerce entrepreneur. At 24 he built and scaled two brands to £10M in annual revenue and was living his best life. Until everything crashed as a result of too fast scaling and a number of unfortunate events. He had to sell his Ferrari, and move out of his penthouse apartment in central London and he was struggling with his mental well-being. But after a few months, he picked himself back up and he’s now building an eCommerce wellness brand of the future - Space Goods.
In this episode, we talk about:
How Matt got into eCom...
2022-08-231h 29
The Founders LoungeOn Starting a Podcast, Burnout & Lessons from 60+ Indie Founders Interviews - James McKinven | E56James McKinven is an “indie hacker” trying to figure out how to make a living online, doing what he loves. He runs Podpanda, a premium, done for you, podcast production studio. He runs the Indie Bites podcast, where he speaks to indie founders about how they've started their profitable internet businesses. And he has a few other small businesses, including an online course about podcasting and a handcrafting leather wallets ecom store.
In this episode, we talk about:
Managing multiple businesses vs focusing on one single thing
Fulltime jobs and side hustles
Burnout, work-life balance and mental health among founders
Key l...
2022-08-161h 03
The Founders LoungeSerial Entrepreneur, #1 Podcaster & One of UK’s Top Angel Investors - Dan Murray-Serter | E55Dan Murray-Serter is a serial entrepreneur, #1 podcaster, angel investor community builder, and an avid mental health advocate. With over 50 investments he’s one of the UK’s top angel investors, predominantly active in health & wellness, sustainability, the sharing economy, and Web3 space. His focus currently is building Heights - a brain care company currently valued at £30.000.000.
In this episode, we talk about:
From anxiety and insomnia to starting one of the fastest growing companies in Europe;
Dan’s performance habits;
How to manage your time when you’re super busy;
Setting Objectives & Key Results for personal life and romantic relationships;
The one “h...
2022-08-0953 min
The Founders LoungeFrom 4-Hour Workweek to #1 Shopify App with Millions in Revenue - PJ Celis (CEO, Judge.me) | E54Peter-Jan "PJ" Celis is the founder and CEO of Judge.me - a product reviews app for Shopify. Judge.me is the #1 app on the Shopify app store, which is impressive. But what’s even more impressive is that PJ achieved this without any external investments (many of his competitors did), with a relatively small team of ~50 people (many of his competitors have 100s), and without doing any marketing.
In this episode, we talk about:
Building a tech product without raising funding
Become the #1 app on the Shopify app store without doing any marketing
How reading The 4 Hour Workweek helped PJ t...
2022-07-2659 min
The Founders Lounge2 Exits, Now Building One of the UK’s MOST DISRUPTIVE Startups - Adam McCann (CEO, Claimer) | E53Adam McCann is the Founder and CEO of Claimer, one of the most disruptive and innovative businesses in the UK, according to Startups 100. Adam started his first business whilst at uni - a website that published news and reviews about video games. He grew this to become one of the largest video game sites in the world. He then sold it and joined the acquiring company as a co-founder. Two years later he took that business to an 8-figure exit. Now, he’s focused on building Claimer, an online service that takes away the hassle and expense of claiming R&D...
2022-07-1959 min
The Founders LoungeLessons from Losing €1.000.000 on a Failed SaaS Product - Neyts Zupan | E52Neyts (Nejc) Zupan is a cofounder of Niteo - a decade-old SaaS studio building solutions for small businesses. Niteo started as an agency, but over time they started to focus only on their own products. They tested over 150 ideas, some were successful, some not so much. In this episode, we mostly talked about one particular project that ultimately failed after they spent almost 1.000.000 EUR on development and marketing.
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2022-07-061h 14
The Founders LoungeStarting and Running a Profitable NFT Business - Paul Price | E51Paul Price is is a co-founder of Top Dog Studios and Top Dog Beach Club - and NFT project that sold out 8000 items when they launched, generating a total volume of around £1M and making it one of the top 25 projects on the OpenSea NFT marketplace at the time.
In this episode, we talked about
Similarities and differences between a web3/NFT business and a web2/regular business
How NFT projects raise initial funding and how they continue generating revenue
What does it take to start and run an NFT “membership club”
Team structure and team members incentives in an NFT bus...
2022-06-281h 07
The Founders LoungeCommando Mindset: Business Lessons From 10 Years in the Marines - Ben Williams | E50Ben Williams is a former Royal Marines Commando, a published author with Penguin Business and a Co-founder of Loopin - a tool to support and empower employees.
In this episode, we talked about
Ben’s beginnings from a dysfunctional family and drug addiction to becoming a Royal Marines Commando
Applying lessons from the army to business
What is “Commando Mindset” and how anyone can develop it
What is fear and how to cope with it
Management and leadership in big companies
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2022-06-211h 31
The Founders LoungeFrom 0 to $1M ARR in One Year With a Highly Profitable SEO Agency - Jeremy Moser | E49Jeremy Moser is the CEO of Userp, an SEO agency that he scaled from 0 to $1.000.000 in ARR (annual recurring revenue) in just one year. They’ve worked with brands like Freshworks, ActiveCampaign, Monday.com, Robinhood, etc. He also owns a SaaS business called Wordable and he occasionally writes for Entrepreneur magazine.
In this episode, we talked about how to start an agency, how to increase an agency’s profitability, product business vs agency business, when to start focusing on SEO, and how to start doing SEO for your business with no special skills.
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2022-06-1459 min
The Founders LoungeTop 3 Startup Mistakes, Getting Superfans and Doing Your Best Work - Ash Phillips | E48Ash Phillips is the founder of Diffrnt, which is a startup accelerator that doesn’t take equity and connects a global community of founders. He’s also a startup advisor, a board member at Ecologi, an angel investor with Ada Ventures, and he wears a few other hats.
In this episode we discussed Ash’s entrepreneurial journey, what are some of the most common mistakes that founders make, how to get superfans, how to build a community, how Ash got into angel investing, and how to stay productive and efficient. Ash also shares two business ideas for anyone to steal!
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2022-06-071h 25
The Founders LoungeHow to Start a SaaS Business (4 Steps From Idea to Launch) - Ch Daniel | E47Daniel grew LegitCheck.app to 10M+ all-time users and over £200k in revenue with 0 marketing spend when he was just 23 years old. Currently, his main focus is building a no-code SaaS business Simple.ink. He’s also running the SaaS subreddit, hosting “The Usual SaaSpects” podcast and regularly tweeting about the things that he’s building.
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2022-06-021h 33
The Founders LoungeBuilding a £10M Bootstrapped Business in a Highly Competitive Market of Online Reviews - Callum McKeefery | E46Callum McKeefery is the founder and CEO of Reviews.io, Fullpicture.io & Poet.so. In a highly competitive market of online reviews, he managed to bootstrap his business to £10M in revenue with over 65 employees globally. In the episode, he explains how they started the business, where he sees opportunities today, and how a self-funded business can compete against giants like Trustpilot with £100M+ in funding and large sales divisions.
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2022-05-2454 min
The Founders LoungeE-commerce with a twist and daily habits of a startup founder - Moritz Braatz | E45Moritz Braatz is the founder and CEO of Noah - a London-based e-commerce company selling starter kits. Their vision is to empower customers to start something new and help them navigate the first steps of their new endeavors. Noah has been bootstrapped and profitable from the start, however, the two founders have big ambitions and decided to raise over £6M in VC funding to date to fuel their growth. We talked about everything from overcoming supply chain issues and raising funding with a “meme pitch deck”, to tactics & habits for the high performance of a startup founder.
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2022-04-251h 24
The Founders LoungeHow to buy a website for $1000 and sell it for $10k - James Camp | E44James Camp is a serial entrepreneur, growth expert, and startup mentor. He sold his largest business, a strategy consulting firm, in 2020 for $31 million. Since then he has been focusing mostly on flipping websites. He typically buys content websites for a few thousand dollars, increases their value, and then sells them for significantly more. In the episode we talk about his exact website flipping process, what are the pitfalls, and where he sees opportunities for entrepreneurs who want to buy a business instead of building it from scratch.
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2022-04-231h 09
The Founders LoungeBuilding a business network, traits of successful founders & web3 - Matthew Stafford (9others) | E43Matthew Stafford has been an angel investor since 2014. He is the creator of 9others, a network of 4,500+ entrepreneurs in 45+ cities that brings people together to share a meal and solve business problems. He also writes The Education of An Angel Investor newsletter.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:00 Networking and 9others
00:20:50 Is Twitter the best social media?
00:31:10 Top UK people to follow on Twitter
00:36:00 Start-up investing an...
2022-04-201h 24
The Founders LoungeWhat starting a €2M+ tech business teaches you about life - Antti Virolainen (Sharetribe) | E42Antti Virolainen describes himself as an adventurous entrepreneur. He’s the co-founder of a Helsinki-based startup Sharetribe, often described as “the Shopify for marketplace businesses”. Over the years Sharetribe became a well-known brand among entrepreneurs. What makes Shartribe especially interesting is that the founders are not afraid of taking unconventional approaches to funding and culture-building, in order to build a transparent, profitable, and purpose-driven business.
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2022-04-1058 min
The Founders LoungeZelia Leong: Building habit-forming products and finding high-profile startup advisors (PraisePal) - E41Zelia Leong started her career in the controversial yet highly ambitious European “startup factory” Rocket Internet. After that, she co-founded a “surprise trips” startup Anywhr, which she was running successfully for a few years until they had to put it on hold during the Covid19 pandemic. That’s when the idea for her current startup, PraisePal, was born. PraisePal is a workplace recognition and rewards tool for high-growth tech teams. In less than 2 years they managed to onboard over 10.000 teams onto their product and they continue to grow rapidly.
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2022-03-2448 min
The Founders LoungeElijah Toh: Scaling to $1M in 1 year without ads, hiring A players and growing Wolt - E40Elijah currently works as a Regional Marketing Director at Wolt. He previously worked in senior growth and marketing roles at some of the fastest-growing startups in the world, such as Deliveroo, Uber, and WorldRemit. He also started his own craft beer distribution startup which he scaled to $1M in sales in just one year, without any paid advertising, and then sold it.
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2022-02-1155 min
The Founders LoungeNejc Škoberne: Web3, NFTji ter od kje izvira vrtoglava rast crypto podjetij - Epizoda #39Nejc Škoberne je bil gost že v 26. epizodi, ki je ena izmed top 3 najbolj downloadanih epizod podcasta Biznisiranje. Zato smo ga povabili da se vrne na še eno debato, tokrat predvsem na temo web3/blockchain tehnologij in priložnosti. Nejc je že pred leti bil globoko v crypto svetu, ko je delal za Coinbase. Sedaj pa je šel ponovno “all in”, saj se je pred kratkim pridružil crypto podjetju Moonpay kot Growth Director.
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Matic na Twitterju deli zanimive ideje in zg...
2022-01-1458 min
The Founders LoungeLuka Železnik: Optimizacija osebnega performansa ter razvoj 15 produktov na mesec - Epizoda #38Luka Železnik je soustanovitelj in direktor podjetja KingsBox, ki razvija in trži fitnes opremo. Luka je obseden z optimizacijo performansa, tako pri sebi kot pri svojih zaposlenih. To jim omogoča da v povprečju lansirajo več kot 15 novih produktov na mesec ter da vsako leto uspešno podvojijo promet brez zunanjih investicij. Letos bodo presegli 9 mio EUR prometa, prisotni pa so že na preko 30 trgih.
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Matic na Twitterju deli zanimive ideje in zgodbe iz Londona in od drugod po sve...
2021-12-161h 16
The Founders LoungeNejc Zupan: Kako od ideje do uspešnega SaaS produkta - Epizoda #37Nejc Zupan je soustanovitelj podjetja Niteo kjer kot SaaS studio razvijajo in lansirajo lastne software produkte. Nejc med pogovorom razloži kako so iz agencijskega modela prešli na produktni model podjetja, kakšen je njihov proces od ideje do uspešnega SaaS produkta, ter kaj so se naučili iz 150 neuspešnih idej.
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TEME:
00:00:00 Intro00:10:30 Rast in pot podjetja Nite...
2021-12-051h 05
The Founders LoungeAndraž Gavez: Podjetniški mentorji, podjetništvo vs zaposlitev in faktorji za uspeh - Epizoda #36Andraža večina pozna kot direktorja spletne trgovine MojaCokolada.si, kjer so v zadnjem letu prodali za 1.2M EUR čokolade in sorodnih izdelkov. Poleg tega pa je Andraž tudi solastnik parih drugih podjetij, predsednik Društva spletnih trgovcev ter mentor večim manjšim podjetjem.
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TEME:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:05 Dubai - od puščave do "popolnega mesta"
00:14:20 Iskanje in nudenje mentorstva
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2021-11-251h 33
The Founders LoungeTimotej Gračner: Od “dolgočasnega” družinskega podjetje do milijonske uspešnice - Epizoda #35Timotej Gračner je majhno “dolgočasno” družinsko podjetje Black Fire uspešno razširil po Evropi in Ameriki. Pri tem so mu pomagale lekcije iz večletnega cold callinga in affiliate marketinga ter njegov kreativen pristop k biznisu. Z nami bo delil kakšne so posebnosti pri odpiranju novih trgov in svoje Biznis ideje.
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TEME:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:40 Timetojevo "dolgočasno...
2021-11-181h 27
The Founders LoungeAljoša Jenko: Od ideje do večmilijardnega podjetja (YES Klub intervju) - Epizoda #34Če ti je podcast všeč prosim napiši review na Apple Podcasts ❤️
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Posnetek intervjuja iz društva YES (Young Executives Slovenia). Gost je Aljoša Jenko - soustanovitelj in direktor podjetja Httpool, ki je prisotno že v 67 državah po svetu in je pred kratkim doseglo valuacijo preko 2 milijardi EUR. Pogovor je tekel o organizaciji poslovanja, širitvah na tuje trge, kadrovanju, nagrajevanju ter tudi o druinskem življenju.
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Montaža in animacije: Jon Razinger (https://www.instagram.com/jonrazi...
2021-11-061h 43
The Founders LoungeMiha Jagodic: Pridobivanje VC investicije, pametne omare in Silicijeva Dolina - Epizoda #33Če ti je podcast všeč prosim napiši review na Apple Podcasts ❤️
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Miha Jagodic je soustanovitelj podjetja Bloq.it, ki se ukvarja z razvojem in prodajo pametnih omaric. Miha je bil izredno proaktiven in podjeten že od dijaških let dalje, pred 3 leti pa je v Silicijevi Dolini spoznal soustanovitelja svojega trenutnega podjetja. V dveh investicijskih rundah so zbrali preko milijona EUR tveganega kapitala in v letošnjem letu imeli izjemno rast.
Govorila sva o:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:02 Koristi članstva v študentskih organizacijah
00:07:04 Bloq.it Pametne omarice
00:11:40 Pot od ideje do biznisa
00:17:56 Kako uspešno do zagonske investicije
00:33:42 Pot do uspeha podjetja...
2021-10-281h 09
The Founders LoungeMatej Bešter: Postavitev €10M+ branda z direct response marketingom - Epizoda #32Če ti je podcast všeč prosim napiši review na Apple Podcasts ❤️
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V tokratnji epizodi:
Matej Bešter je soustanovitelj podjetja Popolna Postava, ki se ukvarja z razvojem in prodajo prehranskih dopolnil ter online tečajev. Matej je eden izmed najboljših marketerjev v Sloveniji, kar je pripomoglo k eksplozivni rasti podjetja, ki bo letos naredilo preko 10M EUR prometa.
Govorila sva o:
00:04:30 Kako kombinirati večmesečna potovanja in vodenje rastočega podjetja
00:13:22 SEO vs advertising
00:18:40 Uspešne marketinške strategije, ki v Sloveniji še niso popularne
00:28:06 Kako narediti učinkovit video sales letter (VSL)
00:39:20 Branding vs direct response marke...
2021-10-211h 21
The Founders LoungeNeža Mlakar: Od 30k minusa do 700k EUR prometa z zdravimi sladicami - Epizoda #31Če ti je podcast všeč prosim napiši review na Apple Podcasts ❤️
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Neža Mlakar je soustanoviteljica podjetja Lapopsi, ki izdeluje zdravo alternativo sladoledom in ostalim sladkarijam, oziroma - po Nežinih besedah - izdelujejo sadje na palčki. Lapopsi je danes uspešna podjetniška zgodba s 700k EUR letnega prometa in distribucijo po Sparovih trgovinah po celi Sloveniji. A začetki niso bili enostavni, prvo leto so naredili kar 30k EUR minusa. Neža je transparentno delila celotno zgodbo in lekcije.
Govorila sva o:
- Lekcije iz večletnega dela z enim izmed najbogatejših slovencev
- Razvoj produkta...
2021-10-1456 min
The Founders LoungeMiha Hrovat: vodenje družbeno koristnega podjetja - Epizoda #30Če ti je podcast všeč prosim napiši review na Apple Podcasts ❤️
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Miha Hrovat je soustanovitelj podjetja Treecelet, ki se ukvarja s prodajo zapestnic in ostalih trajnostnih produktov, profit pa uporabijo za sajenje draves povsod po svetu kjer dreves primanjkuje. V treh letih so posadili že preko 350.000 dreves!
Govorila sva o:
- Kako se je začela zgodba Treecelet
- Kako v Sloveniji dobiti PR
- Širjenje prodaje v tujino in lokalizacija
- Kako je Miha na začetku testiral idejo
- Iskanje partnerjev za sajenje dreves po svetu
- Ideje za povečanje prodaje
- Kateri faktorji naredijo podjet...
2021-10-071h 12
The Founders LoungeJan Forsthuber: razvoj fizičnega produkta & scale do 1M EUR prometa v 2 letih - Epizoda #29Če ti je podcast všeč prosim napiši review na Apple Podcasts ❤️
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Gost: Jan Forsthuber
Jan je pri 22 letih ustanovil podjetje Delta Hub, ki danes - 2 leti kasneje - že dela 1M eur letnega prometa. Njihove produkte med drugim uporabljajo tudi v podjetjih kot so Google, Apple in SpaceX.
Govorila sva o:- Razvoj produkta za rešitev lastnega problema- Kako se v nasičenem trgu razlikovati od konkurence- Razvoj produkta v sodelovanju z zdravnikom- Kako se lotiti razvoja in izdelave fizičnega produkta- Proizvodnja - Slovenija vs Kitajska- Kako ustvariti lastno srečo- Infuencer marketing z nizkim budgetom za maksim...
2021-09-3055 min
The Founders LoungeSebastjan Trepča: Kako postaviti unicorn startup ter crypto priložnosti - Epizoda #28Sebastjan je soustanovitelj platforme za nakupovanje modnih produktov https://www.lyst.com/, katere vrednost je ocenjena na $700M, kar jih že skoraj kvalificira za v elitni “unicorn” klub (startupi, ki so vredni $1B ali več). Trenutno pa se Sebastjan posveča predvsem področju kriptografije in blockchain tehnologije, znotraj katere se loteva novega startupa.
Govorila sva o:
- Začetki podjetja Lyst in kako najti podjetniško idejo z milijardnim potencialom
- Kateri growth hacki so najbolj vpljivali na Lystovo eksplozivno rast
- Kako se spoprijemati z 400% letno rastjo podjetja
- Zakaj je blockchain tako pomembna tehnologija
- Kaj so NFTji in za...
2021-08-301h 38
The Founders LoungeVladimir Balukčić: prihodnost učenja, biohacking ter optimizacija vodenja podjetja - Epizoda #27Vladimir je ustanovitelj podjetja eŠola d.o.o., katerega glavni produkt je eAsistent - sistem, ki ga uporablja večina slovenskih šol. Trenutno razvija koncept za pospeševanje učenja, ki bo učencu omogočal 10x hitrejše učenje. Poleg podjetništva in izobraževanja, pa je Vladimir tudi entuziast biohackinga ter osebnostnega razvoja.
Govorila sva o:
- Kako voditi podjetje in delati samo 1h na teden
- Optimizacija vodenja podjetja skozi meditacijo
- Kako se lotiti software projekta predno začneš z razvojem
- Biohacking
- Podjetniške priložnosti v coachingu
- Podjetniške priložnosti v medijih
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2021-08-211h 23
The Founders LoungeNejc Škoberne: Insiderske zgodbe iz Uber, Coinbase & TransferWise - Epizoda #26Nejc Skoberne je v svoji karieri je delal za nekatera izmed največjih imen v startup svetu. Zaposlen je bil v "unicorn" startupih kot so Uber, Wise in Coinbase. Z nami je delil svoje karierne nnasvete, več o kulturi v najbolj uspešnih startupih in ter njegove napovedi za prihodnost.
00:00:00 Intro00:01:30 Kako priti do službe v podjetjih kot Uber?00:26:45 Kako postati dober podjetnik?00:29:58 Kako zadržati talente v svojem podjetju?00:36:17 Kako je delati s founderji Wise-a?00:46:48 Ali morajo biti podjetja pripravljena na spremembe?00:53:29 Kako pomembna je kultura v podjetju?01:09:37 Še nekaj malega o Blockchainu01:22:36 FitXR in prihodnost virtualne resničnosti01...
2021-07-221h 51
The Founders LoungePrimož Božič: Razvoj in prodaja 10.000€ vrednih digitalnih produktov - Epizoda #25Gost: Primož Božič
Primož je eden izmed najboljših slovenskih copywriterjev, ki je bil mentoriran s strani največjih imen na področju podjetništva, kot so Ramit Sethi in drugi. Danes bo delil z nami svojo razburljivo življenjsko zgodbo in njegove podjetniške podvige.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:26 Primoževa zgodba
00:20:44 Kdaj je potrebno v biznisu vztrajati in kdaj odnehati?
00:32:16 Prodaja 10.000€ vrednih digitalnih produktov
00:40:41 Kako priti do tako visoke cene?
00:50:45 Izboljšati tujo poslovno idejo ali ustvariti svojo?
01:12:16 Kako izbrati dobro biznis idejo
01:17:52 Biznis ideja in kaj potrebuješ, da bo uspešna?
01:38:29 Neizkoriščen digitalni kanal z visokim potencialom
01:43:44 Freelancing v Sloveniji
01:46:41...
2021-07-182h 05
The Founders LoungeNiko Klanšek: milijoni v crowdfundingu, blockchain ter teze o prihodnosti - Epizoda #24V tokratnji epizodi:
Gost: Niko Klanšek
Niko ima za seboj že dva startup exita. Je ustanovitelj enega najuspešnejših slovenskih Kickstarter projektov - FlyKly Smart Wheel. Svetoval in sodeloval pa je še pri več kot 100 ostalih uspešno izvedenih crowdfunding kampanjah. Danes je poznan predvsem kot soustanovitelj podjetja HashMark, kjer svetuje in pomaga blockchain podjetjem.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:18 Kako se je pri Nikotu vse začelo?
00:10:35 Kaj je FlyKly in kako je bil ustvarjen
00:22:45 Dolgoletni najuspešnejši slovenski Kicstarter projekt
00:29:26 Harvard Business School
00:38:13 Blockchain & HashMark
00:49:36 Nikov checklist pri novih biznis idejah
00:54:31 Attention is the new leader
01:00:45 Kam bo svet usmerjen v...
2021-07-081h 32
The Founders LoungeJure Čuk: kreativni marketing in postavitev uspešnega ecommerce branda v nasičeni niši - Epizoda #23Gost: Jure Čuk
Jure je ustanovitelj uspešnega podjetja Chicatella in bo danes z nami delil zgodbe o njegovih začetkih v podjetniških vodah, svojemu pristopu do marketinga in nekaj njegovih poslovih idej.
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:14 Začetki Juretove podjetniške poti
00:23:09 Kako se lotiti marketinga pri novih brandih
00:29:51 Chicatella
00:41:00 Podjetniške ideje
Jureta lahko najdeš na:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jure.cuk
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurechuk/
Snemano: 21.06.2021
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2021-06-251h 05
The Founders LoungeMatevž Baškovč: grajenje prihodnosti, smart home & različni načini financiranja - Epizoda #22Gost: Matevž Baškovč
Matevž je serijski podjetnik in ustanovitelj različnih podjetij od ecommerce do tehnoloških podjetij. Z nami bo delil svojo podjetniško pot in nekaj nasvetov za vse, ki bi si kdaj želeli vstopiti v svet podjetništva.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:36 Začetki Matevžove podjetniške poti
00:24:45 Prihodnost Smart Home tehnologij
00:34:06 Kako se lotiti financiranja
00:40:44 Grajenje partnerskih odnosov
00:51:43 eJet
01:02:56 Kako pristopiti do vplivnežev
01:09:04 Kako se lotiti tehnološkega podjetja
Matevža lahko najdeš na:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matevz.baskovc.9
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matevz-baskovc/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matevz.co/
Snemano: 15.06.2021
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2021-06-171h 18
The Founders LoungeLekcije iz mastermind dogodka z največjimi hustlerji v Londonu - Epizoda #21V tokratnji epizodi:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:07:07 - Londonski biznis Mastermind
00:14:09 - Drop model za e-commerce (https://thisisplanted.com/)
00:18:32 - Oglaševanje skozi meme Instagram profile
00:23:40 - Metaverse
00:27:24 - Kako investirati v kriptovalute?
00:38:23 - Flipanje spletnih strani
00:44:46 - Fun stories in ideje z Janijem
Snemano: 9.5.2021
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2021-05-1359 min
The Founders LoungeBoris Cergol: tehnološki razvoj & poslovne priložnosti v umetni inteligenci - Epizoda #20V tokratnji epizodi:
Gost: dr. Boris Cergol
Matematik, podatkovni znanstvenik in podjetnik. Boris je soustanovitelj podjetja Ektimo, ki razvija in vključuje sisteme umetne inteligence v poslovne procese podjetij. Trenutno dela kot vodja umetne inteligence pri mednarodnem podjetju Endava, deluje pa tudi kot mentor v elitnem startup pospeševalniku TechStars ter član izvršnega odbora organizacije ai4si (AI for Slovenia).
Govorili smo o:
- Zanimivi in uporabni novi produkti, ki bazirajo na umetni inteligenci (UI)
- Kako se je Boris začel ukvarjati z UI
- GPT-3 - UI tehnologija, ki je pred nedavnim presenetila svet
- Če imaš podjetni...
2021-05-031h 39
The Founders LoungeJan Pinterič: kako se obkrožiti z uspešnimi ljudmi & kaj je pomembno za uspeh - Epizoda #19Jan Pinterič je uspešen serijski podjetnik, ustanovitelj poslovnega/lifestyle kluba YES, ljubitelj stoičnega življenja in morda eden izmed najboljših “networkerjev” pri nas. Trenutno pa tudi gradi najvišjo zgradbo v Sloveniji!
Govorili smo o:
- Kako se je začela Janova podjetniška pot
- Kaj je združenje YES
- “Pokaži mi svoje prijatelje in pokazal ti bom tvojo prihodnost”
- Kako se v začetku svoje kariere obkrožiti z uspešnimi ljudmi
- Kaj je pomembno za poslovni uspeh
- Kaj se je Jani naučil od Jana v zadnjih 5 letih
- O Janovih podjetjih
- Osn...
2021-04-201h 13
The Founders Lounge25+ frameworkov za iskanje biznis idej & kako sva začela najino kariero - Epizoda #18V tokratnji epizodi:
- Kako izgleda če si med prvimi zaposlenimi v startupu ki doseže $100B valuacijo
- BitClout - naslednji veliki hit ali prevara? (https://bitclout.com/)
- Vprašanje poslušalca: Kako sta Matic in Jani začela svojo kariero
-- https://www.partyinljubljana.com/
-- https://weddinglakebled.com/
-- https://organizacijaporok.com/
-- https://vzgoja.si/
Snemano: 11.4.2021
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Biznisiranje je podjetniški podcast, kjer Matic Jesenovec in Jani Pravdič brainstormata o poslovnih idejah in transparentno govorita o startupih, ki jih trenutno gradita.
Sledi nama na social...
2021-04-151h 19
The Founders LoungeOd 0 do $15M v 1 letu & kako 2x prodaš podjetje z večmilijonskim izkupičkom - Epizoda #17V tokratnji epizodi:
- Brand tedna - Doe Lashes: od 0 do $15M v enem letu (https://www.doelashes.com/)
- E-commerce Slovenija na Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/e-commerce-slovenija (lahko tudi slediš @janipravdic in @maticj na Clubhouse, da dobiš obvestilo kadar sta v kakšni sobi)
- Hustler tedna - Scott Wainner: Kako 2x prodaš isto podjetje z večmilijonskim izkupičkom
- Ali so Chrome plugini lahko dober biznis?
- Get CSS scan (https://g
etcssscan.com/)
- Toucan (https://jointoucan.com/)
- Honey (https://www.joinhoney.com/)
Snemano: 6.4.2021
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Matic
https://www...
2021-04-1559 min
The Founders LoungeIskanje biznis idej na Redditu, zanimivi citati o podjetništvu - Epizoda #16V tokratnji epizodi:
Epizoda
- Reddit unbundling
- http://subredditstats.com/
- Jani deli nekaj zanimivih tweetov
- Naval: How to get rich without getting lucky (https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936)
- Maticov povzetek Navalovega tweeta (https://twitter.com/MaticJ/status/1302763511077048325)
- Stoicizem
- Aplikacije za boljse knjige
- Coworking v Ljubljani
Snemano: 22.3.2021
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Matic
https://www.facebook.com/jesenovec
https://www.instagram.com/meetmatic
https://twitter.com/MaticJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maticjesenovec
Jani
https://www.facebook.com/jani.pravdic
https://www.instagram.com/janipravdic
https://twitter.com/jani_pravdic
https://www.li...
2021-03-2557 min
The Founders LoungePriložnosti v turizmu: CEO retreat, dimnik Trbovlje, kampi za družine... - Epizoda #15V tokratnji epizodi:
- Selina hoteli/hostli/coworking (https://www.selina.com/)
- Digitalni nomadi, indie hackers (https://www.indiehackers.com/)
- Nomad list (https://nomadlist.com/)
- Hustle holidays
- CEO retreat
- ABC Business Academy (https://abc-businessacademy.com/)
- Dimnik Trbovlje turistična atrakcija
- Spiritualna potovanja
- Custom potovanja po horoskopu / astrologiji
- Kampi za družine
- Wine Tour Truck
- Moderne restavracije v manj razvitih državah
Snemano: 16.3.2021
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Matic
https://www.facebook.com/jesenovec
https://www.instagram.com/meetmatic
https://twitter.com/MaticJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maticje...
2021-03-191h 05
The Founders LoungeIzkušnje s co-founderji, transportiranje hišnih ljubljenčkov in marketing lekcije - Epizoda #14V tokratnji epizodi:
- Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces in povezana orodja
-- http://direcon.com/
-- https://www.clubpad.co/
- Transportiranje hišnih ljubljenčkov
- Optimizacija iskanja/oddajanja stanovanja (https://pocketlist.app/)
- Jani & Matic delita svoje izkusnje s cofounderji
- Marketing lekcije iz prodaje online tečajev
Snemano: 3.3.2021
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Matic
https://www.facebook.com/jesenovec
https://www.instagram.com/meetmatic
https://twitter.com/MaticJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maticjesenovec
Jani
https://www.facebook.com/jani.pravdic
https://www.instagram.com/janipravdic
https://twitter.com/jani_pravdic
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janipra
2021-03-0559 min
The Founders LoungeOrodja za iskanje & analizo zanimivih podjetij ter zakaj vsi govorijo o NFTjih - Epizoda #13V tokratnji epizodi:
- Vprašanja poslušalcev
-- Katera orodja uporabljava za analize spletnih strani?
--- Twitter.com (Follow us! @maticj @jani_pravdic)
--- Trends.co
--- Trendhunter.com
--- Starterstory.com
--- Getlatka.com
--- Indiehackers.com
--- Producthunt.com
--- https://www.similarweb.com/
--- https://reviewbolt.com/
--- https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/
--- http://crunchbase.com/
--- https://builtwith.com/
--- SEO tools: https://ahrefs.com/, https://www.semrush.com/,
-- Ali je dropshipping mrtev?
-- Kako se lotiti akvizicije strank?
- Ideja: Prodaja leadov za finančne storitve
- Hunt a Killer - escape r...
2021-02-251h 01
The Founders LoungeE-commerce uspešnice in kako zaslužiti $70k s prodajo ničesar - Epizoda #12V tokratnji epizodi:
- Seznam slovenskih spletnih trgovcev
- Enostaven trik kako izrabiti velike dogodke za to da dobiš več prometa na svojo stran
- Kako so Cards Against Humanity zaslužili $70k s prodajo ničesar
- Platforma za oglaševanje na mailing listah
- Velike odeje (https://bigblanket.com/)
- Apple Watch pasovi, ki delajo $200k/mesec (https://braxleybands.com/)
- Self Growth Plan (https://selfgrowthplan.com/)
- Orodje za odkrivanje hitro rastočih spletnih strani (https://reviewbolt.com/)
- Hands-free čevlji (https://kizik.com/)
Snemano: 18.2.2021
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Matic
https://www.facebook.com/jesenove...
2021-02-1956 min
The Founders LoungeWallStreetBets, keto, gobe in priložnosti v aktualnih trendih - Epizoda #11V tokratnji epizodi:
- r/WallStreetBets in $GME razlaga: https://twitter.com/endtwist/status/1354547622133051393
- Kako v trendih najti poslovne priložnosti
- $600k/mesec s prodajo keto kuharskih knjig in tečajev
- Darkness retreat
- Podpage - website builder za podcasterje ki po enem letu dela $100k+ (https://www.podpage.com/)
- Gobe kot prehransko dopolnilo, zdravilo in nadomestek kave (https://www.goba.eu/, https://us.foursigmatic.com/)
- Poslovne priložnosti v pisanju newsletterjev
Snemano: 1.2.2021
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Matic
https://www.facebook.com/jesenovec
https://www.instagram.com/meetmatic
https://twitter.com/MaticJ
ht...
2021-02-0456 min
The Founders LoungeMatija Goljar - podjetniške vrline in najbolj nore zgodbe dijaških startupov - Epizoda #10V tokratnji epizodi:
- Začetki Janijeve podjetniške kariere- Kako se obkrožiti s podjetniško družbo- Vloga podjetniških mentorjev- Katere so najpomembnejše vrline uspešnih podjetnikov ter kaj jih motivira- Dijak, ki je predsedniku Pahorju dal “odjebek”- Kako postati milijonar s prodajo kamnov- Proto Camel - prehranski dodatki za dirkalne kamele (https://protocamel.com/)- Kako pomemben je company-founder fit- Kako se lotiš biznisa čisto na začetku, brez znanja in poznanstev- Kako se fotografirati z županom Ljubljane (in kaj ima to sploh veze s podjetništvom)
Gost: Matija Goljar
www.fundacijaum.si
Snemano: 25.1.2021
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2021-01-291h 33
The Founders LoungeMatic Užmah - SaaS podjetništvo, ideje in trendi - Epizoda #9V tokratnji epizodi govorimo o:
- Maticovi projekti
-- Support Hero (https://www.supporthero.com/)
-- Kupi Lokalno (https://kupilokalno.si/)
-- SaaStock (https://www.saastock.com/)
- Ideje
-- Optimizacija produktivnosti (https://twitter.com/mrsharma/status/1342952666050150400)
-- Nightwatch za Google Spreadsheets (https://nightwatch.io/)
-- Obvestila o omembah v FB skupinah (https://groouply.com/)
-- OnlyFans (NSFW)
Gost: Matic Užmah
https://maticuzmah.com/
https://twitter.com/Matic_Uzmah
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matic.uzmah/
Snemano: 19.1.2021
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Matic
https://www.facebook.com/jesenovec
https://www.instagram.com/meetmatic
https://twitter.com/MaticJ
...
2021-01-211h 27
The Founders LoungeClubhouse, TikTok in priložnosti na novih socialnih omrežjih - Epizoda #8V tokratnji epizodi govoriva o:
- Novo socialno omrežje Clubhouse (https://www.joinclubhouse.com/)
- TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/)
- Kako izkoristiti priložnosti ki se odprejo na novih socialnih omrežjih
- Kako odkriti nove trende z analizo socialnih omrežij
- Kako dolgočasen produkt spremeniti v “instagrammable” produkt
- Vizualno privlačni deodoranti za instagram generacijo (https://www.getfussy.com/)
- Influencer Mr Beast čez noč lansiral svoj hamburger v 300 restavracijah (https://mrbeastburger.com/)
Snemano: 10.1.2021
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Matic
https://www.facebook.com/jesenovec
https://www.instagram.com/meetmatic
https://twitter.com/Matic...
2021-01-181h 11
The Founders LoungeProdaja zdravih kosmičev in DIY jedi iz priljubljenih restavracij - Epizoda #7V tokratnji epizodi govoriva o:
- Zdravi kosmiči za zajtrk (https://magicspoon.com/, https://schoolyardsnacks.com/, https://us.catalinacrunch.com/)
- Influencer merch steklenica za vodo v sodelovanju z dobrodelno organizacijo
- Nalepke s hišnimi ljubljenčki (https://stickerpet.com/)
- Knjiga z natisnjenimi fotkami iz socialnih omrežij (https://www.mysocialbook.com/)
- Pripravi doma jed iz tvoje najljubše restavracije (https://www.restaurantkitsuk.com)
- AI algoritem ki generira slike - OpenAI DALL·E (https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/)
- Zemlja 2.0 (www.earth2.io)
- TV serija Undercover Billionaire (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8417266/)
Snemano: 7.1.2021
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2021-01-141h 04
The Founders LoungePremium newsletterji, ki naredijo $5k - $250k na mesec - Epizoda #6V tokratnji epizodi govoriva o:
Mali Junaki v video/audio obliki
Dnevnik za otroke (https://biglifejournal.com/, https://tuttletwins.com/)
Premium newsletterji
Stratechery (https://stratechery.com/)
All Access Pass (stran ne obstaja več)
AdBox (https://meetadbox.com/)
Hinged Club (https://hingedclub.substack.com/)
Nasveti za starše
Poslovne ideje (https://www.fiveideasaday.com/)
Inside trading (https://www.insiderinsights.com/, https://www.finimize.com/)
Kam investirajo znani investitorji
“People that make it happen” storitev / community
Avtomatizirana izdelava slik za socialna omrežja (https://www.bannerbear.com/)
Kam je izginil Jack Ma
Wolt za podjetja
Plastične posode za produktivnost (https://www.thekitch...
2021-01-1153 min
The Founders LoungeTilen Krivec - E-commerce, kriteriji za dobre ideje in hitro testiranje - Epizoda #5V tokratnji epizodi govorimo o:- Ali je treba svoje ideje skrivati ali deliti?- Kako pomembna je ideja, s katero štartaš?- Follow the money ali passion?- Kriteriji za izbiro dobrih idej- Budget za testiranje novih idej- Ideje za lansiranje brandov na Evropskih trgih-- Kozmetični produkti iz čebeljih izdelkov (https://beekeepersnaturals.com/)-- Posteljnina in obtežene odeje-- Proteinska kava (https://maineroast.com/)-- Vaje za jačanje hrbtnih mišic- Lokalizacija in širjenje na tuje trge
Gost: Tilen Krivechttps://www.facebook.com/tilenkrivec
https://www.pixel.si/
Snemano: 30.12.2020
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Matic
https...
2021-01-071h 20
The Founders LoungePoslovne ideje, ki bodo rešile planet - Epizoda #4V tokratnji epizodi govoriva o:
Dodatki za WC (https://hellotushy.com/)
Zero-waste produkti (https://earthsider.com/)
Kul brand vode v pločevinki (https://liquiddeath.com/)
Čistila embalaži za večkratno uporabo (https://supernatural.com/)
Calendly.com
Brandi zgrajeni na Whatsap-u in SMS-ih
Uber za najem avtobusov (https://www.charterup.com/)
Storitev za outsourcanje inboxa (https://inboxdone.com/)
Snemano: 29.12.2020
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Matic
https://www.facebook.com/jesenovec
https://www.instagram.com/meetmatic
https://twitter.com/MaticJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maticjesenovec
Jani
https://www.facebook.com/jani.pravdic
https://www.instagram.com/janipravdic
https://tw...
2021-01-0653 min
The Founders LoungeTransparenten vpogled v najine podjetniške podvige - Epizoda #3V tokratnji epizodi govoriva o:- Najini trenutni podjetniški projekti:-- Website builder za coache in terapevte (https://coachsite.co/)-- Dizajnerska odeja za pse (https://meetfluffy.com/)-- Okusni naravni vitamini za otroke-- Hot chocolate bombs-- Jeklene stropne viseče police- Ostale zanimive ideje:-- Online dermatološko svetovanje + prodaja produktov (https://www.dermatica.co.uk/)-- Online psihološko svetovanje + prodaja produktov (https://getcerebral.com/)-- Posteljnina s srebrnimi vlakni (https://www.miraclebrand.co/)-- Stoječa miza, ki se pritrdi na stekleno steno (https://deskview.co/)-- Fotografija tvojega hišnega ljubljenčka natisnjena na nogavicah ali na...
2021-01-021h 19
The Founders LoungeKako lansirati SaaS produkt z manj kot 500€ - Epizoda #2V tokratnji epizodi govoriva o:- Pogajanje za storitve v tvojem imenu (https://www.buyer.co/)- Notranji design as a service- Brezplačna concierge storitev za organizacijo potovanja (affiliate business model)- Nišni SaaS produkti in kako lansirati MVP za le nekaj 100 EUR- Naravni in okusni vitamini za otroke (https://hifirstday.com/)- Okolju prijazni ovitki za telefone (https://pelacase.com/)- SMS newsletter (https://community.com/)- Krema za roke izsušene od dezinfekcijskih sredstev- Uber za headhunting
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Matichttps://www.facebook.com/jesenovechttps://www.instagram.com/meetmatichttps://twitter.com/Mati...
2020-12-3041 min
The Founders LoungeNajboljše e-commerce poslovne ideje za leto 2021 - Epizoda #1V tokratnji epizodi govoriva o:- quiz funnel- ecommerce z digitalnimi produkti- pomembnost fokusa na akvizicijo- pomirjujoče otežene odeje za spanje- pomirjujoče pasje posteljice- pomirjujoče igrače za otroke- prilagodljive uteži - oprema za domačo pisarno, katero plača delodajalec- starter paketi- članarina za dostop do različnih fitnes centrov
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Matichttps://www.facebook.com/jesenovechttps://www.instagram.com/meetmatichttps://twitter.com/MaticJhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/maticjesenovec
Janihttps://www.facebook.com/jani.pravdichttps://www.instagram.com/janipravdichttps://twitter.com/jani_pravdichttps://www.linkedin.com/in/janipravdic
2020-12-1344 min