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Founders365

By Steven Haggerty

Founders365, Hosted by Steven Haggerty, Steven shares true Founder stories and insights. Exploring their story and finding out more about the highs, the lows, and the lessons they have learned along their way to success.

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#137 - Jamie Grant - Co Creator of Carv, the world’s first wearable that helps you ski better

Founders365Jul 21, 2020

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#194 - Rory Knighton - Founder & Filmmaker at Runaway Collective

#194 - Rory Knighton - Founder & Filmmaker at Runaway Collective

#194 - 🎬 Rory J Knighton - Founder & Filmmaker at Runaway Collective

Rory is a purebred digital native, starting his first company at 16. Currently, he is the Creative Director and founder of Runaway Collective, a subscription-based creative agency with a focus on rapid e-Commerce builds blended with video. With his unique blend of film, branding and data science, Rory has been building brands for over a decade - from startups to global conglomerates.

Since becoming heavily involved in the Food & Drink industry over the last 7 years by founding multiple food bev brands, Rory is determined to make a difference in the food space through education and the demystification of food ingredients. His upcoming documentary “The protein Lie and other dirty secrets” delves deep into the marketing secrets that the food industry doesn't want you to know about.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 26, 202034:11
#193 - Stuart Macdonald - Founder at ManíLife

#193 - Stuart Macdonald - Founder at ManíLife

🥜 Stu Macdonald is the founder of ManíLife , a business he started out of a rugby club kitchen with 45 friends 5 years ago and now the fastest-growing peanut butter brand in the UK.

A, somewhat cliched, unfulfilled accountant, Macdonald left a job at PwC after just 11 months to pursue a profession in peanut butter. He has never looked back since. His journey to date has been characterised by a chaotic swing of extreme highs and devastating lows, which should make for some riveting chat!

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

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Oct 23, 202035:33
#192 - Anthony Chapman - Co-Founder at Fellow Studio

#192 - Anthony Chapman - Co-Founder at Fellow Studio

#192 - Anthony Chapman - Co-Founder at Fellow Studio

Utilising his skills in branding and creative strategy, Anthony has worked in both specialist design studios and global agencies, delivering award-winning campaigns for a range of clients. Some of these include Nokia, Vodafone, Syncsort and Skype.

Anthony is a passionate and creative individual who understands the importance of classic graphic design especially interested in layout, form and typography. His work aims to focus on inventive problem solving and stimulating communication. His experience is invaluable when approaching branding, art direction and idea generation.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 22, 202023:20
#191 - Jason Roberts - CEO & Founder at Kaleida International

#191 - Jason Roberts - CEO & Founder at Kaleida International

#191 - Jason Roberts - CEO & Founder at Kaleida International

Jason Roberts is an esteemed business professional with 22 years’ experience in Financial Services. After spending 11 years working for a number of investment banks including J.P. Morgan, Jason made the move to Financial Service technology sales where he spent 11 years selling SAAS solutions to financial institutions for a number of US tech start-ups.

Leaving the city in 2018 after spotting a gap in the market and with a wealth of industry experience and contacts, Jason set about building a solution to improve the commercial prospects and for SMEs and start-ups by launching his very own social platform focused on helping B2B Buyers and Suppliers connect. Son to a single parent from South London, Brixton, and now Husband and father to two daughters, Jason highlights empathy, kindness and integrity as attributes he values the most in people.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 20, 202026:08
#190 - Vince Patten - Founder at Tippzi

#190 - Vince Patten - Founder at Tippzi

#190 - Vince Patten - Founder at Tippzi

Vince Patten is the Founder/CEO of Tippzi a revolutionary digital ads app that helps SMEs achieve affordable ads. He also is a senior consultant for Save Our Planet, Refillery, Canada. Which he helped attain the rare distinction of achieving all 17 sustainable development goals of the UN.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 19, 202028:49
#189 - Simon Hardie - CEO & Founder at Findexable

#189 - Simon Hardie - CEO & Founder at Findexable

Simon Hardie is co-founder and CEO of findexable – the new digital platform for benchmarking fintech innovation globally, and home to the Global Fintech Index. As Ai and analytics re-shape business, Findexable’s mission is to make it easier to gather, interpret and benchmark fintech activity, enable unmoderated, real-time insight on global fintech activity – to determine the ingredients of fintech success.

Simon has two decades of experience producing financial intelligence content, research and events for global financial publishers including The Economist, Euromoney Institutional Investor and IFR (part of the Thomson Reuters Group), as well as boutique research publishers and media companies across Europe and the Middle East. He was previously a director of banking events and publishing house VRL (now Global Data).

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 14, 202026:39
#188 - Michelle Myers - Founder and CEO at Pink Callers

#188 - Michelle Myers - Founder and CEO at Pink Callers

#188 - Michelle Myers - Founder and CEO at Pink Callers

Michelle is the founder and CEO of Pink Callers, an administrative support solution that assigns customer service rockstars to support home service businesses remotely. Pink Callers manages all incoming calls, emails and chats to your business, inputs all information into your business CRM and schedules both sales appointments and accepted crew work. Pink Callers mission is to provide work at home opportunities in the admin support / remote office management space.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 12, 202023:57
#187 - Kas Andz - Founder at KAMG

#187 - Kas Andz - Founder at KAMG

#187 - Kas Andz - Founder at KAMG

Kas Andz is the Founder of his own agency in London that simply pours jet fuel on e-commerce business growth. Kas bootstrapped the business from his mum’s house leading to rapid growth since having worked with Revolut, VistaJet and even approached by Gartner.

He’s since gone on to invest in algorithmic trading, deep dive into biohacking & entrepreneur performance and more all while 22 still. 4x college dropout, years of depression & contemplations of suicide have lead Kas to play life with an “all or nothing” approach. When he's not running his agency, you'll find him running marathons, gulping herbal tea’s, trying to automate his daily life or playing with his Chihuahua Sushi.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 09, 202039:57
#186 - Roger Nairn - Co-Founder & CEO of JAR Audio

#186 - Roger Nairn - Co-Founder & CEO of JAR Audio

#186 - Roger Nairn - Co-Founder & CEO of JAR Audio

Roger has worked with some of the world's biggest brands including Netflix, Lamborghini and Four Seasons. Now he's taking his brand storytelling skills to the world of podcasting with JAR Audio - which is a podcast studio working exclusively with brands. JAR help it's clients grow their revenue and impact through ROI-driven podcasts that make meaningful connections with listeners. They've been lucky enough to work with brands like Expedia, Lululemon, RBC, Cineplex, and more.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 08, 202029:30
#185 - Alexei Mirkin - Founder & CEO at alphaseeker.app

#185 - Alexei Mirkin - Founder & CEO at alphaseeker.app

#185 - Alexei Mirkin - Founder & CEO at alphaseeker.app

Spending his teenage years in Chicago and NYC, he often passed by the CME and the NYSE. Back then he had no idea what quantitative finance is, but being good with numbers always came natural. Alexei is a serial entrepreneur. Attended Hunter College in NYC studying economics for two years. Went on to start a couple of startups in the early 2000s. Continued on to 10 years of algorithmic trading on various markets. Quantitative finance quickly became his obsession.

In his early days of algorithmic trading, he was chasing the holy grail, just like all beginners. But over the years he has learned what a good strategy is when it comes to investing. It was ten long years of trial and error and continuous education, learning from the greats like Wyckoff and Markowitz. Creating models, simulations, testing algorithms - then wiping the board clean and starting over from a clean slate. After receiving an Artificial Intelligence with Python nano degree from Udacity, he decided to augment his purely mathematical approach and let ML do some of the heavy lifting. Alexei decided to combine the classical theory with ML. The results came out better than he could have dreamed then he decided to go ahead with another startup.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 07, 202023:52
#184 - Lindsay Spolan Pinchuk Founder+ CEO at Bump Club and Beyond

#184 - Lindsay Spolan Pinchuk Founder+ CEO at Bump Club and Beyond

#184 - Lindsay Spolan Pinchuk Founder+ CEO at Bump Club and Beyond

For nearly ten years prior to BCB, Lindsay worked in publishing, advertising, and marketing at Hearst Magazines, MTV Networks, The Tribune Company and Time Inc for brands including Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Sports Illustrated, The Chicago Tribune, and Nickelodeon. As a University of Michigan Alum she bleeds maize and blue, but also has a soft spot for the Northwestern Wildcats where she earned her Master’s of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications. Lindsay herself wanted to connect with other expectant moms when she was pregnant, thus the catalyst behind starting the BCB brand.

BCB has worked with almost every brand in the baby industry. In 2011, BCB was named “Best Mommy Community” by Chicago Magazine. In 2014, Lindsay was named one of Crain’s Chicago Businesses’ Best Entrepreneurs. Besides her work life, she is a Detroit native living in Chicago since 2001. She now calls the northern suburbs of Chicago home and she lives there with her amazing husband, Daniel (who she met working at overnight camp over 20 yrs ago!), their two beautiful daughters and COVID puppy, Ollie.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 06, 202030:31
#183 - Sunna van Kampen - Founder at Tonic Health

#183 - Sunna van Kampen - Founder at Tonic Health

#183 - Sunna van Kampen - Founder at Tonic Health

An entrepreneur with broad-ranging experience across 4 different industries and over 10 different brands covering everything from multi-million-pound global projects to startup growth. He most recently launched Tonic Health, securing half a million in funding and launching into the largest health retailers in the country within just 10 months of trading. Previously, he co-founded LVK Global a sales and marketing agency and developed Piccolo Baby Food, the fastest growing baby food brand in the UK. Prior to this, Sunna was Head of Trading at Virgin and led global projects for Barclays Bank and Mattel Europe.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 05, 202028:19
#182 - Ben Legg - CEO & Founder at The Portfolio Collective

#182 - Ben Legg - CEO & Founder at The Portfolio Collective

Ben Legg is the co-founder of The Portfolio Collective and also an engineer, author and reinventor of industries. His career has included army officer, McKinsey strategy consultant, COO of Google Europe and global technology CEO. He has worked in over 60 countries, has five kids and is a self-professed exercise nut.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 02, 202023:42
#181 - Alberto Fantappie - Online Counselling and Behavioural Health Services to Organisations

#181 - Alberto Fantappie - Online Counselling and Behavioural Health Services to Organisations

Alberto Fantappie is the Founder and CEO of Wemby. Previously to starting Wemby, he was an HR and finance officer in Afghanistan ad South Sudan for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Before switching paths, he led the South Europe marketing team at Zalando in Berlin, managing a budget in excess of €70M. Earlier to Zalando, he bootstrapped a short-term property rentals app in Paris, and held other roles in banking, managing consulting and internet companies, including Rocket Internet and Google. He holds an MSc in Management from City university and ESCP business school.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Oct 01, 202026:00
#180 - Danny Heath - Founder of Your Game Plan

#180 - Danny Heath - Founder of Your Game Plan

Danny Heath is Founder of YourGamePlan and has worked in recruitment communications and market for over a decade.

Working in London and New York for publishing houses and national press. The majority of his experience is in the early talent space.

He has launched YourGamePlan to make sure every young person has the best chance possible of a successful career. YourGamePlan is a free digital employability training website for schools and young people.

After fully launching in August this year, YourGamePlan is now ready to come to market and work with employers & institutions.

Their platform is designed to empower young people and ensure they have access to soft skills and employability training via video learning. All of their training is free for schools, charities and young people.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 30, 202031:45
#179 - Connie Steele - Creating the Necessary Momentum to Move Your Business Forward

#179 - Connie Steele - Creating the Necessary Momentum to Move Your Business Forward

Connie Steele is a seasoned marketing and strategy executive with a passion for building brands products, and experiences. She has over 20 years of experience from start-ups to F500 companies, B2C and B2B businesses, and has held senior marketing leadership roles in several technology companies. Today through her management consultancy Flywheel Associates, she works with scale-up companies to not only develop their business and marketing strategies but also drive the successful execution of these efforts.

Connie is also an avid podcaster. She’s the creator and host of the Strategic Momentum, a podcast and e-learning brand focused on ‘Understanding the Business of Work’ to support the next generation of leaders in reaching their growth potential. This business and career advice content platform has featured NYT best selling authors, world-renowned psychologists and executives. Further, she shares her perspectives through contributions to Arianna Huffington’s consumer well-being and productivity platform Thrive Global.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 27, 202033:38
#178 - Jonathan Pritchard - Corporate Mentalist & Founder of Hellstrom Group

#178 - Jonathan Pritchard - Corporate Mentalist & Founder of Hellstrom Group

Jonathan Pritchard is a highly sought after consultant and speaker specializing in the area of applied psychology in life and business. His client list includes Fortune 500 companies like BP, State Farm, United Airlines, and more. He is the founder of the international consulting company "The Hellstrom Group" which has trained teams to improve their sales, negotiation, and presentation skills on six of the seven continents.

His expertise comes from his background traveling the world as a Mentalist, a unique type of entertainer specializing in mind-reading tricks. The applied psychology he uses on stage in Vegas, on TV, and online gives him an edge off stage as well. He is the author of several books focused on psychology, motivation, self-improvement, and more. He currently lives in Chicago where you can find him practicing Wing Chun Kung Fu every morning.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 26, 202036:11
#177 - Valentin Scholz - Founder & CEO at Kiko

#177 - Valentin Scholz - Founder & CEO at Kiko

Val Scholz has founded Kiko together with Tony Popov as he had the same frustrating experience living in Vienna, Milan, Lisbon, and London: finding and renting a nice flat is extremely difficult, and requires a lot of time. Their software can be used by private landlords, letting agencies, and institutional landlords to rent out any property in less than 5 minutes online in their own online store as well as manage the entire tenancy.

To date, the company has raised over £500,000 from Seedcamp and other VCs. Kiko operates as a fully remote company and consists of 5 full-time employees based in London, Moscow, and St Petersburg. Before Kiko, Val Scholz lead Growth at Revolut to grow their customer by over 1 million new customers a month and was awarded the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 26, 202024:10
#176 - Suds Singh - Founder at Interesting Content

#176 - Suds Singh - Founder at Interesting Content

Suds Singh is the founder of Interesting Content, company which he founded in 2015. Interesting Content is a digital video production company based in London. The company has produced more than 1,000 videos to date, so it would be safe to say they know a thing or two about creating video content that their customers will find engaging, shareworthy and - most importantly! - interesting. Suds founded the with an initial budget of £0 and has since grown the business to 6 figures and counting.

The company currently creates content for household names such as Space NK, Tesco, Disney, Receipt Bank, Soldo, Tide Bank as well as tech companies such as dotdigital, Avora, IGX Global and a whole host of other too. The company consists of 6 full-time employees based in London, Kyiv and Basel and around 60 freelancers spread thought London and some across the globe too. In his spare time, he likes to go for runs, read books and watch gross-out comedies on Netflix usually with a glass of red in hand.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 25, 202038:43
#175 - Lynn Whitbeck - Founder of Future forward sales & Petite2Queen

#175 - Lynn Whitbeck - Founder of Future forward sales & Petite2Queen

Lynn Whitbeck is the Founder and CEO of Petite2Queen, and she helps the world by providing sales and leadership programs and tools to achieve more, faster. Building on her successes and experiences in executive leadership roles, Lynn shares the lessons learned along her journey to supercharge your career. Lynn is the co-author of the highly regarded book, Practical Wisdoms @ Work. This quick-read guide provides insights to navigate situations, challenges, and opportunities that arise every day in business. Teaching you how to broaden your career with skills that will set you apart. You may have seen Lynn in USA Today, HuffPost, Chicago Tribune, and more!

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 24, 202033:25
#174 - James Bidwell - Co-founder at Re_Set and Springwise

#174 - James Bidwell - Co-founder at Re_Set and Springwise

In 2015, James Bidwell became CEO and owner of innovation portal Springwise Intelligence, described by Seth Godin as “almost too good to share”. James is also Founding Partner of RE_SET, the innovation and digital transformation boutique consultancy, created for the disruption economy.

James is the author of “Disrupt! 100 Lessons in Business Innovation” published by Hodder and Stoughton 2017 Operating at the nexus of global change James brings deep experience and insight into digital, brand and innovation across all organizational disciplines at a time of unprecedented uncertainty and opportunity. At Springwise, James is immersed in the global innovation community with deep insight into the newest and most transformative new businesses and innovations from every corner of the world. Springwise Innovation Snapshots have become a must-read for CEOs, innovators, investors, educators and corporates from all sectors.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 24, 202029:07
#173 - Anthony Rose - Founder & CEO at SeedLegals

#173 - Anthony Rose - Founder & CEO at SeedLegals

In 2016 Anthony Rose co-founded SeedLegals, a revolutionary new legal tech platform that lets startups and investors complete the legals needed to build, grow and fund their business, at a fraction of the cost of using a law firm. Known as “The man behind BBC iPlayer”, Anthony ran the iPlayer and other BBC services from 2007 to 2010, taking the iPlayer from pre-launch to major success story.

SeedLegals was founded by serial entrepreneur Anthony and serial angel investor Laurent Laffy who met at a party in Rome. They'd both had enough of paying insane amounts of money to lawyers for the same legal documents at every funding round, and funding rounds taking months to negotiate and close. They decided to change it.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 22, 202033:24
#172 - Mike Maynard - Owner at Napier

#172 - Mike Maynard - Owner at Napier

Mike Maynard is owner at Napier Partnership Limited and is a self-confessed geek who loves talking about technology. He believes that combining the measurement, accountability and innovation that he learnt as an engineer with a passion for communicating ensures Napier delivers great campaigns and tangible return on investment. Mike began his career as an electronics design engineer, working for companies ranging from GEC-Marconi to DDA, developing products from complex radar systems to Kim Wilde’s mixing desk.

Mike later joined IDT Inc, an American semiconductor company, making his move into marketing when he switched from European Applications Manager to European Marketing Manager. In 2001 Mike acquired Napier with Suzy Kenyon. Since that time he has directed major PR and marketing programmes for a wide range of technology clients. He is actively involved in developing the PR and marketing industries and is Chair of the PRCA B2B Group, and lectures in PR at Southampton Solent University.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 21, 202027:46
#171 - Rachael Crook - Building the Future of Care at Home

#171 - Rachael Crook - Building the Future of Care at Home

Rachael Crook is the Co-founder and CEO of Lifted, the start up revolutionising how we care for our loved ones. Their ambition at Lifted is to lift lives by building the complete companion to anyone looking after a loved one. From the moment of diagnosis to the end of life, they want to make sure that no one cares alone.

She Co-founded the company based on her personal experience struggling to find care for her mother after she was diagnosed with early on set dementia.

Rachael was formerly a consultant with McKinsey & Company and a Senior Advisor in the Prime Minister's Implementation Unit. She holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford and BA(Hons) from the University of Warwick.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 20, 202026:51
#170 - Chris Dickey - Founder & CEO at Visably

#170 - Chris Dickey - Founder & CEO at Visably

Chris Dickey has a resume that spans publishing, in-house marketing direction, public relations, and software development. Chris is the Owner + Founder of Purple Orange Brand Communications, a PR agency that specializes in outdoor and active lifestyle brands. Chris started exploring the intersection of search engine marketing and public relations by having his agency audit search results for PR opportunities; eventually scaling that strategy to win over large swaths of highly valuable organic search results for his clients, using PR tactics.

In 2019 Chris took this strategy a step further by founding Visably – a new marketing / PR SaaS platform that audits search results for brand mentions, and provides an analysis of website’s “channel” for further segmentation and list building.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 18, 202028:00
#169 - Von Sy - Founder & CEO at Nimble

#169 - Von Sy - Founder & CEO at Nimble

Von Sy is the founder and CEO of Nimble Babies, an exciting range of baby household cleaning products that are made with plant-based ingredients. Their products are now sold in about 500 stores nationwide through Sainsbury's and Boots. Von is a chemist by profession and worked for one of the world's largest detergents manufacturer before starting up Nimble. He started Nimble in 2015 when his first niece, Rhianne, had cloudy smelly bottles and there wasn't anything that could deal with it. Now, Von is a dad to Juliana, a 14-month old toddler who's keeping her dad's hands full with her silly but sweet antics.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 18, 202028:21
#168 - Jon Morrison - Using the Power of Clarity to Help You Capture Attention and Grow Your Business

#168 - Jon Morrison - Using the Power of Clarity to Help You Capture Attention and Grow Your Business

Jon Morrison is an entrepreneur in the software space. He is the Founder of Get Clear Consulting and Clinic Sites, two companies that are empowering business owners to take ownership of their website and love leveraging it as a powerful growth tool for their business. Jon is an alumni of Oxford University, a TEDx speaker and a Certified StoryBrand Guide. Jon lives in Vancouver, B.C. with his wife and three daughters.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 16, 202035:02
#167 - Romanie Thomas - Building the Flexible Workforce for the Future

#167 - Romanie Thomas - Building the Flexible Workforce for the Future

Romanie Thomas is the Founder and CEO of Juggle Jobs. She is an experienced headhunter who has spent the last ten years helping companies find outstanding senior staff. During that time, she saw very little progress on gender diversity at leadership level. Today, less than 10% of business leaders are women. Romanie’s vision is to grow this percentage to 50% by 2027. She believes that by implementing flexible working, companies can increase the numbers of women in leadership positions and improve diversity in the workplace.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 15, 202030:35
#166 - Jay R. Hodge - Developing Sustainable Processes that are the Foundation for Innovation and Future Success

#166 - Jay R. Hodge - Developing Sustainable Processes that are the Foundation for Innovation and Future Success

Jay Hodge is the founder and President of Jay Hodge & Associates, a Lean Management Consulting firm consisting of an extensive network of Independent Experts specializing in multiple fields including Strategy Deployment, Lean Leadership Development, Operations, Revenue Cycle Management, Kaizen/RIW and Problem Solving Events and the implementation of Lean Management Systems in organizations across multiple industries.

Jay is the author of The Lean Treasure Chest and is the creator of the Dynamic Elemental Engagement System used to effectively drive cultural transformation within any organization. Jay possesses over 30 years of demonstrated operational leadership in roles ranging from front-line Supervisor to Vice President within organizations such as Toyota, General Motors, Caterpillar, Ford, Tenet Healthcare and the United States Marine Corps. His experience has demonstrated that simply using the Lean tools is easy but succeeding as effective Leader in a Lean organization requires a completely different kind of Leadership, one that necessitates a level of engagement, accountability, communication and ownership seldom demonstrated. A Lean Leader is first a servant, someone who understands that they will never be more important than the very people that they serve, influence and impact.

Jay and his Team enable organizations to understand that success as a Lean organization is about differentiating yourself from your competition by understanding and providing what your customers value, in a manner that sets you apart. JH&A builds upon an organizations abilities and strengths by developing a focused strategy, documented plan, clearly defined expectations, an accountability structure, and most importantly, a willingness of Leadership to get neck-deep daily in the mud puddle we refer to as operations. Effective Lean Leadership is the catalyst for a Successful Lean Culture.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 13, 202029:29
#165 - Jonny Aldrich - Co-Founder & Managing Director at Deuce Studio

#165 - Jonny Aldrich - Co-Founder & Managing Director at Deuce Studio

Jonny Aldrich is the co-founder and managing director of Deuce Studio. He and his studio have over 15 years of experience in creating brands across various sectors. Mostly specialising in helping start-ups and SMEs become challenger brands and stand out in their respective market places.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 11, 202027:19
#164 - Kenneth Ameduri - Opt Out of Conventional Wisdom and Get Ahead by Beating the Street

#164 - Kenneth Ameduri - Opt Out of Conventional Wisdom and Get Ahead by Beating the Street

Kenneth Ameduri has had a passion for truth from an early age. Finding trends and anticipating growth sectors has been his primary focus since he was in high school. After noticing the cracks in the underlined financial system, he became a proactive investor purchasing investments that would hedge his portfolio against inflation. This led him to invest in real estate, precious metals, stocks, and cryptocurrency establishing a personal multimillion-dollar portfolio prior to turning 30 years old.

Kenneth has taken the knowledge he has compiled in the business world and is now pouring it into Crush The Street for the benefit of his members through the weekly newsletter, blog, and podcasts focusing on market trends, precious metals, cryptocurrencies and sound economics. Kenneth actively is the Chief Editor at CrushTheStreet.com where all of his work can be found.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 08, 202028:13
#163 - Zora Feraji - Co-Founder at Social Playground UK

#163 - Zora Feraji - Co-Founder at Social Playground UK

#163 - Zora Feraji - Co-Founder at Social Playground UK

Hungarian-born, now London-based 24-year-old Zora Feraji first started her career in advertising after graduating from the prominent Central Saint Martin’s college of the University of Arts London working on some of the beauty industry’s most progressive global brands like Lynx and VO5. Working on campaigns involving some of the worlds biggest stars like Anne-Marie, Anthony Joshua, Khalid and Dele Alli, Zora gained first-hand knowledge on the world of influencer marketing and social media.

In 2019, Zora co-founded Social Playground, a next-gen creative communications agency and content studio that fuses strategic social marketing and global talent to power influence and generate social klout, building the brands of the future. Zora and the team at Social Playground, alongside their global influencer network of 500+, are quickly disrupting the ever-changing social world, one challenger brand at a time.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 07, 202026:58
#162 - Dan Lewis - Connecting Communities Safely One Tap at a Time!

#162 - Dan Lewis - Connecting Communities Safely One Tap at a Time!

#162 - Dan Lewis originally founded Skute in 2014 after winning an Innovate UK contest for the music industry. During that time it took a 2 year hiatus and Skute was reborn again in 2018! Dan is a proud single dad of two so balancing being a responsible adult and an entrepreneur, has had its challenges that’s for sure. However his constant thirst for learning, his stubbornness to prove a point, his desire to look out for everyone and understand what makes them truly tick, his sometimes-annoying attention to detail and the way he’ll wear his heart on his sleeve – has certainly all helped shape who he is today.

Dan originally started within sports marketing, and then gradually moved into strategic agency roles before becoming hooked by the tech startup world. Dan has been a powerful advocate for safer social media, plus been instrumental in helping his clients overcome the often-scary world of digital innovation and how best to create truly powerful user experiences that are both beautiful and authentic.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 04, 202037:29
#161 - Damon Burton - Search Engine Marketing Expert

#161 - Damon Burton - Search Engine Marketing Expert

This search engine marketing expert, Damon Burton, has beat billion dollar companies at their own game and has proven strategies to grow your business.

Over a decade ago he beat a billion dollar company by outranking their website on Google. Since then, he knew he was onto something and has gone on to build an international search engine marketing company that’s worked with NBA teams, and Inc 5000 & Shark Tank featured businesses.

Having started his business right before the 2008 recession, Damon is familiar with navigating and growing a business through times like today. Never before has there been so many people needing something to focus their attention on… AND the time to do it.

Since founding his company SEO National in 2007, he writes for Forbes, has been featured in publications including Entrepreneur Magazine, BuzzFeed and USA Weekly, and has helped high-profile clients make more in a month than they used to in a year.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 03, 202033:26
#160 - Mitak Ahmed - Founder & Graphic Designer at DIJCOM

#160 - Mitak Ahmed - Founder & Graphic Designer at DIJCOM

Mitak Ahmed is the founder of DIJCOM and author of Mitak’s incomplete. An expert in branding & graphic design, working with companies across the UK building powerful brands. He started Dijcom to improve the business world. Struggling through his childhood and his past he has become one of the most inspirational young individuals in the UK. Doing a lot of motivational and business talks across London.

He plans to get involved with many innovations in the future and launch more businesses. Devoted to helping the world, especially building better futures for children, tackling inequality and overcoming poverty. He wants to buy his own island one day so he can build a place for the poor & needy.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 03, 202020:45
#159 - Kian Bakhtiari - Founder at The People

#159 - Kian Bakhtiari - Founder at The People

Episode #159 - Kian Bakhtiari is the founder of @The People, an award-winning youth powered consultancy. He was formerly Head of Strategy at Dentsu Aegis Network, one of the largest media and advertising groups in the world. For his contributions to marketing, he has been named as one of the Top 50 Future Leaders by the Financial Times. He is also a Global Judge for the Festival of Media, a One Young World Ambassador, and an Agenda Contributor to the World Economic Forum. Kian regularly writes about marketing through a Millennial and Gen-Z lens for Forbes CMO Network.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Sep 01, 202029:09
#158 - Aaron Campbell - Helping Businesses Take Control of their Internet

#158 - Aaron Campbell - Helping Businesses Take Control of their Internet

#158 - Aaron Campbell - Helping Businesses Take Control of their Internet

Aaron Campbell is an international speaker, open source advocate, and outgoing introvert. He’s been a regular contributor to WordPress for more than a decade, and is currently employed by GoDaddy as the head of WordPress core and ecosystem. He has over eighteen years of web development experience and worked with clients ranging from small local businesses to Google, Yahoo, Disney, and Harvard. He’s been called both a coffee snob and a beer snob, but considers both to be compliments. When not buried in code, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son, riding his motorcycle, and reading sci-fi/fantasy books.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Aug 26, 202026:38
#157 - Bob Berry - Founder of Human-Computer MasterMind Academy and ItsTheUsers com

#157 - Bob Berry - Founder of Human-Computer MasterMind Academy and ItsTheUsers com

Bob Berry is a principal at AnswerLab, where he’s guiding Google, Amazon, Facebook, and many others to create new, optimal online experiences in this age of coronavirus. He’s also the founder of The Human-Computer MasterMind Academy, helping entrepreneurs, professionals, and small businesses master the art and craft of exceptional human-computer experiences.

He’s now leading concurrent online transformation projects with major global brands, and he speaks, teaches, consults, mentors, conducts research, and has directed leadership events worldwide, with executives at Microsoft, Canon, eBay, GE, Honeywell, Lilly, and many others.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020

Aug 26, 202033:25
#156 - Lucas London - Co-Founder of Lick Home - Decorating Made Easy

#156 - Lucas London - Co-Founder of Lick Home - Decorating Made Easy

Lucas London is the CEO & co-founder of Lick Home.

Lick Home is a direct-to-consumer home decor brand. They understand that when it comes to decorating and design - a simple change in colour or design can have a massive impact on the way people feel about the spaces they spend our lives.

They have re-imagined the way people decorate, replacing the stresses of the traditional route to DIY with an experience and products created with the modern lifestyle in mind.

Lucas was the VP International of $140m GMV jobs marketplace Airtasker, having joined in 2017 to lead expansion outside Australia growing the UK market to $4.5m GMV within 12 months. Lucas spent 5 years at the UK equity hedge fund Clareville Capital, as an Investment Analyst before joining Yubl, a social messaging startup, as Commercial Lead.

Lucas works with a number of startups including as an Investor Director at the catering marketplace Feast It and was a Director & co-founder of coworking space Karma Kitchen. He has mentored on the Virgin StartUp and Escape The City programs, winning Virgin Mentoring Star of 2017.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Aug 25, 202021:45
#155 - Michael "Fritz" Fritzius - Transforming Companies with Automation

#155 - Michael "Fritz" Fritzius - Transforming Companies with Automation

Michael "Fritz" Fritzius is a huge nerd with a huge heart for serving others. Fritz has been a business owner since late 2015 and is absolutely not doing what he wanted to be doing when he grew up. But he loves every minute of it. The highs, the lows, and everything in between, he uses his experience in technology, software testing and his faith to bring his A-game every day to his clients. More recently, he partnered up with another entrepreneur and together they complement each others' skills. Continuing to build relationships, helping how he can and winning hearts on the daily is the mission at hand.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020

Aug 25, 202037:27
#154 - Glenn Lundy - Pioneer of the 800% Club

#154 - Glenn Lundy - Pioneer of the 800% Club

Glenn Lundy is a husband to 1, a father to 7, and the host of the wildly popular Facebook Live show #RiseAndGrind. He’s been seen at places like Hustle and Grind Con, Grow Your Business For God’s Sake! and many more stages across the country. Glenn has been spotlighted on ABC, NBC, and CBS, and is an expert in dealership culture development, and leadership training.

With 20 years of experience in the automotive industry, Glenn leads a dealership from 120 cars a month to an 800% increase in sales in five years, becoming the 2nd largest used car franchise in the country. His unique style makes him one of the most coveted GM’s in the business. Glenn has the unique ability to help identify the areas for growth in your store, and teach creative ways to invoke your dealerships spirit. With a background in sales, and finance, he uses his skill sets to create growth, as well as tapping into the mental side of human development.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Aug 24, 202030:10
#153 - William Ferreira - Co-Founder at Social Buff

#153 - William Ferreira - Co-Founder at Social Buff

William Ferreira is a co-founder of Social Buff as well as a speaker and investor. He's worked with brands such as Nike, HSBC, Virgin and Stolichnaya and has been featured in Virgin StartUp, Forbes, The Daily Mail and Startup UK for my work in entrepreneurship.

Social Buff is a fast-growing startup based in London and Amsterdam.

They specialise in performance-based digital marketing. They help companies build a brand and drive sales through SEO, PPC, organic & paid social, websites & thump-stopping content.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Aug 22, 202033:40
#152 - Liz Carlile - Proven Thought Leader in the Field of Mental Health and Holistic Wellness

#152 - Liz Carlile - Proven Thought Leader in the Field of Mental Health and Holistic Wellness

#152 - Liz Carlile - Proven Thought Leader in the Field of Mental Health and Holistic Wellness

Liz’s interest in the importance of non-negotiable self-care for mothers is informed by personal experience: She is a mother of two boys, ages 4 and 7, and through her own difficulty managing new motherhood, found a way to not only survive but thrive. Her cathartic processing of the unexplainable turmoil and despair following the birth of her first child prompted her to start a blog, which was highly received and eventually turned into a series of published articles and the beginning of her online presence as Motherhood Unstressed.

In 2017 she enrolled and graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (“IIN”), and became a certified Health Coach. It was while she was at IIN that she decided to start her podcast on health and wellness, which now routinely breaks the Top 50 charts on Apple Podcasts. Every week she releases two episodes on a myriad of topics that empower and uplift women to live their best lives. Her Monday episode consists of a long-form interview with an expert in holistic health. Past guests have included best selling authors Dr. Steven Gundry, Mark Sisson, and Filmmaker Jon Whelan. Her Wednesday episodes consist of guided meditations or shorter solo episodes that give her a chance to connect more deeply with her engaged audience all over the world and leave them with practical takeaways they can use to optimize their lives.

Liz is also a speaker who travels the country teaching resilience-building and mental fitness. In 2019 she was invited to share her story of motherhood and the importance of non-negotiable self-care on the TEDx stage in Colorado Springs. Since then she has been a frequent speaker to groups of men and women on this topic. She also speaks on entrepreneurship and how others can pursue lives more in alignment with their soul’s true purpose.

Liz has graced the cover of Best Self magazine, and her articles on a variety of topics have been published in countless magazines. She has also presented as an invited speaker at several women’s non-profit and corporate gatherings. She is frequently sought after as a subject matter expert on mental well-being, entrepreneurship, and motherhood in person, on podcasts and on television.

Aug 19, 202029:56
#151 - David Nicholls - CEO & Founder at FlashFomo

#151 - David Nicholls - CEO & Founder at FlashFomo

#151 - David Nicholls - CEO & Founder at FlashFomo 

David has spent the best part of the past decade working in both Singapore & Melbourne in various leadership roles in APAC within the online media including General Manager APAC at Brave Bison PLC and CEO, Australia at WebTVAsia.

In March 2019, David decided to launch his own company; FlashFomo, an online marketplace for Social Influencers to sell personally branded products. FlashFomo is both a marketplace and managed service for KOL's to create their own branded merchandise and sell it to their fans. In addition to this FlashFomo create personal brand ranges for the influencers that show the most traction. FlashFomo help influencers: - Source quality products for them to customize - Help design their branding - Manufacture products - Build their custom e-commerce solution - Manage fulfillment - Influencers set their own RRP!

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Aug 19, 202019:60
#150 - "Mr. Biz", aka Ken Wentworth - Turning problems into profits!

#150 - "Mr. Biz", aka Ken Wentworth - Turning problems into profits!

#150 - "Mr. Biz", aka Ken Wentworth - Turning problems into profits!

For more than 20 years Ken has advised businesses – from Fortune 15 companies to startups – on how to establish a solid financial path.

He has been fortunate enough at this point to amass a social media following of >250k people. As a result, his content regularly reaches 2 million+ people each month.

In addition, he is a 6-time World Record Holder.

During his corporate career, Mr. Biz developed a diverse skillset by working in many different roles – Accountant, Investment Analyst, Operations Manager, Planning and Analysis Director and CFO for several different businesses – while rising to the top 3% in a Fortune 15 company. Academically, he has earned a BA in Accounting and Honors Master’s Degree in Financial Management.

He has also written two bestselling books – “Pathway to Profits” (made it to #1) and “How to Be a Cash Flow Pro”.

He regularly speaks to professional organizations, hosts “Mr. Biz Radio” and founded Mr. Biz Solutions, an exclusive platform created specifically to provide affordable business expertise for small business owners.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020

Aug 18, 202029:22
#149 - Harry Turpin - Founder of snack bar company The Savourists

#149 - Harry Turpin - Founder of snack bar company The Savourists

#149 - Harry Turpin - Founder of snack bar company The Savourists LTD 

Harry has always craved the buzz and passion of entrepreneurial spirit, from setting up event nights at uni, to founding a savoury snack brand for foodie thrill-seekers. After studying Musical Theatre at university, he started his career at Cawston Press, swapping the tights and tap shoes for walking the streets of London selling soft drinks. Cawston Press was his education in creating a successful brand.

He learned first-hand from leaders in the industry and oversaw the highs, lows and hard work that go into starting and scaling a business. The passion and focus of the senior management created an immersive culture, and he fell in love with the industry. Whilst at Cawston Press the sugar tax was introduced and it encouraged him to think outside the box. What other categories needed shaking up? A savoury lover himself, Harry spotted an opportunity to reinvigorate the snack-bar market with something totally new and unique he has only just started his journey but knows there's a LOT more to come!

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Aug 17, 202027:28
#148 - Robert Bendetti - The Funny Finance Guy

#148 - Robert Bendetti - The Funny Finance Guy

Robert is the founder of the Global CFO Council he is also the Chief Financial Officer of Life Cycle Engineering (LCE).

As CFO he is responsible for all financial operations of the company as well as contracting, purchasing, marketing, sales operations, and IT.

Robert has an undergraduate degree in Finance, an MBA, and a Masters of Accounting and Financial Management (MAFM). Robert is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Prosci Change Management Professional, and a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt.

Robert’s volunteer activities include serving as a member of the Board of Trustee for the Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting (EFWA) and serving as an advisor to the Board of Directors for the South Carolina Federal Credit Union.

Aug 16, 202029:13
#147 - Mohammad Afridi - CEO & Co-Founder at Delikart

#147 - Mohammad Afridi - CEO & Co-Founder at Delikart

Founder of Delikart, Mohammad Afridi is a promising young founder and CEO of a revolutionary startup Delikart. Delikart is an online app-based platform that allows users to virtually purchase items found in physical stores.

Nevertheless, it aims to deliver these items purchased within 1 hour. The company is based in Manchester, England. During the lockdown of COVID-19, the team led by the young pioneer has accomplished 2,470 deliveries with an increase of 57% growth rate per week. This step has led Delikart to have various media attention, and as a promising entrepreneur, Afridi has donated the entire revenue earned during the lockdown to the charities across Manchester.

Afridi and his whole team have received various recognition due to this step, which includes appreciation from the Lord Mayor of Manchester, and he has gained attention during his graduation for this reason by the head of the world-class Alliance Manchester Business School.

Afridi has been approached by various VCs for this start-up. He believes that this revolutionary idea would undoubtedly change the entire demographic of physical stores and make life easier for customers.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Aug 15, 202027:04
#146 - Rafael Rozenson - Founder & CEO at Vieve Protein Water

#146 - Rafael Rozenson - Founder & CEO at Vieve Protein Water

Vieve Protein Water is founded by entrepreneur, Rafael Rozenson. After using sports nutrition supplements for 20 years and spending a career working on prestigious FMCG brands like Evian, Bacardi, P&G, Disney, Danone and Mars, Rafael spotted an opportunity to apply his product development and marketing experience and create his own product.

Over the course of 2 years, Rafael worked with dieticians, nutritionists, creatives and manufacturers to create the perfect protein drink, and the first-ever sports nutrition product to be officially classified as sugar-free by Sugarwise.

Vieve was launched in 2018 and after two years is now available in 300 outlets across 17 countries in Europe, Middle East & Asia. The brand has gained over 300+ 5 star reviews and won or been nominated for several prestigious awards including a Womens’ Health Award. The brand is also one of the top-selling protein drinks in the UK on Amazon and Ocado, outselling much larger and established brands…

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Aug 13, 202024:49
#145 - Ashley Pollak - Taking the Complexity Out of Cyber Security

#145 - Ashley Pollak - Taking the Complexity Out of Cyber Security

Ashley Pollak is the co-founder of a cybersecurity platform, Cyber Alarm, designed for SMEs like the other two businesses that he runs - a gardening delivery service and video agency. After his marketing agency, etio was hacked he realised that as a small business there wasn't much out there to help.

Working with his business partners Dominic Aslan and Matthew Joyce, he has developed a platform to alert you when you have been hacked or when you are vulnerable to a cyber attack.

Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Aug 11, 202032:30