Tech Startup Stories Podcast

It's official! Season 2 of the Tech Startup Stories Podcast is launching next Wednesday! We're back to the weekly schedule, so many great guests with incredible founder stories. Here's a quick look at who will be on our first 8 episodes... Rachel Curtis, Toni Hopponen, Sameer Narkar, Richa Kaul, Dr Michaela Kendall, Braydan Young, Elena Boos and João S. Cabral.

On the 4th Feb this year we launched our first ever episode of the Tech Startup Stories Podcast 🎉 In this final episode of Season 1, I talk through some of the key insights and learnings from founders and co-founders that gave up their time to share their stories so far. Link to the podcast channels in the comments! Spoiler alert: Season 2 is coming after a short break, Wednesday 3rd September, 2025! 📅

Next week we're launching the last episode of the Tech Startup Stories Podcast! We're going out with a bang so subscribe, like on your usual podcast channel to listen to episode 26, (🔗 in the comments below) We've had some incredible guests on the show and next is already hotting up with Season 2 kicking of on September 3rd! 🎉 If you missed this week's, check out James Ker-Reid Founder of Autelo.ai sharing his story!

Sometimes you connect with someone on LinkedIn, exchange the odd message and then years later you reconnect with a shared passion. Catching up with James Ker-Reid on this week's Tech Startup Stories Podcast was well overdue and such a great conversation. James has been in the space for many years and has run a very successful services business before embarking on the wild ride of building a tech startup, Autelo.ai. Check out his story, link to the blog and details in the comments below.

When Fuzey started out, they found product-market fit with trade services businesses, before more recently laser-focusing in on car dealerships. For co-founder Alex Boyce, it's been an incredible journey so far and with a recent move to Dubai, so much more to come. Check out episode 24 of the Tech Startup Stories Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music and YouTube, to hear Alex's story. 🔗 In the comments below

What's better than one founder? TWO! This week, I got to hear the very real and interesting stories of George Smithies CEng MICE and Aaron Vousden MEng MICE and what led them to go from working in the construction industry, to setting up their own business, innDex. Their journey to building (pun intended) this successful startup, hasn't been straightforward, but they are taking the industry by storm. Their own experiences coupled with their continuous customer feedback cycle, has led to their products being implemented worldwide. Check out this episode of Tech Startup Stories Podcast on all of the usual channels, link to the blog in the comments.

A few weeks ago I got the opportunity to speak to an entrepreneur who is on his 4th startup following successful exits! What was immediately obvious to me is that Eli Portnoy doesn't just care about customers, their ideas, problems and input, I'd say he's Customer-Obsessed, and in a good way! His vision and everything Eli and the team are building at BackEngine is a business leaders' dream! From product development, management, marketing to sales and customer success, it's about sharing a holistic view on all customer interactions and how this can influence and drive business strategy from the core. Check out Eli on episode 22 of the Tech Startup Stories Podcast, available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

When Andy Lambert reached out for a chat, I was really excited to hear his story with startups, and being part of a co-founding team that very successfully exited with Adobe 3 years ago. He's been there, done that, and now bought the t shirt and thriving! Check out his story on episode 21 of the Tech Startup Stories Podcast Links in the comments!

When I worked at Centrify (now Delinea), I had the pleasure of working with some of the best, smartest and most engaged individuals in the industry. We worked hard but had a lot of fun along the way, so I was so pleased to catch up with my former boss, Bill Mann to hear what he's been up to and hear his amazing continued journey as CEO and Co-founder of Inception Cyber AI. Episode 20 highlights the rollercoaster of building a startup and going from huge companies, to scale ups to being a team of 2. Check out Bill's story, link in the comments