START UP. START NOW.
Welcome to the START UP. START NOW. podcast with your host Sharena Shiv. START UP. START NOW. publishes a new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out. The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to START UP. and START NOW. by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing! Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you! Connect with START UP. START NOW. and to nominate a guest please visit: www.startupstartnow.co.uk. To connect with Sharena Shiv please visit: www.sharena.co.uk.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 69
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
#47: Your Juno app: Closing The Financial Literacy Gap with Margot de Broglie (co-founder)
Your Juno was founded by two sisters: Margot and Alexia. Margot de Broglie is the co-founder of Your Juno, building a financial education platform - think “the Duolingo of money”. Users…
#46: UNILAD & LADBible founder talks legal battles, mental health & alcoholism with Alex Partridge
Alex Partridge is one of the pioneers of social media content the way we know it today. At age 21 in 2010, whilst a student at Oxford Brookes University, he founded UNILAD, one of the m…
#45: Rosie Fortescue Jewellery: TV star and fashion blogger turned jewellery designer with Rosie Fortescue (founder)
Rosie Fortescue - the jewellery designer and famous alumnus of the original Made in Chelsea. With her trend setting, enviable fashion sense, Rosie Fortescue has always been a go-to for …
#44: what3words: The startup that helps you find any place on the planet without an address with Chris Sheldrick (co-founder)
This week's guest is Chris Sheldrick, co-founder & CEO of what3words. what3words is a global address system that has assigned three-word labels to all of the 57 trillion 3-meter squares…
#43: How Biscuiteers baked a multi-million-pound high-end biscuit empire with Harriet Hastings (Founder)
Harriet Hastings launched Biscuiteers in 2007 after identifying a gap in the market for luxury food gifting. Over the past 15 years she has grown the business from a small startup to a …
#42: Design My Night: How to structure a pitch deck that gets the attention of investors with Nick Telson (Co-founder)
Nick Telson is an exited founder from DesignMyNight in 2017 for $30-$40m and has since invested in over 55 startups across US, UK, Latam and Africa, through his investment arm, Horsepla…
#41: Charles Tyrwhitt: Shirt marker and tailor with Nick Wheeler (Founder & Chairman)
Nick Wheeler first had the idea for Charles Tyrwhitt shirts - to make the best shirts, using only the finest materials, at great value, with unbeatable service - whilst studying Geograp…
#40: Meatless Farm: UK’s fastest growing plant-based meat alternative company with Morten Toft Bech (Founder)
Morten Toft Bech is an entrepreneur and investor who started Meatless Farm in 2016 to help reduce the world’s dependency on intensively farmed meat. He and his family had struggled to f…
#39: Driving progress for women in motorsport with Catherine Bond Muir (Founder of W Series Racing)
W Series is a free-to-enter championship that provides equal opportunities for women and eliminates the financial barriers that have historically prevented them from progressing to the …
#38: Crowdcube: Pioneers of Equity Crowdfunding with Darren Westlake (CEO & Co-founder of Crowdcube)
Named by Debrett’s as one of Britain’s 500 most influential people, Darren Westlake is co-founder and CEO of Crowdcube, the pioneer and leader of the equity crowdfunding industry.
Inspir…
#37: Creating a Luxury British Accessories & Personalised Gifting Brand with Elizabeth Scarlett Petrides (Founder of Elizabeth Scarlett)
Elizabeth Scarlett Petrides is an entrepreneur, conservationist and artist. One of the UK’s fastest-growing luxury accessories, homeware and personalised gifting brands. The brand has s…
#36: Running the Family Business: Asian Wedding Dressmakers with Ankit Monga (Director of Monga's of Southall)
Monga’s has held an imperial legacy of fine craftsmanship in Haute and Pret Couture since 1996. India-born founders, Mr Arun Monga & Mrs Reena Monga started their humble journey. The co…
#35: Little Moons, mochi ice cream: Going viral on TikTok with Vivien Wong (Co-Founder)
Vivien Wong is the co-founder of Little Moons, a mochi ice cream brand. Vivien grew up in North West London and spent many of her formative years helping out at her parent’s bakery. It …
#34: How To Turn Your University Dissertation Into A Business with Dhruvin Patel (founder of Ocushield)
Dhruvin Patel is an optometrist and entrepreneur encouraging a healthier relationship with technology in the digital age. Since receiving a development grant from City University in Lon…
#33: Motherhood, relationships and bootstrapping with Steph Douglas (Founder of Don't Buy Her Flowers)
Founded in 2014, Steph left her brand marketing role, to pursue an idea she had following the birth of her children. After receiving eight bunches of flowers when she had her first baby…
#32: Hotel Chocolat: British Luxury Chocolatier with Peter Harris (Co-Founder)
Hotel Chocolat is a British Chocolatier and Cocoa Grower and has grown into one of the UK’s most advocated brands. Based on originality, authenticity and ethics the company operates onl…
#31: Pip and Nut: Recipes for Success with Pip Murray (Founder)
Founded by entrepreneur Pippa Murray, now 33, Pip & Nut launched to the market in January 2015 and has been shaking up the healthy food and drink sector ever since. Now seven years old…
#30: British Couple on a mission to improve our health and wellness with Amy Moring & Jeff Webster (co-founders of Hunter & Gather Foods UK)
Amy Moring and Jeff Webster, co-founders of ‘clean’ condiments and supplements brand, Hunter & Gather, are dynamic food pioneers spreading the word for optimal health & wellness.
Since l…
#29: Starting an e-commerce business with no external funding - reinventing pottery with Giles Harrison (Co-founder of Sculpd)
In this episode, I am speaking to Giles Harrison, a co-founder of Sculpd, a home-pottery craft kit business. Born in lockdown and now selling internationally, Sculpd is taking pottery f…
2021 Flashback: Edwina Dunn OBE: Tesco Clubcard Creator and Data Science Entrepreneur (Founder dunnhumby, The Female Lead & Starcount)
Edwina Dunn OBE is best known as co-founder of the international data analytics company Dunnhumby, a business she launched from her kitchen table with her husband Clive Humby in 1989. B…