The Lighthouse Podcast
A deep dive into UX design, all things digital product, and the ins and outs of running a modern creative agency.
Lighthouse is a UX and UI design specialist, based in London and working in digital since 2008. We partner with ambitious businesses from all over the globe to help solve their toughest problems, grow their product teams and strengthen their digital futures.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 54
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2023
#34: The Benefits of Startups in Residence with Friends of the Earth and Makerble
We chat to Matt Kepple from Makerble and Joana Esgalhado from Friends of the Earth about the recent Startup in Residence program at FOE. We hear how Makerble came about and dive deeper into how this …
#33: Startup vs. Corporate Development, an Inside View with Aleksandar Orlic from Penta
We chatted to Aleksander Orlic, CTO and co-founder of Penta, about his insights on the pros and cons with both startup and corporate approaches to product development and innovation. Penta is a digit…
#32: Changing a Charity Through Digital Transformation with Tom Wright from Friends of the Earth
Tom talks to us about how Friends of the Earth are trying to focus more on digital to keep up in the ever-changing charity sector. Along the way we discuss:
The successes and difficulties in trying t…
#31: Building A New Way to Pay with Tom Weaver from Flypay
Hear about Flypay's journey from rusty prototype through major funding rounds to a suite of Point of Sale software for the hospitality industry.
#30: Trademarks and IP de-mystified with Chris McLeod from Elkington & Fife
We chat to Chris McLeod from Elkington & Fife about what you need to know when it comes to trademarks and IP for your digital product.
#29: Make Saving Great Again - Using Facebook Messenger To Reduce Your Monthly Bills with Lukas Zoerner from Mespo
Hear how Mespo are giving customers a smart, non-biased way to save money on their monthly bills using cutting edge technology.
#28: Why Your App Idea (Probably) Sucks With Heidi Pun
Heidi Pun tells us about her tried and tested approach to product development and how early stage entrepreneurs can bring ideas to market quickly and effectively with little to no technical skill
#27: Accelerating a Startup, Doughnut Marketing™ and How to Launch a Business on a Train
Tom talks to Simon about his experience of starting a company out of university, going through an accelerator and taking an idea from conception to revenue inside a week.
#26: Can Tech Help a Nation of 1.2 Billion People Go Cashless?
One of our founders (Tom) recently got back from travelling in India. You may have heard about the situation with their currency at the moment - Tom got a great insight while there. This episode he c…
#25: Porter's Five Forces
Anthony joins Tom for a recap of the talk he gave at our recent event on "Porter's Five Forces". After covering what each force is and how it may affect your business, they do a quick analysis of wel…
#24: Designing for the Future: Pattern Libraries
Russ and new Lighthouse member Josh chat about Pattern Libraries - what are they? When and why should you use them?
#23: Starting up, shutting down and enabling the next generation of entrepreneur with Tristan Watson of Ignite
We've had a couple of Ignite alumni on the show already (Ben from Chew.tv and Gilbert from Leaf.fm to name two) - this time we have a director! Tristan Watson was an entrepreneur himself who mentored…
#22: Experimenting Your Way to a Global Music Streaming Community with Gilbert Corrales from Leaf
We chatted to Gilbert Corrales, CEO and Co-founder of Leaf, about how a close-knit group of Costa Ricans came to the UK and turned a hypothesis based around music streaming into an app used all over …
#21 Helping Corporates Be More Startup with Howard Rees
#20 Building a 20,000-strong community in 1 year: The creation and rise of Chew.tv with Ben Bowler
Ben Bowler from Chew.tv popped in to chat DJing, grime, startups and building a community with us.
#19: How To Raise, Fail and Find Your True Calling: Mental Health in Startups with James Routledge
Tom chats with James Routledge (formally MatchChat - Ignite100 - NowNative - Seedcamp) about his new venture making Mental Health easier to talk about, as well as the journey that got him to where he…
#18: Life After Techstars: Headliner’s Accelerator Post Mortem with Stan Mcleod
What is a business accelerator? What does it do? Could one help you and your startup? Stan's been through one of the best, and he tells Dan all about his experience, sharing his thoughts on general a…
#17: Lighthouse Book Review! - "Creativity Inc" by Ed Catmull
Dan and Tom have a chat about "Creativity Inc' by Ed Catmull, the president of Pixar. Hear the secret's behind Pixar's success and how the company focuses on creativity across the entire organisation
#16: One Step at a Time: Exploring a New Market With a Lean MVP
How Lighthouse's latest side project, Bandit, is attempting to gain traction by starting small and learning directly from its early adopters
#15: Just Enough Design: Our Tips For Creating Effective Prototypes
Dan and Russ talk about Lighthouse’s approach to designing prototypes and how we maximise them for learning, not aesthetics