The Start-Up Diaries Podcast
Insightful discussions with forward thinking Founders & Business Leaders growing some of the most exciting tech start-ups and scale-ups in the UK.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 151
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Building The UK's Leading PropTech Software | Co-Founder @ Street Group | Heather & Tom Staff
It’s not every day that your business gets sued by James Bond… but for Street Group, their newly launched product was too good for them not to fight back! In this week’s episode, we caught up with He…
What It Takes To Be A Good Leader | Founder 2 Housemates | Lydia Jones
In this week’s episode, we sat down with Lydia Jones, CEO & Founder of Housemates, a student-first digital housing platform, to hear all about her journey into tech and the story behind her entrepren…
Tech Nation: Growing The UK's Leading Start-Ups | Entrepreneur Engagement Manager | Mo Aldalou
If you’re working in Tech, it’s more than likely you'll have heard of Tech Nation: the national network and growth platform for tech entrepreneurs. We had the opportunity to sit down with their very …
Empowering Female Tech Founders | Founder @ Assenty & Fund Her North | Chi-Chi Ekweozor
In this week’s episode of The Start-Up Diaries, we’re joined by Chi-Chi Ekweozor, Founder of Assenty. After spotting an opportunity to provide a solution for a gap in the events market, Chi-Chi has d…
Concept to Launch - Scaling A Product Quickly & Effectively | Co-Founders @ Hammock | Manoj Varsani & Marco Ferrari
In this weeks episode we were joined by Manoj Varsani & Marco Ferrari, Co-Founders of the property finance platform Hammock. Having recently raised £1million in seed funding, the team are preparing t…
Scaling An Affiliate Programme | Co-Founder @ Viddyoze | Joey Xoto
How do you scale a multi-million pound business without any external investment? Co-Founder of video animation platform Viddyoze, Joey Xoto, talked us through how he and his Co-Founders utilised the …
A VC's Guide To Fundraising | Investment Director @ GC Angels | Jessica Jackson
In our latest episode we sat down with Investment Director at GC Angels, Jess Jackson. GC Angels are one of the leading early stage investors in Greater Manchester and have invested in 22 businesses …
Building An MVP vs. MSP | Co-Founder & CEO @ Avail | Erin Short
Having worked as a lorry driver after leaving the army and studying for a Business Degree, Erin became frustrated with the outdated haulage sector, often experiencing lower wages, higher fees, poor c…
Consolidation In A Crisis - Building Out Of A Pandemic | CEO @ Collabco | Andrew Taylor
Collabco are a pioneering EdTech business providing flexible technology solutions for universities and schools around the globe through their core product, myday.
At the start of the year Collabco wer…
Building Successful Teams That Stay | Co-Founder & CEO @ Orka | Tom Pickersgill
When Broadstone was founded in 2016, it's three Co-Founders, Tom Pickersgill, James Doyle & Nick Groves, had a clear mission: to power the hourly paid workforce community and make hiring better peopl…
Scaling A Start-Up | Founder & CEO @ Tootoot | Michael Brennan
Raising capital, scaling teams & the hurdles that come with being Founder & CEO of one of the UK's most exciting early stage start-ups. Our Director of Manchester, Chris McGowan, sat down with Co-Fou…