Secret Leaders Dan Murray-Serter, Rich Martell

Sach Kukadia shares his journey with Secret Sales, from startup through to sale, to buying it back, to selling it again. And he is brutally honest. Because not every successful startup stays that way.

Key takeaways:
The idea behind SecretSales and the business model that inspired it
The SecretSales journey
The impact of Brexit on the sale of SecretSales
How business deals happen in the real world
Rebalancing his life post SecretSales
The lesson of greed for his future businesses

The Lowdown: Yessi Bello Perez, Senior Writer at The Next Web, and Check Warner, Founder and Partner at Ada Ventures.

Learning to be happy is hard enough. Learning to be happy in the middle of a pandemic should be nigh on impossible. Not so, according to Mo Gawdat, former Chief Business Officer of Google [X], serial entrepreneur and author of “Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy” (2017).

Key takeaways:
Why a business partner is more important than the business
The impact of Solve For Happy
Happiness is predictive
Consumerism is destroying our planet
Comparing COVID to Tetris

The Lowdown: Debbie Wosskow, former CEO of Love Home Swap and co-founder of AllBright, and Sarah-Jane Mee, presenter at Sky News and anchor of The Sarah-Jane Mee Show.

The Lowdown: Paul Murphy, General Partner at Northzone, and Amy Lewin, Deputy Editor at Sifted.

Wondering if you should start your entrepreneurial journey during a pandemic? Draw inspiration from James Watt, founder of the rocket ship brewery and brand valued at over $1 billion, BrewDog.

Key takeaways:
From rebellious child, to quitting law, to making beer
Overcoming the first disastrous year
Fanvestors - advocate ambassadors AKA equity punk investors
Developing the next generation of leaders from within the company
The importance of culture fit when hiring
Managing Brewdog through the pandemic