Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia stephaniemelodia

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Emily is the Founder of Untangle, the go-to app for all of life's hard events. From sorting the mess of paperwork after a bereavement, to finding a community of other grief-stricken individuals, Untangle is there to help everyone get through the tough times. Featured in the Evening Standard and boasting 500k followers, Untangle is going from strength to strength as they now embark their new crowdfunding campaign.
But of course, it wasn't always that successful... In this episode, Steph and Emily discuss:
 
👼 Building a business around lived experience vs the market opportunity 👼 The validation process and data-driven tests along the way👼 Emily's accelerator experience and reason for choosing Zinc👼 Decision-making around tech stack for new startup (hint: Emily went with OTS)👼 Finding PMF (product-market fit)
 
Untangle is crowdfunding! Get in on the action here: https://untanglegrief.com/coowners-club/
 
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En este episodio especial, Stephanie Melodia reflexiona en las varias conversaciones con empresarios de los últimos 20 episodios.
 
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'Estrategía y tragedía' es el podcast de Stephanie Melodia, orador y fundadora Top 20 en el Reino Unido, donde entrevista empresarios, inversores, y expertos relacionados al mundo de startups. El propósito fundamental de este show es compartir las mayores lecciones de los grandes errores que otros han cometido - otros que están en unos pasos mas adelante de ti - para que puedes aprender de ellos, y tener la mayor posibilidad de éxito con tu negocio.
También esperamos que puedes encontrar inspiración de estas anécdotas, y terminar los episodios sintiendo que tu vision es completamente posible realizar.
 
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Stephanie Melodia founded Bloom, an award-winning marketing consultancy, in London of 2017.
Last summer, she announced the closure of her successful business, and - in this episode - she recounts what happened, and reflects on what went right, and what went wrong.
 
(After all, Strategy & Tragedy is about sharing *both* the highs and lows of business, the reality behind closed doors, the ugly truth behind the glossy veneer, and - most crucially - the lessons learnt from the experience. None of this is to put anyone off entrepreneurship, instead it's about empowering early-stage entrepreneurs to go in with eyes & ears wide open, learning from other people's mistakes who are a few steps ahead of you. Tune into Episode ZERO to hear more!)
 
What you'll learn in this solo episode:
🥀 What led Steph to ultimately close the Bloom chapter🥀 Top 10 business lessons - 5 things that worked + 5 things that didn’t 🥀 Being "allergic" to stagnation, the concept of control, and importance of progress🥀 The importance of carrying out a “pre-mortem” exercise on your own business. 🥀 Embracing a portfolio career post-Bloom
 
I'd LOVE to know, what resonated most with you here? Join the conversation: 
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Justin Fitzpatrick, the co-Founder & ex-CEO of Duedil, now FullCircl post-merger. Justin is now Founder of Outpost Advisors, the firm that helps PE- & VC-backed B2B software companies accelerate profitability.
 
In this episode, Justin and Steph discuss:
👉 The unexpected way Justin met his co-founder 👉 Key lessons learnt from scaling the B2B SaaS DueDil, which raised a combined $53.4 million in funding across 11 rounds👉  Evolving B2B SaaS growth strategies - including 'slowing down to speed up' and overcoming painfully long buying cycles with enterprise clients👉 The importance of UI and investing in your product👉 The "wildcard" choice of Justin's university degree (tune into find out what he majored in!) and how it's helped him now👉 The importance of value proposition refinement when it comes to effective business development.
Are you a leader at a B2B software company curious to learn more about boosting profitability? Connect with Justin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-fitzpatrick-83a783/
 
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Maya Raichoora, the CEO and Co-Founder of Remap Mental Fitness, who envisions a world where mental fitness is as common as physical fitness. She helps CEOs, athletes & performers become the top 1% in their field through the power of visualisation.
 
Tune in for an interactive visualisation exercise and all of the below...
 
🧠 MAYA'S STORY:
✨ From being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis to being the most healthy and confident she’s ever been
✨ Self-confidence as a young brown woman without formal qualifications
✨ Her philosophy around 'compassionate discipline'
 
🧠 SCIENCE:
✨ The neuroscience behind visualisation
✨ Study examples in sport
 
🧠 RISKS:
✨ The difference between 'being confident' and 'having confidence'
✨ Avoid breaking promises to yourself at all costs!
✨ The trap of falling into victimhood
 
🧠 PRACTICAL TIPS:
✨ How to make space to practise visualisation
✨ How *detachment* to your current state can help achieve your desired identity
✨ Physical behaviours: look people in the eye, pause before you speak, stand a little taller
✨ Treat your time as valuable currency
 
Discover more here: https://www.remapmentalfitness.com/
 
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Farhan Lalji is the Founder & General Partner of LTV Capital, a platform for emerging managers & investors in world-changing ventures. He is also a Teaching Fellow at London Business School and Entrepreneur in Residence at King’s College.
 
In this episode, Steph and Farhan discuss:
 
📈 The UK as a player on the global stage
📈 Thoughts on venture capital scout networks (and who’s doing well)
📈 When his business got acquired *during* a crowdfunding campaign (hint: it was a bit awks)
📈 His view from the boardroom table (he sat on EIGHT!!)
📈 Privilege in entrepreneurship
📈 How to successfully pivot
 
For more information on what Farhan is building, take a look at https://medium.com/ltv-capital/ltv-capital-so-why-the-lion-8071d3ec7dfb
 
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