Podcast

  • THE BOOTSTRAP: building startups from scratch. From Swivol Media. White logo on a red background with the motto in black.

    Keeping up (or not) with AI with Gavin Reddrop

    If you work in tech and or with startups and you haven’t heard a dozen people say a version of “we need to add AI” ot “I’m building an AI product”, then well weve been in different meetings. It can feel like a mess of talk and buzzwords, and honestly a lot of it is, so how does the average founder navigate all the noise and work out what we really should be focusing on when it comes to AI?

  • The HowdyGo Bootstrapping Journey with Tom Bruining

    What influences the decision to bootstrap a startup as opposed to going down the fundeaising route, and if you decide to go that waty, how do you do it? My guest for this episode, Tom Bruining, stepped out of a long histopry of working in funded startups and decided to do just that. Along with his co-founders, Tom started HowdyGo, a product that allows you to easyilu Capture real, interactive product demos

  • THE BOOTSTRAP: building startups from scratch. From Swivol Media. White logo on a red background with the motto in black.

    Transitioning from Founder Led Sales with Gavin Tye

    Most founders don’t see themselves as sales people, and many either try to avoid taking on that role altogether, or offloading it as soon as possible. What is the best way for founders to approach sales when its not a comfortable pair of shoes, how do you know when it’s time to transition away from founder-led sales, and how do you do it? To help me unpack this host Scotty Allen is joined by Gavin Tye. Gavin is the founder of sales market fit where he helps founders, and their teams create a repeatable sales framework that delivers real results for their business.

  • Crowdfunding for your Startup with Kane Jackson from Maslow

    When you hear the word crowdfunding you might think about that Kickstarter you backed for that groovy new gadget that you may or may not have ever received, or the […]

  • How does bootstrapping make you a better founder? with Yaniv Bernstein

    At the start, every business is a bootstrapped business. Founders inject their own capital and/or sweat to get things rolling, and then work out what funding model or models is […]

  • Building a Startup in Today’s Landscape with Jo Agresta from Abodey

    Bootstrapping a startup is not for the faint of heart. If you really commit to the journey, there are plenty of lows and setbacks to face before you reach a […]

  • Tackling SaaS as a Startup Founder with Kirk Drage of LeapSheep

    Software as a service, or SaaS, has been responsible for much of the explosive growth of tech as we know it. What is it like to found and build in […]

  • Impact Startups with Annette Rose of Kids Get Money

    You may have heard the term “Impact Startup” and wondered what it really means. In broad terms, an impact startup is a business that is designed to solve major societal […]

  • What startups need to know about the law with Talt Anast from Allied Legal

    Getting a startup up and running seems to come with an endless to do list, and while some things are exciting, others are just plain necessary.  Knowing when you need […]

  • Startup Operations with Tiffany Ashdown from The Product Bus

    There’s no end to the list of things a founder needs to think about at the start of the startup journey. Operations  might be seen as something that comes later, […]