Founders365

#194 - 🎬 Rory J Knighton - Founder & Filmmaker at Runaway Collective Rory is a purebred digital native, starting his first company at 16. Currently, he is the Creative Director and founder of Runaway Collective, a subscription-based creative agency with a focus on rapid e-Commerce builds blended with video. With his unique blend of film, branding and data science, Rory has been building brands for over a decade - from startups to global conglomerates. Since becoming heavily involved in the Food & Drink industry over the last 7 years by founding multiple food bev brands, Rory is determined to make a difference in the food space through education and the demystification of food ingredients. His upcoming documentary “The protein Lie and other dirty secrets” delves deep into the marketing secrets that the food industry doesn't want you to know about. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

🥜 Stu Macdonald is the founder of ManíLife , a business he started out of a rugby club kitchen with 45 friends 5 years ago and now the fastest-growing peanut butter brand in the UK. A, somewhat cliched, unfulfilled accountant, Macdonald left a job at PwC after just 11 months to pursue a profession in peanut butter. He has never looked back since. His journey to date has been characterised by a chaotic swing of extreme highs and devastating lows, which should make for some riveting chat! Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020. Use code "365taster" at www.mani-life.com for 20% off your order 

#192 - Anthony Chapman - Co-Founder at Fellow Studio Utilising his skills in branding and creative strategy, Anthony has worked in both specialist design studios and global agencies, delivering award-winning campaigns for a range of clients. Some of these include Nokia, Vodafone, Syncsort and Skype. Anthony is a passionate and creative individual who understands the importance of classic graphic design especially interested in layout, form and typography. His work aims to focus on inventive problem solving and stimulating communication. His experience is invaluable when approaching branding, art direction and idea generation. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#191 - Jason Roberts - CEO & Founder at Kaleida International Jason Roberts is an esteemed business professional with 22 years’ experience in Financial Services. After spending 11 years working for a number of investment banks including J.P. Morgan, Jason made the move to Financial Service technology sales where he spent 11 years selling SAAS solutions to financial institutions for a number of US tech start-ups. Leaving the city in 2018 after spotting a gap in the market and with a wealth of industry experience and contacts, Jason set about building a solution to improve the commercial prospects and for SMEs and start-ups by launching his very own social platform focused on helping B2B Buyers and Suppliers connect. Son to a single parent from South London, Brixton, and now Husband and father to two daughters, Jason highlights empathy, kindness and integrity as attributes he values the most in people. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#190 - Vince Patten - Founder at Tippzi Vince Patten is the Founder/CEO of Tippzi a revolutionary digital ads app that helps SMEs achieve affordable ads. He also is a senior consultant for Save Our Planet, Refillery, Canada. Which he helped attain the rare distinction of achieving all 17 sustainable development goals of the UN. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Simon Hardie is co-founder and CEO of findexable – the new digital platform for benchmarking fintech innovation globally, and home to the Global Fintech Index. As Ai and analytics re-shape business, Findexable’s mission is to make it easier to gather, interpret and benchmark fintech activity, enable unmoderated, real-time insight on global fintech activity – to determine the ingredients of fintech success. Simon has two decades of experience producing financial intelligence content, research and events for global financial publishers including The Economist, Euromoney Institutional Investor and IFR (part of the Thomson Reuters Group), as well as boutique research publishers and media companies across Europe and the Middle East. He was previously a director of banking events and publishing house VRL (now Global Data). Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#188 - Michelle Myers - Founder and CEO at Pink Callers Michelle is the founder and CEO of Pink Callers, an administrative support solution that assigns customer service rockstars to support home service businesses remotely. Pink Callers manages all incoming calls, emails and chats to your business, inputs all information into your business CRM and schedules both sales appointments and accepted crew work. Pink Callers mission is to provide work at home opportunities in the admin support / remote office management space. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#187 - Kas Andz - Founder at KAMG Kas Andz is the Founder of his own agency in London that simply pours jet fuel on e-commerce business growth. Kas bootstrapped the business from his mum’s house leading to rapid growth since having worked with Revolut, VistaJet and even approached by Gartner. He’s since gone on to invest in algorithmic trading, deep dive into biohacking & entrepreneur performance and more all while 22 still. 4x college dropout, years of depression & contemplations of suicide have lead Kas to play life with an “all or nothing” approach. When he's not running his agency, you'll find him running marathons, gulping herbal tea’s, trying to automate his daily life or playing with his Chihuahua Sushi. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#186 - Roger Nairn - Co-Founder & CEO of JAR Audio Roger has worked with some of the world's biggest brands including Netflix, Lamborghini and Four Seasons. Now he's taking his brand storytelling skills to the world of podcasting with JAR Audio - which is a podcast studio working exclusively with brands. JAR help it's clients grow their revenue and impact through ROI-driven podcasts that make meaningful connections with listeners. They've been lucky enough to work with brands like Expedia, Lululemon, RBC, Cineplex, and more. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#185 - Alexei Mirkin - Founder & CEO at alphaseeker.app Spending his teenage years in Chicago and NYC, he often passed by the CME and the NYSE. Back then he had no idea what quantitative finance is, but being good with numbers always came natural. Alexei is a serial entrepreneur. Attended Hunter College in NYC studying economics for two years. Went on to start a couple of startups in the early 2000s. Continued on to 10 years of algorithmic trading on various markets. Quantitative finance quickly became his obsession. In his early days of algorithmic trading, he was chasing the holy grail, just like all beginners. But over the years he has learned what a good strategy is when it comes to investing. It was ten long years of trial and error and continuous education, learning from the greats like Wyckoff and Markowitz. Creating models, simulations, testing algorithms - then wiping the board clean and starting over from a clean slate. After receiving an Artificial Intelligence with Python nano degree from Udacity, he decided to augment his purely mathematical approach and let ML do some of the heavy lifting. Alexei decided to combine the classical theory with ML. The results came out better than he could have dreamed then he decided to go ahead with another startup. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#184 - Lindsay Spolan Pinchuk Founder+ CEO at Bump Club and Beyond For nearly ten years prior to BCB, Lindsay worked in publishing, advertising, and marketing at Hearst Magazines, MTV Networks, The Tribune Company and Time Inc for brands including Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Sports Illustrated, The Chicago Tribune, and Nickelodeon. As a University of Michigan Alum she bleeds maize and blue, but also has a soft spot for the Northwestern Wildcats where she earned her Master’s of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications. Lindsay herself wanted to connect with other expectant moms when she was pregnant, thus the catalyst behind starting the BCB brand. BCB has worked with almost every brand in the baby industry. In 2011, BCB was named “Best Mommy Community” by Chicago Magazine. In 2014, Lindsay was named one of Crain’s Chicago Businesses’ Best Entrepreneurs. Besides her work life, she is a Detroit native living in Chicago since 2001. She now calls the northern suburbs of Chicago home and she lives there with her amazing husband, Daniel (who she met working at overnight camp over 20 yrs ago!), their two beautiful daughters and COVID puppy, Ollie. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

#183 - Sunna van Kampen - Founder at Tonic Health An entrepreneur with broad-ranging experience across 4 different industries and over 10 different brands covering everything from multi-million-pound global projects to startup growth. He most recently launched Tonic Health, securing half a million in funding and launching into the largest health retailers in the country within just 10 months of trading. Previously, he co-founded LVK Global a sales and marketing agency and developed Piccolo Baby Food, the fastest growing baby food brand in the UK. Prior to this, Sunna was Head of Trading at Virgin and led global projects for Barclays Bank and Mattel Europe. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Ben Legg is the co-founder of The Portfolio Collective and also an engineer, author and reinventor of industries. His career has included army officer, McKinsey strategy consultant, COO of Google Europe and global technology CEO. He has worked in over 60 countries, has five kids and is a self-professed exercise nut. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Alberto Fantappie is the Founder and CEO of Wemby. Previously to starting Wemby, he was an HR and finance officer in Afghanistan ad South Sudan for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Before switching paths, he led the South Europe marketing team at Zalando in Berlin, managing a budget in excess of €70M. Earlier to Zalando, he bootstrapped a short-term property rentals app in Paris, and held other roles in banking, managing consulting and internet companies, including Rocket Internet and Google. He holds an MSc in Management from City university and ESCP business school. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Danny Heath is Founder of YourGamePlan and has worked in recruitment communications and market for over a decade. Working in London and New York for publishing houses and national press. The majority of his experience is in the early talent space. He has launched YourGamePlan to make sure every young person has the best chance possible of a successful career. YourGamePlan is a free digital employability training website for schools and young people. After fully launching in August this year, YourGamePlan is now ready to come to market and work with employers & institutions. Their platform is designed to empower young people and ensure they have access to soft skills and employability training via video learning. All of their training is free for schools, charities and young people. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Connie Steele is a seasoned marketing and strategy executive with a passion for building brands products, and experiences. She has over 20 years of experience from start-ups to F500 companies, B2C and B2B businesses, and has held senior marketing leadership roles in several technology companies. Today through her management consultancy Flywheel Associates, she works with scale-up companies to not only develop their business and marketing strategies but also drive the successful execution of these efforts. Connie is also an avid podcaster. She’s the creator and host of the Strategic Momentum, a podcast and e-learning brand focused on ‘Understanding the Business of Work’ to support the next generation of leaders in reaching their growth potential. This business and career advice content platform has featured NYT best selling authors, world-renowned psychologists and executives. Further, she shares her perspectives through contributions to Arianna Huffington’s consumer well-being and productivity platform Thrive Global. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Jonathan Pritchard is a highly sought after consultant and speaker specializing in the area of applied psychology in life and business. His client list includes Fortune 500 companies like BP, State Farm, United Airlines, and more. He is the founder of the international consulting company "The Hellstrom Group" which has trained teams to improve their sales, negotiation, and presentation skills on six of the seven continents. His expertise comes from his background traveling the world as a Mentalist, a unique type of entertainer specializing in mind-reading tricks. The applied psychology he uses on stage in Vegas, on TV, and online gives him an edge off stage as well. He is the author of several books focused on psychology, motivation, self-improvement, and more. He currently lives in Chicago where you can find him practicing Wing Chun Kung Fu every morning. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Val Scholz has founded Kiko together with Tony Popov as he had the same frustrating experience living in Vienna, Milan, Lisbon, and London: finding and renting a nice flat is extremely difficult, and requires a lot of time. Their software can be used by private landlords, letting agencies, and institutional landlords to rent out any property in less than 5 minutes online in their own online store as well as manage the entire tenancy. To date, the company has raised over £500,000 from Seedcamp and other VCs. Kiko operates as a fully remote company and consists of 5 full-time employees based in London, Moscow, and St Petersburg. Before Kiko, Val Scholz lead Growth at Revolut to grow their customer by over 1 million new customers a month and was awarded the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Suds Singh is the founder of Interesting Content, company which he founded in 2015. Interesting Content is a digital video production company based in London. The company has produced more than 1,000 videos to date, so it would be safe to say they know a thing or two about creating video content that their customers will find engaging, shareworthy and - most importantly! - interesting. Suds founded the with an initial budget of £0 and has since grown the business to 6 figures and counting. The company currently creates content for household names such as Space NK, Tesco, Disney, Receipt Bank, Soldo, Tide Bank as well as tech companies such as dotdigital, Avora, IGX Global and a whole host of other too. The company consists of 6 full-time employees based in London, Kyiv and Basel and around 60 freelancers spread thought London and some across the globe too. In his spare time, he likes to go for runs, read books and watch gross-out comedies on Netflix usually with a glass of red in hand. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Lynn Whitbeck is the Founder and CEO of Petite2Queen, and she helps the world by providing sales and leadership programs and tools to achieve more, faster. Building on her successes and experiences in executive leadership roles, Lynn shares the lessons learned along her journey to supercharge your career. Lynn is the co-author of the highly regarded book, Practical Wisdoms @ Work. This quick-read guide provides insights to navigate situations, challenges, and opportunities that arise every day in business. Teaching you how to broaden your career with skills that will set you apart. You may have seen Lynn in USA Today, HuffPost, Chicago Tribune, and more! Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.