Startups Today

”They will be everywhere. They will be as common as microwave in your kitchen, and some people have microwaves and others don’t, but this is the type of mainstream adoption we are talking about.” – Romain Kidd Romain is the CEO of MyMiniFactory. I met Romain towards the end of 2015, and since then MyMiniFactory has expanded their team, moved offices and raised over 700 thousand pounds on Seedrs. In this podcast we cover how to get started 3D printing, where Romain sees 3D printing in 5 years time, and much much more. Enjoy! Selected Links: MyMiniFactory MyMiniFactory – Twitter Wedesign Romain on Twitter BBC Micro:bit Startup Profile: Employees: 15 Fund Raised: £700k + Music Credit: Stingray by The Nude Party

“This is always going to be tough, and no-one knows what the right answer is, but you just have to be willing to work through it and accept that it is going to be hard. There is no right way to do it, but you better do it.” – Bryn Jones This week I chat with Bryn Jones, a good friend from the time I spent at Y Combinator. Bryn is one of four cofounders of Growsumo, a startup that helps companies set up affiliate programs. It was great to catch up with Bryn, to find out how Growsumo had progressed, and to learn a bit more about the story behind the company. Listen now on iTunes Selected Links The Orenda (Affiliate Link) bryn@growsumo.com Growsumo Startup Stats Cofounders: 4 Employees: 2 Founded: April 2015          

“When you first start a company, it is about constantly improvising, and to be happy with a huge amount of uncertainty until you find something that works…” – Mark Robinson In this episode I sit down with Mark Robinson, founder of Rocksteady Music School. We discussed a wide range of topics including surviving the early stages of a startup, growing a company and music education. The call dropped at one point, which I cut out, so I hope it transitioned relatively well! Listen now on iTunes Show notes Rocksteady Music School Screw it, Let’s Do It: Lessons in Life – Richard Branson (Affiliate Link) Anything You Want – Derek Sivers (Affiliate Link) sivers.org The Rocksteady Book Marks Remarks Music Credit: Stingray by The Nude Party

So two weeks ago I decided to do a podcast, and I am happy to be releasing the first two episodes today! This is an experiment, so I am certainly going to be learning along the way. For example, the audio on my side was pretty bad. I thought I could get away with a headset mic, but I was wrong. The next day I ordered a better mic so the audio on my side improved a lot for the second episode. Also between the first and second episodes I changed the name, from Startup Voices to Startups Today, so there’s that. Let me know what you liked in the commends, and what you would like to see more of. This first episode is with my friend Elliott Perry, the founder and CEO of Flex. Flex is a live video workout platform. Prior to founding Flex Elliott founded Event Sneaker which he sold to . It takes us a little bit of time to get into the swing of it, but in the second half especially, there are a lot of gems. Listen now on iTunes Selected Show Links Flex – live video workouts Table Crowd – meet people over dinner Evvnt Sprint Pirates The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results – Gary Keller  (Affiliate Link) The Membership Economy – Robbie Kellman Baxter (Affiliate Link) Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose – Tony Hsieh (Affiliate Link) Rapportive Music Credit: Stingray by The Nude Party