Startup Blueprint Podcast

Yogesh Gupta is CEO of dieting app Gaston - AI-powered food based on personal diet preferences, straight to your door. Yogesh shares his novel Go-To-Market strategy that any software founder can implement. He also discusses the power of ai food recipes, the future of food and dieting, food supply chain management, and the benefit of having your own proprietary machine learning database. More on Gaston: https://www.gogaston.io/ Connect with Yogesh here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybgupta/ Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

Suzanne Noble launched Startup School for Seniors to empower less-conventional entrepreneurs to start a business. She answers the question: can I found a company at any age? Suzanne opens up about inclusivity bias, the importance of venture inclusivity, lessons from her past business ventures, and the barriers that seniors face when becoming founders. More on Startup School for Seniors: https://www.startupschoolforseniors.com/ Connect with Suzanne here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannenoble/ Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

Deepak Shrivastava has been building at AI Fund - he's a serial entrepreneur flipping biased credit checks on their head with his new startup, Sunrise AI. Deepak opens the curtain on the true nature of the venture capital industry as well as his learnings from investment banking. He then goes on to discuss the venture studio business model (and why he still likes it despite having previous experience as a founder), his experiences at the world-renowned AI Fund led by Andrew Ng, and how anyone can learn to be an entrepreneur (you don't have to be born with it!). More on Sunrise AI: https://www.sunrise.ai/ More on AI Fund: https://www.aifund.ai/ Connect with Deepak here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-shrivastava-3baa12/ Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

Mastering cold email lead generation is why Gautam Rishi founded OneShot on the back of decades of his own experience as a sales leader, having scaled international sales teams from $1m to $50m. His personalised prospecting tool saves salespeople hours of time and increases response rates - all while gathering data and improving itself in real time. Gautam talks about cold email lead generation, how to generate leads, and how to write a cold outreach email. He answers common questions such as: Is tech sales a good career? Is sales right for me? Finally he discusses the perfect sales outreach model, the state of the sales industry 2023, and why being great at sales is essential for all founders. More on OneShot: https://www.oneshot.ai/ Connect with Gautam here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grishi/ Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

Waste trading is Electra Coutsoftides' speciality. Having worked in the waste industry all her career, she founded Techstars-backed XWorks that aims to create transparency and accountability around the trading of waste commodities. Electra begins with the real-life use cases of blockchain when it comes to waste trading, before discussing why keeping your pulse on the ever-changing regulatory landscape is pivotal in waste commodities. We then get personal on her background, what motivates her, and share our thoughts on why working on your physical and mental fitness is so critical for founders. More on XWorks: https://xworkstech.com/ Connect with Electra here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/electracoutsoftides/ Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

How to build your network on LinkedIn - Rishabh Kaul, Head of Marketing of Appsmith, chats about how you can master cold outreach to connect with fellow entrepreneurs, investors, or potential future employers. The angel investor, Y Combinator alum and former Sequoia-backed founder gives his take on how to make good social media content, stand out from the pack when fundraising, the ChatGPT impact on jobs, and his experiences growing and exiting his startup. More on Appsmith: https://www.appsmith.com/ Connect with Rishabh here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabhkaul/ Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

Meddy Ali discusses the psychology of sales calls, having combined his professional sales skills with his lifelong experience in the restaurant industry to build his own startup. We dive into how to handle a sales call, the art of salesmanship, and how to manage time effectively while fundraising and having and a young family at the same time! Connect with Meddy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meddy-ali-971b3593/ Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

If you’re running your company on spreadsheets, 80% of your work can be automated. Marcin Kierdelewicz, founder and CEO of Biami.io, talks with us about AI automation and the future of work. His business is enabling rocketship growth for technology SMEs - and is not there just to automate manual data entry. How will AI change the world ? By ”Turning employees into managers” according to Marcin. More on Biami: https://www.biami.io/ Connect with Marcin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcin3/ Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews

How do I build a startup without funding? Pietro Saccomani, founder of 3 bootstrapped software businesses, walks us through how to build a startup without funding (known as bootstrapping). He addresses common questions such as: Should I bootstrap my startup? How to validate a business idea? What skills should i learn for the future? How to iterate a product? How to listen to customers effectively? Pietro's current project: https://www.feedbear.com/ Connect with Pietro here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pietrosaccomani/ Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Connect with Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

Cormac Finn boosts entrepreneur collaboration through his platform SideTeams - creating communities where like-minded founders can exchange ideas and get inspired. The route to creating an entrepreneurial community was windy - he tried a range of roles from cleaning hotels to working as a manufacturing engineer in healthcare. All 3 of us dig deep into our past jobs and what we learned from them, why working smart always beats working hard, and how understanding your personality type is the first step to realizing the best career path for you. More on SideTeams: https://www.about.sideteams.com/ Follow Cormac here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cormacfinn1/ Follow James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Follow Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

Florian Richter deploys farming robots in agriculture with his company, Muddy Machines, which aims to solve farm labor shortages and increase harvest yield with full stack robotics. Initially designed as an asparagus precision harvesting machine, the devices are built in-house from the hardware to computer vision capabilities. We cover his journey from finance to implementing farming robots in agriculture, including: his previous startup exit, the problems facing asparagus processing, his experience at Entrepreneur First London, and why most founders start companies for the wrong reasons. More on Muddy Machines: https://www.muddymachines.com/ Follow Florian here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richterflorian/ Follow James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Follow Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

We talk the state of tech in 2023 with Chris Humphries, founder of cybersecurity startup Malizen. In this wide-reaching conversation we discuss the Europe vs USA mentality when it comes to startups, the current fundraising climate, the 2022 nuclear fusion breakthrough, the latest battery technology in 2023, and the current state of autonomous vehicles. Not to be missed if you’re a founder, or simply curious about the state of tech in 2023! More on Malizen: https://www.malizen.com/ Follow Christopher here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/engleek/ Follow James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Follow Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀

Ahana Banerjee was a founder at 21 when she launched the Clear skincare social app, while still a student at Imperial College London. Not only was she accepted into Y Combinator but was recently inducted into Forbes 30 Under 30 2023. We discuss her pivot from B2B to B2C, how to go about fundraising for a startup, and the many problems facing a founder at 21 - typically the lack of a network. This is a female entrepreneur interview not to be missed! More on Clear: https://getclearapp.com/ Follow Ahana here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahana-banerjee/ Follow James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/ Follow Suraj here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraj-t-4a9630155/ Don't forget to LIKE and FOLLOW the Startup Blueprint Podcast for more exclusive interviews 🤝 🚀