Founders Unplugged
by Greg McCallum
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About this podcast
Founders Unplugged is a web series capturing long-form conversations with founders, entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world.
Episodes
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- Nobody Talks About This Part of the Founder Journey w/ Shona Beats - Part Two · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 95Nobody Talks About This Part of the Founder Journey | Shona Beats on Identity, Burnout & What Comes Next What happens after you step back? After the raise? After the exit? In…
- From Headspace to High-Growth Coaching: Shona Beats on Startup Chaos and Calm · 48 min · Season 3 Episode 94From Headspace to High-Growth Coaching: Shona Beats on Startup Chaos and Calm In this episode of Founders Unplugged, we sit down with Shona Beats, ex-Founding COO of Headspace…
- How Symvan Capital Scales Startups Without Losing the Human Touch · 31 min · Season 3 Episode 93What does founder-friendly VC look like in practice? In Part 2 of our conversation with Kealan Doyle and Michael Theodosiou from Symvan Capital, we explore how they scale their…
- Why Most VCs Don’t Actually Do Venture Capital | Symvan Capital on the State of Early-Stage Funding · 1 h 20 min · Season 3 Episode 92What does hands-on VC actually look like? In this episode of Founders Unplugged, Greg sits down with Kealan Doyle and Michael Theodosiou from Symvan Capital, one of the UK’s most…
- The Startup Hiring Mistakes That Cost You Your Best People w/ Alper Yurder - Part Two · 51 min · Season 3 Episode 91• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst If you're raising capital in the UK, don’t do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • The Truth About Startup…
- How to Build Sales Systems That Actually Work w/ Alper Yurder - Part One · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 90• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst If you're raising capital in the UK, don’t do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • How to Build Sales Systems…
- The Final Chapter: Why Daniya Stewart Closed Her Food Startup - Part Two · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 89• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst If you're raising capital in the UK, don’t do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • Making the Difficult…
- From Banking to Food Startup: The Early Journey of a Founder w/ Daniya Stewart - Part One · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 88• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst If you're raising capital in the UK, don’t do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • From Banking to Food…
- AI's Impact on Business and Humanity: A Conversation w/ Hector Hughes or Unplugged - Part Two · 1 h 1 min · Season 3 Episode 87• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst If you're raising capital in the UK, don’t do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • Scaling a Wellness Brand…
- The Founder's Mental Health Journey: Hector Hughes of Unplugged on Therapy, Business Growth and Digital Wellness - Part One · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 86• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst If you're raising capital in the UK, don't do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • Building a Business That…
- Why Big Companies Can't Compete With Focused Startups w/ Vasilis Stoidis - Part Two · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 85• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst If you're raising capital in the UK, don't do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • In Part Two of this…
- The 10X Rule: How Successful Startups Solve Problems w/ Vasilis Stoidis - Part One · 1 h 3 min · Season 3 Episode 84• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst If you're raising capital in the UK, don't do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • In this episode, Greg…
- AI Agents vs. Human Sales Teams: Finding the Balance w/ Frank Sondors - Part Two · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 83• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst If you're raising capital in the UK, don't do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • In Part Two, Greg McCallum…
- Building a $3M Business in 4 Months with AI Sales Agents w/ Frank Sondors - Part One · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 82• Sponsored by FounderCatalystIf you're raising capital in the UK, don't do it without them.🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • What happens when you apply…
- Why Understanding 'Why' Matters More Than 'How' in the AI Era w/ Olivier Soucy - Part Two · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 81• Sponsored by FounderCatalystIf you're raising capital in the UK, don't do it without them. 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • Why Understanding 'Why'…
- From Building Flight Simulators to Data Engineering w/ Olivier Soucy - Part One · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 80• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst • If you're raising capital in the UK, don't do it without them. • 🎯 Get 5% off their services → https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • Olivier Soucy went…
- How PodPlay Reached $1.5M ARR with No Sales Team w/ Ben Borton - Part Two · 48 min · Season 3 Episode 79• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst • Get 5% off their services via this link: • https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • In Part Two, Greg McCallum sits down again with Ben Borton—Co-Founder of…
- How Autonomous Technology Is Changing Sports Venues Forever w/ Ben Borton - Part One · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 78• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst • Get 5% off their services via this link: • https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • In this episode, Greg McCallum is joined by Ben Borton—Co-Founder of…
- Finding Product Market Fit Across Borders with Esteban Quintero - Part Two · 54 min · Season 3 Episode 77• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst • Get 5% off their services via this link: • https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • In Part Two, Esteban Quintero returns to share the tough lessons behind…
- Spotting Market Gaps: How Esteban Quintero Built a $1M Business at Age 20 - Part One · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 76• Sponsored by FounderCatalyst • Get 5% off their services via this link: • https://2ly.link/1zDIJ • • In this episode, Esteban Quintero—serial entrepreneur and founder of…







