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Bianca Rangecroft is the Forbes 30 Under 30 Founder & CEO of Whering, the AI-enabled digital wardrobe and personal styling app with the mission of upending the buy-use-dispose model by helping Gen-Z fashionistas get the most out of their wardrobe.

Bianca has raised over £2.5 million in venture capital and now has 14 full-time employees, 150 brand partners and - most importantly - over 4M users. In this episode, you'll hear about: 👗 Bianca's experience on BBC's Dragons Den 👗 Going from scrappy bootstrapped startup to lean, mean, metric-focused scale-up machine 👗 Hire slow, fire fast: the mindset shift needed with talent and most overlooked aspect of dismissing staff 👗 Successful growth hacks with viral marketing (organic social done right!) 👗 The power of networking and Bianca's advisory board for life 👗 PLUS! What Victoria Beckham had to do with Whering! Download the app here: https://whering.co.uk/

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Mark Chaffey is the Co-Founder and CEO of hackajob, the candidate-centric platform for tech talent that puts the power back in the hands of the job seekers.

He co-founded the business straight out of university aged 20 and now leads the HRtech scale-up with $35M in Series B funding under his belt, a team of 150 staff, and turning over £10M ARR with world domination firmly on the cards!

Key points in this episode you'll hear about:

🚀 Biggest challenges as a young entrepreneur & first-time CEO 🚀 The sales strategy that took this business to $10M ARR 🚀 Expanding to the US and dangers of hiring too fast 🚀 Where Mark turns to for guidance & inspiration 🚀 Fundraising journey - 78 meetings to get to 5 term sheets - including a deal falling through at the last minute 😱

“This is NOT the TechCrunch article”

Learn more about hackajob here: https://hackajob.com/

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Liv Ferdi is the Co-Founder of TRIP, the UK’s number 1, best selling CBD drinks brand stocked in 25,000 stores around the UK including the likes of Selfridges, Ocado, Boots, Planet Organic, Harrods… Also in chains like The Ivy, Brewdog, Leon, Benugo, AND is the exclusive CBD supplier to Soho House!

TRIP holds 88% UK market share, has raised £10M in external investment and hired a team of 50 staff! Tune in to hear about:

💛 The benefit of coming in from the outside - from Liv's career in corporate legal to FMCG founder and the advantage of fresh perspectives 💛 How to win in becoming *category-defining* - even when you’re not the first 💛 How TRIP overcame performance marketing challenges as a CBD brand 💛 Building a 'cool' brand that respects the customer 💛 Cultivating an authentic, mission-driven business 💛 PLUS Strategy & Tragedy exclusive new announcement!

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