Secret Leaders
Dan Murray-Serter and Chris Donnelly are two serial entrepreneurs who've built, sold, scaled & failed companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In Secret Leaders we get inside the greatest minds and greatest moments in business, because we believe the best way to learn about business is to hear from the people who make it happen.
Sponsored by Wise Business and Vanta.
Contact: hello@secretleaders.com
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My Favourite Failure: Debt collectors at the do...
Sometimes we put on a brave face when it's the opposite of what we should be doing.
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How to fail well (to become a better entreprene...
World renowned author and psychologist Amy Edmonson promotes psychological safety and creating work environments that allow you to fail openly
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Games Workshop Founder: ‘I’d rather be a nerd t...
“Technology transforms opportunity” Games Workshop founder and angel investor Sir Ian Livingstone believes in the power of play to help shape education.
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Depop: $1.6 billion exit to Etsy & now he’s sta...
Depop Founder Simon Beckerman shares the secret to his success and why a billion dollar exit isn't enough to stop him starting again from scratch.
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Managing Europe's biggest YouTubers The Sidemen...
With over 240 million views per month and nearly 20 million subscribers, it’s no surprise The Sidemen are the success they are. Today we’re exploring the management team behind Europe’s most successful content creators with co-founder of Arcade Media Jordan Schwarzenberger
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Exclusive: Planet Organic Founder reveals being...
How far would you go to save your business? Renée Elliott has never told the real story of how she fought to save Planet Organic, and how much it cost her...until now.
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Dan Murray-Serter: How to build a personal bran...
Building a personal brand as a Founder is becoming less optional.
45 min
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‘Unicorn status? It’s meaningless!’ And why ent...
Most founders would celebrate reaching unicorn status, not Christine Lemke. She says she doesn’t care about reaching that milestone with her company Evidation. What she wants to focus on is becoming profitable.
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My Favourite Failure: Pro baseball player who l...
How do you get over failing at your one shot?
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Vinted: 2am house party idea that became Lithua...
Milda Mitkute was at a party in 2008 when she told developer Justas Janauskus about her idea for Vinted. They decided then and there to turn their idea into a reality, launching the website just two weeks later…Only to forget one critical detail.
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My Favourite Failure: I should’ve listened to ...
How do you know who is going to be the right business partner for you? Lucy Cohen learnt the hard way in the early days of her business Mazuma.
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Lying to the Secret Service, working for Obama ...
Former director of analytics for the 2008 Obama campaign and now CEO and Founder of Rewind AI, Dan Siroker, reveals his goals to build the first multi-billion dollar company with under 50 people that records everything you do online.
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My Favourite Failure: "We signed a deal with th...
Glenn Poulos thought he had achieved an eight-figure exit. Instead he was left with hardly anything. What happened?
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Leon Founder: “Imprisoned” by big mistake & how...
Co-Founder and former CEO of Leon, John Vincent, reveals their biggest mistake early on and talks about how to identify your personality as a founder and leader.
46 min
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My Favourite Failure: Making millions after fai...
How do you pick yourself up when you are left with nothing? After failing seven business in a row, Peter Kell was broke and homeless, but he managed to turn his life around.
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Theragun: Hacked together in 10/10 pain - the $...
What would searing pain drive you to do?
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My Favourite Failure: We were too young, ideali...
When should you walk away from your business?
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How to win at business and make a dent, with se...
Do you know the 6 key stages of building a business?
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My Favourite Failure: Happiness expert who was ...
How to lead from the front with your mental health so you and your team are happy and productive.
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Elemis Founder: How UK's #1 skin brand got buil...
After Sean Harrington got diagnosed with cancer, it pushed him to work even harder.
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My Favourite Failure: Knowing when to give up i...
Anita always wanted to be a Founder, but her first venture ended in failure, as did the next.
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Klarna Founder: Even $45.6 billion can’t buy ha...
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My Favourite Failure: Burnt out twice and unabl...
At his low points, Sançar found himself stripped of confidence, but that experience led him to founding Oliva.
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IMDb Founder: Jeff Bezos's best advice & learni...
The definitive answer to the best film ever
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My Favourite Failure: Estonia’s first CIO who n...
Working for the government just isn't worth it, says Estonia's first Chief Innovation Officer.
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