Boldt Flavours

In this special bonus episode, Timo talks to Bruce Macfarlane, Founder and Managing Partner of venture capital fund, MMC. MMC invested into Gousto in 2013, a year after launching. A lawyer by training, Bruce then moved into banking before setting up MMC in 2000 to invest in early stage, high growth businesses. Find out what Bruce believes foreshadows startup success, how he works with founders and why he decided to become a professional coach.

In the final episode of the series, Timo talks to Mollie CEO, Shane Happach. Mollie is a $6.5bn valued payment service provider, whose mission is to make payments as effortless as possible. Shane is a Harvard graduate, with a global FinTech career spanning almost two decades. Hear his thoughts on business leadership, and what innovations he envisages within FinTech over the next twenty years.

Join Timo as he chats to Celonis’ Global Head of Culture and Leadership, Neeha Khurana. Before joining $11bn unicorn company Celonis, Neeha worked within the talent space across Consulting, Banking and FinTech. Hear her thoughts on scaleups’ culture opportunities, whether social progress has been made, and which coaching questions she loves to ask.

In this week’s episode of Bold[t] Flavours, Timo chats to Gousto’s very own Chief Financial Officer, Jim Buckle. Jim has over 20 years’ experience within big tech firms, such as Amazon and Dell, as well as extensive startup know-how from the likes of Wiggle and Feel Unique. Hear about how Jim started in the world of finance, what motivates him each day and how he surmounts business challenges.

Timo’s guest, this week, is Katherine Garrett-Cox, CBE. Katherine is the CEO of GIB Asset Management, a London-based global asset manager with over $11 billion assets under management, and whose purpose is to mobilise and scale capital in support of a more sustainable world. Hear about Katherine’s journey into Finance, her leadership values, and how she uses business as a force for good.

In this week’s episode of Bold[t] Flavours, Timo talks to Checkout.com Founder & CEO, Guillaume Pousaz. Checkout.com is a global payments solution provider and is one of the most successful startups in the world, valued at $40bn today. Hear Guillaume talk about his transition from product management to CEO, how he retains humility, despite his inordinate success, and the role of luck throughout his journey so far.

Timo’s guest, this week, is Thought Machine Founder and CEO, Paul Taylor. Paul is a serial entrepreneur who specialises in speech, language and artificial intelligence. He founded fintech unicorn, Thought Machine, in 2014, which offers banks an opportunity to migrate customer accounts to a cloud-native platform. Hear his thoughts on how the world of banking is changing, and insight into his CEO journey so far.

Join Timo as he chats to Iggy Bassi, the hugely inspiring Founder and CEO of Cervest. Cervest offers cloud-based Climate Intelligence, enabling organisations to understand and adapt to climate risk at an asset level, and advising on what actions to take. Iggy is a serial entrepreneur, with extensive experience in both emerged and emerging markets. In this episode, Iggy shares his inspiring vision for the World to be a better place, how he found his vocation, and the trials and tribulations...

In this week’s episode, Timo chats to Snyk Founder, Guy Podjarny. Snyk, valued at $10bn today, focuses on building developer-first security tools, helping businesses to scale quickly whilst staying secure. Hear Guy discuss his journey to founding two companies, Snyk’s culture and values, as well as his views on the company’s vision, product and strategy.

This week’s guest is Depop CEO, Maria Raga. Depop is a fashion marketplace in which users, from around the globe, connect to buy and sell pre-loved clothes online. In this episode, Maria talks to Timo about how she conquered rejection when scaling the business, and how she retains equilibrium in a challenging landscape.

Join Timo as he talks to Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder and CEO of OLIO. OLIO is a free, neighbour-to-neighbour app that tackles the problem of food and household waste, by enabling surplus items to be donated, rather than thrown away. Hear about Tessa’s leadership journey so far, what she had to ‘unlearn’ from her corporate career, as well as her views on culture, teams and talent.

Series 4 of the Bold[t] Flavours podcast kicks off with Zumba Co-Founder and CEO, Alberto Perlman. Zumba launched in 2001 and has since become a global phenomenon, spanning 186 countries, reaching 15 million people per week. Hear Alberto share his passion for startups and entrepreneurship, his insights into successes and failures, and how he has navigated his business through the pandemic.

In this very special Christmas edition, join The Body Coach, Joe Wicks MBE, as he turns the tables and interviews Timo. Hear how Timo’s background and close-knit family have influenced his drive, passion and work ethic today, how he has transformed Gousto into the UK’s only profitable B Corp Unicorn, as well as what motivates and inspires him every day.

In the penultimate episode of the series, Timo talks to leading retail executive, Susanne Given. Susanne has been at the forefront of the retail industry, including its transition to online, for the past two decades. Hear her thoughts on what makes an exemplary board, as well as key learnings throughout her extensive, international career.

In this episode, Timo chats to Gousto’s EVP of Operations, Charles Whitehead. Prior to Gousto, Charles worked at Tesco PLC and thedocyard, a world-leading deal management platform. Hear his views on impostor syndrome, his ‘people first’ leadership philosophy, as well as his experience of guiding Gousto through its exponential growth.

Rishi Khosla OBE, a serial start-up entrepreneur, and co-founder and CEO of OakNorth Bank, is Timo’s guest this week. Hear him discuss how he approached his second start-up in a completely new way, what he has learned on his scaleup journey, as well as his views on becoming a highly successful business leader.

Timo’s guest, this week, is David Benigson. David is the Founder and CEO of Signal AI, one of the world’s fastest-growing applied AI companies. In this episode, he discusses how his entrepreneurial parents shaped his thinking, how he divides his leadership journey into 5, distinct chapters, as well as his views on the world of AI.

Timo’s guest this week is enterprise software sales leader, Jennifer Bers. Hear her talk about her fascinating leadership journey, how she facilitates conditions for optimum culture and performance, as well as what makes sales great.

This week, Timo talks to Jeremy King about his international upbringing, how pattern recognition aided him in launching market and brand intelligence agency, Attest, and his views on what makes a superlative CEO.

In this week’s episode, internationally renowned makeup artist, Ruby Hammer, MBE, chats to Timo about how her parents’ unconditional love encouraged her fearless attitude, how she approaches and embraces positivity, and handling difficult situations, head on.