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Tired of startup hype? So are we.Ranked in the top 2.5% of podcasts globally and a top 5 startup podcast in Europe, Founded & Grounded gives unseen founders the mic, where real stories rise above the noise.Our unique 3-part format blends founder interviews, co-host analysis,…
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Mezze: A Client Worried He Looked Too "Free-Spirited." His Software Now Handles £10M of Orders a Month. (opens the original)
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Simon Bos spent 25 years building other people's startups at Bristol venture studio Gravitywell before finding his own gap: a food giant taking thousands of daily sandwich orders by phone. That absurdity became Mezze, now processing over £10M of orders a month for brands like Pieminister and Samworth Brothers. A conversation about cheap builds that break founders' hearts, why one-to-many content is the introvert's superpower, being told he looked "too free-spirited," and the perspective that onl
Founders Unplugged: The No Bullsh*t Adviser: Kicked Out of School at 15. Advising Banks by 20. Now 1,000+ Founders Ask Him for the Truth (opens the original)
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Kicked out of school at 15, consulting for Oxford's restaurants by 18, and now mentor to over 1,000 founders worldwide: Greg McCallum has built a brand on brutal honesty. The No Bullsh*t Adviser shares the mistake almost every founder makes, why sales is about listening rather than pitching, the AI data secret behind his new startup, Peer, and the real cost of founder life, from dark mental health years to the friendships that never got made. Contains strong language throughout.
Sunny & Luna: From Modelling on 800 Calories a Day to Building a Pasta Brand That Celebrates Food. (opens the original)
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Giulia Berretti went from modelling in New York on 800 calories a day to building Sunny & Luna, the fresh pasta brand she started in her own kitchen during COVID, selling first on Nextdoor and winning over Whole Foods with four gnocchi in a plastic bag. Recorded as she closed her first funding round, and released now with the brand on Sainsbury's and Ocado shelves, it's a story about refusing to compromise on quality, respecting your dream, and why persistence only works with patience.
hybr: Rejected by Her University. Rejected by Every Landlord. Now Hannah Wants 60% of the Student Housing Market. (opens the original)
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Rejected by her university and by every landlord she cold-called, Hannah Chappatte built Hybr into a £3.24M-seed-funded platform fixing student housing for the UK's 3 million students. A masterclass in validation, resilience and focus. from a founder who'll tell you straight: avoid raising money if you can.
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