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🎙️ Startup Scaleup People shares real stories of how founders, execs, advisors, NEDs & fractional leaders build companies, careers & lives — from startup to scaleup to enterprise.We go deep on leadership, growth, funding, strategy, resilience, operations, exits, the human…
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What It Really Takes to Become a Fintech CEO | Mike Saraswat (opens the original)
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I sat down with Mike Saraswat, Co-Founder and CEO of Stoa, an entrepreneur who went from building a marketing agency to taking on one of the hardest challenges in fintech. His latest chapter took almost 30 months of fundraising, around 2,000 investor approaches and 300 meetings before Stoa closed its $2.4M pre-seed round. But that resilience was built much earlier. Mike tells the story of spending nine days at Cannes being rejected while trying to finance a film, nearly losing his life in a moto
2 Exits. Built Airbnb in Asia. Now building again. Alan Chang's Founder Journey (opens the original)
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Alan Chang's career has taken him from running restaurants to becoming an Airbnb executive, building startups, navigating extreme financial pressure, completing an acquisition and exit, and starting again in FinTech. In this episode of ExecDNA, Alan shares the decisions, failures and transformations that shaped him as an entrepreneur and leader. Most founders struggle when their role shifts from day-to-day operator to global leader. Alan breaks down the reality of scaling a business, from buildi
How to Stay Relevant in Cybersecurity for 26 Years (It’s Not What You Think) | Robbie Tyrie (opens the original)
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Building a sustainable cybersecurity career takes far more than technical certifications and initial training. After 26 years in the industry, Robbie Tyrie joins ExecDNA to discuss how he built, adapted and reinvented his career across technology, leadership and information security. This conversation moves beyond entry-level cybersecurity advice to explore what it actually takes to remain relevant as technology, regulation and corporate expectations continue to change. Robbie shares the decisio
I Spent 25 Years In The Boardroom Only To Realize This | Mark Hedley (opens the original)
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I sat down with Mark Hedley, Co-Founder and COO of Adeus, a corporate executive who walked away from more than 25 years in senior leadership to start again as a founder. Mark has lived and worked across four continents, held senior roles at Citibank, Deutsche Bank and Korn Ferry, and built a career that began not with a clear plan, but with leaving university and following his curiosity around the world. In this episode of ExecDNA, we explore the decisions, risks and setbacks that shaped his car
The Hardest Conversation Every CEO Will Face (Executive Coach Explains) | Nicole Alos (opens the original)
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After 20+ years coaching hundreds of executives, from first-time founders to seasoned CEOs, Nicole Alos kept seeing the same gap: leaders left coaching sessions feeling confident, but froze the moment a real high-stakes conversation began.In this episode of Exec DNA, Nicole joins Mario Rivas to unpack why communication, not technical skill, separates exceptional leaders from competent managers. She shares how she built Socratyc Sidekick, an AI-powered practice tool that lets founders and executi
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