In this episode, host Rob Scott sits down with Ray Nolan, the Irish tech legend who turned college dropout into billion-pound business builder—all without venture capital. Ray's story demolishes Silicon Valley mythology with cold, hard pragmatism and customer-funded growth. Starting as a self-taught programmer who abandoned electrical engineering, Ray stumbled from telephone billing software into the global hospitality empire that became Hostelworld. His unconventional approach? Skip the Powe...
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In this episode, host Rob Scott sits down with Ray Nolan, the Irish tech legend who turned college dropout into billion-pound business builder—all without venture capital. Ray's story demolishes Silicon Valley mythology with cold, hard pragmatism and customer-funded growth. Starting as a self-taught programmer who abandoned electrical engineering, Ray stumbled from telephone billing software into the global hospitality empire that became Hostelworld. His unconventional approach? Skip the Powe...
Ray Nolan - The Programmer Who Refused to Play by Silicon Valley Rules
Binary to Billions
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Ray Nolan - The Programmer Who Refused to Play by Silicon Valley Rules
In this episode, host Rob Scott sits down with Ray Nolan, the Irish tech legend who turned college dropout into billion-pound business builder—all without venture capital. Ray's story demolishes Silicon Valley mythology with cold, hard pragmatism and customer-funded growth. Starting as a self-taught programmer who abandoned electrical engineering, Ray stumbled from telephone billing software into the global hospitality empire that became Hostelworld. His unconventional approach? Skip the Powe...
Binary to Billions
In this episode, host Rob Scott sits down with Ray Nolan, the Irish tech legend who turned college dropout into billion-pound business builder—all without venture capital. Ray's story demolishes Silicon Valley mythology with cold, hard pragmatism and customer-funded growth. Starting as a self-taught programmer who abandoned electrical engineering, Ray stumbled from telephone billing software into the global hospitality empire that became Hostelworld. His unconventional approach? Skip the Powe...
