The show that interviews entrepreneurs, uncovering the moments of fear and doubt that even the most successful founders face. On Founders Uncut, you'll hear how they deal with these moments. If you're an early stage startup founder and the going is tough, listen in. You are not alone - being a founder is just hard! Host Maria Palma, General Partner at Kindred, an early stage venture capital fund, is here to shine a light on the parts of the startup scaling journey that often go untold and never make the headlines. You'll hear about: - How to hire a senior leadership team - How to successfully raise a venture capital funding round - How to motivate a team and operationalise company values - How to personally grow with your startup scaling journey so you can be the leader your company needs at every stage and stay sane in the process.
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The show that interviews entrepreneurs, uncovering the moments of fear and doubt that even the most successful founders face. On Founders Uncut, you'll hear how they deal with these moments. If you're an early stage startup founder and the going is tough, listen in. You are not alone - being a founder is just hard! Host Maria Palma, General Partner at Kindred, an early stage venture capital fund, is here to shine a light on the parts of the startup scaling journey that often go untold and never make the headlines. You'll hear about: - How to hire a senior leadership team - How to successfully raise a venture capital funding round - How to motivate a team and operationalise company values - How to personally grow with your startup scaling journey so you can be the leader your company needs at every stage and stay sane in the process.
Find out more at KindredCapital.VC/FoundersUncut
This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions
1. Tom Blomfield from Monzo - What Does it Feel Like to Ride a Unicorn? The Reality of the Startup Founder Journey, When to Bring on Senior Leadership, The Difference Between Leadership and Management
Founders Uncut: Real Startup Stories
42 minutes
3 years ago
1. Tom Blomfield from Monzo - What Does it Feel Like to Ride a Unicorn? The Reality of the Startup Founder Journey, When to Bring on Senior Leadership, The Difference Between Leadership and Management
On the outside, it probably seemed that Tom was living the founder dream life, but the reality was that towards the end of Tom’s time at Monzo, the emotional journey of being a founder was taking its toll - he was under a lot of pressure with many sleepless nights and wasn’t sure he wanted to continue the journey.
Tom grew Monzo from 0 to over 2,000 employees and was one of the youngest CEOs of a UK regulated bank ever. He raised over $500M on the Monzo journey and the product they built at Monzo is used by over 5 million people. Tom was also a co-founder of GoCardless. Today, Tom Blomfield is a prolific angel, and a visiting partner for YC.
In this episode you will hear more from Tom about:
1) The reality of the startup founder journey
What did the end of the Monzo journey feel like for him?
What does burnout feel like?
Why doesn’t he think the word burnout is the right description?
How do you maintain headspace as a founder?
What could he have done to make the journey more sustainable?
Would he still be running Monzo if he’d done those things?
2) How do you know your startup is living its values?
How do you see/feel values in real life?
What were some of Monzo’s core values?
How did he as the CEO encourage and discourage certain behaviour when it was or wasn’t aligned with the values?
3) Tom’s Leadership Style and Lessons
Why showing vulnerability is important in leadership
Why crying or showing emotion as a leader is a strength, not a weakness
What’s the difference between leadership versus management?
How do you know if your team is growing at the pace the company needs during startup hypergrowth scaling?
What do you do when someone is not fitting in?
4) Fundraising and Who You Need by Your Side in the Startup Founding Journey
What does it feel like to fundraise?
Why you actually might want VC naysayers and doubters in your corner and not just venture capital cheerleaders.
Check out more from him, including his famous fundraising guide, at tomblomfield.com.
Find out more at KindredCapital.VC/FoundersUncut
This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions
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Founders Uncut: Real Startup Stories
The show that interviews entrepreneurs, uncovering the moments of fear and doubt that even the most successful founders face. On Founders Uncut, you'll hear how they deal with these moments. If you're an early stage startup founder and the going is tough, listen in. You are not alone - being a founder is just hard! Host Maria Palma, General Partner at Kindred, an early stage venture capital fund, is here to shine a light on the parts of the startup scaling journey that often go untold and never make the headlines. You'll hear about: - How to hire a senior leadership team - How to successfully raise a venture capital funding round - How to motivate a team and operationalise company values - How to personally grow with your startup scaling journey so you can be the leader your company needs at every stage and stay sane in the process.
Find out more at KindredCapital.VC/FoundersUncut
This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions
