Boldt Flavours

Epizode

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  S5 | Episode 1 | Alex Weber: Founder in Stealth 04.02.2025 47min

  In this episode, Timo sits down with Alex Weber, former Chief Growth Officer at N26. Alex shares insights from his tenure at N26 and discusses the significance of company culture and effective leadership, drawing parallels between lessons learned from sports and entrepreneurial success. Now embarking on his own startup journey, Alex delves into the challenges and opportunities of building a new venture from the ground up.
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  S4 | Bonus Episode | Bruce Macfarlane: MMC Founder and Managing Partner 29.03.2023 44min

  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.
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  S4 | Episode 11 | Shane Happach: Mollie CEO 13.07.2022 40min

  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. 
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  S4 | Episode 10 | Neeha Khurana: Celonis VP Culture & Leadership 29.06.2022 51min

  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. 
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  S4 | Episode 9 | Jim Buckle: Gousto CFO 22.06.2022 50min

  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. 
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  S4 | Episode 8 | Katherine Garrett-Cox CBE: GIB Asset Management CEO 15.06.2022 47min

  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.
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  S4 | Episode 7 | Guillaume Pousaz: Checkout.com Founder & CEO 08.06.2022 53min

  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. 
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  S4 | Episode 6 | Paul Taylor: Thought Machine Founder & CEO 25.05.2022 34min

  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. 
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  S4 | Episode 5 | Iggy Bassi: Cervest Founder & CEO 18.05.2022 54min

  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 of scaling a purpose-driven organisation. 
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  S4 | Episode 4 | Guy Podjarny: Snyk Founder 11.05.2022 57min

  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. 
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  S4 | Episode 3 | Maria Raga: Depop CEO 04.05.2022 42min

  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. 
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  S4 | Episode 2 | Tessa Clarke: OLIO Co-Founder & CEO 27.04.2022 48min

  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. 
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  S4 | Episode 1 | Alberto Perlman: Zumba Co-Founder & CEO 20.04.2022 45min

  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.
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  S3 | Episode 13 | Christmas Special: The Man behind the Mic 15.12.2021 48min

  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. 
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  S3 | Episode 12 | Susanne Given: Transforming the Retail Space 08.12.2021 47min

  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. 
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  S3 | Episode 11 | Gousto, Unboxed - The People behind the Product 01.12.2021 49min

  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. 
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  S3 | Episode 10 | Rishi Khosla: A Pioneer of Challenger Banking 24.11.2021 28min

  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. 
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  S3 | Episode 9 | David Benigson: The Future of Decision Making 17.11.2021 59min

  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.
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  S3 | Episode 8 | Jennifer Bers: Leading by Example 10.11.2021 47min

  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. 
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  S3 | Episode 7 | Jeremy King: A Sovereign of SaaS 03.11.2021 50min

  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.