Carswell Gould has teamed up with Venturefest South to make Growth Conversations, a podcast series on The UnEDited Podcast. It features the founders, innovators and investors building businesses across the South. Episode one is out now!
Episode one: bootstrapped to £3.5 million
The series opens with Sean Larsen, founder of Labl.It, talking about how he grew the business to £3.5 million without outside investment.
Why we’re doing it
Venturefest South has spent ten years bringing together the people behind the Central South’s innovation scene. For its anniversary year, we wanted to tell that story through the people who have lived it.
Each Growth Conversations episode is an open conversation, not a polished pitch. Host Ed Gould, our Creative Director and Founding Partner and Chair of Venturefest South, sits down with guests to talk about the reality of building a business. They cover the wins and the setbacks, funding, leadership and the lessons they’d pass on to others.
The guests were chosen because their stories show the ambition and entrepreneurial spirit that make the South a great place to start and grow a business.
Coming up…
- Wildflower Co on Biodiversity Net Gain and scaling a 20-year-old family business
- 12 years, £12 million and a CE mark: building Lifelight’s medical device
- From idea to orbit: Doug Liddle on building a business in space
- Beyond the pitch: diversifying Saints FC for growth
Building up to the Festival of Innovation
New episodes will come out in the run-up to the Venturefest South Festival of Innovation at the Utilita Bowl on 18 November, the biggest Venturefest South event yet.
Follow The UnEDited Podcast on YouTube and Spotify so you don’t miss an episode, and book your place at the Festival at venturefestsouth.co.uk.
