The Lighthouse Podcast

We chatted to Feast-It founders Hugo Campbell and Digby Vollrath to learn how they built a platform bringing street food to the masses from the ground up. Along the way we learned:

• How they faked the tech and focused on design and experience to get the startup off the ground
• How their sales and marketing focus has shifted since launch and the effect it's had
• Why experimentation and constant change is key to their long-term success

We chat to Matt Kepple from Makerble and Joana Esgalhado from Friends of the Earth about the recent Startup in Residence program at FOE. We hear how Makerble came about and dive deeper into how this large UK charity are trying to bridge the gap between corporate and startup.

Along the way we learn:

• How the idea came about and what benefit it has brought to both teams
• What the biggest learnings were from both sides of the table
• How large and small teams have benefitted from sharing the FOE offices over the past months

Links

https://www.makerble.com/
https://www.foe.co.uk/
https://www.foe.co.uk/about-us/apply-friends-earth-startup-residence-change-world

We chatted to Aleksander Orlic, CTO and co-founder of Penta, about his insights on the pros and cons with both startup and corporate approaches to product development and innovation. Penta is a digital bank for businesses across Europe based in Berlin, Germany.

Aleksandar has over 20 years experience as a software engineer, architect and product manager having worked from startups to banks multi-national corporates. Along the way we discussed:

Why corporates struggle with rapid change and fast-moving innovation
The pros and cons of life as a developer at a startup
How instability is a valuable asset of innovation

What is a business accelerator? What does it do? Could one help you and your startup? Stan's been through one of the best, and he tells Dan all about his experience, sharing his thoughts on general accelerators and who they might help.