Think Like A Founder

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO, Maureen Taylor, speaks with Hiroki Takeuchi, Co-Founder and CEO of GoCardless. They talk about catching the startup bug, not outsourcing your core value, and the excitement of the unknown.

From small businesses to enterprises, GoCardless makes it easy to collect payments from customers worldwide. By simplifying the transaction process, they help reduce operational costs and improve cash flow to help businesses grow. Before founding GoCardless in 2011 with Matt Robinson and Tom Blomfield, Hiroki worked as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company. GoCardless is now valued at nearly one billion dollars.

Think Like A Founder is produced by SNP Communications in San Francisco, California. Learn more about the Think Like a Founder podcast and curriculum by visiting us at www.snpnet.com/tlaf or connect with Maureen Taylor on LinkedIn to continue the conversation there.

Series Producer: Roisin Hunt

Sound Design: Marc Ream

Content and Scripting: Mike Sullivan and Jaselin Drown

Production Coordinator: Natasha Thomas

Thanks also to Selena Persiani-Shell, Jordan Bailey, Matt Johnson, Eli Shell, John Hughes, and Renn Vara.

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Dr. Sara Spangelo, Co-Founder and CEO of Swarm Technologies. They talk about training to be an astronaut, keeping calm when things get tough, and making satellites the size of a grilled cheese sandwich.

Swarm makes low-cost satellites. With only 10% of the Earth having access to cell and WiFi service, they’re dedicated to reducing barriers for connectivity in remote areas across the entire planet. Prior to founding Swarm Technologies, Sara was a lead systems engineer at Google X and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. She also worked on small satellites and autonomous aircrafts at the University of Michigan.

Think Like A Founder is produced by SNP Communications in San Francisco, California. Learn more about the Think Like a Founder podcast and curriculum by visiting us at www.snpnet.com/tlaf or connect with Maureen Taylor on LinkedIn to continue the conversation there.

Series Producer: Roisin Hunt

Sound Design: Marc Ream

Content and Scripting: Mike Sullivan and Jaselin Drown

Production Coordinator: Natasha Thomas

Thanks also to Selena Persiani-Shell, Jordan Bailey, Matt Johnson, Eli Shell, John Hughes, and Renn Vara.

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Gary Stewart, Founder and CEO of FounderTribes. They talk about connecting the dots others can't see, your internal moral compass, and how the immigrant experience lends itself to a founder mentality.
FounderTribes' digital community provides founders with access to other founders and early stage investors. Their mission is to make it possible for anyone with an idea to succeed. Before founding FounderTribes, Gary was the CEO of Wayra UK. As CEO, he built a portfolio of 185 start-ups worth $1.1bn and scaled the company to seven cities.
Think Like A Founder is produced by SNP Communications in San Francisco, California. Learn more about the Think Like a Founder podcast and curriculum by visiting us at www.snpnet.com/tlaf or connect with Maureen Taylor on LinkedIn to continue the conversation there.
Series Producer: Roisin Hunt
Sound Design: Marc Ream
Content and Scripting: Mike Sullivan and Jaselin Drown
Production Coordinator: Natasha Thomas
Thanks also to Selena Persiani-Shell, Jordan Bailey, Matt Johnson, Eli Shell, John Hughes, and Renn Vara.

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Dan Saks, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AppDirect. They talk about the importance of values, having conviction in your vision, and staying up all night to build a mini-city as a kid.
Dan and his Co-Founder, Nicolas Desmarais, founded AppDirect in 2009. AppDirect is a subscription commerce platform that powers millions of subscriptions worldwide. They make it easier for customers to find, buy, and use recurring digital services, creating opportunities for businesses to innovate and grow. An expert in cloud technologies, Dan was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Enterprise Technology list in 2015.
Learn more about AppDirect here: www.appdirect.com
Think Like A Founder is produced by SNP Communications in San Francisco, California. Learn more by visiting us at www.snpnet.com/tlaf or connect with Maureen Taylor on LinkedIn to continue the conversation there.
Series Producer: Roisin Hunt
Sound Design: Marc Ream
Content and Scripting: Mike Sullivan and Jaselin Drown
Production Coordinator: Natasha Thomas
Thanks also to Selena Persiani-Shell, Eli Shell, Matt Johnson, John Hughes, and Renn Vara.

On Season 5 Episode 6 of Think Like A Founder, SNP Communication’s Co-Founder and CEO, Maureen Taylor, interviews Myesha Luster and Oladosu Teyibo.
Myesha Luster and Oladosu Teyibo are Co-Founders of Analog Teams. With a team of PMs, developers, and designers from the U.S., Europe, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, and Nigeria, Analog Teams works with digital businesses to build transformative software products.
Prior to founding Analog Teams in 2016, Oladosu worked at the Cyber Innovation Center where he oversaw mergers and acquisitions. He studied information technology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Myesha Luster joined the founding team at Analog in 2018 after a long career in auto finance, collections, and information technology. She’s also an author, having written Dear Ghetto Mind: This Is Your Red Pill.

Think Like A Founder is produced by SNP Communications in San Francisco, California. Visit the Think Like A Founder website to learn more about the podcast and curriculum or connect with Maureen Taylor on LinkedIn to continue the conversation there.

Series Producer: Mike Sullivan

Sound Design: Marc Ream

Content and Scripting: Catherine Hardy and Jaselin Drown

Production Coordinator: Natasha Thomas

Thanks also to Róisín Hunt, Selena Persiani-Shell, Jordan Bailey, Matt Johnson, Eli Shell, John Hughes, and Renn Vara.