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Activate Podcast

Activate Capital

We are a startup studio based in London. If you want to solve a big problem, we’ll help you build a business that can do it.

Episodes

16 episodes

Activate Podcast s02e05 | Customer Journey: focusing on clients goals

With Adrian Austin we discuss the best practices and the mistakes to avoid when mapping out a digital product's customer journey.

00:10:13Jun 2, 2017

Activate Podcast s02e01 | Are You An Entrepreneur?

Paolo Valdemarin and Matt Mower discuss about the selection process at Activate Capital. How do we pick entrepreneurs, what questions should...

00:11:41Jun 1, 2017

Activate Podcast s02e02 | You & Your Why: exploring business purpose, vision, and passion

Key questions for founders: why you? Why this? How story telling and quantitive hypothesis are the foundation of your strategy.

00:10:13Jun 1, 2017

Activate Podcast s02e03 | Explore Customer Needs: analytical customer segmentation

Who are you going to sell to? Do they really have this problem? Why pains sells more than gains.

00:10:27Jun 1, 2017

Activate Podcast s02e04 | Impact Mapping: connecting value proposition to product design

Moving from your business strategy to product design using impact mapping to connect development roadmap to business goals. Some of the thin...

00:10:16Jun 1, 2017

Activate Podcast s02e06 | Sketching and storyboarding: visual brainstorming.

In this episode we discuss about the best approach to sketching the basic user interface elements of the product and how to decide which sol...

00:11:26Jun 1, 2017

Activate Podcast s02e07 | Mastering Business Conversation: how to pitch yourself & your company

Talking about your business is a key ability and it helps understanding your thinking process. How to structure your communication, the impo...

00:08:56Jun 1, 2017

Activate Podcast s02e08 | Storytelling: developing a key business skill

What are the best techniques to build and tell your business story. What to do, what to avoid and what absolutely not to do (such as telling...

00:12:08Jun 1, 2017

Startup Lab Podcast s01e08

Everything you ever wanted to know about applying to the Activate Capital #startuplab programme but were afraid to ask.

00:08:00Jul 23, 2016

Startup Lab Podcast s01e07

A special episode to wrap up the first startuplab programme. Our guests today are Activate Capital founding partner Greg Rice and Tomo found...

00:11:07Jul 15, 2016

Startup Lab Podcast s01e06

Adrian Austin is the special guest of this episode. From ideas to a working prototype: how does our design process work.

00:11:57Jul 14, 2016

Startup Lab Podcast s01e05

Our special guest this week is Annette Kramer for an interesting conversation around moving on from the aggressive startup "pitching culture...

00:11:29Jul 7, 2016

Startup Lab Podcast s01e04

Joining us for this episode are Fahad and Gus, founders of Tomo, the startup we have selected for the #startuplab programme.

00:14:47Jun 30, 2016

Startup Lab Podcast s01e03

In this episode: a quick review of the last week at the #startupLab, some analysis on the post brexit investment scene and a cool poker anal...

00:10:45Jun 25, 2016

Startup Lab Podcast s01e02

This week's episode is about the tools we use at the #startupLab to help the team understand the direction they are going in, who they are t...

00:13:15Jun 18, 2016

Startup Lab Podcast s01e01

First episode of the Startup Lab Podcast with Paolo Valdemarin and Matt Mower. About creating an accelerator programme and our experience de...

00:10:39Jun 11, 2016