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What’s one of the most important parts of scaling your team? 🤔 Communication. What worked for a team of 5-10 people, will not work for a team of 80-100+… This week’s 40 Minute Mentor, Clare Jones shares her biggest lessons from growing what3words and tells us more about her latest adventure as CEO of Polarsteps. 🎧 Check out the full 40 mins over on Apple, Spotify or YouTube. #Startup #Leadership #Mentorship #40MinuteMentor

From growing what3words to taking over as CEO at Polarsteps. Today’s 40 Minute Mentor, Clare Jones has a beyond impressive CV and packed this episode with actionable advice and career mentorship. Clare and James discuss: 🪴 Starting her career in NGOs and the biggest transferable skills into startup world 🚀 The key lessons from scaling what3words from scrappy startup to post-Series C 📈 Why the CCO role is so important for any business and how to become a successful Commercial Leader 👀 Signs that it’s time for a Founder to step down and how to make the transition successful Whether you’re a Founder thinking about bringing in a CEO, or an aspiring or existing Commercial Leader looking to grow your career, you won’t want to miss the full 40 minutes with Clare over on Apple, Spotify or YouTube. 🎧 #40MinuteMentor #Mentorship #CommercialLeader #CCO #CEO #Startup

Re-introducing: JBM, a Amplified Group business. 🥳 We can finally announce our big news: JBM has joined the newly formed Amplified People Group... ...the People services group supporting technology companies from inception to IPO. 🚀 Amplified Group also sits behind: Foundation Partners - the go-to partner for People Strategy & Operations to create high-performing companies. Unleashed - the Management & Leadership development experts for businesses who want high-performing leaders and teams. 🤫 You may even remember Anouk Agussol from our 40 Minute Mentor podcast! Joining forces with the Group's businesses, we'll now be able to offer a more holistic approach to People & Talent, starting from finding the best talent to join your business all the way through to nurturing and developing your leadership team for a high-performing culture and business. Please join us in celebrating this exciting day in the next chapter of JBM! 👏 🎉 For more info on Amplified Group and the impressive leadership team we're joining forces with, check out the website: https://lnkd.in/e-F68J6f #AmplifiedGroup #TeamJBM #ExecutiveSearch #Startup

Only TWO more days to go! 🗓️ We’re so close to dropping Episode 1 of Season 12 of our 40 Minute Mentor podcast! 🎙️ Can’t wait to tune in on Wednesday? Lucky you - this season’s trailer is ready for your eyes AND ears. Plus, there are many more 40 Minute Mentors lined up…you’ll just have to wait a little longer to find out who it is. 🤫 Check out the full trailer here: https://lnkd.in/gfD4GZDB See you on Wednesday for more pocket-sized mentorship! 👋 #40MinuteMentor #Mentorship #NewSeason #Podcast #Startup #CareerAdvice

To go down the VC route or not to go down the VC route? 🤔 Seeing all these big fundraising announcement as a Founder can often result in a bit of FOMO and feeling like the VC route is the only route to take. But that’s far from the truth. Only a small percentage of businesses are actually suited for VC investment. For the rest it can often be detrimental, according to Emma Steele. 👇 More on this in our latest 40 Minute Mentor episode over on Apple, Spotify or YouTube. #40MinuteMentor #VC #Investment #PurposeVsProfit

What are Investors looking for in Founders? 👀 How can you make your pitch stand out from everyone else? 🤔 Fundraising is one of the hardest parts of being a Startup Founder…if you choose to go down that route. So, wouldn’t it be great if you could hear directly from VCs and find out what they’re actually looking for? And what their immediate red flags are? Good thing you stopped scrolling. 🙌 If you’re currently raising investment or are starting to consider your next round, make sure you add the below podcasts to your playlist! What other podcasts would you add? #Podcast #VC #Fundraising #Startup

Are you off to Sifted Summit this week? In today’s 40 Minute Mentor Replay episode, we’re throwing it back to our LIVE recording at Sifted Summit. 🎙️ Together with Amali de Alwis, Emma Steele and Nikki Wicks, we discuss: 🪴 Why purpose matters and how you measure impact 💸 When you should and shouldn’t raise from VCs 🤝 The Body Coach turning down a million pound partnership to stick to their purpose ⚖️ Big salaries vs finding purpose in your work 40 minutes packed with mentorship, advice and first-hand experience of building a purpose-driven business. Listen now on Spotify, Apple or YouTube. #40MinuteMentor #Podcast #Purpose #PurposeOverProfit #SiftedSummit

Happy #InternationalPodcastDay to all that celebrate! 🎙️🎉 We’re only 9 days away from launching Season 12 of our 40 Minute Mentor Podcast. We obviously can’t let International Podcast Day pass by without highlighting some of our most popular episodes to date… 👇 Check them out below. 👇 What are your favourite podcasts or 40 Minute Mentor episodes? Let us know in the comments. #40MinuteMentor #Podcast

Be proud of who you are and lean into your superpower. 🦄 🦄 🦄 An important reminder from this week’s 40 Minute Mentor Claire Valoti. What would you say your superpower is? How has it helped your career? Let us know in the comments below. Want to hear more about: 🍼 how Claire was hired while pregnant 🧱 the fundamentals of being a successful GM 💬 why communication can make or break a scaling team ...then listen to the full 40 Minute Mentor episode on all popular podcast platforms. #40MinuteMentor #Mentorship #CareerAdvice

🔔 Just 2 weeks to go! 🔔 We’re only 2 weeks away from a brand new season of 40 Minute Mentor! For the next 12 weeks, we’ll bring you a fresh dose of weekly pocket-sized mentorship to a pair of headphones near you. 🎧 And what a line up we have in store. Swipe through below for a preview of what’s to come… 🤔 Any guesses of who the mysterious 40 Minute Mentors could be? Drop your guesses below. Want to be the first to know when Episode 1 launches? Head to Apple, Spotify or YouTube and hit ‘subscribe’. 🔔 #40MinuteMentor #Podcast #Mentorship #CareerAdvice