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Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia

stephaniemelodia

UK Top 20 Business Show for today’s entrepreneur. Hosted by UK Top 20 Female Founder, Stephanie Melodia, Strategy & Tragedy spotlights the most authentic & interesting founder stories - featuring the good, the bad, and the ugly of building a business. With the purpose to inspire and educate entrepreneurs, guests also include subject matter experts such as top business strategists, marketers, and investors to help arm founders with the knowledge to succeed in business.

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68:57

Meet the "Canva of AI" | Cien Solon, Founder & CEO of...

Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia ·

2025/04/02

The right dev partner can make or break your product. AppUnite embeds with your team to build apps that scale. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3FHeCC0 Cien Solon is the Co-Founder & CEO of LaunchLemonade, described as the "Canva of AI apps." Cien is on a mission to make sure that no one gets left behind in the time of AI. In this interview, Steph and Cien discuss: - The practical applications and use case examples of AI - The feminist importance of women getting into AI - Cien's career tra...

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17:38

The Debrief: Lottie Whyte | Controlling the controllable

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2025/04/01

Join Steph for this solo episode debriefing on last week's interview with Lottie Whyte of MyoMaster. Get involved in the conversation! Follow Steph on social media: 🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/ 🤍 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniemelodia/ Don't forget to subscribe, rate, review, and share with a friend 🤗

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58:22

“The Dragon Slayer” making MILLIONS | Lottie Whyte,...

Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia ·

2025/03/26

Lottie Whyte is the Co-Founder & CEO of one of the UK’s fastest growing wellness brands, MyoMaster - the home of human optimisation providing world-class recovery products including ice baths, at-home sauna pods, compression boots, and massage guns. Tune in to hear about… 🚀 What makes Lottie Whyte the outlier (practical advice you can *actually* action) 🚀 Behind the scenes of BBC’s Dragon’s Den - and how Lottie and her co-founder & partner, Joe, received offers from FOUR investors 🚀

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22:38

The Debrief: Alex Merry | Communication &...

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2025/03/25

Join Steph for this solo episode debriefing on last week's interview with Alex Merry of MicDrop. Get involved in the conversation! Follow Steph on social media: 🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/ 🤍 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniemelodia/ Don't forget to subscribe, rate, review, and share with a friend 🤗

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47:26

Overcome your FEAR of public speaking - and even...

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2025/03/19

Alex Merry is a public speaking coach who turns founders into thought leaders. He runs MicDrop, the well-loved public speaking community and training resource. He’s also the author of Make It Count and Former TEDxClapham Founder. In this episode, Steph and Alex discuss: 🎤 Why public is speaking *so* important for any leader 🎤 How Alex overcame his own fear of public speaking 🎤 What makes a GOOD talk (including the best talk Alex has ever heard!) 🎤 How to actually earn an income from

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51:36

Simon Squibb: “Hard work is A LIE!” (Replay)

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2025/03/12

Serial entrepreneur, content creator, author, and investor, Simon Squibb is the founder of HelpBnk (https://helpbnk.com/) on a mission to make people's dreams come true. Simon started his first company when he was homeless at 15 years old, and sold his last company, Fluid, to PwC. He has since invested in over 70+ startups, and is now on a mission to help 10 million people achieve their dreams. Order Simon's new book 'What's Your Dream?' here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/whats-your-dre...

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13:51

STOP SAVING TIME! The Debrief: Matt Lerner, ex-PayPal

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2025/03/10

Join Steph for this solo episode debriefing on last week's interview with Matt Lerner of SYSTM. Listen to the Anthony Pierri interview to learn more about articulating your core value proposition here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/16KEMPnzJV1GabDtAmzwsw?si=4a35fa1d75a14ec6 Or watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiwWh-IUxJg Get involved in the conversation! Follow Steph on social media: 🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/ 🤍 LinkedIn:

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54:55

STEAL PayPal’s growth strategy 🚀 Scale your startup...

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2025/03/05

Matt Lerner is the Founder & CEO of SYSTM, an online program to help startups find their big growth levers. Before founding SYSTM, Matt was a Partner of 500 Startups, an early-stage VC fund, where he built & ran a seed-stage growth program for the portfolio companies achieving an average growth of 250% in 12 months. Prior to 500 Startups he was marketing director at PayPal, coming from the birthplace of startups: Silicon Valley. In this interview, Matt and Steph cover... 🚀 Wh...

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21:30

The Debrief: Nell Daly | Squiggly careers,...

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2025/03/03

Join Steph for this solo episode debriefing on last week's interview with Nell Daly of Revenge Capital. PLUS! Exclusive reveal of the next guest... Get involved in the conversation! Follow Steph on social media: 🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/ 🤍 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniemelodia/ Don't forget to subscribe, rate, review, and share with a friend 🤗

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44:25

From DEATH THREATS at Fox News to building a £50M...

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2025/02/26

TW: Themes of abuse and gun violence Nell Daly is a social worker turned venture capitalist as Co-Founder of Revenge Capital, a £50M sector-agnostic, global impact fund that invests into overlooked founders and their big disruptive ideas. She describes herself as an advocate for underdogs and works with policymakers to help build a more just, free, inclusive and humane world. In this episode, Steph and Nell discuss: ❤️‍🔥 Starting a fund NOT coming from the world of finance ❤️‍🔥 Nell's

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14:20

The Debrief: Georgie Hyatt + Fundraising tips from VC...

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2025/02/24

Join Steph for this solo episode debriefing on last week's interview with Georgie Hyatt, Founder & CEO of Rotaro. PLUS! Fundraising tips, tricks and traps to avoid if you're looking to get investment for your startup. Get involved in the conversation! Follow Steph on social media: 🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/ 🤍 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniemelodia/ Don't forget to subscribe, rate, review, and share with a friend 🤗

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36:39

"I raised £150k from a RAYA date!" | Georgie Hyatt's...

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2025/02/19

Georgie Hyatt is the Forbes 30 Under 30 Founder & CEO of ROTARO, the fashtech platform that worked with luxury brands & retailers to power their circular fashion revenue streams through rental & resale before consolidating with My Wardrobe HQ. In this interview, Steph and Georgie discuss: 👗 How insights from working at trends forecasting agency sparked Georgie’s lightbulb moment 👗 Getting early validation for Rotaro and testing different business models 👗 Practical lessons...

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16:47

How to FINALLY start your business in 2025 |...

Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia ·

2025/02/12

Thinking of starting your own business? Entrepreneur coach, Stephanie Melodia, shares her advice for overcoming the most common blockers to entrepreneurship including the mental barriers and practical challenges. Did any of this resonate with you? join the conversation: Follow on social media: 🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/ 🤍 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmelodia-keynotespeaker/ 🎬 Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@stephmelodia/ 🙏🏼 Support the

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37:49

60% of startups FAIL after losing a Co-Founder: How...

Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia ·

2025/02/05

Daniel Botcherby is the Co-Founder & CEO of Kalda, the world's first LGBTQIA+ mental wellbeing app that provides self-guided therapy programs and daily reflection journaling. Formed in Antler and grown in Unrest, two top accelerators in the UK, Daniel recounts his rocky early-stage founder journey in this vulnerable interview. Steph and Daniel discuss: 🏳️‍🌈 Early stage problem/solution validation 🏳️‍🌈 Antler and Unrest accelerator experiences 🏳️‍🌈 The *new* MVP = Minimal Pathway

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38:16

"Karren Brady is my hero!" | Lamees Butt, Co-Founder...

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2025/01/29

Lamees Butt is the Co-Founder & CEO of RISER, the video-led AI career matchmaking app that puts the manager at the forefront of the job hunting process. Think Bumble, for your next boss.She's also the host of the In Her Shoes podcast, on a mission to change the sad statistic that only 9% of the C-suite in the UK is filled by women. The show is in the Top 10 of UK podcasts, listened to in 64 Countries.Tune in to Lamees and Steph discuss...- Lamees' serial entrepreneur journey- Why Lamees n...

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51:50

"I nearly gave up" | Behind the scenes of podcasting...

Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia ·

2025/01/23

Podcasters Stephanie Melodia and Sina Sadrzadeh sit down for this special crossover episode of Strategy & Tragedy // The Millennial Entrepreneur, where they discuss...🎙️ The behind-the-scenes of podcasting🎙️ Unexpected surprises and lessons learnt🎙️ Funny stories along the way🎙️ The mission of their showsWe'd love to hear from you! What did you think of this episode?Leave us a comment and follow us on social:🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/🤍 LinkedIn:

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42:31

The Debrief: Joanna Montgomery, Little Riot | PLUS!...

Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia ·

2025/01/20

Join Steph for this solo episode debriefing on last week's interview with Joanna Montgomery, the Founder & CEO of Little Riot and creator of the viral sensation, Pillow Talk.Steph also shares your answers from social media on what makes you HAPPY! As it's Blue Monday (Red Monday in the US) here's to injecting a bit of positivity in your world today.Get involved in the conversation!Follow Steph on social media:🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/🤍 LinkedIn:

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54:57

Britain's Strongest Woman comes back STRONGER: "My...

Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia ·

2025/01/15

Joanna Montgomery is the Founder & CEO of Little Riot - behind the viral internet phenomenon "Pillow Talk,” a wristband that picks up your heartbeat and sends it in real time to your loved one, now used in over 70 countries.Joanna has also spoken at TEDx and WIRED Conference. Fun fact: she's also Britain's former Strongest Woman!In this interview, Steph and Joanna discuss:👉 What it's like to have your product go VIRAL👉 Achieving product validation early on👉 The bittersweet experience of

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25:42

HELLO 2025! Exclusive reveal: new guests + mantras...

Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia ·

2025/01/08

Top 20 Female Founder, Keynote Speaker, Growth Consultant & Mentor, Stephanie Melodia, exclusively reveals some of the new guests coming in 2025 and some mantras to help you make the most of the new year.Get involved in the conversation.Follow Steph on social media:🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/🤍 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniemelodia/Subscribe to the podcast:🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NuiaWjWsOXpsFx2euglVe🎧 Apple: https://podcast...

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55:54

Top 5 Entrepreneur Interviews of 2024

Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia ·

2024/12/18

Top 20 Female Founder, Public Speaker, Mentor, and Podcast Host/Presenter, Stephanie Melodia, shares the Top 5 interviews of 2024 featuring her key takeaways and best soundbites from each episode.Get involved in the conversation!Follow Steph on social media:🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/🤍 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniemelodia/Subscribe to the podcast:🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NuiaWjWsOXpsFx2euglVe🎧 Apple:

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