Season 1

Oct. 26, 2022

The pain of being a “failed” founder that nobody really knows about: James Pringle, VC @ Portfolio Ventures

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders James is an Entrepreneur and investor in UK technology. VC @ Portfolio Ventures - EIS VC fund. Co-Host @ Riding Unicorns - top venture podcast. Founder @…
Oct. 18, 2022

"If you do fail, learn some lessons, but let’s not glorify failing" : Nick Telson, Exited Founder DesignMyNight, Investor

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders About Nick: I’m a London-based entrepreneur, angel investor, podcaster, startup mentor and public speaker, whose speciality lies in talking no-nonsense f…
Oct. 11, 2022

How visualisation saved literally my life… and led to me founding my company: Maya Raichoora

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders About Maya: I'm Maya, Co-founder of VIVE, well-being enthusiast, potato lover and avid meditator (basically a 24 year old monk) 🧘🏽 I teach visualisation,…
Sept. 27, 2022

We rarely get vulnerable in recruitment...until now: James Mitra, CEO JBM

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders About James: I started JBM at the age of 25 with £2k in my pocket and a laptop in my kitchen. 10 years on our team help scale some of the most innovative…
Sept. 20, 2022

I didn’t think being a solo founder would be this tough after being a VC: Gian Seehra

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders About Gian: Over my career, I have been a part of $300m+ in venture capital fundraising from pre-seed to series B companies.​ I was able to see best-in-c…
Sept. 13, 2022

Michelangelo Valtancoli, Stride VC: We need to have a complete mindset shift in Venture Capital with founder mental health

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders Michelangelo is an up and coming VC at Stride VC, who wants to speak out to change his industry's perception of mental health for founders
Aug. 29, 2022

How I built one of the fastest growing eSports companies to exit with ADHD, depression, and anxiety: Roei Samuel, CEO Connectd & Angel Investor

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders Roei is a sufferer of ADHD, depression and anxiety and details in this episode his journey with the conditions. Roei has founded two companies, RealSport…
Aug. 22, 2022

Patrick Hulsen, Angel Investor and Exited Founder: How Building Europe's Most Advanced Healthcare Solution Crashed My Mental Health

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders This is the epic story of how Patrick built Europe's most advanced healthcare SaaS to acquisition in 2019, and destroyed his mental health doing it. This…
Aug. 15, 2022

Ash Phillips, Founder at Dffrnt, Angel Investor at Ada Ventures: How stressful can it be, being a solo founder?

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders. Ash Phillips, the Founder at Dffrnt. Startup advisor. Consultant on community, comms, brand positioning and b2b GTM strategy. Angel investor via Ada Ven…
Aug. 9, 2022

Andy Johns, ex Unusual Ventures, Facebook, Twitter & Wealthfront: Cutting ties with Silicon Valley to heal my trauma

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders. This is Andy Johns' story. One of the most powerful, deep and open stories we've covered so far on this podcast. He's been a part of 8 startups worth mo…
Aug. 2, 2022

Ben Williams, Loopin: from being blown up in Afghanistan by an IED, to changing the landscape of workplace mental health

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders. Where do I even start with this episode? One of the best episodes I've ever done in my years recording podcasts. Ben Williams was a Marine, blown up whi…
July 25, 2022

Kosta Kolev, Co-founder of Calliper: How does emotional endurance give you superpowers to build companies?

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders. I’m going to precede this episode with a bit of a warning that it contains some graphic references to suicide ideation and it could be quite distressing…
July 18, 2022

Jana Dowling: From being suicidal to successful tech entrepreneur

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders. This story with Jana Dowling is incredible. Jana is a female founder with bipolar disorder. She’s one of the most unconventional founders I’ve literally…
July 11, 2022

Janos Barberis: The Founder, turned VC, turned Founder... with a Taboo

This episode is powered by Founders Taboo , the Headspace for Founders. Have you ever been sat with someone having a conversation about something so deep that you get completely lost in the brilliance of the moment and reali…
June 30, 2022

Alex Strang: Panic attacks, depression, memory loss, and lost connections led me to start The Moment Company

Alex Strang. Founder of The Moment Company, a unique mental wellbeing startup which is completely centred around people taking a moment to recalibrate, re-centre, take a breathe. How? Well, he and his team have created a peb…