With lockdown coming to an end, we thought this is a good time to showcase all the outstanding founders we have interviewed for our ‘How I Grew My Brand’ podcast series. Click here to listen to the inspiring brand stories from the founders of Bloom & Wild, Mindful Chef, Proper, Deliciously Ella, Neom Organics, Sipsmith, Camden Town
The Piper Podcast: Flight Club founders on raising £160,000 in an afternoon
[15 Mar 2020] - Steve Moore and Paul Barham, co-founders of social darts chain Flight Club, have told how they were forced to raise £160,000 in an afternoon after…
The Piper Podcast: Inexperience – and a selfie – helped Flash Pack disrupt the travel industry
[23 Feb 2020] - Radha Vyas and Lee Thompson, co-founders of Flash Pack, have told how inexperience of the travel sector proved to be a key component in helping…
Recent news
PROPER bags new home in Europe’s leading healthy snacking group
[31 Jan 2021] - We are delighted to announce that Exponent Private Equity has taken a majority stake in our partner brand PROPER, creating a partnership with Eat Real…
Bloom & Wild receives £75m investment
[24 Jan 2021] - Bloom & Wild to become Europe’s most loved flower gifting brand with £75m investment We are excited to announce an investment of £75m into Bloom…
Community power – our latest virtual Geekmeet with 100 brands
[20 Dec 2020] - ‘We were weeks away from going bust, so we decided to be completely transparent with our loyal community of Snagglers and ask them for their…
Our £7m investment into multi-award winning villa brand, The Thinking Traveller
[6 Dec 2020] - We are excited to have invested £7m into The Thinking Traveller, the world’s most thoughtful villa brand, backing founders and joint-CEOs Huw and Rossella Beaugié…
In 2008, Leonard Lauder, Chairman of Estée Lauder, claimed that lipstick was just what women needed as a small pick-me-up luxury during a recession. That year, lipstick sales were up 11%. Yet, as we approach the end of lockdown and the most rapid downturn in history, lipstick sales have plummeted. In a recent survey by Boots
Learn. Earn. And have fun: growing cultures in challenger brands
[25 Oct 2020] - If you come to our office and weave your way into the Cosy Room, you will find our library of business books, amassed over the…
After-Covid: The New Work Order
[5 Aug 2020] - In the Before-Covid (BC) age, life was different. An almost forgotten era when we traipsed through the office complaining about our journey in and worried…
Recent news
PROPER bags new home in Europe’s leading healthy snacking group
[31 Jan 2021] - We are delighted to announce that Exponent Private Equity has taken a majority stake in our partner brand PROPER, creating a partnership with Eat Real…
Bloom & Wild receives £75m investment
[24 Jan 2021] - Bloom & Wild to become Europe’s most loved flower gifting brand with £75m investment We are excited to announce an investment of £75m into Bloom…
Community power – our latest virtual Geekmeet with 100 brands
[20 Dec 2020] - ‘We were weeks away from going bust, so we decided to be completely transparent with our loyal community of Snagglers and ask them for their…
Our £7m investment into multi-award winning villa brand, The Thinking Traveller
[6 Dec 2020] - We are excited to have invested £7m into The Thinking Traveller, the world’s most thoughtful villa brand, backing founders and joint-CEOs Huw and Rossella Beaugié…