The ideaSpace Podcast: How Startups Actually Get Built

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Real stories from founders and operators on how companies actually get built — from idea to scale and exit. Through interviews, talks and discussions, the ideaSpace Podcast explores the reality of building a business: the decisions, trade-offs, failures and successes. Our Start-up Stories episodes focus on founder journeys, while Business Basics dives into specific topics - from sales and hiring to fundraising and product. Recorded within ideaSpace, the University of Cambridge’s startup community, where founders support each other to build high-impact ventures.

Episode Date
The Mathematician Who Built a Hedge Fund - with Dr Ewan Kirk
Apr 07, 2026
Why Founders Shouldn’t Build Alone - with Katie Lewis and Matthew Stafford of 9others
Feb 20, 2026
Science, Startups, and Playing the Long Game - with Dr Jon Moore
Oct 27, 2025
Startups, Scale, and the 10-Year ‘Overnight’ Success - with Scott White, founder of Pragmatic
Sep 09, 2025
Build Anyway: From Scrappy Start to Real Impact - with Sarjeena Maodud
Aug 07, 2025
Building a Biotech: Funding, Commercialisation, and Leading as CEO - with Lluna Gallego Segrelles
Jun 30, 2025
Business Basics with Christian Bunke, CEO and Founder of Basck and CMO and Co-founder of Aalbun
May 02, 2025
The Bee That Changed Everything - with Faye Whitley, Founder of Beevive
Jan 16, 2025
Startup Culture: Why People Make or Break a Venture - with Alex Nicolaus, CPO at Paysend
Jan 16, 2025
Building Companies for a Post-Carbon World - with Leo Rayman, CEO of EdenLab
Sep 26, 2023
The Hardest Part Isn’t the Idea: Building a MedTech Startup - with Umaima Ahmad
May 11, 2023
Drones, Data and the Future of Fruit Farming - with Jim McDougall
Jul 26, 2022
Business Basics with Simon Hall - Communications Specialist and Director of Creative Warehouse
Jun 21, 2022
Bootstrapping a Global Software Company: Lessons from Cambridge Intelligence - with Joe Parry
May 13, 2022
Business Basics with Simon Thorpe and Phil O'Donovan - Cambridge Angels
Apr 26, 2022
From Hackathon to Global Impact: Building Simprints - with Tristram Norman
Apr 05, 2022
Start-up Stories with Matthew Cleevely - CEO and Co-Founder of 10to8
Mar 08, 2022
Bootstrapping, Mentors and the Road to Acquisition - with Rosemary Francis
Mar 08, 2022
From Side Hustle to Supermarket Brand - Building Pooch & Mutt with Guy Blaskey
Mar 01, 2022
Resilience, Ego, and the Truth About Founders - with Jason Mellad
Feb 22, 2022