Strategy & Tragedy: CEO Stories with Steph Melodia

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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.

Episode Date
Hector Hughes of Unplugged: Digitally detoxing the world one cabin at a time
Jul 16, 2025
Business psychologist reveals: Why paying more WON'T stop your best people leaving | Claudia Gasson, Bailey & French
Jul 09, 2025
The Wellbeing Expert: In an AI world, it's time for anti-industrial leadership | Steve Peralta, Unmind
Jul 02, 2025
Founder-turned-VC: What Thomas Panton did next
Jun 25, 2025
On the brink of bankruptcy to Forbes 30U30 | Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen, Co-Founder of FemaleInvest
Jun 18, 2025
Transform your business and change your life with storytelling expert, Mark Leruste of StoryCast®
Jun 11, 2025
How we're taking on the fashion giants | The Cult Mia story by Nina Briance
Jun 04, 2025
"My parents don't think I'm a *complete* bum now" | Varun Bhanot of MAGIC AI on growth, fundraising, and becoming a dad
May 28, 2025
"Going VIRAL transformed my business!" Kim Innes, Founder & CEO of Humble Crumble
May 21, 2025
From £1M a year to £1M A WEEK! Super scaling with Sam Smith
May 14, 2025
From 0 to Sephora: How Akash Mehta of Fable & Mane started & scaled the world's first Indian beauty sibling brand
May 07, 2025
I was THIRTEEN when I started my first business! | School-dropout-turned-entrepreneur-turned-CTO: Geoff Wright of Tembo (Replay)
Apr 30, 2025
From a £4 BILLION biz to investing in others: meet Jeremy Middleton CBE, ex-HomeServe, now Founder & CEO of Middleton Enterprises
Apr 23, 2025
Meet Great British Entrepreneur of the Year: Karen Barrett, Founder & CEO of Unbiased
Apr 16, 2025
From basketball rejections to making £1M+ with Giuseppe Baidoo, Founder & CEO of Gusto Snacks
Apr 09, 2025
The Debrief: Cien Solon, LaunchLemonade | Oh, AI is really changing the game
Apr 08, 2025
Meet the "Canva of AI" | Cien Solon, Founder & CEO of LaunchLemonade
Apr 02, 2025
The Debrief: Lottie Whyte | Controlling the controllable
Apr 01, 2025
“The Dragon Slayer” making MILLIONS | Lottie Whyte, Co-Founder & CEO of MyoMaster
Mar 26, 2025
The Debrief: Alex Merry | Communication & storytelling, how to earn from public speaking plus LinkedIn tips
Mar 25, 2025
Overcome your FEAR of public speaking - and even monetise it! Top public speaking coach, Alex Merry of MicDrop
Mar 19, 2025
Simon Squibb: “Hard work is A LIE!” (Replay)
Mar 12, 2025
STOP SAVING TIME! The Debrief: Matt Lerner, ex-PayPal
Mar 10, 2025
STEAL PayPal’s growth strategy 🚀 Scale your startup with the GOAT of GROWTH: Matt Lerner
Mar 05, 2025
The Debrief: Nell Daly | Squiggly careers, fundraising, and the power of connections
Mar 03, 2025
From DEATH THREATS at Fox News to building a £50M fund: Nell Daly gets REVENGE
Feb 26, 2025
The Debrief: Georgie Hyatt + Fundraising tips from VC scout
Feb 24, 2025
"I raised £150k from a RAYA date!" | Georgie Hyatt's startup story with Rotaro
Feb 19, 2025
How to FINALLY start your business in 2025 | Overcoming the top blockers to entrepreneurship
Feb 12, 2025
60% of startups FAIL after losing a Co-Founder: How Daniel Botcherby of Kalda bounced back
Feb 05, 2025
"Karren Brady is my hero!" | Lamees Butt, Co-Founder & CEO of RISER
Jan 29, 2025
Behind the scenes of podcasting | S&T x The Millennial Entrepreneur crossover
Jan 23, 2025
The Debrief: Joanna Montgomery, Little Riot | PLUS! Some Blue/Red Monday Happiness
Jan 20, 2025
Britain's Strongest Woman comes back STRONGER: "My own investors tried to destroy me" | Joanna Montgomery, Founder & CEO of Little Riot
Jan 15, 2025
HELLO 2025! Exclusive reveal: new guests + mantras for your best year ahead
Jan 08, 2025
Top 5 Entrepreneur Interviews of 2024
Dec 18, 2024
The Debrief: Simon Alexander Ong | Energise & visualise for 2025 success
Dec 16, 2024
Get ready for 2025 with Simon Alexander Ong, Life Coach of the Year
Dec 11, 2024
The Debrief: Dimple Patel | Nature or Nurture?
Dec 09, 2024
"We were 24HRS away from being homeless" | Dimple Patel - ex-Trouva, ex-Love Coffee, now CEO at NatureMetrics
Dec 04, 2024
The Debrief: Maxine Laceby ft. Anna Pearce-Roberts + Mike Stevens | Starring in the AC campaign, risk tolerance in entrepreneurship & more
Dec 02, 2024
"I made £42M from my kitchen!" Meet the 58-year-old collagen queen, Maxine Laceby of Absolute Collagen
Nov 27, 2024
EP51: “We gave out free condoms!” | Hannah Chappatte, Founder & CEO of HYBR
Nov 20, 2024
EP50: Top 10 Rules of Entrepreneurship
Nov 13, 2024
The Debrief: Simon Franks ft. Josh Hanning + Daniel McCoy Andrade | Profit vs purpose, and entrepreneurialism as a force for good
Nov 10, 2024
"We almost had the NETFLIX of Europe" | Simon Franks, Co-Founder of LoveFilm and Redbus Ventures
Nov 06, 2024
DON'T GET A JOB; GET AN OCCUPASSION | Cynthia Davis CBE, Founder & CEO Diversifying Group
Oct 30, 2024
"AI is the only thing that will get us out of this MESS!" Nigel Morris
Oct 23, 2024
The Debrief: Nikki Wheeldon, VocoLab | The case for lifestyle businesses
Oct 21, 2024
EP46: My acting career made me a better entrepreneur | Nikki Wheeldon, VocoLab
Oct 16, 2024
The Debrief: Gina Farran, Glaize | How to set yourself up for success as a first-time founder
Oct 14, 2024
EP45: Nailing Dragons' Den | Gina Farran, Glaize
Oct 09, 2024
The Debrief: Anthony Pierri with Liz Painter of Comma Comma
Oct 08, 2024
50K followers, $3k passive income & $1M+ biz from LinkedIn ALONE! Anthony Pierri, Fletch PMM
Oct 02, 2024
The Debrief: Pippa Harman, Renude | Entrepreneurship & grieving: how loss puts business into perspective
Sep 30, 2024
EP43: Navigating fundraising through grief | Pippa Harman, Renude
Sep 25, 2024
The Debrief: Simon Squibb | Failed politician? Privileged white man? Or modern-day messiah?
Sep 23, 2024
Simon Squibb: "Hard work is A LIE!"
Sep 18, 2024
The Debrief: Ranbir Arora, OneDay | Meta entrepreneurship, delusion + resilience
Sep 16, 2024
Entrepreneurship education is BROKEN - so I fixed it | Ranbir Arora, Co-Founder & CEO of OneDay
Sep 11, 2024
EP40: AMA | Scaling a business, exit strategies, thoughts on AI & more
Sep 04, 2024
The Debrief ft. Johnny Khaira: Top Takeaways from Mike Stevens of Peppersmith
Sep 02, 2024
20 MILLION PACKS SOLD | Success & failure with Mike Stevens, Co-Founder & ex-CEO of Peppersmith
Aug 28, 2024
The Debrief: Marla Shapiro, HERmesa | Funding female founders + savvy fundraising strategies
Aug 21, 2024
EP38: "I WILL GIVE YOU MONEY to get rid of a spreadsheet!" | Marla Shapiro, HERmesa
Aug 14, 2024
The Debrief: Kenny Ewan, WeFarm | The rise & fall of a buzzy scale-up
Aug 07, 2024
EP37: “I had lunch with BILL GATES” | From buzzy scale-up to shutting the business | Kenny Ewan, Founder & ex-CEO, WeFarm, now Director at Nesta Studio
Jul 31, 2024
The Debrief: Saasha Celestial-One, Olio | Successful expansions, co-founder relationships, serial entrepreneurship & more
Jul 24, 2024
EP36: My HIPPIE upbringing made me a MISSION-LED entrepreneur | Saasha Celestial-One, Olio
Jul 17, 2024
ES2: Las 10 lecciones de emprendimiento de la fundadora de agencia premiada | Stephanie Melodia, Bloom
Jul 11, 2024
EP35: Capital as a force for good | Mandy Nyarko MBE, Startup Discovery School
Jul 03, 2024
EP34: "I built the Clueless wardrobe" | Bianca Rangecroft, Founder & CEO of Whering
Jun 26, 2024
EP33: “I started a £10M ARR business when I was 20” | Mark Chaffey, Co-Founder & CEO of hackajob
Jun 19, 2024
EP32: Delivering 1 BILLION people a moment of calm | Liv Ferdi, TRIP Drinks
Jun 12, 2024
EP31: "I'm solving the world's most PAINFUL pain point!" | DEATHTECH founder, Emily Cummin of Untangle Grief
Jun 05, 2024
ES1: Los TOP 4 lecciones del emprendimiento | Episodio solo especial
Jun 03, 2024
EP30: Top 10 Lessons From an Award-Winning Agency Founder & CEO
May 29, 2024
EP29: B2B SaaS growth strategies with Justin Fitzpatrick, ex-Duedil (now FullCircl), Outpost Advisors
May 22, 2024
EP28: Unlock NEXT-LEVEL confidence through visualisation | Maya Raichoora, Remap
May 15, 2024
EP27: Meet the REAL Obi-Wan of Business | Farhan Lalji, LTV Capital
May 08, 2024
EP26: "Our house BURNT DOWN - and not a *single* order went out late!" | Charlotte Ayoub, TLC Sport
May 01, 2024
EP25: From SANDY BALLS to 3x exits and 20x investments | Richard Hadler, Founders Capital
Apr 24, 2024
EP24: AI, winning teams, and overcoming a "warm intro" in VC | Ziv Reichert, LocalGlobe
Apr 17, 2024
EP23: Meet the Tina Turner of finance! | Norma Cassius, Think Like a Bank
Apr 10, 2024
EP22: Our merger was a fashion FAUX PAS | Vanessa Jacobs, Circulo
Apr 03, 2024
EP21: "It 3X the business and HALVED the CAC!" | Daniel Hegarty, ex-Habito, Founder & CEO of Communion
Mar 27, 2024
EP20: SPECIAL SOLO EPISODE | Top FOUR Lessons in Entrepreneurship
Mar 20, 2024
EP19: "It's entrepreneurship or STRIPPING for me!" | Anu Obe, To All My Black Girls
Mar 13, 2024
EP18: 4 KIDS, 3 EXITS, 2K MEMBERS, ONE WOMAN | Emmie Faust, Female Founders Rise
Mar 06, 2024
EP17: My failed business made me a BETTER investor | Mona Tiesler, tokentus
Feb 28, 2024
EP16: We were HOURS away from a $30M deal collapse | Nick Telson-Sillett, exited DesignMyNight, now Co-Founder of Trumpet
Feb 21, 2024
EP15: Scott Galloway called me a LOSER | Kristin Cardwell, Sourcerie
Feb 14, 2024
EP14: Meet the black rose in a concrete jungle | Andy Ayim MBE, Angel Investing School
Feb 07, 2024
EP13: I want really filthy effing rich women | Nina Mohanty, Bloom Money
Jan 31, 2024
EP12: Our exit collapsed at the last moment | Tom Adeyoola, investor, advisor, ex-Founder of Metail
Jan 24, 2024
EP11: My business *literally* fell apart | Alex Pitt, Build Your Maverick Business
Jan 17, 2024
EP10: I started my first business when I was THIRTEEN! Geoff Wright, Tembo
Jan 10, 2024
EP09: My tech team let me DOWN | Tanya Saha Gupta, Resale Future
Dec 20, 2023
EP08: Lessons from a 5X serial entrepreneur | Dom Fendius, Kiirsh
Dec 13, 2023
EP07: I SLEPT with my co-founder | Heinin Zhang, yhangry
Dec 06, 2023
EP06: The ex-ATHLETE solving climate change | Thomas Panton, Canopey
Nov 29, 2023
EP05: Ex-NASA engineer pushed out of OWN company | Melissa Chambers, Sitehop
Nov 22, 2023
EP04: I TURNED DOWN VC FUNDING (and what GaryVee is REALLY like off camera!) | Graham Hussey, Dream Factory
Nov 15, 2023
EP03: Forbes 30U30 on hustle culture, resilience, and navigating feast & famine | Bobby Idogho, Radically Digital
Nov 08, 2023
EP02: I got the CEO of HEIGHTS to invest | Varun Bhanot, Magic AI
Oct 25, 2023
EP01: I made HISTORY on BBC’s Dragons’ Den | Charlotte Morley, thelittleloop
Oct 18, 2023
START HERE | EP00 Introduction
Oct 09, 2023