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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
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Kenny Ewan is the Director at Nesta’s Mission Studio, the venture studio creating impactful solutions for the UK’s most pressing problems, from obesity to climate change. He is a highly experienced entrepreneur who led Wefarm from idea stage to become the world’s largest farming network with over 3.5 million users, 120 employees, and $35m in venture capital.
In this episode, Steph and Kenny discuss:
🌱 The importance of focus for early customer adoption🌱 Baking in product network effects to + proactively driving growth🌱 How validation changed the game at the heady heights of a buzzy startup🌱 Venture capital funding - what sort of business should raise and when it goes wrong🌱 Due diligence in fundraising 🌱 And much more!
Learn more about Nesta here: https://www.nesta.org.uk/project/mission-studio/-
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