In this special episode of #CamTechPod, recorded with a live audience during #CamTechWeek, we talk to guests Ray Anderson, Executive Chair of Bango, and Marc Rodríguez, CTO of Xampla, about how to scale smarter, not harder.

We talk about two huge components of successfully scaling.

Firstly, we hear about the inflection points that have signalled key points in the scale up journey, how to set targets, adapt structures, and even how to take a company public.

Both Ray and Marc also share thoughtful advice on the second topic - culture and leadership. How do you navigate from startup to scaleup whilst not losing the culture and people dynamics? and, When do you know it’s time for changes to be made in the leadership team?

We have audience questions before challenging Ray and Marc to answer what they are most proud of, and what they’d go back and change if they did it all again – you’ll need to tune in to find out what they said!

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In this episode we talk more about the business than ‘tech’ so get ready for a super interesting conversation with the person behind a successful Cambridge portfolio business. As the founder and now Executive Chair we caught up with Ciaron Dunne who talked to us about:

· Growing up with business in mind

· Doing ‘everything’ in startups

· The importance of luck and good judgement

· Having excitement and passion for what you’re doing (even Bingo!)

· Being inherently commercial, and

· Doing recruitment a little differently.

Ciaron talks to us about Genie Ventures which includes Broadband Genie, Genie Goals and Genie Shopping, and celebrates the importance of team and doing the right thing.

And I think we can all aspire to be the ‘last click’ – you’ll have to tune in to find out more.

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Hot off the press, we have a company soft launching right now with a database approach that is needed by most SMEs to improve their efficiency.

Entrepreneurship started at school for this week’s guest, amplified by family connections in building tech businesses, and we’re thrilled to talk to Jason Mashinchi, Managing Director at Cambridge Kinetics.

Jason talks to us about the rationale for creating Kinabase – and AI alternative to traditional databases how they are using the power of AI to eliminate the cumbersome and costly development previously required with incumbent alternatives.

Jason also shares some of the lessons learnt along the way, including:

· Selling expertise vs going down the funding route

· Leveraging grant funding

· Disrupting a market that hasn’t changed for decades

· Starting a company straight from university and the lessons along the way

· The importance of being well networked, and

· Mentoring and paying it forward.

See it to believe it, and watch a tailored system being built before your eyes! And if you’re in the Creative Industries, there may even be funding available for Jason to help you!

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