Building a million-member community started with a "product" that was nothing more than a landing page.

Rikke Rosenlund joins Lisa & Pete to reveal how she navigated the complexity of a non-transactional marketplace while overcoming the skepticism of investors and insurers alike. It is a candid look at the resilience needed to ignore the "experts" and the hard lessons learned from pursuing a year-long corporate sales distraction.

You'd be barking mad to miss it, and we promise that's the only dog joke.

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On a journey through multiple startups, and many ups and downs, we ask Neil about the 'downs' and what he has learnt. We cover some Latin, some arrogance, we talk AI for the first time in Fails of the Unexpected, and we finish in highly regulated environments, and the unique challenges they create.

Neil is now Founder and Chairman of Kelpi - he and the team are developing a renewably-sourced, biodegradable material to replace plastics made of fossil fuels in food packaging. The FOTU team couldn't be more excited about their work, so we encourage you to listen, share and follow Neil and the Kelpi team to find out more.

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Recorded next to the piano, throughout the episode Fares plays Chopin for us, and he composed the *amazing* outro you'll hear at the end of the episode! Here is the playlist;

• Etude in e major op.10 no.3
• Mazurka in a minor op.17 no.4
• ⁠⁠Chopin’s piano concerto no.1 , 2nd movement

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At the end of each episode, the team will also explore the ups and downs of trying to build a podcast, sharing our wins, and of course, our fails, too!

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She's here to give us a penny for her thoughts, sharing the unexpected struggles of global expansion, why growth can be so hard, and the moment she realised she was part of a problem. This is a powerful look at how successful founders can turn their bloopers into a blueprint for success you can bank on.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-hill-5197614/

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In this episode, Lisa and Pete meet Phil Homsy, co-founder of global footwear and apparel brand LOCI. Phil and his co-founders have an incredible story of the journey to making LOCI hot property: A-list investors, global footprint(!) and leaders in sustainability.

But as you know, at FOTU, we focus on the problems our guests overcame to reach success. Phil is so open and humble about those - so hit that play button now to learn about the tough stuff!

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More Happi enables Coaches to build the experience and practice that they need to become exceptional Coaches at a rate that would be impossible in other ways. More Happi gets them individuals globally to coach, fast-tracking their experience from qualified, to exceptional.

It’s free for the coaches to take part (volunteer status), and this model means that those unable to access coaching before, now can. And more Coaches stay in the industry to deliver more impact. Win-win.

Clients include: Friends of the Earth, Pact Coffee, Daye, Minor Figures, Pieminister, WeFarm, Blue Ventures Conservation, DoNation, YuLife, Okko Health, The Modern House, Feedback Global and many more.

Like most incredible founders, there were some challenges on the way, and as you know by now, that's why we are here! At FOTU, we focus on the tough stuff to help you learn from it.

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His incredible journey to MBE, a global e-commerce giant and design evangelist, had plenty of bumps in the road. At FOTU, we like to talk about those bumps!

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