At the height of a dotcom boom, Chris Dymond lived in a central London hotel suite, led a thriving digital consultancy, and worked on a £5 million-per-month financial services IT project. But he hated his life. It took the closure of his business, rekindled love and a move to Sheffield for him to find happiness.… Continue reading From Dotcom Boom to AI Bubble: Chris Dymond’s Beautiful Life in Digital
Category: Traction: The Tech Growth Show
Paranoia & Perseverance: The Secrets of a Fintech Soonicorn
Bumper was born a decade ago after its founder, James Jackson, “living paycheck to paycheck” in London, was hit by an unexpected car repair bill. He took that £700 cash flow problem and turned it into one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs, a high-flying startup he’s confident will do more than £1bn worth of business this… Continue reading Paranoia & Perseverance: The Secrets of a Fintech Soonicorn
Forging the Future: An Inside Look at Sheffield’s Innovation Spine
How do you redesign a city for innovators to thrive? Charlotte Thompson is seeking to answer that question for the Sheffield Innovation Spine, a two-year planning project with a 20-year vision to transform Sheffield’s city centre and create more spaces for startups and scale-ups to be successful. The project’s partners – Sheffield Technology Parks, Sheffield… Continue reading Forging the Future: An Inside Look at Sheffield’s Innovation Spine
Startup Sorcery: Unleashing Magic & Misfits to Reach £1m in Revenue
Peter Hopton says the odds of taking a startup from ideation to £1m revenue are impossible but believes this milestone be achieved more often than not with the right magic and a band of misfits. He’s already taken VeryPC and Iceotope on the “zero-to-one” journey, and he’s on a mission to advance the development of… Continue reading Startup Sorcery: Unleashing Magic & Misfits to Reach £1m in Revenue
Doing it Differently: Driving South Yorkshire’s Tech Ascent
Tracy Johnson, Project Director at TECH SY, isn’t building a technology company. She’s on a mission to advance an entire tech ecosystem in South Yorkshire that she says is connected, collaborative, and can “move mountains from early-stage entrepreneurs.” In this interview, she discusses public sector involvement in long-term planning and fostering a supportive ecosystem, opportunities… Continue reading Doing it Differently: Driving South Yorkshire’s Tech Ascent
Simplicity Wins: How FourJaw Cracked the Manufacturing Productivity Code
In just a few short years, FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics has established a global customer base and a big name for itself in the world of smart factories. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Chris Iveson discusses FourJaw’s origin story and £0-£1m revenue journey and how it is helping hundreds of manufacturers address their number one… Continue reading Simplicity Wins: How FourJaw Cracked the Manufacturing Productivity Code
Disrupting Hollywood: How Zoo Broke the Mould for Media Localisation
In the first-ever episode of Traction: The Tech Growth Show, Stuart Green, CEO of Zoo Digital, discusses the evolution of his company from a sports and entertainment-focused startup in 2001 to a leading provider of media localisation services. Initially, Zoo developed interactive DVD games, notably “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” which sold over a… Continue reading Disrupting Hollywood: How Zoo Broke the Mould for Media Localisation