Guest: Nick Telson-Sillett from Trumpet
LinkedIn: /in/nick-telson/
Nick grew and then sold DesignMyNight for £30m and today is a serial investor and second time founder in a sales-tech SaaS called trumpet.
CONNECT WITH James:
- LinkedIn: /in/james-farnfield/
OUR SPONSORS:
- Done-for-you LinkedIn media company: shakecontent dot com
00:00 - Start
01:05 - Nick introducing trumpet
02:15 - pitch deck versus trumpet
03:01 - trumpets viral loop
04:12 - how involved is Nick wiith Trumpet
05:26 - to travel or to startup post exit
05:57 - what keeps Nick up at night?
06:54 - Dealing with the magpie effect
07:59 - best route to founder startup or corporate
10:19 - investment with the biggest impact on thier space
11:20 - investment with the biggest impact on Nick
12:50 - what is Nicks biggest indulgence
13:25 - what does Nick do with his spare time
15:09 - Nicks view on social media for business
16:56 - could you have had the same success with trumpet without LInkedIn
17:39 - How LinkedIn has saved marketing budget for trumpet
18:15 - How to post on LinkedIn
19:17 - Should you go all in with your startup or side hustle it
23:46 - James talking about the 0.1pct founder
24:05 - Nicks views on networking
25:50 - young founders need to drop any ego
26:23 - understand what you want from networking
27:15 - power of linkedin for sales
28:05 - how to maintain healthy relationships as a founder
29:22 - what is and was nicks goals for his businesses
29:54 - James view on the importance of those your surround yourself with
30:43 - Nick view on keeping friend groups small
31:30 - what are nicks goals
33:29 - Nicks non-negotiables at work
34:52 - non negotiable for nick at home
35:48 - how would Nicks husband describe him
36:31 - technical vs mental attributes as a founder
38:35 - James view on mental strength as a founder
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