The A Better HR Business podcast looks at how consultants and tech firms in the broad Human Resources field grow their business; and how they help employers get the best out of their people.
In this episode of A Better HR Business, we are kindly joined by Aimee Bateman, founder of the renowned career development platform Careercake.
Aimee shares her extraordinary journey of building and scaling her business, from the early challenges of technology limitations to the successful sale of Careercake to SocialTalent. Her insights on creating valuable products and fostering strong relationships are inspiring.
Aimee has spent 22 years in the career development space. A former recruiter who became a career performance coach and eventually the CEO of a venture-backed Edtech startup.
As a recruiter, she placed over 2,000 professionals in new roles before founding Careercake, an e-learning company that was voted the UK's No.1 career development platform.
As the CEO, she defied the odds by securing VC and angel investments across two continents, despite operating in a landscape where less than 1% of funding goes to a female founder.
Together with her team, Careercake scaled into 42 countries supporting companies such as Nationwide, Companies House and Tech Nation to up-skill their people.
In 2022 Aimee sold Careercake to the fabulous hiring skills platform, SocialTalent, before exiting and giving birth just 30 days later.
10 million people have taken Aimee's professional development courses, including 3 million on LinkedIn Learning and she's been featured as a career expert on the BBC and Sky.
In a wide-ranging discussion on the podcast, Aimee and Ben talked about:
✅ How she started the business, Careercake (it wasn't about making money).
✅ How it turned into a business.
✅ Taking on VC money and angel investors.
✅ How and why the business pivoted when it wasn't working.
✅ The new direction takes off.
✅ Selling the business to SocialTalent.
✅ Aimee's not sure what she'll build next - how she's deciding what to do.
✅ And much more.
Thanks, Aimee!
Website: www.aimeebateman.com
LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/aimeebateman
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