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AI Can Build The Pieces, But Humans Tell The Story - Kyle Odefey, Synthesia
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Kyle Odefey (Video Editor at Synthesia) on Ventures to break down how AI video companies can create compelling content without losing the human...
Mariam Amed - CTO, Menza: The AI Employee That Does Your Data Work For You
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Mariam Amed (CTO & Co-founder at Menza) on the show to discuss how AI is transforming data analytics for consumer brands. "We like to say o...
VENTURES | 30/6/25
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
HERE WE GO: We have one mother of a stacked docket today for the showAs cracked as a 1000x engineer12:00: Duarte Garrido & Antonio Alegria - Co-fo...
Wail Ghazaleh, Co-director at Kickstart Global: The UK is Completely Underserved
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Wail Abu Ghazaleh (Co-director at Kickstart Global) on Ventures to break down why UK startup talent remains underserved despite world-class uni...
Founders, Project OS: The Problem With EdTech Isn't Accessibility
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Marius Manolachi & Amir Isaac (Founders at projectOS) on Ventures to discuss revolutionising education through project-based learning. &quo...
Ben Kaluza: CF ninesixteen studios: I make videos that look like ads, so brands pay me to make videos that don't look like ads
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Ben Kaluza (Co-founder at NineSixteen Studios) on Ventures to explore the evolution of content marketing for tech startups. "I make videos...
Harrison Hide: Cofounder, Long Lane - Hospitality Has a Wellness Problem
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Harrison Hide (Co-founder at Long Lane) on Ventures to break down his vision for wellness-first hospitality experiences. "I was constantly...
Georgia Gibson: CF, TBC - Social Media Is Sexy, But I'm Building Tech For Real Life
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Georgia Gibson (Co-founder at TBC) on Ventures to discuss building technology that gets people offline and into real-world experiences. "Social...
VENTURES | 23/7/25
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎯 On the Docket:00:00:00 – Intro and News Segment00:05:02 – Tech News Roundup: Lovable's $200M Series A, OpenAI UK Expansion & AI Infra...
Leon Sandner, Founder @ publyc: Learn How To StoryTell
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Leon Sandner (Founder at publyc) on Ventures to break down building AI agents from Taiwan while rejecting Silicon Valley's playbook."The buildi...
Issy Chambury, Founder @ BE CONTENT: Creator Marketing, Mia Zello, Evolution of Advertising
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Issy Chambury (Founder at BE CONTENT) on Ventures to break down how her year-old agency is beating industry giants at their own game. "We ...
AFGP: Why Your Pricing Model Is Killing Your Business
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Andrew Radley and Kieron McCann (Partners at A Few Good People) on Ventures to expose the hidden crisis destroying agency profitability. "...
Tom Charman, Co-founder @ blok: How We're Predicting User Behaviour Before Writing Code
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had Tom Charman (Co-founder at blok) on Ventures to reveal how they're predicting human behaviour better than humans predict themselves. "...
Founders @ CLIQ: This is what Facebook Groups should have been
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Social media is dead. The future belongs to community-first platforms that actually solve real problems.While Instagram and TikTok optimise for addict...
Raffi Salama, CEO @ Passionfruit: Distribution is Required for Success
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Raffi Salama, CEO and co-founder of Passionfruit, is building the AI operating system for marketing departments while launching their second product f...
Dan Bolland CCO @ Nudj: What we call loyalty in marketing is just transactional reward
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Bolland, (CCO of Nudj), reveals why traditional loyalty programs are dying and how AI will automate purchase decisions, forcing brands to compete ...
Yunsu Tang, CEO @ Syncro : Great products enhance, not disrupt.
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yunsu (鄧潤雪) Tang, CEO of Synchro, is building a stakeholder intelligence platform that synchronizes data from policy announcements, news, and s...
Ivan Suhinin, CTO @ Wcards: The Spanish Startup Ecosystem
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ivan Suhinin, CTO of wcard & malagastartups, has assembled the largest English-speaking tech community in Andalusia with 1,400+ members while org...
Erifili Gounari, CEO @ Z-Link: Gen-Z Marketing 101
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They'll watch anything that provides value from the start - whether it's street interviews or Wimbledon mic'd up content. What they won...
Rami Habib CEO @ Querio: Ranking in AI Search, Obligation of Fundraising
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rami, co-founder and CEO of Querio, has developed an AI data analytics SaaS that enables teams to query databases without SQL knowledge while pioneeri...
Becky Lee-Roche, Talent @ ElevenLabs: Why AI Fluency Is Now Baseline for Every Hire
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Becky is part of the talent function @ ElevenLabs, one of the UK's leading frontier AI companies, where she's building world-class teams at th...
Tuesday, 8th July
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎯 On the Docket:00:00 – Breaking News & Analysis01:22 – Meta's Billion-Dollar AI Talent Raid and Zuck's Leadership Crucible06:00 –...
Building Google Maps for Surgeons: Moises Barbera Ramos - Founder, Drill Surgeries
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moises Barbera, founder of Drill Surgeries and theoretical physicist, builds "Google Maps for the operating room" solving 80-year-old broken...
Wednesday, July 2nd
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎯 On the Docket:00:00:00 – Breaking News & Analysis00:02:00 – Lovable's Record $2B Valuation and the AI Coding Revolution00:08:00 – Apple...
Rami Abi Habib, CEO @ Querio: Saas Has Never Been A Technological Marvel
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most SaaS products aren't technological marvels. The real moat isn't in the codeIt's in solving problems well in ways that are hard to replicate.Don't...
AFGP: The Marketing Playbook Has To Evolve
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most companies are still buying Google ads like it's 2010. Meanwhile, AI platforms with half a trillion dollars invested are building commerce models ...
Jo Johnstone, CS @ Microsoft: How the Fortune 500 are transitioning to AI-powered workflows
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI adoption fails when you focus on the tech instead of the humans using it.Middle managers are the key to successful implementation, not executives.S...
AFGP: Every Solution Creates a New Problem
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every solution we create becomes tomorrow's problem. When Google solved search, they created monopoly concerns. When telecoms solved communication...
Chloe McCullough, Youtube Channel Lead @ JD Sports: How To Build a Brand Youtube Channel
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most brand YouTube channels fail because marketers demand immediate ROI and micromanage creators into mediocrity. Chloe at JD Sports flipped this scri...
AFGP: Pricing Psychology, AI Agents, and the Future of Business Strategy
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People don't buy drills. They buy holes.When pricing your services, focus on the outcome you deliver, not how you achieve it. Especially with AI -...
Jonny Davies, Creators Are the New Businesses: Why Distribution Is Everything
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we challenge everything you think you know about building businesses with Jonny Davies, a talent manager who discovered that creators...
Assen Plevneliev, Chief of Staff @ SigmaSquared: What Makes An Incredible Founder
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The best communities aren't built on transactions but on curation and forward-giving.Sigma has 1,000 founders across 35 countries who've raise...
Jonny Inglis, Co-Founder @winedropsclub: Scaling to $20M ARR in 3 Years
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Johnny Inglis, Co-founder of WineDrops, for an unfiltered exploration of entrepreneurial resilience, the wine indust...
Sammy Parker, Partnerships @ Calfreezy : The YouTube Partnership Playbook
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brand Integrations on YouTube aren't about interrupting content, they're about enhancing it. The best integrations feel invisible, maintaining viewer ...
AFGP: Why Tech Companies Build What No One Uses
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tech companies are obsessed with their technology instead of solving actual customer problems.They build products that engineers love but customers do...
Chris Smith, Talent Director @ The Gold Studios: Brands need Youtube
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Chris J Smith, the "Ari Gold of Creators," for a deep dive into creator partnerships, YouTube strategy, and the new ...
AFGP: Product Management Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Product management isn't about building features. It's about orchestrating the entire lifecycle from idea to withdrawal.The technical build is...
Cory Johnson, Email Marketing @ Synthesia: The 14 Million Email Man
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Cory Johnson from Synthesia for a candid exploration of content creation, email marketing psychology, and the surpri...
AFGP: Why Tech Products Die (And How To Kill Them Properly)
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Product management isn't just about building something new. It's about managing the entire lifecycle from idea to obsolescence.Most technology vendors...
Elaf Deyab, co-founder @ Caspa AI: AI Images Will Sell Your Products Better Than Real Ones
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elaf Deyab, co-founder @ Caspa AI shares how AI-generated imagery is affecting e-commerce product photography. With deep expertise spanning engineerin...
AFGP: Why Your Marketing Needs a Service Catalog in the AI Age
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive deep into the evolution of marketing and how brands can leverage productisation to transform their marketing operations. Kier...
Jay Singh CEO @ Casper Studios - Making Creators Software
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Singh, CEO @ Casper Studios explains how product development in the creator economy is ripe for building. With years of experience from LinkedIn&#...
AFGP: Why People-Pleasing Is Killing Your Business
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From burnout to breakthrough! Andrew and Kieron of "A Few Good People" reveal how shifting from time-based billing to value-based offerings ...
AVLANA: Why We're Building in Public While Everyone Else Hides
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm joined by Matthias, co-founder of Avalana, who shares his journey building a startup in the video editing space & the lessons learned from pre...
This New NotebookLM Feature Creates Your OWN Podcast [PROVEN]
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I just spent some time with the latest NotebookLM update, and I'm genuinely excited about how it's changing the way I consume and share inform...
GPT-4o's Image Generation — Its REALLY GOOD
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just wrapped an deep dive into OpenAI's new image generation capabilities in GPT-4o, and wow - the game has completely changed. It's got reall...
Solving a $353.1 Billion problem - terrible marketing briefs
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive deep into the world of marketing technology with Gabriel Sayers, co-founder of Briefly – an AI-powered briefing platform re...
AI + Linkedin = Growhub
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Banks shares his fascinating journey from LinkedIn creator to founder of Grow Hub, exploring how AI is transforming personal brand building in 20...
3 startup ideas soloprenuers can build today
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just wrapped up an awesome chat with Alex Banks on the pod - the kind of conversation that makes you excited about where tech is actually heading. Wha...
Ana Pricop: Dropping Out Of Her Masters, Raising $2.5 Million In 3 days, Meeting Richard Branson | E08
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ana Pricop is the co-founder @ Outdid.io, the B2B start-up building a world where people trust each other and are safe online. Before starting Outdid,...
Tom Charman: Fundraising Lessons From a 4 Time Founder & Why the US is a Better Place To Build | E07
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Charman is an absolute cockroach founder, having built 4 start-ups and started angel investing all in the last decade. Tom is one of the most se...
Haz Hubble: How We Solve The Human Connection Problem | EP06
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Haz Hubble is the Founder of Pally which is solving the most complex problem in human history - how humans connect! Haz is one of the most clear-min...
Harjas Singh: The 3 Most Important Lessons Scaling Wealth @ Revolut | Ep05
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Harjas Singh is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of SHARES which has one goal: to empower you to become a smarter investor, so you can take ch...
Warren Hutchinson: How do we design more career highlights for our customers | Ep04
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Warren Hutchinson is the Chief Experience Officer and founder of ELSE Agency which is on a mission to become the UK’s most effective design consulta...
Daljit Singh: Your Customers Define What Your Brand Is About | Ep03
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"You have to get out to be inspired by what's going on in this big huge world" Daljit Singh is one of the most incredible OG Designers ...
Dan Bolland: Scaling a Series B Startup - Can I build a 48 Story Tower on these Foundations | Ep02
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Bolland is a man of many talents a fractional exec, accountant, start-up, financing, frontier-tech, investment, growth, and governance. Having wor...
Ahana Banerjee: Lessons from Raising Money in YC - Women are Under-represented in Startups | Ep01
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ahana Banerjee is the Founder of Clear a beauty tech startup that lets users track and share their skincare routines and buy products. Valued at $15 m...
The Journal: Being an Entrepreneur, Dating/ Relationships, Reflections on a day in the life
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I think the name for this series is right now. The Journal - a collection of thoughts and feelings about the experiences I am going through as I bui...
The Journal - The struggle of WFH, Family disruptions & Not doing enough.
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A situation I've been struggling with is how you navigate the family dynamic while living at home and working from home. Realised I wasn't t...
The Journal: Sacrifice, Work / Life Balance, Patience
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My weekly round-up of thoughts and feelings on: the sacrifice, I feel that I have to make daily, the lack of a work-life balance and why I feel that i...
The Journal: Successes of the Week, Time, Concept of work
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My weekly round-up of thoughts and feelings on the sheer amount of free calendar time I experienced when starting this venture and battling with my co...
The Last Year
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Almost 1 year into starting a business, and it's been a chaotic one. When things go wrong they really go wrong. I want to use this to see if I&...
#52 - Ocean Bellamy: The Baháʼí Faith, Hypnotherapy & Mental health
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Extraordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Ocean, (IG: @oceanstherapy). Viraj picks her brain on what the Baháʼ...
#51 - Tina Sharma - Whats its really like being an actress, The fine balance of Hustle culture and inspiring others
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Extraordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Tina Sharma, (IG: @iamtinasharma). We have a candid chat about all th...
#50 - Teresa: The Self, The impact of the ordinary person & Ego
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, Viraj dives into a conversation with Teresa, (IG: @teresa.ag). It's a fireside chat about a range of topic...
#49 - The Note Cook: Living with an auto immune condition, High end home cooking & Cultivating a strong mind
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, Viraj dives into a conversation with Sasha, (IG: @thenotecook_). It's an amazing conversation about being ...
#48 - Kunal Makwana: Fitness, Transformations & Athlete inspiration
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Kunal, (IG: @kmakfitness). It's a super relaxed conversation about his fit...
#47 - Tanvi Jain: Success, Perspective & Self Work
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Tanvi Jain, (IG: @_tanviji_). It's a deep, conversation about some of the ...
#46 - Uncle Pri: Fulfilment, Coaching & Balding
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Priyesh Patel, (IG: @unclepri_). It's an easy-going conversation about why...
#45 - Muhsin Yesilada: Life changing experiences, BLM & MISINFORMATION
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a "super resonating" conversation with Muhsin Yesilada, (IG: @muhsin_yesilada). It's a super l...
#44 - Shivani Pau: Benefits of Confrontation, Self-development & A Millennial Mind
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Shivani Pau, (IG: @shivani.pau). It's both a funny and serious conversatio...
#43 - Dominic Streete-Bharath: Hustler, The Founder Experience & Giving back
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with an old school friend of mine Dominic Streete-Bharath, (IG:@blak_zilla). It...
#42 - Shivani Somaiya: Strong Independent Woman
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Shivani Somaiya, (IG: @shivanisomaiya). It's an easy, candid chat about he...
#41 - Preeti Kaur: Trust the process (Podcasting & Bhangra)
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I chat with Preeti Kaur: (IG: @preetipersonal). It's an amazing conversation about the origins &  ...
#40 - Katie Taylor: The Uni Experience, Depression & PTSD, Social Media
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a powerful conversation with Katie Taylor, (IG: @health_with_kxtie). It's an amazing chat abou...
#39 - Kajol Patel: Management, Youtube & being South Asian. Just keep on swimming.
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Kajol Patel, (IG: @management.consultant). It's an amazing conversation ab...
#38 - Faraaz Kaskar: Changing the world, Social entrepreneurship & Nuggets of wisdom
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Faraaz Kaskar, (IG: @kaskarf). It's an amazing conversation about how he i...
#37 - Nishma Acharya: The adventures of a stay-at-home-mum
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Nishma Acharya (My mum). It's an amazing conversation about the adventures...
#36 - Sunil Acharya : Raising a Single income Family, Leaving us all behind & Doing what needs to be done
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a candid conversation with Sunil Acharya, my dad. It's an amazing conversation about how he bo...
#35 - REAL TALK with V ep2
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I continue on with my new series REAL TALK with V. I focus the conversation around the doubt I've been hav...
#34 - REAL TALK with V
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I start a new series continuing on from where the Podcast started a year ago. In it, I chat about what my ...
#33 - Madina Zaynudinova: Style, University & Mental health
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Madina Zaynudinova, or as her friends call her Mads (IG: @mad.s_). It's an...
#32 - Khadija Faye & Muhsin Yesilada: Her past, IG Dm's, Strawberries, The origins of language
02 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Khadija Faye (IG: @khadijaafaye) with a feature from Muhsin Yesilada (IG: ...
#31 - Niam Patel: The Covid-19 schooling experience, Embracing his past & Growing up in a single parent family.
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a raw conversation with Niam Patel (IG: @niampatel.99). We chat about the Covid-19 schooling e...
#30 - KUMA : The creative process, the rap industry and making the world a better place.
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into conversation with KUMA (IG: @uk.kuma). We chat about the creative process, his vision for the ...
007 - A university reflection
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Building on the previous episode. A self reflection and conversation.
006 - University Year 3
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rock bottom.
#29 - Peter Udida: Growing up, Life at University, Relationships & being in his worst slump
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of I Will Name This Podcast Later I sit down with another good friend, Peter Udida. We chat about life as an international student, gr...
#28 - Muhsin Yesilada: TikTok, PhD, Family
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of I Will Name This Podcast Later I sit down with my good friend, the self-proclaimed Triple OG, Muhsin Yesliada (@muhsin_yesilada). W...
#27 - Samu Acharya, the first guest!
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We got our first guest on the podcast, my younger brother Samir Acharya!! To be honest, it was the first time we sat down and had a proper conversatio...
#26 - Easing into quarantine, Thought, Hinge
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A longer episode update on life in quarantine and how the past week trying out a youtube experiment has gone. In addition, talking about my dry love l...
#25 - An interesting week but not too interesting
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a short and sweet podcast today I guess this past week has been the most action-packed week I've had in a while but like any its had it's quirks....
#24 - Reflections on ‘Falling Apart’
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My life felt like it was falling apart last week but this week has been a lot better, so I decided to break down Episode #23 and talk about what I’v...
#23 - Falling apart
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This past week for me has been my worst since coming back to the UK and it feels like I'm in a downward spiral, falling out of love with the world and...
#22 - Learnings from a year in solitude
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with myself on my learnings from my time away. It had its ups and downs but in the end, it was one of the most liberating experiences o...
021 | I'm Back!
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I'm Back! Having returned from India and now firmly back in the UK for the foreseeable future I wanted to revive the podcast and keep it going on a ...
020 | Frustration
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just a little FRUSTRATED!
019 | My Brother and I
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He’s finally here !
018 - Startup Social
15 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Business culture in Bangalore
017 - Loneliness, Home & Dealing with India
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why I haven’t been active for a few weeks, and some of my thoughts.