The Product Leadership Podcast From Lighthouse London

We chat to Matt Kepple from Makerble and Joana Esgalhado from Friends of the Earth about the recent Startup in Residence program at FOE. We hear how Makerble came about and dive deeper into how this large UK charity are trying to bridge the gap between corporate and startup. Along the way we learn: How the idea came about and what benefit it has brought to both teams What the biggest learnings were from both sides of the table How large and small teams have benefitted from sharing the FOE offices over the past months Links https://www.makerble.com/ https://www.foe.co.uk/ https://www.foe.co.uk/about-us/apply-friends-earth-startup-residence-change-world

We chatted to Aleksander Orlic, CTO and co-founder of Penta, about his insights on the pros and cons with both startup and corporate approaches to product development and innovation. Penta is a digital bank for businesses across Europe based in Berlin, Germany. Aleksandar has over 20 years experience as a software engineer, architect and product manager having worked from startups to banks multi-national corporates. Along the way we discussed: Why corporates struggle with rapid change and fast-moving innovation The pros and cons of life as a developer at a startup How instability is a valuable asset of innovation

Tom talks to us about how Friends of the Earth are trying to focus more on digital to keep up in the ever-changing charity sector. Along the way we discuss: The successes and difficulties in trying to adopt a "Digital First" way of thinking How moving to a digital fundraising approach will extend the charity's life How internal meetings, event and comms have helped excite and educate FoE staff

Hear about Flypay's journey from rusty prototype through major funding rounds to a suite of Point of Sale software for the hospitality industry.

We chat to Chris McLeod from Elkington & Fife about what you need to know when it comes to trademarks and IP for your digital product.

Hear how Mespo are giving customers a smart, non-biased way to save money on their monthly bills using cutting edge technology.

Heidi Pun tells us about her tried and tested approach to product development and how early stage entrepreneurs can bring ideas to market quickly and effectively with little to no technical skill

Tom talks to Simon about his experience of starting a company out of university, going through an accelerator and taking an idea from conception to revenue inside a week.

One of our founders (Tom) recently got back from travelling in India. You may have heard about the situation with their currency at the moment - Tom got a great insight while there. This episode he chats to Simon about it - the issues it causes, possible solutions, as well as a brief discussion about why one of the world's largest (by population) countries made such an unprecedented move in the first place.

Anthony joins Tom for a recap of the talk he gave at our recent event on "Porter's Five Forces". After covering what each force is and how it may affect your business, they do a quick analysis of well-known startup Deliveroo!

Russ and new Lighthouse member Josh chat about Pattern Libraries - what are they? When and why should you use them?

We've had a couple of Ignite alumni on the show already (Ben from Chew.tv and Gilbert from Leaf.fm to name two) - this time we have a director! Tristan Watson was an entrepreneur himself who mentored Ignite at the very beginning, before joining the team full-time. In this episode he tells us about success and failure; what they look and feel like as well as what sets a team up for each! We talk about whether London is really the best place to start your startup, and how best to prepare your application for Ignite (or any similar accelerator). Tristan also shares some of his biggest surprises encountered in running Europe's #1 seed-stage accelerator! Tristan: @tristanwatson Ignite: @igniteaccel

We chatted to Gilbert Corrales, CEO and Co-founder of Leaf, about how a close-knit group of Costa Ricans came to the UK and turned a hypothesis based around music streaming into an app used all over the globe. Among other things we discussed: Why you shouldn't worry about user churn How Leaf adopted a test-driven approach to developing new features How a simple chat box took on a life of its own!

Moving quickly and innovating gets harder the larger you get, but the rewards for getting it right are great. Howard Rees from CSC came in to chat with us and outline how he goes about getting larger, more mature companies to "think like a startup".

Ben Bowler from Chew.tv popped in to chat DJing, grime, startups and building a community with us.

Tom chats with James Routledge (formally MatchChat - Ignite100 - NowNative - Seedcamp) about his new venture making Mental Health easier to talk about, as well as the journey that got him to where he is now.

What is a business accelerator? What does it do? Could one help you and your startup? Stan's been through one of the best, and he tells Dan all about his experience, sharing his thoughts on general accelerators and who they might help.

Dan and Tom have a chat about "Creativity Inc' by Ed Catmull, the president of Pixar. Hear the secret's behind Pixar's success and how the company focuses on creativity across the entire organisation

How Lighthouse's latest side project, Bandit, is attempting to gain traction by starting small and learning directly from its early adopters

Dan and Russ talk about Lighthouse’s approach to designing prototypes and how we maximise them for learning, not aesthetics