Founders with Nick

"Founders with Nick" is the podcast for anyone who loves stories of ambition, grit, and disruption. Join Nick as he dives deep with young entrepreneurs redefining their industries, tackling challenges head-on, and sharing what it really takes to build something extraordinary. Whether you're a startup founder, a dreamer, or just curious about the journey behind the hustle, this is where you'll find inspiration, insights, and unfiltered conversations.

Founders with Nick is a business podcast hosted by Nick Langridge, with 18 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Nick Langridge hosts Founders with Nick, a business show with 18 episodes published.

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  First-Time Founder Mistakes That Kill Growth (& How to Spot Them)

  Aug 29, 202557 minS0

  <p>🟣 Join The Notice Club!: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FvGUgLQbnSgJciB7yJDqxX </p><p><br></p><p>Charles McManus took the stage at our very first Founders With Nick LIVE event to tell a different kind of startup story. After decades in traditional finance, he stepped away to build ClearBank, the UK’s first new clearing bank in over 250 years. Not a flashy app or consumer brand, but the infrastructure beneath the surface that makes modern finance work.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Charles shares how he transitioned from banking exec to founder, how he built trust in an in...

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  Brutal Reasons Why Most Businesses Fail (Avoid These Mistakes)

  Aug 11, 202559 minS2

  <p>Callum Woodcock spent seven years dreaming about starting a company while working at JP Morgan.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>He had zero investor connections, was searching for a perfect co-founder who didn’t exist, and kept reading entrepreneurship books instead of actually getting started.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode of Founders With Nick, Callum reveals how he went from corporate paralysis to building a wine investment platform that’s solving problems the entire industry has ignored for decades, why most wine businesses accidentally become Ponzi schemes, and how his deep...

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  EXCLUSIVE: JENKI - The Matcha Brand Taking Over London

  Jul 28, 202552 minS0

  Otto and Claudia Boyer didn't set out to revolutionise London's café scene. What started as evening conversations over dinner became weekend pop-ups, then a bootstrap journey that would take them from making £15 at Brick Lane Market to opening permanent bars across London.<br /><br />In this episode of Founders With Nick, Otto and Claudia Boyer share the unglamorous reality of building from nothing, why they removed their best-selling coffee (and saw sales jump 80%), and how having twins somehow made them more ambitious, not less.<br /><br />🟣 We cover:<br />☕ Why their first markets failed, and what this taught them<br />🏪 The birthd...

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  How I Built a Creative Business From Scratch (With Zero Experience)

  Jul 14, 202542 minS2

  Lucy Baird didn’t leave her job with a clear plan. She left because she knew staying was no longer an option. What followed was the slow, quiet build of Studio LGB, an interior design practice rooted in clarity, trust, and work that speaks for itself. Less than two years in, her studio is already earning attention from the likes of Architectural Digest.<br /><br />In this episode of Founders With Nick, Lucy shares how she navigated those uncertain early months, how she won her first major clients without a portfolio, and what it really takes to go from employee to...

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  Watch This if You’re Thinking About Quitting Your 9-5 to Start a Business | Alex Marks

  Jun 29, 202546 minS0

  When Alex Marks left her law career, she didn’t have a clear roadmap. Just a small payout, no restaurant experience, and a hunch that something better was on the other side of risk. That hunch became Sushi Counter.<br /><br />🟣 In the latest episode of Founders With Nick, we’re unpacking how she went from a law firm in Manhattan to running Sushi Counter, an Aussie-style grab-and-go sushi brand now expanding across NYC. We talk through the early chaos, the cost of people-pleasing, and the unexpected advantages of not knowing the rules. <br /><br />→ Join us as we unpack:<br /><br...

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