From the Factory Floor

When building a startup thinking about the talent you bring in to your business and your Employee Value Proposition is probably one of the furthest things from your mind. But bringing in the best (and most flexible) talent can be the difference on whether your business thrives or survives. On the podcast this week Nyree Trimbel spoke to Ruby Melling, founder of Talentloop about the importance of being strategic about the talent you bring in to your business, and why there's no such thing  as 'too soon' How to hire well Working out what you need vs what you want Retaining great staff Staying competitive on a startup budget If you're looking at building a team alongside your business this is an episode you can't afford to miss. Ruby's details can be found here ________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...

On the latest episode of From The Factory Floor we spoke to Georgia Gibson, founder of Youni who spotted an opportunity at university to help universities retain students through connecting people with passions. Georgia talks through; How she spotted an opportunity Finding a technical co-founder Generating traction and revenue Getting Angel Investment Connect with Georgia here Connect with Nyree here Find out more about Youni here ________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...

Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Sam Royle from SoSquared on their journey and cover all things startup and boostrapping. Stay Tuned!________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...

Today on FtFF Nyree catches up with Ian Brookes on their journey and cover all things startup and boostrapping. Stay Tuned!________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...

Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Matthew Codd on their journey and how and when founders just approach early stage sales. We discuss everything from his background to the role of a founder in sales and what startups can expect when the bring a sales team onboard! Stay Tuned!________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...

Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Rob Bowley on their journey and how he is now a fractional CTO for many startups in the North West. We discuss everything from his background to the role of a Fractional CTO and what startups can expect when the bring a fractional CTO on board! Stay Tuned!________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...

Today on FtFF James catches up with founder Rob March on their journey with their startup Gigmate. We discuss everything from their background to their current endeavour, where Gigmate fits in and its potential scale and next steps! Stay Tuned!________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...

Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Chris Earle. Chris shares his views on early-stage investment and what's important at those very early stages. Stay Tuned!!________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...

Today on FtFF James and Nyree catch up with Harry from Housr. Harry shares his entrepreneurial journey and how it has led to the creation of Housr, with all the ups and downs and sales tactics he's employed to get Housr to where it is today. Stay Tuned!!If you want to take Harry up on his kind offer to help founders on their journey's drop him an email at [email protected].________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...

Today on FtFF James catches up with Andy Shuttleworth from the recently launched CoPerceptuo. It's been a while since we first spoke to Andy at the beginning of the project, so we catch-up on the process, the challenges and the changes throughout the process of building out and testing the MVP.  Stay Tuned!________________________________________________________________________ James Brookes can be found here:James is Head of Projects, a role that starts with the first meeting with a potential client, through project inception and delivery phases with responsibility for agile processes and resourcing, and encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship with a client.LinkedInTwitterEmail: [email protected]________________________________________________________________________ Thestartupfactory.tech can be found here: Building startup businesses and technology products. Our experience puts you in a unique position to accelerate startup growth and innovation, and mitigate the risk of startup failure. Website: https://thestartupfactory.tech/ RESOURCES & LINKS: ►Our latest blogs: https://thestartupfactory.tech/journal ►Follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/tsftech ►Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tsftech/►Find us on Twitter: ...