The Change Venture Fund Part 3: How We're Going To Do It? Matt Thompson Interviews Andrew Cuthbert & Gavan Wall
‘We think of ourselves as smart money, not dumb money’
Gavan and Andrew are moving into Venture Capital for the first time so as a team they have brought in people with extensive experience - Dr Laura Bond has 15 plus years of venture capital experience along with Colin Hutchinson who has immense experience and has been involved the complete pathway from start-up to success. These individuals have considerable industry experience and will ensure ‘The Change’ is able to offer the very best to the founders it works with.
This episode gives an insight into the initial processes ‘The Change’ team, work on with founders and the reasons they have put together a team with creativity and vision. Listen in and find out about what it takes.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Transformation
It’s something everyone goes through at some level People will spend upwards of 18 months with us so in transforming your business you will be transformed yourself. As a start-up, you are a seed with limitless potential and we have personal mentorship in place to travel the path with you.Creational strategy
We need to get a good understanding of who you have around you and who will be able to go with you on the journey. Where are you now? Where are you going to be in 10 years’ time? We will set the horizons that people will work towards, it’s a complete change in mindset Set your goals, set your sacrifices, think big, follow your business plan, build a great team, show your leadership skills and add value to everyone.Deconstruction
The strategy transformation sprint is based on google ventures and we can completely blow people’s minds. We will talk about the concept of red and blue oceans. A red ocean is a contested market space whilst a blue ocean is a non-contested space. Whilst you are working with ‘The Change’ you will never be in a red ocean.Selecting a blueprint
We are trying to figure out the next 10 years before you start. To find out what you really need and how you can create value. You need to show how you will use and why you need the investment along with how you will scale up to a million-pound company.
BEST MOMENTS
‘We can achieve more success in NI we just need a few radicals like us’
‘I’m trying to do it for a whole country through documenting my journey’
‘There are lots of new challenges and to hit those well and professionally we needed people with extensive experience’
‘It would be unfair to say he does the numbers he is great at financial modelling, working out what it looks like as it grows’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
What the Change Does & The Values it is Looking For
ABOUT THE HOST
Welcome to the Speed Mentor Podcast.
Do you want success and abundance in your life?!
Do you want to hear how to achieve it?
Then you’ve come to the right place where the world’s only Speed Mentor, Gavan Wall will mainline you with micro bite-sized chunks of inspiration fused with knowledge, built into a daily routine to help you deliver success.
After walking away, a decade ago from his gilded life as a leading Barrister and property investor, Gavan Wall started his entrepreneurial career in inauspicious circumstances as he lost everything in the property crash.
But he refused to give up, re-building a financial fortress from scratch, until now he leads multiple successful multi-million £ companies across FMCG, Franchise, Tech, Property and Mentoring.
He’s the Speed Mentor and serial entrepreneur, who shares with you all the breadcrumbs of success and just as importantly the failures. If you listen you can avoid the potholes and learn to conquer your fear and live a life of success and abundance just like him.
But be warned, his message can be stark and will not be for those seeking shortcuts. If you’re wanting to be told that the law of attraction will deliver success wrapped in a bow to your front door, then this Podcast isn’t for you, as that’s never going to happen! It’s time to own your own sh#t, never blame others and take the massive action to create the attraction.
The opportunities and whitespace are everywhere. Gavan will help you get outside your comfort zone, connect with others, shed the scarcity mindset, set gorilla goals and achieve so much more.
If you want to make your ideas soar…then talk to the Wall!
CONTACT METHOD
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Email him at success@gavanwall.com
