£30M founder now building new tech business that is growing fast | Nick Telson

Guest: Nick Telson-Sillett from TrumpetLinkedIn: /in/nick-telson/Nick grew and then sold DesignMyNight for £30m and today is a serial investor and second time founder in a sales-tech SaaS called trumpet.CONNECT WITH James:- LinkedIn: /in/james-farnfield/OUR SPONSORS:- Done-for-you LinkedIn media company: shakecontent dot com00:00 - Start01:05 - Nick introducing trumpet02:15 - pitch deck versus trumpet03:01 - trumpets viral loop04:12 - how involved is Nick wiith Trumpet05:26 - to travel or to startup post exit05:57 - what keeps Nick up at night?06:54 - Dealing with the magpie effect07:59 - best route to founder startup or corporate10:19 - investment with the biggest impact on thier space11:20 - investment with the biggest impact on Nick12:50 - what is Nicks biggest indulgence13:25 - what does Nick do with his spare time15:09 - Nicks view on social media for business16:56 - could you have had the same success with trumpet without LInkedIn17:39 - How LinkedIn has saved marketing budget for trumpet18:15 - How to post on LinkedIn19:17 - Should you go all in with your startup or side hustle it23:46 - James talking about the 0.1pct founder24:05 - Nicks views on networking25:50 - young founders need to drop any ego26:23 - understand what you want from networking27:15 - power of linkedin for sales28:05 - how to maintain healthy relationships as a founder29:22 - what is and was nicks goals for his businesses29:54 - James view on the importance of those your surround yourself with30:43 - Nick view on keeping friend groups small31:30 - what are nicks goals33:29 - Nicks non-negotiables at work34:52 - non negotiable for nick at home35:48 - how would Nicks husband describe him36:31 - technical vs mental attributes as a founder38:35 - James view on mental strength as a founder Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.