Episode 5

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11th May 2020

Gary Turner from Xero on retaining your startup spirit as you scale

We live in a digital world. From GPS to online banking and remote working, we rely on tech to keep us in the loop - wherever we are, whenever we need it. As we become increasingly reliant on technology, new opportunities and risks for startups - and all businesses - are emerging. 

Here to talk about how to utilise tech to streamline your organisation so you can focus on what you do best is Gary Turner. As the Co-founder and Managing Director of Xero, a multi-award-winning online accounting software, Gary is one of the most influential figures in UK FinTech. 

Under Gary’s leadership, Xero has scaled from a three-person startup with annual revenues of £50k, to a global player with 1.8 million paying subscribers in 180 countries and revenues of over £60 million.

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Welcome to The Entrepreneur Project: stories of innovation and scale! Each episode, we’re diving into conversation with entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders who will share insight into growing high-impact organisations.

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Colin Gray

Colin is a podcaster, international speaker, PhD and founder of The Podcast Host and Alitu: The Podcast Maker. Colin started out in Astrophysics, before realising, to his dismay, how much maths you had to do. Podcasting has less maths, but just as many puzzles, and fun ones at that.

He started ThePodcastHost.com in 2011, and it's now one of the biggest and oldest Podcasting blogs on the web, dedicated to helping you create a successful show.

He went on to found Alitu.com in 2018 to help podcasters create their shows more easily. It's a web app that takes care of the tech, by polishing, branding & publishing for you. It offers a custom set of tools for building and editing epic podcasts.