Founder Friday
Founder Friday
Leveraging entrepreneurship as a tool for social mobility.
That's the mission behind Canopy Community and the Founder Friday podcast.
We believe talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn't.
Too many people never start a business because they never see someone like themselves become a founder. They assume entrepreneurship belongs to people with different backgrounds, different education, different connections or different resources.
We're here to change that.
In each episode, host Stewart Noakes sits down with founders from around the world to uncover the stories that rarely make the headlines. Together they explore the uncertainty, resilience, failures, breakthroughs and defining moments that shape entrepreneurial journeys.
These aren't polished success stories.
They're honest conversations about building something from nothing.
Our hope is simple.
One story at a time, we want every listener to discover someone they can relate to and think:
"If they can do it, maybe I can too."
Because there isn't one route into entrepreneurship.
- Founders come from cities and villages.
- From universities and factories.
- From boardrooms and bedrooms.
- From privilege and from adversity.
Some are parents. Some are students. Some are immigrants. Some start at 18, others at 68.
Every journey is different, yet has similarities regardless of the origin.
Every story matters.
Every conversation helps widen the picture of what a founder looks like.
Whether you're exploring your first idea, validating an MVP, finding customers, raising investment or simply wondering whether entrepreneurship could be part of your future, Founder Friday offers practical insights and authentic stories from people who are actively building.
Produced by Canopy Community, one of Europe's leading startup communities, Founder Friday is part of a bigger mission:
To leverage entrepreneurship as a tool for social mobility by making founders more visible, more relatable and more accessible to the next generation.
Because changing one life doesn't always start with funding.
Sometimes it starts with a story.
And perhaps the next story you hear will be the one that changes yours.
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Founder Friday
May and Camilla of Beta100.co
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Founder Friday by Canopy Community +
Get access to our entire back catalogueBETA100™ is a project-based network of talent that startups can use to build up their teams and grow their businesses. The platform challenges you to change your mindset and test-drive your relationships before committing to a fixed role.
Contributions to projects are remunerated through equity, pay or a mixture of both.
In this edition of Founder Friday the co-founders of Beta 100 share their experience of building, as non technical founders, a tech product to help other founders.
They reflect on their experiences of the journey to become co-founders & the commitment it takes as well as the faith in each other, to get a startup of the ground.
Beta100.co is at the stage of proving product market fit, and raising their seed round.
Based in Cornwall, Beta100 and has been formed as part of the Falmouth University Launchpad program.
Key highlights
- 1:26 What Beta 100 is all about
- 8:08 The inspiration for May and Camilla in building this idea
- 18:46 Lessons learned from the journey so far
- 23:33 Why May and Camilla chose to be Founders (not just Employees)
- 26:53 [Godparent style] Advice for first time founders
Total run time : 32 mins
Host: Stewart Noakes
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stewartnoakes/
Guest: May Ireland
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayireland/
Guest: Camilla Carrapatso
https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillacarrapatoso/
Falmouth Launchpad program
https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/launchpad
Beta 100
https://www.beta100.co
Watch May talk about Beta 100 at Canopy Demo Night in Lisbon - Nov 2022 - https://youtu.be/wq4w7zp0-bE
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