Dec. 1, 2020

149: Planning and executing - Nick Telson, Design My Night

149: Planning and executing - Nick Telson, Design My Night

Founder and angel investor, Nick Telson joins the podcast as he shares his rollercoaster journey into the startup industry and how he and his partner have managed to bootstrap the company to success after pivoting three years into the business.

In the episode, we discuss how different it was to build a startup back then and comparing the venture capital industry now from when they started DesignMyNight.

Nick also highlighted the importance of creating a culture in the workplace and what made him start his own venture company, Horseplay Venture.

Apple Podcasts podcast player badge
Spotify podcast player badge
Castro podcast player badge
RSS Feed podcast player badge
Apple Podcasts podcast player icon Spotify podcast player icon Castro podcast player icon RSS Feed podcast player icon
Season 7
Nick Telson A serial angel investor and previously co-founded Design My Night, a nightlife discovery website, in 2010. Nick came from a background in marketing with L'Oreal launching two brands in the UK before going into Design My Night, which went on to have 8 million views a month and 250 million worth of transactional revenue with two groundbreaking B2B hospitality systems. Design My Night was later acquired by the access group. And Nick now has founded the Horseplay Ventures group, which is an angel investing arm and startup studio kind of giving back from what helped him start his own business. Horseplay invest in 25 companies to date across the UK and the US. And now Nick's also started the podcast called Pitch Deck, which has already got into the top five global UK business podcasts, which is pretty impressive for the fact that it literally started like six months ago now. Nick, Pitch Deck and Horseplay Connecnt with Nick on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicktelson/?originalSubdomain=uk) NickTelson.com (https://www.nicktelson.com/) Horseplay Ventures (https://horseplay.ventures/) Pitch Deck Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pitch-deck/id1522900070) Design My Night (https://www.designmynight.com/london) Top Tip Create a positive workplace culture Building a world-class workplace culture starts with understanding your team and embracing the concepts at the heart of your workplace. Culture is always learned and see to it that you hire people who align with your values. Focus on communication and remember that interactions are fundamental to understand then needs of the people around you. Culture is synonymous with behavior. The workplace should not be something that people dread every day so look for different ways to empower those around you. Better moods = better performance Subscribe! If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Nick Telson .

See reason.fm/privacy-policy for privacy and opt-out information.


See reason.fm/privacy-policy for privacy and opt-out information.


See reason.fm/privacy-policy for privacy and opt-out information.