S15, Ep12 How To Fail: Justin Basini, the Clearscore CEO on business failure, body image and friendship cover art

S15, Ep12 How To Fail: Justin Basini, the Clearscore CEO on business failure, body image and friendship

S15, Ep12 How To Fail: Justin Basini, the Clearscore CEO on business failure, body image and friendship

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 TW: discussion around suicide, body dysmorphia and disordered eating.For my season finale, I wanted to do something a little different. I wanted to interview one of the most amazing people I know. Conveniently, that person is also my husband, Justin Basini, so it was pretty easy to co-ordinate diaries. As well as being my husband (arguably his most important qualification) Justin is also a highly successful entrepreneur and CEO. In 2015, he founded Clearscore, an app which provides free credit scores and reports, along with advice to help consumers make better financial decisions. It has now grown to over 18 million users, 460 employees and several international offices and is one the UK's leading fintech companies.Justin joins me to talk about his first major business failure leading to a serious breakdown in his mental health and how he got through that. We also talk about his self-perceived failures in friendship. And in one of the most honest and eye-opening chats we have ever had, we discuss his negative body image - not a thing that you often hear men discussing, and I'm so grateful to Justin for being so honest as I know it will help countless people.Along the way, we talk about how we met (thanks, Hinge), how I massively embarrassed myself on our first meeting, the joy of second marriages and the Justin Basini Funnel Theory on Dating (TM).I hope you enjoy listening to this one. It was a very special episode to me personally but I truly believe it's a very special episode full stop.--You can learn more about Clearscore here: https://www.clearscore.com/--How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted and produced by Elizabeth Day. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com--Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayHow To Fail @howtofailpod Justin Basini @justinbasini (he only has Twitter and LinkedIn like a SERIOUS BUSINESSMAN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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I’m no CEO but as a women who also has had issues with body dysmorphia and exactly the discussed feelings of exercise and body image I thank you for discussing this topic.
I also hugely want to thank Justin for discussing the feelings around friendship as it is the first time I have heard someone else exactly explain the way I too feel on this subject. I love my few close friends but I too lack the energy to have more and even these close friends are exactly that because they know I lack the energy to be more than my true self.
So thank you both and as mentioned - Justin you have made a difference and helped me understand & accept myself even more.

Thank you both for a fantastic listen and please tell Justin it has helped me!

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