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Top 20 UK Business Host, Stephanie Melodia, shares her reflections on 120+ interviews from 2+ years of Strategy & Tragedy. From the top 3 observations of the most successful entrepreneurs interviewed to reflecting on core themes and the most common answer to the traditional closing question, 'What's one tragedy that taught you an unforgettable lesson?'

Steph also answers your questions, from avoiding burnout to best & worst advice from guests.

Interviews mentioned:

• Varun Bhanot
• Olivia Parkes
• Thomas Panton
• Jodie Cook
• Timo Armoo
• Maya Raichoora
• Mike Bandar
• Jonny Burch
• Daniil Scherbakov
• Deborah Williams
• Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen
• Jenny Quigley-Jones
• Lottie Whyte
• Farah Kabir
• Simon Squibb
• Nick Telson-Sillett

Authors and their books mentioned:

• Energise by Simon Alexander Ong: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57951376-energize
• Long Haul Leader by Chris Ducker : https://longhaulleader.com/

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About the show:

Entrepreneurship is overly-glamorised, and there’s a lot to learn from the mistakes of others.

Strategy & Tragedy keeps it real; sharing the highs & lows, the strategies & tragedies, of other founders who have “made it.”

In addition to CEO interviews, we spotlight subject matter experts to help you on your entrepreneur journey.

Available on all major streaming platforms, now in the UK Top 20 Business Charts.

About Steph Melodia:

As ex-CEO of an award-winning marketing agency, Stephanie now hosts Strategy & Tragedy, advises MBA students with Oneday, coaches founders 1:1, and travels the world as an international keynote speaker on her signature subject of ‘Hacking Luck.’

She has delivered impactful sessions for household brand names including Qatar Airways, Soho House, WeTransfer, LinkedIn, Xero, Harvey Nash Group, Web Summit, and more - leaving audiences feeling inspired, motivated, and energised.

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Jonny Burch is a serial entrepreneur, early Deliveroo employee, exited founder, and now runs Near Future, an AI transformation consultancy for product and design teams. As a designer for nearly 20 years, Jonny is the founder of Progression, a career platform for which he raised $6m and exited in 2024, before exploring the AI transformation space by day and tinkering in his product studio by night.

In this conversation, Steph and Jonny discuss:

👉 Jonny's design background and how it's influenced his entrepreneurial journey

👉 Early days at Deliveroo and the unforgettable lessons learnt

👉 Finding product-market fit with his first venture - testing lots of ideas and parting ways with initial co-founders before landing on Progression

👉 Fundraising for Progression during the pandemic

👉 Exiting Progression and the shocking last-minute turn of events

👉 Founder life and soul-searching post-exit

👉 What Jonny's working on now (hint: it's in AI!)

🤖 Keen to accelerate your team’s AI adoption? Get in touch here: https://nearfuture.works/

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