EP02 Emily Forbes, CEO & Founder at Seenit on Tech Startups, Copycat Competitors and High Performance Teams

This week’s guest is Emily Forbes, founder and CEO at Seenit, the creative platform that enables colleagues, customers and fans of large organisations to tell stories through authentic video content. In this episode we talk about how to test your business idea, copycat competitors and why authentic company values are so important. We discuss Emily’s approach to team management using the framework of creativity, risk taking, growth and autonomy. Emily shares her mistakes, her proudest moments and insights for aspiring business owners. Join in the conversation online using #THEWOTPOD on Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWotPod and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/. Chapters: 00:00 Chapter 1: Test, Learn, Iterate, Grow: Planting The Seed for Seenit 12:45 Chapter 2: Testing The Idea 18:47 Chapter 3: Overcoming The Initial Hurdles 23:49 Chapter 4: People Management and Company Values 33:07 Chapter 5: Mistakes and Learnings 39:25 Chapter 6: Proudest Moments and Awards 41:27 Chapter 8: Maintaining Good Mental Health 45:30 Chapter 9: Closing Note: A Key Insight Episode resources: Seenit - https://seenit.io Collider Accelerator - https://www.collider.io/ London and Partners - https://www.londonandpartners.com/ Connect with Emily Forbes: https://www.instagram.com/forbes_emily/ https://twitter.com/_EmilyForbes Find out more about Seenit: Seenit - https://seenit.io https://www.instagram.com/seenit__/ https://twitter.com/_seenit https://www.linkedin.com/company/seenit-ltd-/ Connect with your host, Frankie Cotton: https://twitter.com/Frankie__Cotton https://www.instagram.com/frankie_rose_cotton/