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Have you ever worked in a company where professional development and education wasn’t taken seriously? Have you ever found that it’s a struggle to get courses and training signed off by managers or even that what’s offer doesn’t fit with what you’d love to be learning yourself instead? Have you, as a business owner, wanted to help upskill your employees, but have struggled to create a framework to manage and implement this? Or have you found that retaining employees and improving engagement is becoming a real struggle in an increasingly competitive market for top talent? In this episode, you’ll hear from Carlos Lagrange, CEO and Founder of Sunlight about his employee learning and development platform which seeks to solve all those problems. Carlos goes in-depth with us about his journey from first concept to customers and the challenges of building a business that investors believe in and users love. After our chat, I wrap up with some of my thoughts on Sunlight for customers, potential employees, and prospective investors going forward. If you’d like to learn more about Sunlight, simply visit www.sunlight.is If you like this episode and if you like the show then please leave a review on iTunes. Leaving a review has a massive impact and really helps others to find the Startup Scout podcast and enjoy great episodes just like this one. Thank you! - Nick --- Music by: Buddha by Kontekst https://soundcloud.com/kontekstmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

How does a sailing trip sow the seeds for an electrical vehicle charging marketplace? How does an effort to simply get extra credits at university turn into one of Europe’s most promising, eco-friendly startups? How does a startup pivot entirely from being focused on hardware, to now being dedicated to software? And how, through all of this, does that startup’s members radically change it’s team, fire some of it’s founders, and even its very own CEO voluntarily step aside for someone else to take the reigns?
 On this episode of Startup Scout, you’ll learn how Åsmund Møll Frengstad did all of this and more with his startup Meshcrafts. We go in-depth with Åsmund, to hear how he created his Norwegian-based startup: a marketplace and platform in the Electronic Vehicle space catering to both businesses and consumers. Åsmund and Meshcraft’s story is a compelling one filled with plenty of up’s and downs, and is full of insights for founders, customers, and prospective investors alike. If you'd like to learn more about Åsmund and Meshcrafts, visit them at www.meshcrafts.com You can also download their Smartcharge app on iOS and Android by searching for “SmartCharge” in the respective app stores. If you have any questions or would like to be featured on the show, please don't hesitate to learn more at www.StartupScoutHQ.com, or contact me at scout@nickhynes.com --- Music by: Buddha by Kontekst https://soundcloud.com/kontekstmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

In this episode you'll hear from Google's "Adopt a Startup" winner Ann-Marie McSorley and her training quality assurance and compliance startup Veri. We discuss how Ann-Marie's background in training and accreditation led her to identify a problem which she couldn't find a solution for off the shelf. Necessity is the mother of invention and Ann-Marie built a beta solution to her problem which she has gone on to evolve into a full product built by a team under her leadership. With current customers, prospective customers in the pipeline, recognition from Google, and now looking to close out it's latest funding round, Veri truly has a bright future ahead. You can learn more about Veri at www.Veri.ie If you like this episode, or if you like the show, please leave a review on the iTunes Podcast store. Reviews have a huge impact and help spread the word about the Startup Scout podcast. If you have any questions or would like to be featured on the show, please don't hesitate to learn more at www.StartupScoutHQ.com, or contact me at scout@nickhynes.com

The first episode of Startup Scout where I introduce you to the show! In this episode, I tell you about what Startup Scout is all about. I talk about why I created the show, what kinds of businesses we'll cover, and who should listen to the show. In the coming weeks, I’ll be interviewing founders, makers, and influencers in the early-stage startup space. If you’d like to be featured on the show (or if you know a startup you’d like to hear more about) then simply send me a message on our Contact page at www.StartupScoutHQ.com or email me at scout@nickhynes.com I hope you enjoy the show! Nick