Tim Whiston | Exited Founder and Current Co-Founder of isme|&|co | Unlocking The Untapped Potential Of Entrepreneurial Capacity

In this episode of FounderTech Decoded we are let into the 20+ year journey of Tim Whiston, as he moves from running a FTSE 250 business, through to engineering an exit as a founder to now accelerating business marketplace Iisme|&|co from its initial launch to its current growth seed funding round.

After considering a portfolio career post his exit, he met his Co-Founder Will at a virtual meet up during the pandemic. Amazed to see the inefficiencies and untapped potential around how businesses in the UK connected with each other in terms of sharing services and information, they launched and are now preparing to scaleing isme|&|co.

We explore how Tim’s training at the start of his career, as a chartered accountant and then working for one of the ‘Big 4’ firms, and then at KPMG, might have provided him with a different financial perspective into potential that many startup founders who are fresh to future modelling their businesses may lack. Something that he has experienced as an angel investor when evaluating early stage startups he wants to evaluate and to invest in.

We then use The Switch Deck to explore and discuss whether there is an untapped ‘capacity’ within the SME / Entrepreneur marketplace in the UK that FounderTech in its open intent and potential to rewire the early stage ecosystem could help nurture and unlock.

Connect with Tim:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-whiston-797499127
• https://www.ismeandco.com/

 

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