{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2F40-minute-mentor.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-power-of-crowdfunding-with-jeff-lynn-hfh9_17R","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Power Of Crowdfunding with Jeff Lynn","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7f4b95/7f4b9500-fb2e-4a6b-b897-409eaafa08c0/2c13160f-e510-4715-a514-700ea8045457/artworks-c7iyhrzybqqzaxxr-snsyaw-t3000x3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Your 40 Minute Mentor today is the fantastic, Jeff Lynn, co-founder of the hugely successful crowdfunding platform Seedrs.\n\nSince recording this episode it was also announced that Seedrs will be merging with their biggest competitor Crowdcube to create the worlds largest PE marketplace – an incredibly exciting proposition!\n\nJeff started his career as a lawyer but while doing his MBA at Said Business School he got the entrepreneurial bug and with his co-founder Carlos Silva, created Seedrs\n\n11 years on have helped fund almost over 1200 businesses with more than £1bn has been invested on the platform including funding well known scale ups Revolut, Allplants, Perkbox and FreeAgent amongst many others!\n\nJeff has such an insightful perspective on the start-up world, both from his own journey as a Founder and as the owner of a platform that supports other entrepreneurs following a similar path.\n\nIn today’s episode, we delve into Jeff’s career and hear some incredible career advice, including:\n\n\n\nHow to approach doing an MBA if your goal is to become an entrepreneur rather than climb the corporate ladder\n\n\n\n\nWhy a Founder isn’t always the best person to run a start up in the long term, and how he came to the decision to replace himself as CEO of Seedrs in 2017\n\n\n\n\nAnd we discuss the power of crowd funding and hear which have been some of his favourite startups to come through the Seedrs platform over the years.\n\n\n\n\nIt was fascinating to hear Jeff’s story and learn more about the incredible startups that Seedrs supports - from those just starting out to established household names.\n\nSo, whether you’re thinking of starting your own business or are interested in finding out more about crowdfunding, I know you’ll take a lot from this episode.\n\nWe’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode, so please do get in touch at james@jbmc.co.uk\n\nIf you want to find out more about Jeff, take a look at his LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefflynn/\n\nIf you want to find out more about Seedrs, check out their website\n– https://www.seedrs.com/"}