S3E1 – Alex Chesterman OBE, Founder & CEO @ Cazoo

We’re back after a short break! And what a cracker of an opener to the new series we have for you with a very special guest. Trust us: you don’t wanna miss this one.

Joining us to kick off Season 3 of Riding Unicorns is the founder and CEO of Cazoo, Alex Chesterman OBE.

Alex Chesterman is one of the UK's leading digital entrepreneurs and angel investors. He has founded some of the UK’s most successful online businesses including Cazoo, Zoopla and LoveFilm. Alex has also been one of the UK’s most active angel investors over the past 10 years, backing dozens of early stage British digital start-ups including Perkbox, CarWow, Farmdrop, Tide, Perlego, Cleo, Thriva, Farewill, Thirdfort and many more and was awarded an OBE in 2016 for his services to digital entrepreneurship.

James and Hector sat down with the Founder of Cazoo to talk about his career as an entrepreneur, his experiences with Angel Investors, and what he looks for in terms of investing in startups. Following that, Chesterman goes on to explain how he was able to turn Cazoo into a public company within three years.

There's words of wisdom galore in this episode that we could all learn from, whether you own a start-up or not. 

The full episode with Alex can be found on Apple + Spotify. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. 

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