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Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Anne Boden - Starling Bank

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Boxlight Creative Studio

Careers, Business, Technology

5.01K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future is hiring, read more on our next chapter here and you can sign up to our newsletter here. Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future is presented by me, Jimmy McLoughlin, a former Downing Street adviser on business. Our last episode was with Dom McGregor, we talked about his story and how it was perhaps the stereotype of how we characterise the entrepreneurship journey … Uni drop out who sent a tweet that became worth hundred of millions ..  Well Anne Boden from Starling Bank is different, very different. As she describes herself in this interview  she was in her 50s  She’s from Wales She’s a woman in finance and technology She’s only five foot tall Since we recorded this interview ten days ago it was announced that Starling have taken £50 million in funding from Goldman Sachs, taking the total valuation of Starling to £1.1 billion and therefore the proverbial unicorn status.  Her story of founding a bank in 2014 to growing it the size it is today demonstrates that entrepreneurs can come in all shapes and sizes.  Starling now employs over 1,000 people across the UK, including setting up large hubs in Southampton and Cardiff. Anne talks us through why those places stood out as talent hubs.  She talks about how you don’t need an Financial Services background to work at Starling, they are hiring software engineers, Data analysts and graphic designers.  A big part of what drives this show is wanting to tell the brilliant entrepreneurial stories that are happening all across the UK, each episode is full of entrepreneurs creating jobs, they don’t make headlines about creating hundreds or thousands, because so often it is about the incremental steps along the way.  And of course that is a reminder, that this podcast is making its own first foray as we are taking on our first employees to help power our next stage of growth, so if you are curious about the way our economy is growing, want to work on researching guests and helping us get it into more ears, please check out the show notes for more details  We have surpassed 100 reviews on iTunes, a big thank you to Eben Owen, a student at Cardiff University who left a six word review - that is all it takes for me to think this show is worthwhile.  If you could leave a rating that would make a big difference and don’t forget to tell a friend or six about the show as that is the best way we can grow it.  Thanks to Octopus Group for their support in this second series.  A reminder that they are looking for new charity partners and are welcoming applications over the next month - the support offered includes £45,000 of unrestricted funding.  A reminder you can follow us on Instagram: @Jimmysjobs Twitter: @Jimmysjobs And most im Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday. You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politics For more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here. Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.0

Welcome to Jimmy's Jobs of the Future, presented by me, Jimmy McLaughlin,

1:07.0

a former Downing Street advisor on business and entrepreneurship.

1:11.0

Our last episode was with Dominic McGregor.

1:14.0

We talked about his story and how it was perhaps the stereotype of how we characterise the entrepreneurship journey.

1:21.0

Universe to drop out, we've sent a tweet that became worth hundreds of millions.

1:25.0

Well, Anne Bowden from Starling Bank is different, very different.

1:30.0

As she describes herself in this interview on today's show, she was in her 50s.

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