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Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Henry de Zoete - The best ever deal on Dragons Den

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Boxlight Creative Studio

Technology, Business, Careers

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This episode is one of two worlds colliding. Today's guest, Henry de Zoete, similarly began his career as a special advisor in government- in the service of Michael Gove in the Education Department.Since leaving government, Henry went on to land the best money-to-equity deal ever seen on Dragons Den - a record which still stands to this day. Henry was the co-founder of Look After My Bills (LAMB)- a revolutionary startup that tackled the energy industry overcharging loyal customers by automatically switching them onto better deals.LAMB was then bought by the Go Compare Group earlier this year and so we hear Henry's perspective on life as an angel investor, advice for how to properly exit your startup and what lessons from politics he brought with him to the private sector.As we get prepared for our 4th and 5th series, we are running some customer feedback of our own - so if you would be prepared to answer some questions then please get in touch via our website or via [email protected] You can follow us on social media: Instagram: @Jimmysjobs Twitter: @Jimmysjobs And most importantly on LinkedIn 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 politicsFor 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Are you ready for a Monzo Business Bank account?

0:03.3

Heather from the Accountant's Growth Club was?

0:05.3

Knowing what cash I have is really important.

0:08.0

And Monzo Business makes it easy.

0:09.8

It automatically puts 20% of my income into a tax pot.

0:14.0

When it's time to pay your VAT, I always know the money's there.

0:16.8

If you're ready for a Monzo Business account, apply today.

0:19.9

Just search Monzo Business.

0:21.5

Only sole traders or limited company directors in the UK can apply.

0:25.0

Get tax pots with Monzo Business Pro for £5 a month.

0:28.0

And tease and seize apply.

0:59.0

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

1:02.0

a former Downing Street advisor on Business and Entrepreneurship.

1:06.0

Thank you very much for tuning in to last week's episode,

1:09.0

where I reflected on a year anniversary in podcasting.

1:13.0

We've had great feedback and it's been wonderful for so many of you to get in touch.

1:18.0

If you do want a feed, you can find it in the description.

1:22.0

If you do want a feed, you can find it in the description.

1:27.0

If you do want to feed it back about the show,

1:29.0

do drop us a line at helloatjobsofthefeature.com

1:32.0

as we are planning currently for our fourth and sixth series of how we take this forward.

1:38.0

Today, I'm joined by Henry DeZote.

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