How to Successfully Scale your App Startup while Bootstrapping with Bianca Rangecroft
This week, Flavilla is joined by Bianca Rangecroft, Founder and CEO of Whering. They discuss Whering's exciting future, the app startup growth journey and Bianca's experience of being on Dragons Den. Bianca is fluent in five European languages and holds a first-class Bachelor’s degree in History and Politics from SOAS & LSE, with a special focus on Africa and the Middle East, as well as a Master’s degree in Management (Merit) from Imperial College Business School. She spent the first 4.5 years of her career in Banking, first at Barclays Investment Management and then in Goldman Sachs’ consumer division in London (working on fashiontech IPOs like Stichfix & Farfetch). She is a board member of Imperial College’s Alumni Advisory board, the London Chapter President for Unite2030, an UNLEASH 2019 and 2020 Global Talent and a committee member of Ubuntu, a South African charity and Textiles2030 signatory. She was a finalist in the Pitch UK, Elle x Bossbabe, shortlisted for WOTC award, We Are Tech Women’s award and winner of the Most Disruptive Tech award at UNLEASH 2019, EUTOP50 founders 2021 award and a frequent podcast and TV guest (BBC’s Dragon’s Den).[00:11] Episode summary[00:54] Introducing Bianca[04:13] Bianca's entrepreneurial journey with Whering[08:03] The lessons learned from developing Whering[14:02] Successful strategies for user growth[18:53] Learnings from scaling a tech business[24:19] The experience of appearing on Dragons Den[29:17] Keeping resilient throughout the startup journey[34:13] Bianca's vision for Whering's Future[36:10] How would Bianca like to be remembered? To connect with Bianca, CLICK HERETo visit Whering's website, CLICK HERETo join the Tech Brains Talk mailing list for more perks, CLICK HERETo find out more about the 3 Colours Rule Agency, CLICK HERE