Startups

051. Josh Lavorini: The new aristocrats building drones in an Oxford kitchen

New aristocracies, the defence of Pump.fun, and why Britain needs to build the automated cavalry before it's too late

Apr 2 • Tom Ough, Calum Drysdale, and Aeron Laffere

50:43

#049 - Josh Lavorini | Inside HomeDAO, Oxford's monastery for unicorn founders

Josh, cofounder of HomeDAO, explains why putting founders under one roof in Oxford is producing some of the most interesting companies in Britain

Mar 26 • Tom Ough, Calum Drysdale, and Aeron Laffere

51:02

044. Meri Beckwith: Fully automated luxury NHS

Why notice periods matter more than regulation, how to turn the NHS into a profit centre, and what's actually stopping Britain from becoming a biotech…

Feb 19 • Tom Ough, Calum Drysdale, and Aeron Laffere

45:32

042. Meri Beckwith: Eroom's law is killing drug development

The first part of our conversation with Meri Beckwith, founder of Lindus Health.

Feb 13 • Tom Ough, Calum Drysdale, and Aeron Laffere

43:34

031. Sam Adlen: The British company putting solar panels in space

Space Solar's CEO Sam Adlen explains why Britain should be building kilometre-scale satellites that harvest solar power 24/7 and microwave it back to…

Nov 4, 2025 • Calum Drysdale, Tom Ough, and Aeron Laffere

1:05:06

020. Alex Fitzgerald: Inside Isembard's industrial revolution

Listen now | Alex Fitzgerald explains how micro-factories and machine tools could rebuild Britain's manufacturing base

Jun 19, 2025 • Tom Ough, Calum Drysdale, and Aeron Laffere

1:17:40

014. Josef Chen: Automating the restaurant industry

Listen now (61 mins) | Josef Chen joins Calum and Tom to discuss his journey from restaurant drudgery to founding KAIKAKU, a pioneering robotics company…

Apr 16, 2025 • Tom Ough, Calum Drysdale, and Aeron Laffere

1:01:29

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