Starling CEO: Building a $1.5 Billion Business Against The Odds: Anne Boden | E107

This weeks episode 'Starling Bank: Building a $1.5 Billion Business Against The Odds: Anne Boden' Topics: 0:00 Intro 03:53 Humble beginnings 11:57 Entrepreneurship 25:32 Starting Starling bank & clashes with Tom at Monzo 57:47 Raising funding 01:05:40 What have you learnt about raising investment? 01:12:29 Managing your emotions when running a bank 01:20:26 Work life balance - maintaining relationships 01:25:45 Key advice you would told your younger self 01:30:59 Our last guests question Anne: https://www.instagram.com/anneboden/ https://twitter.com/anneboden Anne's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/BANKING-How-I-Disrupted-Industry-ebook/dp/B084H6N2GS Our Episode with Tom from Monzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP2_QOCrVO4&t=1894s THE DIARY OF A CEO LIVE TICKETS ON SALE NOW 🚀- https://g2ul0.app.link/diaryofaceolive Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsor - https://uk.huel.com/

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Nov 22, 20211h 32mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: November 22, 2021
Duration: 1h 32m
Channel: The Diary of a CEO
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

This weeks episode 'Starling Bank: Building a $1.5 Billion Business Against The Odds: Anne Boden' Topics: 0:00 Intro 03:53 Humble beginnings 11:57 Entrepreneurship 25:32 Starting Starling bank & clashes with Tom at Monzo 57:47 Raising funding 01:05:40 What have you learnt about raising investment? 01:12:29 Managing your emotions when running a bank 01:20:26 Work life balance - maintaining relationships 01:25:45 Key advice you would told your younger self 01:30:59 Our last guests question Anne: https://www.instagram.com/anneboden/ https://twitter.com/anneboden Anne's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/BANKING-How-I-Disrupted-Industry-ebook/dp/B084H6N2GS Our Episode with Tom from Monzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP2_QOCrVO4&t=1894s THE DIARY OF A CEO LIVE TICKETS ON SALE NOW 🚀- https://g2ul0.app.link/diaryofaceolive Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsor - https://uk.huel.com/

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Anne Boden
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Steven Bartlett
host
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Anne Boden and Steven Bartlett, Starling CEO: Building a $1.5 Billion Business Against The Odds: Anne Boden | E107 explores anne Boden’s Audacious Journey: Reinventing Banking At 54 Against Odds Anne Boden, founder and CEO of Starling Bank, recounts how she left a 30‑year corporate banking career at 54 to start a fully licensed digital bank from scratch, despite industry skepticism and entrenched stereotypes. She describes early fundraising failures, an explosive co‑founder split with Tom Blomfield that left her alone in an empty office, and the emotional toll of rebuilding everything from zero. A pivotal backing from a Bahamas‑based family office enabled her to raise £48m for a majority stake, eventually scaling Starling into a multi‑billion‑pound, tech‑driven bank with millions of customers.

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