SM 004: €2.9m raised, DAD home repair via video chat, discuss: company culture and networking w/ CEO Ben Wynn

Ben Wynn is founder and CEO of DAD, based in London. DAD is an on-demand service for Home Repair experts via video call. When Ben founded DAD in June 2015, he already had 2 Million Pounds of funding secured from a strategic investor. We talk about how he managed to get 2 million Pounds with just an idea, the advantages and disadvantages of a strategic investors, how to build your professional network so you can quickly recruit the best people, and we talk about how important it is to actively shape the company culture early on.