Leila Zegna on Startups, Corporates and the importance of mentality

The Freewheeling Podcast

Leila Zegna is co-founder and Partner of Kindred Capital, one of the top venture capital firms in the UK. In her day job, she backs entrepreneurs with small startups but huge ambitions. She is also a Trustee of Boston Children’s Hospital and spent most of her career in Silicon Valley. So she has a great perspective on what corporates can learn from startups and the differences between British and American business culture.

In this episode of The Freewheeling Podcast she tells me about the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, what an established safety-critical business can learn from the tech sector and why British business culture needs more self-belief in the potential for change.

She also has a warning: the world is faster and more unpredictable than ever and businesses of all sizes need to be ready to respond.