Henry Joseph Grant on Lessons From Watching JustEAT Scale & Applying That To Angel Investing

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Henry Joseph Grant has extensive experience both in startup operations and mentoring. Having started working as a paperboy at 11, he then went on to work with the likes of Virgin, JustEAT (where he saw the company's hyper growth phase from seed to Series D) to where Henry is today with UNIDays. Alongside this impressive operational career Henry has also been a startup mentor and advisor at the likes of SeedCamp and PiLabs. Due to this connection, he has also made several angel investments adding the strategic value that has been gained from his time in operations. In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Henry made his way into the world of Tech and what made Henry want to start angel investing? 2.) What were the main lessons for Henry in watching JustEat scale into hyper growth mode? What did they do right and what did they do wrong? 3.) When comparing Henry's angel investing strategy with other angels in the ecosystem, how does his differ? What does Henry make of hyper aggressive super angels? 4.) How has his time in operations equipped him with the perfect skills to be the strategic advisor to startups? Where do startups most need his help? Items Mentioned In Today's Show: Henry's Fave Blog: TechCrunch: Steve O'Hear (http://techcrunch.com/author/steve-ohear/) Henry's Most Recent Investment: Splittable (https://www.splittable.co) As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here: www.syndicateroom.com and see Henry's twitter page here: www.twitter.com/speirin