Guy Remond– Non Executive Director, Investor & Entrepreneur
An experienced individual with over 20 years in the tech, software & consulting/advisory industries, as a founder, director, investor and advisor.
Brief Profile:
Guy’s working career began in retail where he enjoyed an eleven-year stint in various managerial positions.
Following this, he followed his passion for anything technical and branched out on his own into the technical world. In 2001 he was a founding member and CEO of Cake Solutions Limited and over the next 16 years, he directly oversaw the development of the business from a small start-up to that of an international, multi-million-pound company respected as being at the cutting edge of engineering and process in the open-source software development world.
After being recognised in the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 and being viewed as one of the most unique, forward-thinking and fast-growth companies in the industry Cake Solutions Limited was acquired by a multinational corporation and the business was subsequently rebranded as Disney Streaming Services, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a company owned by The Walt Disney Corporation.
As a creative and widely experienced individual with a keen focus on personal development, company culture and process improvement, Guy has invested in a number of companies and is actively working with these companies in a non-executive director or chairman role, helping them to fulfil the leadership’s drive to a successful outcome.
Guy is building two new organisations with his business partners Gary Fletcher and Dave Zumpano. EHE Capital Limited is a highly efficient tech-led Private Equity organisation with a genuine focus on supporting entrepreneurs through their companies high growth stage through to a successful conclusion. We also provide qualified, high-quality deal flow for investors, private equity and venture capital organisations. www.ehe.capital
Guidr LLC is a legal document platform whose moonshot is to be the largest legal entity in the world that does not employ any lawyers. We are digitising, democratising and demonetising legal services, helping smaller law firms compete in the digital era. www.guidr.legal
In addition to his working commitments, Guy dedicates time to charitable activities. For well over a decade he has worked with Variety – the Children’s Charity in a number of voluntary roles, currently acting as the Chairman for the North West region in the UK and more recently as a Trustee for the organisation.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I was quite heavily dyslexic at school for dyslexia was a thing. All the traits I had and I’ve since been tested… I actually think it’s been really helpful in my career in some ways because it has enabled me to think differently. I’ve always been able to look at a problem and try and solve it in a slightly different way to maybe what other people solve it. So, I do think that being dyslexic has been a tremendous help for me”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin HardyFavourite Quote:
“a business is simply an idea to make other people’s lives better”
Recommended Online Resources:
Abundance 360 is Peter Diamandis annual mastermind and year round coaching program
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“There is going to be more change in the next 10 years than there has been in the last 50. Any businesses that are not tech led or tech driven in the next 10 years that don’t adopt AI won’t be around, they will just disappear. All future businesses have to be tech led and they have to understand how artificial intelligence is going to affect that business and they then have to be on top of that and ahead of the curve and that will give them a fighting chance ”…[Listen for More]
More About Guy Remond:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“If today you are a little bit better than you were yesterday, then that’s enough.” David A. Bednar
Other Quotes From the Chat with Guy Remond:
- “I understand how to set a company up, who I need to have around me and I know then also how to win business and go out and grow the business quickly and all of that good stuff. I would do it way quicker this time”
- “Anyone with the right mindset and a hard work ethic can set the business up and make it a success. The stigma of failing is diminishing in the UK… There are opportunities for anybody who has the mindset that they believe they can do something on their own and make it a success. There is so many free to use services out there that you really don’t need much money at all nowadays to begin a business. And I think you begin a business and you got a good idea and you build a good team there will be a time and point where you go, I perhaps need investment now, I have proven the model and I can get investment and I’m going to build this business quickly. You might turn round and say I am just going to build it slowly. But the opportunities there and I think it’s easier than ever to set your own business up now but only you have the right mindset and only if you are prepared to work really hard ”
- “It’s all about creating value”
- “Don’t chase the money, generate something that solves a problem and people really appreciate and you will make money from that idea”
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