This is Secret Leader’s 200th episode! Over the last 5 years we've featured over 50 unicorn leaders and household names such as Monzo, Slack, Duolingo, Brewdog, Lastminute.com.

In today’s episode host Dan Murray-Serter takes listeners through the interviews that have had the biggest impact on him. Guests include host of Diary of a CEO, entrepreneur, and angel investor, Steven Bartlett; Co-Founder of Little Moons Vivien Wong on how they went viral during the pandemic; Eve Sleep Kuba Wieczorek on what it cost being one of the fastest UK companies to IPO ever; and Jo Malone talking about how leaving her company after her recovery from cancer was the biggest mistake of her life. 

Listen to the full episodes here:

• Steven Bartlett, host of ‘Diary of a CEO’ and entrepreneur 
• Lemonade Co-Founder Daniel Schreiber 
• Little Moons Co-Founder Vivien Wong
• Eve Sleep Co-Founder Kuba Wieczorek
• Fiverr Co-Founder Micha Kauffman 
• Trinny Woodall, Founder of Trinny London
• Jo Malone, Founder of Jo Malone innit :P

Dan reflects on what those interviews have taught him:

• How to stay consistently true to your path and mission statement whilst not believing your own bullshit with Founder and Host of ‘Diary of a CEO’ Steven Bartlett
• How to redefine an archaic industry by tapping into consumer psychology with Lemonade Founder Daniel Schreiber 
• How to handle the challenges of surprise growth in hard times with Vivien Wong from Little Moons
• The pitfalls of hypergrowth when you put the scaling your business ahead of your mental health (everything can fall like a house of cards),with Eve Sleep’s Kuba Wieczorek
• How to avoid obsessing over the wrong things, with Fiverr Co-Founder Micha Kauffman 
• How to stay humble, be vulnerable and start again with Trinny Woodall
• How to build resilience and not be a victim of your greatest regrets, with Jo Malone 

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