In this episode, Ben Burch, co-founder of Allegr, joins host Rob Woodhead from Old Street Labs for a wide-ranging conversation on building products, purpose, and community, without boiling the ocean.
Ben shares his journey from a non-linear career path to founding a mission-driven startup focused on the UK military and veteran community. They dig into why most so-called “social” platforms miss the mark, and what it really takes to design for meaningful, real-world connection.
From navigating go-to-market without big budgets to avoiding common product-building pitfalls, this episode is full of sharp insights for anyone working in tech, community, or purpose-led businesses.
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Welcome back to the lab! Following our last article on outsourcing product development, Rob and I spent some time exploring this tricky piece of the startup puzzle, and today we’re going to share our insights in more depth. It’s a topic we have discussed with a variety of people since we started Old.St and we’ve […]
Let’s start at the beginning and talk about the first step in the tech development process – defining the problem. Rob and I speak to lots of entrepreneurs, often 2 or 3 a week, and all of them have some kind of product in mind. The first thing we like to do with them, to […]
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