12. Charlie Delingpole of Comply Advantage - Relentless Conviction, Failure is an Orphan and done in Silence, Let the Market Pull You, and Tough Decision at Silicon Roundabout

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12. Charlie Delingpole of Comply Advantage - Relentless Conviction, Failure is an Orphan and done in Silence, Let the Market Pull You, and Tough Decision at Silicon Roundabout

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Episode Synopsis

With me today is Charlie Delingpole, Founder and CEO of Comply Advantage - the world's leading data technology company transforming financial crime detection Comply Advantage has raised over 100M, has over 1.5k clients and is 440 people today. Charlie is also an active angel investor and recently a new dad.
Hear more from him on:
The early days of company building

Running a lending company in a downturn/credit crisis

When what you think is a tech business is really garden furniture

The choice to use his own equity in a tough situation

Tough decisions made at Silicon Roundabout


Lessons from a serial founder

That feeling of o something to nothing

Best and worst part of being a founder 

Failure is an orphan and it’s done in silence 

Survivorship bias and learnings from failure

Relentless conviction 

Let the market fund the platform, not investors

Doing things right versus doing the right thing


Why take VC money

The right VC relationship

Want what you build to diffuse in society

Deliberate about choosing cofounder or capital partner

The intellectual promiscuity of angel investing

How angel investing affects him as an operator


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