DISRUPTIVE / FOUNDERS
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Founders: in-depth profiles built on direct interviews and verified records.
The founder coverage of DISRUPTIVE runs on three tracks: profiles that explore the same six questions every time, company intelligence that verifies before it praises, and filmed conversations — on the record. Founders are building everywhere; the profiles carry a worldwide remit — Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East — as stated coverage intent.
Margot Ellery, Senior Editor — founders & venture capital
Profiles published. Conversations on the record. Intelligence on file.
Founder Profiles
Every profile is built on direct interviews and verified records, and explores the same six questions:
- Origins — where the founder started, and what the first version looked like.
- Technical challenges — what was hard, what failed, what was rebuilt.
- Business model — how it makes money, and whether the unit economics hold.
- Capital — who funded it, on what terms, what comes next.
- Commercialization — the path from research or prototype to product.
- Future plans — what the founder is building toward, in their own words.
Company Intelligence
Profiles of innovative companies. Intelligence, not promotion — what companies make, who runs them, and what the record shows:
- Company Legal name and trading name, verified.
- Founders Named founders, with backgrounds checked.
- Industry The sector it operates in, precisely defined.
- Technology What it makes, in plain technical language.
- Products What is actually available, and its commercial status.
- Location Headquarters and operating footprint.
- Funding Disclosed funding only. Undisclosed means undisclosed.
- Sources Source references on record for every claim.
Conversations
Filmed and written conversations with founders, executives, researchers, engineers, and investors. Professional production, accurate transcripts, honest editing — and every conversation ships as an audio edition alongside the filmed version and the full transcript. Guests are announced when the recordings exist.
- Episode 01 Guest to be announced Filmed conversation · Full transcript · Audio edition In scheduling
- Episode 02 Guest to be announced Filmed conversation · Full transcript · Audio edition In scheduling
- Episode 03 Guest to be announced Written conversation · Edited Q&A · Audio edition In scheduling
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