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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