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Zero.24% is a UK podcast spotlighting Black and underrepresented founders. Speaking to the founders, operators and investors backing them, while navigating a funding system that still underinvests in Black and underrepresented innovators. Named after the 0.24% of venture capital reportedly received by Black founders in 2024, the show goes beyond inspiration, into the real work, real numbers, and real lessons behind startup growth, bootstrapping, and fundraising, from pre seed through seed and beyond. Hosted by Michael Livingstone, founder of Dustid.com, each episode delivers honest conversations on resilience, product, go to market, community led growth, pitching, investor readiness, and the unseen challenges of scaling in the UK startup ecosystem. Expect practical insights, unfiltered founder stories, and actionable takeaways for builders and allies who want to make opportunity less exclusive. New episodes drop every two weeks.
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Episode summary In this episode of Zero.24%, Michael Livingstone sits down with Manoj Ranaweera, founder of Techcelerate, Deal Lite and SkilledUp Life, and one of the people credited with helping build Manchester’s tech
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Episode title Why Brilliant Women Founders Are Still Overlooked, Lisa Maynard Atem Exposes the Real Problem Episode summary In this episode of Zero.24%, Michael Livingstone speaks with Lisa Maynard Atem, founder of STYLI
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Episode summary In Episode 2, Part 2, Michael Livingstone continues the conversation with Eric Masaba, and this time the story gets even more shocking. After 17 years of fighting for recognition, Eric opens up about the
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Ep 1, Eric Masaba, The 17 yr patent battle behind ride hailing Episode summary In our opening episode, Michael Livingstone sits down with Eric Masaba, inventor behind the Taxi Dispatch System patent, to unpack a story th
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Zero.24% is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under Business (Entrepreneurship) and has published 0 episodes.
Zero.24% regularly covers Business, Entrepreneurship, Society, Culture, Personal. It sits in the Business category, with a Entrepreneurship focus.
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