The Chin-wag Business Show interviews founders and leaders to give you the unfiltered insights you need to build smarter and scale faster. Hosted by Kourosh Dizaei & Laurence Ratten.
What Really Happens When the Software Behind a Billion-Dollar Business Fails?
What happens when the software your entire business runs on suddenly becomes inaccessible?That’s where Evan Lever comes in.He’s the founder of The Escrow Company — a global leader in digital escrow for software, cloud infrastructure, and IP.After a successful exit during the Israeli tech boom, Evan moved to London and started again — bootstrapping his new venture from scratch and landing clients like Pfizer, Deloitte, and Unilever.With operations in London, Sydney, and Atlanta, The Escrow Company protects the mission-critical digital assets that power some of the world’s most important technology — even holding entire cloud environments, root credentials, and source code in trust.In this episode, Evan reveals:▫️ What software escrow actually is — and why you should care▫️ How he landed billion-dollar clients from scratch▫️ The risks most SaaS founders completely overlook▫️ Why trust — not code — is his real product▫️ How he built and exited the company after 13 yearsThis is what it looks like to build quietly, globally — and with zero margin for error.📸 This episode was kindly hosted by UCL’s School of Management.Home to a world-class Entrepreneurship programme that supports the next generation of founders: https://www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/entrepreneurshipFuelled by Neutonic. For 10% off head to https://www.neutonic.com/chin-wag or use code CHINWAGSubscribe on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/07OOtcuvlNzNQsidtyLRca?si=70b8a28ea8754bf5Follow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/chinwagcoFollow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/chin-wagFor more on Evan and The Escrow Company, head to:https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-lever-873794/https://www.escrowcompany.co/
8 Jul 2025
This App Grew to 100,000 Users by Solving a Problem Instagram Won’t Touch
Co-founders Jason Iliffe and Nicola Gunby of CLIQ discuss how their app addresses the loneliness crisis by reconnecting people in real life, offering community leaders tools to build movements, not audiences, in this interview.
24 Jun 2025
The Founder who took on the system and RAISED £6.5m...from his bedroom!
Joe Seddon, Zero Gravity CEO, discusses building a tech-for-good company from his bedroom that supports low-income students into top universities and high-impact careers, revealing strategies for securing funding and balancing impact with scale in this interview.
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Jason Iliffe
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Joe Seddon
Phil Keaney-Bolland
Adam Chaudri
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