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#130 - The UK's First Parent Discount Platform — How She Engineered Cubbi, Pitched Dragons Den Pregnant and Secured £50,000 - Olivia Davson
<p>She walked into the Dragons Den at 9 months pregnant. </p><p>She walked out with £50,000. Her son arrived a week later.</p><p>Olivia is the co-founder of Cubbi — the UK's first discount platform for new and expecting parents.</p><p>But this episode is not just about the Den moment. It is about everything that came before it and the conviction that carried them through when nothing else could.</p><p>In this episode:<br>→ Pitching Dragons Den at 9 months pregnant — the decision, the room and what happened next<br>→ What it actually cost to build Cubbi before anyone was watching<br>→ The sister dynamic — building something this significant with someone you trust<br>→ The free coffee that got a new mother out of the house for the first time all week<br>→ What motherhood gave her as a founder that she could not have had otherwise<br>→ Starting before you are ready and why conviction matters more than timing</p><p>For the mother who is paying attention to the threads quietly coming together in her own life.</p><p>Sometimes the timing that looks wrong is exactly right.</p>