From Deliveroo to deliverance: Entrepreneurship lessons with Jonny Burch, NearFuture AI

<p>🧚‍♀️ Want Steph to mentor you? Apply for 1:1 founder coaching here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchRTqGNNhrN8xph4Gh4RuVJNU_mc31cT8bl08nXRQeM6rd8Q/viewform</p><p><br></p><p>☕️ Get 25% off artisan half-caff coffee for a guilt-free cup at https://buzzcutcoffee.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Jonny Burch is a serial entrepreneur, early Deliveroo employee, exited founder, and now runs Near Future, an AI transformation consultancy for product and design teams. As a designer for nearly 20 years, Jonny is the founder of Progression, a career platform for which he raised $6m and exited in 2024, before exploring the AI transformation space by day and tinkering in his product studio by night.</p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, Steph and Jonny discuss:</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Jonny&#39;s design background and how it&#39;s influenced his entrepreneurial journey</p><p>👉 Early days at Deliveroo and the unforgettable lessons learnt</p><p>👉 Finding product-market fit with his first venture - testing lots of ideas and parting ways with initial co-founders before landing on Progression</p><p>👉 Fundraising for Progression during the pandemic</p><p>👉 Exiting Progression and the shocking last-minute turn of events</p><p>👉 Founder life and soul-searching post-exit</p><p>👉 What Jonny&#39;s working on now (hint: it&#39;s in AI!)</p><p>🤖 Keen to accelerate your team’s AI adoption? Get in touch here: https://nearfuture.works/</p><p><br></p><p>I&#39;d LOVE to know, what resonated most with you from this interview?</p><p><br></p><p> Get involved in the conversation:</p><p>🤍 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephmelodia/</p><p>🤍 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmelodia-keynotespeaker/</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Don&#39;t forget to subscribe, rate, review, and share with a friend!</p>