No Rocketships

#18 - Leah Hutcheon CEO & Founder at Appointedd talks about Graft, empathy and staying in your lane

#NoRocketships — Wed, 06 May 2026 17:04:54 GMT

Leah has grit, determination and charm. Nowadays is that enough in SaaS? We have a full and frank chat about life as the CEO of a SaaS business and whether momentum can be earned.

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#17 Michaela Weber - SVP at Commerce chats AI, payments and

#NoRocketships — Wed, 06 May 2026 11:40:00 GMT

In a time of dramatic change in SaaS, fuelled by the opportunity and threat of AI - Michaela offers a thoughtful opinion on the next few stages of change, commerce's place in that world, and what customers actually want.

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#16 Tony Stockil founder of Javelin Group and Headmaster

#NoRocketships — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:17:14 GMT

Tony sold Javelin to Accenture in 2015, but for 9 yrs prior was on a growth journey (where we helped a little). Always seen as a hugely successful and seamless exit, I wanted Tony to talk about the struggles and truths of creating "critical mass" within an advisory business.

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#15 Kate Sale from House of Performance

#NoRocketships — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:19:59 GMT

Kat is co-founder of HoP who talks about being almost forced to start a business, coping with life amongst the pressures of family and agency, and finding the joy in winning little things :)

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#14 Meghan Stabler discusses Tech marketing's evolution

#NoRocketships — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:21:42 GMT

Meghan and Jamie chat about ABM, Computer Associates, today's tech marketing and the emergence of better demand gen whilst skills change and some we love are lost.

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#13 Paul Curtis from EasyJet talks to Jamie

#NoRocketships — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:41:30 GMT

Paul discusses his journey from employment to business ownership and back again - the good and bad of Transformation programs, and his personal MACH journey

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#12 Kate Mitchell joins us to talk about "Product", "Trading" and ADHD :)

#NoRocketships — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:30:00 GMT

Kate has been in eComm for years, from box box retail to specialist - and now in Hospitality. A fascinating chat including her ADHD journey

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#11 - Jenna Holcombe - Co-Founder of Centra - talks about marketing, tribes and brand in tech

#NoRocketships — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:49:36 GMT

Centra are known for a more natural brand style, for zigging when others zag - we asked Jenna what they stand for and whether they're a cult!

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Balancing brand & commerce

#NoRocketships — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:09:56 GMT

Helena Knightley from Dr Martens is the latest interviewee on our podcast - find us on Spotify & Apple (oh and naughty Youtube)

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#10 Helena Knightley chats Product, Brand, Team building and managing vendors

#NoRocketships — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:56:21 GMT

Helena is a retailer through and through - Dr Martens for nearly 9 years now she has seen their whole digital business mature.

“All perspectives shared in this episode reflect personal views only and not the views of Dr. Martens.”

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#9 Marcus LaRobardiere chats ABM, creative marketing and overstaying your welcome

#NoRocketships — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:31:03 GMT

Our old friend Marcus talks about lazy marketing in tech, entering a new territory and how to see the signs when the exit isn't coming

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#8 Luke Hodgson from Commerce Thinking talks about an intentional Agency model

#NoRocketships — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:45:00 GMT

Luke speaks brilliantly about back office eCom, as you'd expect, but he also has a fascinating perspective and strategy for his own consulting business.

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#7 Marianna Satanas from Hanro talks about buying tech, being the boss, and stores!!

#NoRocketships — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:48:01 GMT

New York Gooner and all round good egg Marianna is vastly experienced in eCom, Omnichannel and apparel in particular. A great episode with honesty at its core :)

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#6 Grant Coleman CRO at Uberall drops in for a gossip about longevity in a stressful role

#NoRocketships — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 11:52:22 GMT

Grant is a uniquely talented leader - High EQ, superb salesperson and yet despite appearing to be an Alpha male is anything but. We chat about making the CRO role work longterm, how Ai is changing the roadmap, and tons of other stuff

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#5 Ian Jindal from Retail X has a good old gossip with Jamie :)

#NoRocketships — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:11:17 GMT

Seriously - eComm's maturity, boring ICP marketing, Vendor / client relationships and more here.

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#4 - Jim Herbert discusses renewed motivation, finding his purpose and (once again) staying true to the value proposition

#NoRocketships — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:46:12 GMT

Our friend Jim Herbert the CEO of Patchworks talks about finding renewed purpose following the successful sale of his agency, then moving on to discussing "selling the roadmap" and managing that messaging across a growing business.

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#3 - Katie Bassett talks about Partnership, navigating a career in tech, and progression

#NoRocketships — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:46:29 GMT

Katie is a great example of the modern partnership manager. She speaks really well about the changing nature of the role, how her career is evolving as she gets older, and what she learned building the Voyado partnership model from scratch.

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#2 Ditlev Bredahl about Startups, emotional energy and addiction

#NoRocketships — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:34:55 GMT

7 x Startup entrepreneur Ditlev Bredahl doesn't do interviews, and so we were lucky to get him on this podcast. He talks about how to find the "fuel" to keep going, the toll each journey takes, and his new business Hosted AI

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#1 - Dylan Valade about MACH, Mis-selling & AI in Martech

#NoRocketships — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:55:53 GMT

Dylan Valade is a digital leader with a truly independent mindset. His time at PUMA & Abbott coincide with the arrival of MACH, and we talk about community, mis-selling and the acceleration in Martech & AI that is happening before us.

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