In this episode, I sit down with Nicola Gunby, founder of CLIQ, a social networking and community app focused on getting people off their phones and into real-life communities and events.

Nicola quit university at 21, moved to Southeast Asia and Australia with her partner Jason for three years, and came back to her parents' spare room to start MyRev, a marketplace for freelance beauty professionals that was acquired by Revolution Beauty inside three years.

Three months later Nicola and Jason started CLIQ after realising none of the existing social apps were actually helping anyone meet anyone.

We get into raising as a second-time founder, what to watch for as a woman fundraising in a male-dominated investor world, what it's like to build a tech company with your partner, and the stroke Jason had six months into CLIQ that forced a complete reset on how they work.

Plus where the app is heading as it expands internationally.

Connect with Nicola and check out CLIQ here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-gunby/
https://www.instagram.com/findyourcliq/
https://www.instagram.com/nicolargunby/

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:02:42 One-Way Ticket To Asia
• 00:09:30 The MyRev Acquisition
• 00:13:42 Three Months Of No's from Investors
• 00:17:48 Where The Idea For CLIQ Came From
• 00:25:35 Building A Company With Your Partner
• 00:31:38 Raising A Seven Figure Round
• 00:38:38 Investor Red Flags And Women's Safety
• 00:44:24 Hiring, Health And Jason's Stroke
• 00:52:39 Rapid Fire