Feb 25, 2021, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
What links the world's first portable outdoor wood-fire pizza oven, Bruce Willis and 300K+ raving fans on Instagram? Discover all as we sit down with esteemed Darina Garland & Kristian Tapaninaho for a deep slice into the makings of the hottest startup in town - Ooni. Plus! We're back on Remo! This is your one-stop shop for all your virtual social needs.
"You can't buy happiness but you can buy pizza and that's kind of the same thing"
As we gear up for an action-packed February of Six Nations rugby, Teams notifications & Zoom marathons, we're back again with our hottest Remo event yet.
We'll be slicing into: how to scale to £50M+ revenue, selling in 100+ countries & how to create a community of 300K+ raving fans on Instagram.
Whether you're a thin or thick crust, Hawaiian or traditional, we have just the interview for you.
What: Scaling the World's No.1 Pizza Oven to £50M+ Revenue w/ Darina Garland & Kristian Tapaninaho (Ooni)
When: Thurs 25th February 2021
Time: 6.30-8.00pm
Where: Remo
Bonus Extras: Partner offers and a chance to win a special prize via our Twitter competition!
Darina Garland & Kristian Tapaninaho (Ooni)
Darina Garland is Co-founder and Chief Experience Officer of global outdoor pizza oven brand Ooni. Darina is passionate about developing people, community, growing world-class teams and authentic partnerships.
Known for extreme positivity, Darina champions culture and the experience of the team and their network. Ooni’s purpose is Everyone deserves great pizza. Lucky for Darina and the team- great Ooni pizza experiences are an everyday occurrence in the office.
Kristian Tapaninaho is Founder and CEO of global outdoor pizza oven brand Ooni. Originally from Finland, Kristian invented the world’s first portable wood-fired oven in 2012 when his pizza was good and he wanted it to be great.
Through the spark of this initial idea Kristian’s gone on to to set the world alight with a range of innovative outdoor cookware products and leads the world class team building the future of Ooni. Kristian loves to run whilst listening to heavy metal, having saunas and as well as building a global brand- he has the goal of visiting every whisky distillery in Scotland.
[Host] Dec McLaughlin (SG Scotland/DM Nutrition)
Dec McLaughlin is the founder of DM Nutrition, a 'nutritionist in your pocket' that helps entrepreneurs lose up to 10kg, build 3-4kg muscle and 1/2 stress levels in as little as 90-days.
Dec discovered the power of science-backed nutrition micro-habits during his Medicinal Chemistry masters degree where he helped friends and relatives lose up to 20kg without hours of meal prep or exercise.
Since then, he has gone on to lead the restart of the Startup Grind Edinburgh chapter after a short period of inactivity. Speakers since 2018 include Gillian Docherty OBE (The Data Lab), Bruce Walker (FutureX) & Marta Krupinska (Head of Google for Startups UK).
Since the success of our 2020 End of Year Social, we wanted to keep things lively and provide a virtual space for connection to catch up with old friends, make new ones and share grand ideas and learnings with each other. With that in mind, we’re excited to invite you to use Remo!
Remo is a virtual platform where you can interact face-to-face and move around a ‘room’ to different tables to meet and talk with other people.
If you’ve not used it before here is a quick introduction to the platform (it’s really easy)!
Ticket Price: This is to help cover the cost of the Remo platform. The SG Scotland team are fully voluntary and host these events to bring people and ideas together.
See you on February 25th from some wonderful business-y pizza goodness!
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