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Build Fast, Learn Faster — Gemma Bloemen on Scaling Operations, Hiring for Spark, and Investing in Tech That Meets the Physical World
n this episode of Inside the Founder's Mind, Suleman Sacranie speaks with Gemma Bloemen — Venture Partner at Systemiq Capital — about what it really takes to scale a business in the physical world. Drawing on four years at Uber, three and a half years as COO of Elder, and a career in early-stage investing at Creandum, Norrsken VC, and now Systemiq Capital, Gemma shares the frameworks she applies both as an operator and as an investor. The conversation covers Uber's international expansion model and the team autonomy principle behind it, why early-stage hiring should focus on aptitude and attitude over experience, why engagement is the only metric that matters at seed stage, the structural challenge UK healthtech founders face when trying to scale cross-border, and why the best founders execute fast, deploy fast, and learn fast — rather than waiting for the perfect product. A practical, direct conversation for founders building businesses that operate in the real world.
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