Pete Finlay — Founder, Operator, Fractional COO

I'm a founder and serial early-stage startup operator.

I co-founded Songkick in 2007 with Michelle You and Ian Hogarth — web 2.0 OG still alive and kicking today with 15M+ MAUs.

Co-founded Silicon Milkroundabout and ran as CEO. Proud to have helped hundreds of tech workers find jobs over nearly a dozen events 2011–2016. Incredible clients too: like Uber, Facebook, Lego, BBC .. and nearly every startup in London during that time.

Last ~10y building at Pre-seed, Seed and Series A as hands-on operator. Still in love with the day-to-day process of building 0–1. Two full-time COO roles (both acquired) and 15+ fractional engagements across fintech, SaaS, marketplaces, energy, femtech and more.

A few things founders have said about working with me

"It was truly invaluable. I don't think the company would be in the position it's in today .. without it."

"I've never been able to not think about my startup, not worry about it, not be endlessly stressed about all the things I know need to be better and all of its potential until very recently, and that's because I trust you."

"Now you do all the stuff which I was doing that didn't add value to where we need to be as a business, but it just has to be done. Oh my God, that's huge."

"You're my driving instructor."

"I find our calls really helpful .. Just to download some of your brain."

"Since we started working together I've just been so much more clear which directions to go in."