Episode #243 - Exploring the Benefits of Recycling with a Business That Tells You How with Mikey Pasciuto

May 29, 2023

   Today on a ScaleUp Radio, we really do talk rubbish, literally, because today, my guest is Mikey Pasciuto, who is the co-founder of something called Scrapp. 

Scrapp is a platform for helping individuals but also corporations to improve their recycling. So essentially, they're on a mission to reduce global waste and it's a really clever business. Originally founded with 3 university colleagues but then very quickly, followed by another couple. They've since grown to 10. They've been through all sorts of different milestones, including initial seed funding and they're looking to raise some more seed investment now as well. 

So we have a discussion around the nuances of trying to raise money and some of the lessons that they've they've learned, as well as the fact that they've got extra challenges by never having all been in the same room together! The original 5 have have never actually been in the same room at the same time. They're based in two continents, some of them in the US and some of them in the UK. 

So really, challenge them on how do you manage the complexities of what is a very complex business potentially, anyway, and you'll hear about all of the different aspects of the data requirements to be able to tell us how to recycle a particular piece of waste. So really complex business from that aspect, but also then from the fact that they're in different parts of the world, time zones and everything like that. 

So lots of really interesting nuances and unique things about this discussion that perhaps we've not had on the standard ScaleUp Radio, if there is such a thing as a standard ScaleUp Radio interview. 

So I found this absolutely fascinating. I'm sure that you will too. So don't let me spoil it any more. Let's just go straight across and listen to the rest of Mikey’s story

Find Mikey here: [e-mail] 

Or here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikey-pasciuto 

Have a look at Scrapp: www.scrapprecycling.com 

Also find his podcast ecommendation here:

https://www.corygated.com/sustainable-packaging-podcast

https://hubermanlab.com/category/podcast-episodes/

https://wondery.com/shows/how-i-built-this/

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