Taking Stock with Anil Stocker

The road to creating a successful business is never easy – but in the current environment it's even harder. I host Taking Stock, a vodcast series where I talk to business and thought leaders across many industries as well as key players in politics and health to better understand how our British businesses are overcoming challenges such as COVID-19, and hoping to flourish despite the downturn. Find out more at www.anilstocker.com

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Taking Stock | Interview with Gary Turner

June 09, 2020 • Anil • Season 1 • Episode 6

In this week’s Taking Stock I have a wide-ranging chat with Gary Turner, co-founder and MD of Xero UK – one of the leading cloud-based accountancy platforms for small businesses. Under Gary’s watch the company has scaled from 0 to over 600,000 customers in the UK, and close to £100 million in annual revenues.

Gary was one of the first movers in the UK fintech scene. After meeting the Kiwi founders of the recently founded Xero, he left a big corporate job and took a bet their vision would become a reality. I met Gary early on in my entrepreneurial journey with MarketFinance and he’s been a great mentor and given me some useful advice along the way. Some of which we touch on in this episode.

We cover a lot of ground in our 45 mins conversation, including:

How leaders should be responding to the brutal death of George Floyd in the USA and through this turbulent time of protest
How that other crisis (Covid-19) is affecting Xero customers and the company itself.
Unique data insights that Xero has access to about how small businesses are navigating this tough time
Gary’s personal journey in building Xero and some of his core principals about effective leadership
A look to the future and the long-term vision for Xero

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Watch the video of this interview:
anilstocker.com/2020/06/09/taking-stock-interview-with-gary-turner