FounderFuel Show with Neil Cameron

​Founders are invited to the FounderFuel Show where we’ll be having some honest conversations about exits that don’t hit the dream, with founder Neil Cameron.

​The startup dream is usually underpinned by the ‘dream’ exit, and the media is filled with exit successes. Yet most startup exits aren’t that simple - and we need to talk more about that. So for this FounderFuel Show, we’ll be in conversation with founder of Progression, Neil Cameron about his exit, which he calls “the best possible worst case” (despite walking away with some money in the bank), and the startup adventures he’s now on post-exit. 

​In this session, we’ll be talking through the realities of VC-backed startup exits that don’t hit the dream; the toxic silence around how success is portrayed versus the reality for most exits, and how to plan financially for what you want to do next with your exit negotiations.  

​As always with our founder-only sessions, we’ll be keeping it real - exploring the highs, the lows and the lessons along the way. Join this session to join the debate and ask your questions of Neil. 

​Due to the nature of the conversations, these events are strickly founder only.

​More about Neil

​Neil Cameron co-founded Progression in 2019, serving as CTO and helping to grow the technical team and land customers like Trainline and Darktrace. Progression raised $5.5M to build tools that helped companies define career frameworks and support employee development, and was acquired by Career.io at the end of 2024. He now runs ResponseHub, a bootstrapped SaaS helping early-stage CTOs automate security questionnaires during the sales process. Previously, Neil has worked as interim-CTO and founded multiple ventures (which didn't take off). He studied at SOAS (Thai & Study of Religion), UCL (Latin American Studies) and is a self-taught developer. Outside of work he trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, walks his whippet and enjoys an occasional hik

​More about FounderFuel LIVE

​FounderFuel LIVE is all about fuel for life and leading as a founder: Being an entrepreneur is a rollercoaster ride - physically, emotionally, and cognitively - which is why 92% of founders say that resilience is the number one requirement.  In these founder-only events we talk to leading experts, the world’s peak-performers, and sit down for deep and real conversations with inspiring founders - all to surface knowledge and inspiration that fuels you to thrive on the journey that is founderhood. 

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​​The host of this episode will be Christina Richardson, who has made it her mission to fuel the humans behind the startups and scaleups through her work at UCL School of Management and Foundology.

Christina led the original research that lifted the lid on founder-health, starting debates in Westminster on the topic, then founded Foundology to do something about it. Now hundreds of founders all over the world are in the FounderFuel family, where they coach and support each other every month in group-coaching FounderCircles - learning from each other, problem-solving together and developing as scaling leaders. Prior to this, she co-founded two technology start-ups herself so knows first-hand what it is like on the roller-coaster. Her first technology business launched in 2012 and was acquired by Enterprise Nation in 2015; her second was a Cannes Lions Innovation award winner and used by brands like Samsung, Vodafone and Expedia.