Robyn Hewson sat down with Nicola Weedall, co-founder and owner of fintech Hydr to hear about the company's growth ambitions and her advice for other start ups. The full interview will be available to read in the December issue of North West Business Insider.
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00:00So I'm here today with Nicola from Haida, we've just had an interview to hear all about
00:14her business. So Nicola, do you want to tell us a little bit about what Haida does?
00:17Yes, so Haida is a software that provides access to invoice finance for small businesses.
00:24Brilliant, and so what's the plan for Haida going forward?
00:28We want to prove concepts, so we are out there at the moment in the market lending to small
00:35businesses in order to prove that software works, with a view to be able to find partnerships
00:41and opportunities to offer this amazing opportunity for small businesses to get access to invoice
00:48finance in abundance.
00:49And we're in Bonded Warehouse right now, that's quite techy around here with Enterprise City
00:54and things, how do you find that sort of tech landscape in Manchester?
00:57It's definitely growing, you probably know that Manchester is the fintech capital of
01:02Europe, which is amazing, and we certainly find that businesses in the region are very
01:10very supportive, there's a lot of us, and they're very very supportive of each other,
01:15so it's a great ecosystem up here in the north.
01:18And you were sort of a start-up a couple of years ago, so what would be your advice to
01:23other people who are kind of starting up on that journey?
01:26I genuinely would say that when asked if you can do something, just say yes and figure
01:31it out later.
01:32Brilliant, well thanks for chatting with me today.
01:34No problem.