Ep 14 - Jim Beattie: From DJ to CTO | Building Just Eat, Startup Lessons & The Truth About AI

GEL & Tell · Jun 3, 2026 · 44m

From spinning tracks in clubs to helping scale Just Eat into a global business, Jim shares the real story behind his career - what worked, what didn’t, and the lessons that only come from building (and breaking) things at scale.

We dive into:

How Jim helped scale teams from 1 to 100+ people

What actually made Just Eat so successful

The reality of startups

Building products vs selling before you’re ready

The biggest mistakes founders make when scaling

And why AI is about to change how businesses operate forever

We also get into:

DJ stories, first class flights, and mistaken identity 😆

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