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Interview starts: 6:15
Debrief begins: 49:25

Lesley Eccles is the founder and CEO of Relish, an app developed to help guild couples create healthy relationship skills and conversations.

Originally from Scotland, Lesley is also known as a cofounder of the sports fantasy service, FanDuel. Just three months after leaving FanDuel, Lesley founded her own startup, Relish, with the hopes of giving back to others and exploring how technology can improve and preserve relationships.

Today, Relish is considered one of the top relationship training apps, using guidance from therapists, counselors, and academics. In our talk with Lesley, she shares how her experience from FanDuel helped her build a second successful startup.

We discuss:
- Ad: Finding experienced employees for your new business with Integrity Power Search (5:05)
- Beginnings of FanDuel (6:18)
- Startup scene in Edinburgh (13:01)
- Building and growing FanDuel in NYC (14:51)
- Beginning concepts for Relish (21:30)
- Finding the perfect people for a new team (25:29)
- Goals of Relish and relationship building (28:28, 44:31)
- App customers (32:52)
- On-boarding and personality assessment (36:51)
- Relationship plan specifics (41:20)
- Relish vs. traditional couples therapy (43:53)

Learn more about Relish: https://hellorelish.com/
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This episode is sponsored by Integrity Power Search, the #1 full stack high growth startup recruiting firm between the coasts. They partner with venture capitalists, private equity groups and CEOs to build amazing teams for the world’s most disrupting companies.

Learn more about or get in touch with Integrity Power Search: https://upside.fm/integrity

Show Notes

Interview starts: 6:15
Debrief begins: 49:25

Lesley Eccles is the founder and CEO of Relish, an app developed to help guild couples create healthy relationship skills and conversations.

Originally from Scotland, Lesley is also known as a cofounder of the sports fantasy service, FanDuel. Just three months after leaving FanDuel, Lesley founded her own startup, Relish, with the hopes of giving back to others and exploring how technology can improve and preserve relationships.

Today, Relish is considered one of the top relationship training apps, using guidance from therapists, counselors, and academics. In our talk with Lesley, she shares how her experience from FanDuel helped her build a second successful startup.

We discuss:
  • Ad: Finding experienced employees for your new business with Integrity Power Search (5:05)
  • Beginnings of FanDuel (6:18)
  • Startup scene in Edinburgh (13:01)
  • Building and growing FanDuel in NYC (14:51)
  • Beginning concepts for Relish (21:30)
  • Finding the perfect people for a new team (25:29)
  • Goals of Relish and relationship building (28:28, 44:31)
  • App customers (32:52)
  • On-boarding and personality assessment (36:51)
  • Relationship plan specifics (41:20)
  • Relish vs. traditional couples therapy (43:53)
Learn more about Relish: https://hellorelish.com/
Follow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm
Advertise with an upside classified: https://upside.fm/classifieds
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This episode is sponsored by Integrity Power Search, the #1 full stack high growth startup recruiting firm between the coasts. They partner with venture capitalists, private equity groups and CEOs to build amazing teams for the world’s most disrupting companies.

Learn more about or get in touch with Integrity Power Search: https://upside.fm/integrity

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