The Stasher co-founders tell Dan Martin about the impact of the pandemic, building a minimum viable product, getting £100,000 investment and more.

The best friends who built 'the Airbnb of luggage' 

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It's time for episode 10 in series five of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast sponsored by 

Running a travel-focused business during a pandemic is quite the challenge. In January 2020, Anthony Collias and Jacob Webberburn-Day, co-founders of 

, a platform that connects travellers with places to store their bags, had raised $2.5 million in funding and moved into their first private office. Then March happened.

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The Small Business Sessions podcast: Series 5, episode 10: Jacob Wedderburn-Day and Anthony Collias of Stasher

The Small Business Sessions (S5E10): The best friends who built 'the Airbnb of luggage'

Hear from these two entrepreneurs why running a travel-focused business during a pandemic is quite a challenge!

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