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30 September 2025

Episode 11: 'I Don't Regret Doing An IPO' (Despite The Public Scrutiny) (Video)

Join Jonathan Boyers, Head of Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Finance, and Chris Maguire, Executive Editor of BusinessCloud, as they sit down to interview Steve Oliver, Co-founder of musicMagpie.
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Join Jonathan Boyers, Head of Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Finance, and Chris Maguire, Executive Editor of BusinessCloud, as they sit down to interview Steve Oliver, Co-founder of musicMagpie.

In this episode, Steve Oliver discusses:

  • The pros and cons of musicMagpie's 2021 IPO, which gave the company a £208m market cap and delivered a 12x multiple for investor NVM—but also brought unwelcome public scrutiny
  • The 2024 decision to take musicMagpie private with a £10m sale to AO
  • Handling press leaks
  • The collapse of Music Zone in 2006
  • Angel investing
  • Tackling homelessness
  • His love of Man City

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