Entrepreneurship and Leadership
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership channel podcast focusses on entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation, interviewing entrepreneurial people, leaders and others about their journey, motivations, lessons learned and advice for others.
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Richard Millington: Founder of FeverBee and Author of "Buzzing Communities"
December 13, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourUsing “community” as a tool to strengthen and enhance the value a company or organisation delivers to its stakeholders is a concept and idea that entrepreneurs need to understand. Richard Millington is both an entrepreneur and a world expert in online community management. FeverBee uses proven social science to develop successful online and offline communities for B2B organisations around the world. Over the past 13 years, Richard has helped to develop over 250+ successful communities, includ...
Kevin Rabinovich: TEDxYouth@Columbia Founder, Community Activist, and Leader
December 06, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourSince 2011, Kevin Rabinovich has been working in youth civic engagement, community organizing, and design thinking. He is the founding organizer of TEDxYouth@Columbia, South Carolina’s TEDxYouth event. In this episode you hear Richard interviewing Kevin, and learn how his decision to found a TEDx Youth turned a young teenager into a formidable leader. It’s a deep dive into the world of TEDx organisers, and gives an insight into how volunteering can create opportunities. Relevant links Person...
David Troy: Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, TED Speaker, and TEDx Organizer
November 29, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourDavid Troy is a serial entrepreneur and community activist in Baltimore, Maryland. This podcast was recorded in 2019 for Project Kazimierz. Dave is CEO and product architect at 410 Labs, maker of the popular e-mail management tools Mailstrom.co and Chuck. He has been acknowledged by the founding team at Twitter as the first developer to utilize the Twitter API, with his project “Twittervision,” which was featured in the 2008 MoMA exhibition “Design and the Elastic Mind,” curated by Paola Anto...
Marcus Whitney: Entrepreneur, Author, Healthcare Venture Fund Founder
November 22, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourIn this episode Marcus shares the story of his highly programmed upbringing in Brooklyn, New York, with significant sporting achievements somewhat hiding his challenges in conventional learning environment because he is and was a “learner by doing”. We hear how he was challenged by freedom of the world of university education: dropped out, dived into the world of hip hop and failed to make a go of this as a business. His onward journey demonstrates hard work, a series of steps forward and bac...
Xavier Naville, "The Lettuce Diaries: How A Frenchman Found Gold Growing Vegetables In China" (Earnshaw Books, 2021)
November 18, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutesMany Western entrepreneurs and businesses have foundered in trying to set up shop in China. Different expectations, different ways of doing business, different institutions and platforms—all come together to remove any pretensions that one can easily transplant a foreign business model into the Chinese market. One of these entrepreneurs was Xavier Naville, who moved to China in 1997 where he built Creative Food. Unlike many others, his venture was a success. It's now a key supplier to major r...
Steve Katsouros, "Come to Believe: How Jesuits Are Reinventing Education (Again)" (Orbis, 2017)
November 15, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourFather Steve Katsouros, founder and CEO of the Come To Believe Network, shares the inspirational story of the founding of Arrupe College at Loyola University Chicago which has been recognized as a national model for increasing the college graduation rates for low-income students of color. Arrupe operates as a two-year, liberal arts college within the University that has been able to quadruple the national graduation rate for high-need students to obtain an associate’s degree by integrating a ...
David Nothacker: CEO and Founder of Sennder, a Logistics Unicorn
November 14, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutesDavid Nothacker, the founder Sennder - a logistics startup from Berlin that is now valued more than a billion Euros. This podcast was recorded back in 2016, way before the idea that this might be worth more than a billion Euro. Learn about the four “Fs” of fund-raising, and how supportive Roland Berger were when David decided not to return their after business school. Sennder took an innovative approach on delivery business, allowing customers to get the package faster and cheaper than with c...
Grzegorz Róg: Entrepreneur and Automation Evangelist
November 08, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourIn this episode we dig into Grzegorz Róg’s history and background, and how he established the largest Polish online education platform, and many other ventures. The biggest lesson to take from this podcast is important. Automation has explosive potential to transform organisations. The move towards No Code and APIs which connect “best of class” software applications creates tremendous opportunities for productivity enhancements in companies that embrace this way of doing things. It used to be...
Dori Molitor: Coach, Speaker, Storyteller, Author
November 01, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode we dig into Dori Molitor’s remarkable childhood - growing up with her 12 siblings, going to the One Room Schoolhouse, where most of the few other pupils were family members. We hear about she and her brothers and sisters worked on the family farm from their early days, even driving a tractor in a bikini to get a sun tan!. Her desire to have significance and impact was partly a reaction against her own father’s lack of self esteem - which manifested in him saying “well what do ...
David Hieatt: Co-Founder Hiut Denim Co & The Do Lectures
October 18, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourDavid Hieatt explains the importance of telling stories in brand building and how he applied the skills he learned in advertising to build globally recognised brands. His life is so unusual that it's hard to be sure what our listeners will take away, but he is clearly grounded in what he is doing now, recognised as successful in the eyes of his peers, and has built a brand, business and events that have impact and meaning for him, and others and his local community in Wales. He co-founded How...
Smith Yewell: Founder and CEO of Welocalize, One of the World’s Largest Translation Businesses
October 11, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode Smith Yewell share’s his route into translation and we hear how Smith’s personal life intertwined with his need to communicate in other languages. We learn how his ROTC Military Scholarship was an entrepreneurial decision, and how the experience of combat helped harden him for coping with the pressures of the entrepreneurial journey. The impact of his military service on his awareness of leadership, leading him to conclude that everyone is a leader, which he defines as the abi...
Annette Lawlor: CEO & Founder Lion People Global
October 04, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, Annette Lawlor of Lion People Global shares her story of getting jobs from the age of 13 when she lied about her age, through multiple sales jobs, selling advertising, tampon vending machines, technology solutions, and recruitment services on both sides of the Atlantic, before setting up jewellery shops and Aerobics classes. She explains her preference for flat organisations, a results oriented work culture, decentralisation, based on trust, and empowering her staff. She tell...
Introducing Season Two: Kimon Fountoukidis and Richard Lucas
September 27, 2021 08:00 - 54 minutesIn this episode Kimon and Richard discuss the role of ego among entrepreneurs: how while self confidence is necessary and positive, entrepreneurs who put themselves and their own personality at the centre of everything often hold the company back. They discuss the impact of ego in sales, where entrepreneurs must be able to face and embrace rejection, and in the recruitment, motivation and retention of talent, where a good leader needs to hand over authority and delegate power. They also discu...
Deep Pockets and Lengthy Timescales
September 06, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutesMartin Frost, CEO and co-founder of CMR Surgical, joins us this week. Martin is passionate about supporting technology based start-ups that make a difference in people’s lives, and has great experience raising venture and company development. In this podcast, he talks about his early corporate life licensing breakthrough tech and how this led him into entrepreneurship. He co-founded Red Cloud, a mobile money platform, which has transformed the lives of millions of people in emerging markets. ...
Being Tenacious and Walking Through Walls
August 30, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutesJonathan Milner's second Invested Investor podcast details his experience as Cambridge Angel. Since he began in 2002 he has invested in forty different companies, very often leading deals as well. In this episode he shares his most important tips learned from an extensive entrepreneurial and investing history: from shouldering the burden of turning around a company in dire straits, to simplifying the decision of who to invest in. To read the podcast transcription please CLICK HERE - Powered ...
From a Bucket of Ice to a World Leading Life Sciences Innovator
August 23, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutesJonathan Milner was working as a postdoc in a Cambridge oncology lab when he was struck by an 'entrepreneurial seizure'. Inspired by his father, an engineer who ran a small company, he set up a venture to manufacture antibodies for biology research. Having come close to bankruptcy, Abcam is now worth £2.3 billion and renowned for its positive company culture. In this podcast, the first of two podcasts featuring Jonathan Milner, he takes us through this journey, and explains how lessons learne...
Disappearing, Angel Investing, Frog Capital, and What Shirin Dehghan Has Learned Along the Way
August 16, 2021 08:00 - 16 minutesShirin Dehghan is a hugely successful entrepreneur, having built Arieso and sold it to JDSU. In part 2 of her podcast, we hear how she decided to take a year out before getting bored and subsequently gravitating back to the start-up ecosystem. She has made a number of angel investments, including a lesson inletting her guard down as she invested in a team she knew well. Shirin is now a senior partner at Frog Capital, where she sits on four start-up boards. A tip to entrepreneurs, “Don’t turn ...
Priya Lakhani: Changing the World through A Premium Food Brand and An AI Platform for Education
August 05, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutesPriya Lakhani is an entrepreneurial adrenaline junkie. She has founded two successful companies, won numerous business awards, and acted as an advisor to the Department of Business, Innovation, and Skills. Oh, and is an OBE. Her life's aim is to change the world for the better, and to that end she has funded meals in India, vaccinations in Africa, and her current project improves education for thousands of UK children. Remarkably, she has achieved all this despite a constant barrage of people...
Active Hotels, via Booking.com, to Angel Investing: A Discussion with Andy Phillipps (Part 2)
July 26, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutesFollowing on from Andy Phillipps first podcast, we are pleased to bring you part two. In part one, Andy described how he co-founded Active Hotels, selling to Priceline and eventually helping form Booking.com. Part two follows his transition into Angel Investing. Andy's first venture into investing came with Toptable, investing not only capital but importantly for the companies success, he invested his time and expertise. Andy was chair for the company for five years, before helping them sell ...
Active Hotels, via Booking.com, to Angel Investing: A Discussion with Andy Phillipps
July 19, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesExcitingly, Invested Investor Andy Phillipps joined Peter Cowley for a two part podcast. In part one, Andy explains how he established the hotel booking company, Active Hotels, alongside his co-founder and cousin Adrian Critchlow. Active Hotels grew rapidly, bought by Priceline and merged with Bookings BV to become Booking.com. Andy's business model transformed the UK online hotel market and continues to lead global trends. Having successfully exited to Priceline, Andy describes how he approa...
Targeting Big Impact Deep Tech: A Discussion with William Tundstall-Pedoe (Part 2)
July 12, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutesIn part two we continue William Tunstall-Pedoe’s journey. William discusses his exit from Amazon, his involvement with Toronto based incubator, Creative Destructive Lab and what drove him to be a successful invested investor with over 50 investments with Cambridge Angels and Octopus Investments. He offers us an insight into his passion for big impact, deep tech, in particular, an AI physician app, where he acts as an invested investor and adviser. In this episode we also bring you an Amazon A...
Alexa, Add Champagne to My Shopping List: A Discussion with William Tunstall-Pedoe
July 05, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesIn part one we are fascinated to learn how the hugely successful, artificial intelligence entrepreneur, William Tunstall-Pedoe developed anagram-generating AI to solve cryptic crosswords and how he was inspired to become the sole founder of the Cambridge based start-up Evi in 2005. As the architect, William tells us how he steered a course from family investment through multiple venture capital rounds to the final pivot and the origins of an own brand, consumer product with Alexa and Echo. Ac...
Investing in the Future: A Conversation with Hermann Hauser
June 28, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutesIn part two of Hermann Hauser’s podcast he brings us up to date by discussing his role within Amadeus Capital. Giving us an understanding of his investment portfolio, explaining why he champions AI, machine learning, quantum computing and Blockchain, and what qualities he looks for in an ideal entrepreneur. Hermann offers us his top tips for entrepreneurs and an insight into how lessons can be learnt from his failures. To read the podcast transcription please CLICK HERE - Powered by Speechmat...
Building the UK's IT Legacy: A Conversation Hermann Hauser
June 21, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesHermann Hauser of the legendary Acorn computers is our distinguished guest this week. In part one of Hermann’s podcast, he talks to us about his long and successful history as an entrepreneur. He prompts memories and amuses with his truly amazing journey. Hermann entertains us with the story of how he secured a bank overdraft to finance Acorn computers and how the team managed to put together the BBC Micro in just a few days. He explains how the Micro revolutionised IT teaching in schools, ho...
Entrepreneurship and Leadership Season One Wrap Up
June 14, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourThe NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership podcast aims to educate and entertain, sharing insights based on the personal story of our carefully selected guests aiming for the atmosphere of an informal conversation in a bar or over a cup of coffee. In this episode we review Season 1, the lessons learned and share reflections on some highlights from our many guests. Find links to all the episodes and guests here. About the NBN The New Books Network was founded in 2007 as a podcast interviewing the...
Carter Phipps et al., "Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business" (Portfolio, 2020)
June 10, 2021 08:00 - 55 minutesIn 2013, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey started a movement with Conscious Capitalism, a New York Times bestseller that taught the power of the heroic spirit of business. Since then, readers and fans have been asking Mackey for a follow-up on leadership. Now he's answered their call, to inspire entrepreneurs and trailblazers to take the next step: as leaders who see beyond the bottom line. Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business (Portfolio, 2020) by John Mackey, Steve McIntosh ...
Tom Eisenmann, "Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success" (Currency, 2021)
June 08, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourWhy do many startups fail? Tom Eisenmann, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School realised that even he didn’t really know the answer, despite a lifetime teaching entrepreneurship, and decided to write a book to answer exactly that question. You can hear him go into detail on the NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership Channel interviewed by experienced entrepreneurs Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis. Whether you want to start a business one day, or just have better conversati...
Greg Rosner: PitchKitchen CEO and Founder
May 31, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourAfter a career in B2B sales, including the experience of seeing how marketing departments fail to provide sales people with the presentations they need, Greg decided to found PitchKitchen to help other CEOs solve the problem he faced. Greg shares his journey into sales from art school, and what the key elements of a successful approach to sales presentation and websites that sell really are. Greg Rosner is the CEO of Pitch Kitchen and author of Road Warrior Survival Guide. In this discussion,...
Andrzej Nedoma: CEO, Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Speaker
May 17, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourAndrzej Nedoma talks about how he saw his father start a translation business when he was a boy and observed the stresses, pressures and successes of having a solo-entrepreneur in the family. How his love of coding and maths, plus the rewards the Polish system gives prize winners drove him to high achievement at school, and then how moved into the family business effectively as a co-founder. He shares the inspiration he got from mistakenly thinking that translation industry event attendees ha...
Vasco Pedro: CEO and Entrepreneur
May 10, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourVasco Pedro talks about growing up in Portugal, the lessons learned in military boarding school from the age of 10, his love of coding and building things, and how he was always pushing himself to do better and why team surfing trips, and mock battles are part of the Unbabel culture. We hear him being open about his mistakes and his view of Steve Jobs’ concept of “reality distortion”. He talks about the ups and downs of being a YC company. We also get an insider’s view of how the translation ...
Michael Blakey: Entrepreneur, Angel and Seed Investor
May 03, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourIn this podcast Michael Blakey describes how as a strongly dyslexic child his relationship with schooling and formal education was very challenging. He credits his parents with putting him in environments where he developed a lot of resilience - going to boarding schools from the age of seven, and only later in life realising that this was unusual. His early experiences retailing sweets and vodka at school, led to large scale warehouse parties in the US, flipping real estate in London and mak...
Renato Beninatto: Translation Industry Veteran, Entrepreneur, Consultant
April 19, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourRenato describes his accidental journey into entrepreneurship, the many mistakes and near disasters on his road to business success. We learn about the importance of being the guy who says “Yes”, and then figuring out how to to get things done. Anyone listening can learn from his journey, the importance of finding opportunities in setbacks, and being able to create the right impression. About our guest Renato Beninatto is recognized as an expert in the translation, localization, interpretatio...
Mungo Keulemans: CEO and Entrepreneur
April 12, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourMungo Keulemans talks about growing up in South Africa, working in the family business, his army experiences, his move to Europe, Japan and back to Europe. We hear about his entrepreneurial journey in the family business in Poland, and after its sale to one of the world’s leading companies, his time in the larger corporation and his return to entrepreneurial life leading to his investment and CEO role at PMR. The NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership podcast aims to educate and entertain, shari...
Florian Faes: Entrepreneur and Managing Director
April 05, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode Florian Feas describes his route into setting up Slator: to solve problems he became aware of, as a result of working in the translation industry in senior positions. He outlines the importance of having a co-founder with complementary skills and how SaaS business tools enabled him to scale his business fast and cost effectively We draw out lessons that any entrepreneur can benefit from hearing. Florian Faes is the Managing Director of Slator, a business media and advisory fir...
Ashutosh Garg: Entrepreneur, Author and Podcaster
March 29, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode we talk to Ashutosh about his upbringing and journey into corporate life, and the lessons that taught him. His route into entrepreneurship to build the “Boots of India”,which grew to be India’s largest retail pharmacy chain, and his life post-exit as an author and podcaster. The NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership podcast aims to educate and entertain, sharing insights based on the personal story of our carefully selected guests aiming for the atmosphere of an informal convers...
Usher Neil, "Elemental Change: Making Stuff Happen When Nothing Stands Still" (Lid Publishing, 2020)
March 26, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutes"'You never step in the same river twice.' Our intensely interconnected world never stops evolving. Amid the chaos of intended and unexpected consequences we're expected to lead a change initiative. We have to learn fast, as its already started. This highly practical, human and humorous book shows us how to makes complex change attainable - organizational, professional or personal - whether you have years of experience or are facing your first major challenge. It helps us think about what cha...
Tessa Clarke: Co Founder & CEO of Olio, a Company Dedicated to Cutting Food Waste
March 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourTessa explains why Olio’s mission of cutting unnecessary food waste is so important, and how her own distress at food waste led to the breakthrough insight that there had to be a better way of dealing with unwanted food. She shares her personal journey, and sets out the exciting road map ahead for Olio. Tessa Clarke is the Co Founder & CEO of Olio Linkedin Olio is a free app that connects users with unwanted food (households or local businesses) with neighbours living nearby who would like it...
Introduction to the Entrepreneurship and Leadership Podcast
March 01, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutesIn this episode Kimon and Richard explain why they are launching the NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership podcast, the topics they are going to delve into with their guests and what aspects of their guests’ entrepreneurial journeys they are most interested in. What has been the role of background and upbringing, social and family pressures, education (or lack of it), and their attitudes to competition and luck. Despite their common business history Kimon and Richard highlight differences in th...
Peter Harrington: Venture Simulations Ltd, Entrepreneurship and Family
July 14, 2020 17:15 - 59 minutesFamily-man and serial entrepreneur, Peter Harrington has a deep interest in education. Following graduation from York University in 1989, he created his first business and over 15 years started and grew companies in the fields of research, marketing, design, print and consultancy. Since 2005, Peter has been at the heart of Venture Simulations Ltd, a company that builds digital learning solutions and SimVenture business simulation technology for people seeking to acquire business start-up/scal...
Mike Southon: Serial Entrepreneur and Author
July 14, 2020 17:07 - 1 hourMike Southon is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling business author and keynote speake on entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and sales. He specialises in teaching entrepreneurship to University students. Mike is co-author with Chris West of The Beermat Entrepreneur, The Boardroom Entrepreneur and Sales on a Beermat. He has spoken at over 1,000 live events all over the world and provided face-to-face mentoring to over 2,000 entrepreneurs. A recent media roundup: Mike Southon youtube channel ...
Adam Davidson: CEO of Trident Royalties
July 14, 2020 16:50 - 58 minutesAdam Davidson is the CEO of Trident Royalties, listed in mid 2020. He explains the history of the company, and the business case for investing in royalty based mining businesses. Trident Royalties PLC is a United Kingdom-based diversified mining royalty and streaming company. The Company focuses on base and precious metals, bulk materials and battery metals. It constructs royalty portfolio to get exposure of the global mining sector with a focus towards production assets www.tridentroyalties....
Alex Schey: Founder and CEO of Vantage Power
June 15, 2020 18:18 - 1 hourAlex Schey is the CEO and co-founder of Vantage Power, which was founded in 2011 and sold to Allison Transmission in 2019, where he is the Chief Commercial Officer for Electrification. The company pioneered the concept of converting double decker buses to a hybrid diesel electric solution to greatly reduced pollution and increases efficiency. A recent media roundup: Vantage Power Allison Transmission Racing Green Endurance The electric racing car Alex and his team designed and built that ...
Dr. Mark McKergow: Author, Scientist, and Speaker
October 16, 2019 12:45 - 1 hourMark McKergow spoke at TEDxKazimierz in 2018 on the topic of host leadership. Dr. Mark McKergow brings new ideas into the world of business and management, with an inimitable combination of scientific rigour and performance pizzazz. Mark is best known for his work on introduction the ideas of Solutions Focus (2002) and Host Leadership (2014), about which he has published extensively and helped to create self-sustaining user communities. He likes ideas and approaches that make things simpler, ...
Mel Rosenberg: Entrepreneur, Educator, TEDx- and TED-ED-ster
October 16, 2019 12:44 - 1 hourMel Rosenberg is a microbiologist best known for his research on the diagnosis and treatment of bad breath (halitosis). His research led to several successful commercial products addressing the problem. He is also the creator of a wildly popular TED-ED video on the topic. and is an active part of the TED-ED community. Mel is also a jazz singer and musician, an author of children's books and the co-founder of Ourboox, a platform for online publishing of digital picture books. Richard Lucas's ...
Marek Jankowski: Podcaster, Author, Entrepreneur and Former journalist
June 28, 2019 13:05 - 1 hourMarek Jankowski is the host of Mała Wielka Firma – one of the most popular business podcasts in Poland launched in 2009. He wrote two books for entrepreneurs: Mała wielka firma (Little Big Company) and Pułapki small biznesu (Small Business Pitfalls). Marek is also a former radio journalist, who in 2004 started his own business. Since 2008 he's been publishing Branza Dziecieca – the biggest opinion-forming magazine in the toys and nursery industry in Poland. A recent media roundup: Mala wielk...
David Troy: Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, TED Speaker, and TEDx organiser
June 01, 2019 12:42 - 1 hourDavid Troy is a serial entrepreneur and community activist in Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently CEO and product architect at 410 Labs, maker of the popular e-mail management tools Mailstrom.co and Chuck. He has been acknowledged by the founding team at Twitter as the first developer to utilize the Twitter API, with his project “Twittervision,” which was featured in the 2008 MoMA exhibition “Design and the Elastic Mind,” curated by Paola Antonelli. He uses social network data to map cities....
Fred Schmidt: International Director of Capital Factory in Austin, Texas
April 02, 2019 13:28 - 1 hourFred Schmidt (nee Fernando Klemens Jan Borys Czochralski-Schmidt) MBE is Director of International Affairs at Capital Factory, a top U.S. incubator – accelerator - investment fund nurturing over 700 tech startups in downtown Austin Texas. There he oversees Touchdown Austin, a soft landing program for foreign companies seeking to expand into the U.S. market, and Texas scaleups ready for expansion overseas. He also is a co-founder and investor in his 4th videogames tech company, Portalarium. An...
Alex Hoskyns: Founder of the Chatty Cafe Scheme
April 02, 2019 13:22 - 49 minutesAlex Hoskyns - Founded the Chatty Cafe Scheme. Cafes that take part have a ‘Chatter & Natter’ table which creates a space for people to talk; whether it is for five minutes while you drink a tea or coffee, or for an hour of good conversation. We’re not trying to build friendships – just simple interactions to combat loneliness and to just maybe have a big impact on someone’s day. Although the aims of the scheme are to reduce loneliness and get people chatting they do not to use the word "lone...
Chris Bomgaars: CEO and Founder of Everypig.com
February 11, 2019 12:41 - 1 hourChris Bomgaars - worked with his father to build up to a $100 million dollar revenue pig farming business from 2003-14 managing pigs on 350 farms. Based on his experience of what was needed to improve the way pig farms worked, he decided to create Everypig - a simple yet powerful pig health and production management tool. Entirely self funded, the app is used to manage more than 3 million pigs at the beginning of 2019. Successful trials of AI on pig images are soon to enhance even further the...
Jon Powell: A Leading Enterprise Educator and Entrepreneur
February 11, 2019 12:34 - 1 hourJon Powell is Chair of Enterprise Educators UK - a membership organisation for Universities, Colleges and private sector organisations to support enterprise educators. Head of Enterprise and Innovation Services and resident expert on enterprise education and business Growth Hubs at Lancaster University. Jon Powell has experience in supporting technology and knowledge-based start-up companies including University spin-outs. I have worked closely with hundreds of start-up companies (including b...