People Doing Things
120 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago -'People Doing Things' is a podcast series that explores the challenges and complexities of young people, who decide to take a risk, follow their dreams and ultimately do something different and transformational with their working lives. Hosted by brand strategist, Ed Little of Koto, the series aims to be a platform to celebrate and inspire the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
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Delli / Depop - Simon Beckerman
June 28, 2024 06:46 - 39 minutes - 90.5 MBSay hello to Simon Beckerman, the creative force turned entrepreneur behind Gen Z’s favourite fashion marketplace, Depop, which he sold to Etsy for a staggering £1.25 billion. Today, we’re discussing his more recent venture, Delli, the culinary marketplace that lets independent chefs and businesses sell food on their own terms Founded in 2020, a year before selling Depop, Delli reflects Simon’s belief in the power of unique, story-rich products. Much like Depop, which became a beloved plat...
Qube - Amin Hamzianpour
June 10, 2024 17:20 - 39 minutes - 91.5 MBWelcome Amin. He founded Qube, the world’s first members-only studio for music and content creators. With locations in Acton, Hackney, Canary Wharf and soon Elephant and Castle, their studios enable musicians, podcast hosts and content creators to rehearse, experiment, record, host, and capture a range of content whenever they like. Amongst their audience are musicians like Lewis Capaldi, Raye, J Hus, Flo as well as content creators like Chunkz and Logan Paul - who all benefit from the be...
Fera - Sidney & Declan
June 01, 2024 07:02 - 38 minutes - 89.1 MBIntroducing Sidney & Declan. They founded outdoor clothing brand Fera - a love letter to the British outdoors. Founded in 2022, each capsule celebrates different outdoor culture, from fly fishing to country pubs and outdoor cooking. Their collections are made up of hard-wearing canvas gilets, sherpa fleeces, field shirts and double knee trousers - bringing a rugged, hardworking and boxy style back to the UK outdoor scene. And while outwear has become dominated by highly technical over-eng...
Pizza Pilgrims - Thom Elliot
April 15, 2024 12:46 - 39 minutes - 89.2 MBSay hello to Thom Elliot. Back in 2012, he and his brother James founded Pizza Pilgrims - a remarkable journey that turned a simple tuk-tuk into a pizza empire spanning over 20 locations. Fueled by a passion for authentic Italian pizza and disillusioned with their previous careers in advertising and TV production, the brothers bought a Piaggio Ape and set off on a month-long pilgrimage across Italy. They immersed themselves in the art of pizza making, studying ingredients and flavours, and...
Chapel Down - Frazer Thompson
March 24, 2024 12:15 - 51 minutes - 118 MBIntroducing Frazer Thompson, the visionary behind Chapel Down. Frazer's journey began in an unexpected way—he founded Chapel Down in 2002 after a playful wager with a friend led him down the path of winemaking. What started as a gamble transformed into a success story, with Chapel Down emerging as England’s leading winery and achieving a stock market valuation of £120 million. Frazer's early days were humble, starting as a paperboy in the outskirts of Newcastle before moving to London in t...
AUFI - Nick & Toby
February 25, 2024 07:37 - 52 minutes - 121 MBSay hello to Nick and Toby. They founded ‘Ask Us For Ideas’ (or AUFI for short) back in 2010 connecting ambitious businesses with the top 1% of creative agencies globally, from startups and scaleups to household names. Born out of the last recession, they’ve experienced the growth of a totally different brand building landscape firsthand. From the rise of social media and DTC brands to the boom of VC backed tech businesses out to change the world - often playing match-maker from both sides o...
This!™ - Andy Shovel
February 12, 2024 12:36 - 33 minutes - 75.5 MBIntroducing Andy Shovel. He co-founded the plant-based meat alternative brand THIS!™ back in 2019 on a mission to force the world’s livestock into retirement. Only five years on, his vegan start-up is now valued at over £150mn and doing exactly what it set out to. Last year alone they saved 557k animals from the slaughterhouse targeting reforming meat lovers searching for familiar textures and flavours. From fry-up favourites like streaky bacon and sausages, bbq classics like burgers and min...
Botivo - Sam & Imme
January 25, 2024 08:07 - 39 minutes - 90.8 MBWelcome Sam and Imme. They’re the co-founders of Botivo, the small batch aperitif inspired drink on a mission to put the craft and depth of flavour from the alcohol world into the non-alcohol space. Based in Hertfordshire, they use a combination of natural ingredients starting with an apple cider vinegar and wildflower honey base with botanicals of wormwood, rosemary, gentian and thyme with an orange zest flourish. The result: a herbal flavour profile with bitter and citrus notes and a long ...
Manílife - Stu Macdonald
November 23, 2023 14:09 - 38 minutes - 89 MBSay hi to Stu Macdonald - the founder of Manilife, the undisputed champion of peanut butter. It all started back in 2014 when Stu moved to Argentina seeking to escape a looming job in accountancy, swapping numbers and spreadsheets for peanuts and social enterprise. While working for a peanut butter estate in Buenos Aires, he fell in love with jars of the gold stuff and started selling them wherever he could. But what really makes his peanut butter, peanut butter like no other - especially wh...
Otherway - Jono Holt
November 06, 2023 09:12 - 38 minutes - 89 MBIntroducing Jono Holt. Ten years ago he founded Otherway, the strategically-led studio where design and advertising work together to connect brands with a new generation of consumers. Forged from a background in advertising but with a desire to create omni-channel brands in a fast-changing digital world; Jono spotted the DTC trend early, looking to brands like Warby Parker in the states, going on to launch brands like Butternut Box, Psycle, Hylo, Cabinet, Moju, Lucky Saint and many more, inc...
Dream Green - Ellen Miles
October 23, 2023 16:59 - 38 minutes - 88.8 MBSay hey to Ellen Miles. She runs Dream Green, a social enterprise on a mission to make cities greener by giving people the information, inspiration, and tools to get guerrilla gardening. Based in East London, they’ve provided youth groups with nature-based skills, communities with grant funding and advice, and festival-goers with messy, radical fun. Through a range of online guides, real-life workshops, and tailored one-to-one support - her plan is to inspire us all to become green fingere...
Peachies - Morgan Mixon & Rima Suppan
September 27, 2023 13:25 - 42 minutes - 98.2 MBSay hello to Morgan and Rima. They founded Peachies - a nappy brand supporting families through the first 1,000 days. Engineered to be a super soft upgrade with unrivalled performance and no nasty chemicals. Their mission is to change the world, one poop at a time. When we think of nappies, we think of brands like Huggies and Pampers, big brands that have dominated the market for years, followed by a range of cheaper supermarket own brands by the likes of Tesco and Asda. It’s big business ...
Mermaid Gin - Xavier Baker
September 10, 2023 13:29 - 45 minutes - 105 MBIntroducing Xavier Baker on the show. He runs the Isle of Wight Distillery, home to their signature Mermaid Gin in original, pink and zest formats - as well as newly launched Spiced Rum and Salted Vodka to keep your taste buds refreshed. If you thought their bottles were the only things filled with spirit you’d be wrong. Xavier is unstoppable. He’s not only a self-taught brewer and distiller but an avid environmentalist, adventurer and athlete. He’s rowing across the Atlantic to raise...
SIRPLUS - Henry Hales
August 14, 2023 20:21 - 32 minutes - 74.5 MBIntroducing Henry Hales. He founded SIRPLUS, the relaxed tailoring brand born from surplus fabrics with a vision to create clothes that are worn more, last longer and adapt to the seasons. What started off as turning excess shirt fabric into upmarket boxer shorts back in 2010, has transformed into a British menswear staple offering a whole host of product lines, from shirts and knitwear, to outerwear, loungewear, and smart suiting that’s ideal for weddings and parties. Now with over six s...
Newfoundland - Freddy Manduca
August 01, 2023 08:12 - 34 minutes - 79.7 MBIntroducing Freddy Manduca. He founded Newfoundland, one of the UK’s leading providers of diagnostic tests and medical devices, on a mission to make self-testing accessible across a myriad of health concerns. What started as a desperate race to provide the UK with enough Covid tests has pivoted into a business predicated on the idea of convenient and affordable self diagnosis for the people. This enables people to skip lengthy wait times with overcrowded and under-resourced NHS but also n...
Concat - Laura Jardine Paterson
July 24, 2023 15:54 - 36 minutes - 84.3 MBIntroducing Laura Jardine Paterson. Founder of Concat, the first digital-led company by all refugee and female developers based in Lebanon. It’s one of the most ethnographically rich businesses I’ve come across in a long time. A sign of the times in a way that is positive, progressive and profound. Take every single stereotype about web development; male-dominated, tech-focused, for profit, based in the West - then do the opposite. That’s what Concat is. Predominantly female, human-centri...
Suri - Mark Rushmore and Gyve Safavi
July 13, 2023 07:33 - 38 minutes - 88.9 MBSay hello to Mark and Gyve. They founded Suri, the world’s sleekest electric toothbrush, equal parts stylish as it is sustainable. Founded in 2021, they decided to re-engineer the toothbrush from the head down, when they learned that over 4 billion toothbrushes are chucked away globally each year. That’s a lot of plastic, enough to stretch around the circumference of the globe, end to end, 17 times. Turns out it’s harder than they thought. So what’s their thesis on getting people to ditch ...
Grounded - Gabriel Bean
July 04, 2023 08:35 - 38 minutes - 88.7 MBSay hi to Gabriel Bean. Him and his business partner Bryn Ferris, launched Grounded in 2020 and are the most natural plant-based protein drink out there. Listed in the likes of Whole Foods, Selfridges and Planet Organic - they are on a mission to make the cleanest protein shakes on the planet, using only real ingredients straight from the ground. Turns out it’s harder than you think. Thing is, when you start a brand your ideals quickly have to face up to business realities. ‘I want my [in...
Regular Practice - Tom Finn & Kristoffer Sølling
June 20, 2023 07:21 - 35 minutes - 82.1 MBIntroducing Tom Finn & Kristoffer Sølling. They’re the founders and directors of Regular Practice - one of my favourite up & coming branding agencies and one of It’s Nice That’s One’s To Watch. Based of Broadway Market in London’s Hackney. Despite working with big businesses like Fred Perry, Tom Dixon, Acne Studios and Tom’s - their specialism comes from variety - working across multiple categories and life stages. From fashion and art, to F&B, hospitality, tech and beauty - using the lear...
Padel Shift - Jack Chaplin
May 12, 2023 12:11 - 29 minutes - 68.6 MBWelcome Jack Chaplin. He founded Padel Shift, a builder and operator of Padel tennis sites around the UK. They currently have 2 sites with several more on the way. Their remit: to get more people playing the game that’s taking the world by storm. So what is Padel and why is it the fastest growing sport in Europe? Padel is a squash-tennis hybrid racket sport, which is almost always played as doubles on an enclosed court surrounded by glass and metallic mesh walls. The beauty lies in both i...
Futsol - Nico Willson
April 26, 2023 05:24 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MBSay hi to Nico Willson on the show today. He co-founded Futsol. A lifestyle destination for football lovers. They sell sophisticated football apparel for on and off the pitch. Despite football being the most universal sports in the world. A sport where no matter where you are you can drop a ball and have a kickabout with someone - no matter your background, race, language or gender. But it’s a game that’s lost some of its charm - embroiled in over-commercialisation and at times, corruptio...
Juno - Ally Fekaiki
March 14, 2023 20:03 - 42 minutes - 98.2 MBWelcoming Ally Fekaiki on the show today. He’s the founder of the world’s largest employee wellness platform - Juno. A global platform that gives employees flexible access to meaningful benefits all in one place. Table football, subsidised cafes, monthly pizza. The reality is that workplace perks are anything but. On the whole they are top down initiatives, a percentage of revenue, a line marked ‘culture’ on the company P&L spreadsheet. Sweeping generalisations that neither employee or CF...
JERMS - Louise Macnab
March 06, 2023 17:23 - 30 minutes - 70.7 MBSay hello to Louise Macnab. She’s the international attorney turned gut health campaigner - starting a movement with her brand Jerms - an all-in-one Gut Health support with Probiotics, Prebiotics, Digestive Enzymes & Organic Superfoods. Working hard and under high pressure as a corporate lawyer in New York and Brussels, Louise started experiencing burnout and chronic stress induced gut issues like SIBO, leaky gut, chronic fatigue and anxiety. In search of a solution, she uncovered the ...
Fresh Fitness Food - Caspar Rose
February 18, 2023 08:47 - 38 minutes - 88.5 MBIntroducing Caspar Rose. Foodie, Spin Instructor, charity advocate and founder of The Wellness Food Group (TWFG) - a merger between Fresh Fitness Food and Detox Kitchen. Two function-first meal prep businesses who’ve paired up to co-create a healthier nation through convenience and personalised nutrition with more lined up to join their house of brands in the next 12 months. Caspar leads Fresh Fitness Food, a tech-first, personalised meal delivery service, after having worked as a chef at...
Bold Bean Co - Amelia Christie-Miller
January 22, 2023 07:20 - 29 minutes - 68.4 MBSay hello to Amelia Christie-Miller. She’s the happy go lucky founder of Bold Bean Co, on a mission to make you as obsessed with beans as she is. But here’s the thing. These beans aren’t just any beans. These are chef approved, top of the range, foodie favourites - meaning you can give Heinz the can and explore a whole new world of protein rich legumes. She first discovered beans while she was on an Erasmus exchange in Spain. One morning, like most students, she was too hungover to go sho...
REAL - David Begg
January 14, 2023 05:14 - 36 minutes - 84.6 MBIntroducing David Begg. His career to date has been nothing short of illustrious. After studying engineering at Durham and Cambridge, he spent ten years in consulting before becoming one of the founding team members of Booking.com. He then went on to co-found Tom Dixon and education tech company Magic Town before finding his spiritual home in REAL Sparkling Tea. According to the sommeliers at The Fat Duck, REAL is the ‘finest non-alcoholic drink on the market’. Brewed with some of the most...
Grwth Club - Joe Benn
December 13, 2022 04:35 - 29 minutes - 68.3 MBJoe Benn. Founder, advisor, connector, AND FMCG fanatic. He’s had over a decade of experience working with fast growth disruptive businesses, including co-founding UGLY drinks back in 2015. UGLY was a truly original challenger brand that won fame and fortune across both the UK and in the US, rebranding sparkling water as the soda drink of choice, before others followed suit. In 2020, Joe stepped away from the company, and has since gone on to advise a number of FMCG brands like allplants,...
Dr. Wills - Dr Will Breakey
December 07, 2022 10:50 - 39 minutes - 90.5 MBSay hello to Dr. Will Breakey. A founder, foodie, doctor, plastic surgeon AND alchemedic condimist. He co-founded Dr Will’s back in 2015 with Josh Rose and Liam White. An interesting concoction of backgrounds - medicine, nightlife and investment banking. It turned out to be the recipe for success, becoming one of the UK’s fastest growing, all natural, condiment ranges. They started by giving Ketchup a much needed reformulation - switching up the 19 cubes of sugar, for 3 and half dates. Th...
J.S.Health - Hermione Underwood
November 16, 2022 06:08 - 34 minutes - 79.9 MBSay hello to Hermione Underwood on the show today. A founder, serial entrepreneur, recovering workaholic and newly appointed CEO of J.S.Vitamins in the UK and Europe. Starting off with LVMH in Australia, Hermione went on to start her own PR agency The H Collective. But that wasn’t enough. This experience and network enabled her to co-found jewellery brand, a leather goods brand and a wine brand in fairly quick succession. Now she heads up J.S.Vitamins over here with a clear sense of purpo...
BettaF!sh - Deniz Ficicoglu
October 27, 2022 08:20 - 32 minutes - 75 MBSay hello to Deniz Ficicoglu. She co-runs BettaF!sh, heating up the alternative seafood space with a 100% plant-based tuna made from seaweed and fava beans. The Berlin startup is part of a growing fish-free category that netted $116mn in VC funding last year. BettaF!sh kicked things off a year ago when they launched their three flagship TU-NAH Sandwiches across 4,000 ALDI stores in Germany. This was the largest launch the alt seafood category had ever experienced. They subsequently la...
Duppy Share - George Frost
October 08, 2022 07:36 - 38 minutes - 89.1 MBIntroducing George Frost. He runs Duppy Share, a London based, Caribbean born drinks business inspired by rum folklore. A brand so synonymous with rum in the UK, that you’d be hard pressed to remember that they’re only seven years old. No doubt you’ve tasted their blends of Jamaican and Barmudan rums, on the streets of Notting Hill carnival, mixed your own at a house party, or danced the night away with a raised, golden Duppy cup in your hand. (And if you haven’t I’d recommend their 5 yea...
Feast It - Digby Vollrath
September 10, 2022 06:22 - 28 minutes - 66.3 MBIntroducing Digby Vollrath on the podcast. He co-runs Feast It, the UK’s leading digital event marketplace, connecting party planners with over 1500 of the best suppliers, from food and drink, through to florists, photographers and marquees in just a few clicks. Launched in 2017, on a mission to simplify organising events, they’ve become a go-to destination for weddings, corporate parties and festivals - working with the likes of Spotify, Soho House and Secret Cinema. They’ve also facilita...
Paynter - Huw Thomas & Becky Okell
August 21, 2022 07:59 - 26 minutes - 61.4 MBIntrouding Huw and Becky, business partners and partner partners on the podcast. They run Paynter, a clothswear brand selling limited edition jackets, in batches, four times a year. Launched in 2019, each jacket is made-to-order, taking 6-8 weeks to be made, operating a no waste business model. But if you thought getting your hands on one of these jackets was easy. You'd be mistaken. Each batch is one of a kind from their initial chore jackets to later iterations using varying materials such...
Sonder & Tell - Kate Hamilton
May 08, 2022 06:46 - 28 minutes - 66.3 MBSay hello to Kate Hamilton. She co-runs Sonder & Tell - a brand strategy and story agency fighting for words to be considered as early as possible in the brand building process. Working with the likes of Rude Health, Mindful Chef, Bumble and AirBnb, they help brands find their voice and tell their story. Their newsletter, The Word, floods copywriters' inboxes all across London and the world. They believe that when it comes to brand building, the words often take a back seat. An ...
Step - Robyn Nicholl
April 29, 2022 09:55 - 28 minutes - 66 MBSay hello to Robyn Nicholl. She is the co-founder of Step - The app for finding, saving and sharing your favourite places. Launched in 2021, this new app allows you to share all your top recommendations with friends and family while also connecting you with travel tips from knowledgeable millennials and experience focused GenZers - or as they call them on the platform “Culture Curators”. The insight. Well, we all know the scenario. You've booked a city break to Amsterdam. You've left ...
FieldGoods - Sam & Elliot Day
April 26, 2022 05:10 - 29 minutes - 68.5 MBFrom growing up on a farm in Devon to running a chain of upmarket kebab restaurants, Sam & Elliot Day are two brothers on a mission to rebrand the frozen meal aisle with their latest venture, FieldGoods. Born in 2021, they deliver a range of frozen meals to your door or local farm shop store. Slow cooked beef chilli, cauliflower butter masala, sustainable fish pie - their menu is a winner for those looking for good quality, taste-filled convenience. Take them out of the freezer, 7 mi...
ᵒSmall World - Dan Salkey & Harvey Austin
March 16, 2022 18:29 - 31 minutes - 72.7 MBIntroducing Dan and Harvey. They run ᵒSmall World, an on-demand marketing agency tailored for start-ups and scale-ups. Their focus: to use the power of challenger brand thinking to build, grow and scale new businesses. The story began, when Dan (a strategist) and Harvey (client services) were furloughed from advertising agency Dark Horses, at the beginning the Covid pandemic. After a week-long spell trying their hands in magic and trying to write a cook book, they quickly decided to...
Courier Media - Danny Giacopelli
February 21, 2022 19:15 - 32 minutes - 73.4 MBSay hello to Danny Giacopelli, Editorial Director of Courier, a magazine telling stories of modern business, inspiring people to work better and live smarter. Launched by Jeff Taylor as a free paper in 2013, it has since grown to a readership of over 100,000 people worldwide. Danny himself joined a few years later from Monocle, ready to bring his editorial skills and cultural insights to the table. Since then they have launched their own website, established their own podcast, written...
Sapling Spirits - Ivo Devereux
February 03, 2022 17:36 - 25 minutes - 57.5 MBWelcome Ivo. He co-runs Sapling Spirits, a Climate Positive British Spirits company selling vodka and gin to some of the world's best restaurants, retailers and countryside connoisseurs. Each bottle plants a tree; on a mission to plant 1 million by 2027, using their clean, creamy, and smooth cocktails to persuade people into toasting for the planet. You can even track your own tree using their neat tree-tracker. So far so good. To date.,they've planted over 50,000 trees, with 75,000 o...
Guardian Angel - Sam Grice
January 29, 2022 08:32 - 27 minutes - 64 MBSay hello to Sam. He runs Guardian Angel, a UK-based death tech start-up helping people plan for and manage death. For Sam it all started with the tragic loss of his mother to a road accident. She was still young and like most of us just hadn’t got round to sorting out a plan. Grief was tough but the admin was overwhelming. Drawing on his own personal experience, Sam's on a mission to rattle the bones of the glum death industry and add a bit of life to the experience. Since st...
Days Brewing - Duncan Keith
January 05, 2022 19:34 - 28 minutes - 66 MBSay hello to Duncan Keith. He co-runs Days, a truly alcohol-free brewing company. Launched back in October 2020, this Scottish 0.0% beer startup is riding the wave of moderation. Starting as mainly a direct-to-consumer brand they're now in over 500 physical locations, having sold over 1/4 million bottles to date. Having recently raised £1mn to help fuel their growth with investors such as Mindful Chef's Giles Humphries, Propercorn's Ryan Kohn and Camden Town's former MD Adam Ke...
The Copy Club - Lottie Unwin
December 09, 2021 15:58 - 33 minutes - 77.7 MBIntroducing Lottie Unwin. She runs The Copy Club, a micro community for marketeers and founders looking to grow their network, share their knowledge and up their skills. They run monthly social events, run their own courses and have a super engaged slack channel. They also do mentor matching for marketeers starting out and run their own recruitment service. To date they have done 150+ events in person and online, have 10+ courses and have over 700 members. Not bad. Micro commun...
Spin Brands - Max Whicher
November 17, 2021 18:52 - 37 minutes - 86.9 MBIntroducing Max Whicher. He runs Spin Brands, a social media agency dedicated to delivering scale through social. Spin Brands work with 100's of brands including the likes of LVMH, Tango, Funky Pigeon, Google and LoveHoney - ranging from strategy and creative to organic, ambassador and paid. What they're doing is clearly working. The agency recently announced a client freeze. After 250 new enquiries, the 40 people strong agency announced that they were pausing new clients until...
Quarter - Fabian Clark & Rohan Radhakrishnan
October 27, 2021 16:19 - 44 minutes - 103 MBCheers to Fabian and Rohan. They run Quarter, a light gin with quarter the alcohol and quarter the calories. The pair are tapping into the massive boom for no & low alcohol alternatives, driven by people looking to reduce their alcohol consumption and make better choices. Quarter provides the perfect refreshment without compromise. Why have one when you can have four? Not only is the product delightful but the brand ticks all the boxes. It's a masterclass in how to launch...
Howbout - Neil Tanna
October 14, 2021 08:29 - 35 minutes - 82.3 MBSay hello to Neil Tanna. He runs Howbout, a socialising app, on a mission to change the way people get together no matter whether it’s a beer, holiday or a zoom get-together. Since they started they’ve made some serious headway raising over 650k, being used in over 40 countries and helping organise over 40,000 events every week. Their aim is to make organising getting together easier, taking the hassle out of painful WhatsApp groups, multiple social calendars, endless locations and outdated ...
Raye The Store - Nicole Compen
October 04, 2021 16:24 - 28 minutes - 65.9 MBSay hello to Nicole Compen. She runs Raye The Store, a travelling grocery store shining a spotlight on some of the most innovative, up and coming new food, drink and wellness brands. Raye's current pop-up on the King's Road features &SODA, KYOOT, SOLO, MOTH as well as friends like THIS!, QUBA, NUISANCE and many many more. The carefully curated line up ranges from Kombuchas and fermented hot sauces to adaptogenic nut butters, mushroom beers, designer olive oil, CBD infusions and next g...
Leafage - Kaew (Kay) Suppamas
August 27, 2021 18:30 - 29 minutes - 68 MBIntroducing Kaew (Kay) Suppamas on the show today. She runs Leafage, a terrarium company on a mission to inspire inner growth by nurturing through nature. Think Patch Plants meets Headspace, selling DIY terrarium kits and doing team building workshops with the likes of Facebook, Slack, Nike & ASOS. The brand was born in 2017, a year after the tragic loss of her father, where Kaew realised the importance of putting your wellbeing first. This was channelled through her love of plants ...
Analogue / &Soda - Barry Darnell
August 05, 2021 12:17 - 45 minutes - 104 MBIntroducing Barry Darnell for this special mentor edition. He runs one of my favourite studios, Analogue. He also runs one of my favourite drinks brands &Soda. The studio started very humbly back in 2006 doing posters in Leeds for bars and record labels. Since then they've grown to work with the likes of Nickelodeon, MTV, Universal Records, Portobello Road Gin, Netflix and Coca Cola, always bringing their own attitude, non-conformity and playful charm to the table. More recen...
The Up - Hugo Tilmouth
July 15, 2021 10:33 - 32 minutes - 75 MBSay hello to Hugo Tilmouth, co-founder of The Up, on a mission to upgrade every hospitality experience. Now you might not have heard of The Up, but I bet you've most likely used one of their products. Ever run out of battery in a pub or restaurant? That's Charged Up - their mobile charging power banks, allowing you to charge up on the go. Ever used the sanitisers on public transport? That's Cleaned Up - their mobile sanitiser stations, allowing you to clean up on the g...
Kyoot - Noor Freiha
June 23, 2021 16:34 - 29 minutes - 68.6 MBSay hey to Noor, founder of Kyoot - a super fun, super sustainably all organic, gluten-free, vegan chocolate brand. So Noor is pretty cool. She's a former chemical engineer with a lifelong chocolate obsession turned chocolate founder. Putting her skills in the lab to work in the kitchen. But it doesn't stop there she has a mad colourful style that comes to life through her brand. It's super energetic, whacky and a little bit hippy. A bit like her flavours - my personal favour...