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20 April 2018
Angel investor Pip Wilson sold her successful consultancy Bluefin in order to look for a new venture in tech. After a friend went through a difficult divorce, Wilson decided to set up Amicable, a platform that uses techn…
18 April 2018
What does it take to say goodbye to a safe monthly salary and strike out on your own? This week we hear from company founders who left high-powered jobs to head off into the uncharted waters of entrepreneurship. First,…
15 April 2018
Are sustainability and fossil fuels mutually exclusive? Our panellists share insights into how they see supply-and-demand patterns evolving and consider the implications for investors.
13 April 2018
Sleep expert Christopher Lindholst puts his success down to the fact that he frequently snoozes during the working day – and he’s not alone. His company MetroNaps builds and operates EnergyPods, the world’s first chairs…
11 April 2018
Tom Broughton has always been an eyewear obsessive – ever since he started wearing glasses at the age of seven. In 2012 he began designing and making frames on his kitchen table, not to make money but out of sheer passion…
8 April 2018
The tech sector has appeared embattled in recent weeks, enduring a blizzard of negative headlines regarding privacy, safety and data protection, and also in some other cases more rigorous scrutiny of the underlying techn…
6 April 2018
Catherine Ellis is the founder of Hill & Ellis, a London-based maker of handsome, handmade bike bags. As a cyclist herself, Catherine noticed both the growing popularity of cycling and the dearth of well-designed, beauti…
4 April 2018
New Zealand-based Xero is a world-leader in accounting software. The cloud-based programme was designed to help small and medium-sized businesses manage their finances – a tedious and time-consuming task for any entrepre…
1 April 2018
This week our panel gauges the political and economic impact of the recent leadership transition in South Africa. We’ll ask how the Zuma exit and Ramaphosa arrival have shaped the story in the terms of growth, reform and…
30 March 2018
Having tired of mass-market eyewear, optician Jordan Paul founded Opticianado, a Toronto-based shop specialising in vintage specs sourced from across the globe.
28 March 2018
Chris Stang is a co-founder of The Infatuation, a restaurant-discovery platform that has become the guide of choice for discerning diners across the US. Founded in 2009, the platform has just made headlines around the world…
25 March 2018
This week we focus on the ongoing Brexit negotiations and the breakthrough – of sorts – in terms of agreement on the transition period that’s designed to smooth the implementation of the UK’s departure from the bloc. Our…
23 March 2018
For lawyer-turned-designer Mark Johnson, the dream of launching a menswear brand was inspired by an anorak worn by his father in the 1960s. That ambition was realised in 2010 with the founding of Kovalum. While a modernised…
