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Izzy Obeng - Founder Foundervine
Izzy left her role as a management consultant to set up an accelerator for black and ethnic minority founders. Working with employees and employers, Foundervine has already seen 2,000 people pass through their programmes.
Kathryn Parsons - Founder Decoded
Decoded is a provider of data and digital upskilling to large corporates in the UK, working with Burberry, Unilever and Marks & Spencer to provide Data Academies. Having read Classics at University, Kathryn demonstrates again that technology founders can come from many backgrounds.
Pip Jamieson - Founder The Dots
The Dots is a job platform for the UK’s half a million 'no-collar workers'- people in the creative industries and the wider technology sector. Founder Pip talks about the ‘T shaped skill set’ and the rise of skill swappers, a trend where people are trading their time and skills in exchange for being taught skills in other areas.
Hayden Wood - Founder Bulb
For the first-ever episode, Jimmy is joined by one of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs, Hayden Wood, who co-founded Bulb just five years ago in 2015. It has become the fastest-growing private company in the UK- even though its growth is not limited to these shores- recently announcing expansions into France, Spain and Texas. Whilst it has been a great success story, not everything has been plain sailing and we will discuss some of the challenges the company has had along the way.