Building the plumbing of the metaverse

Jobs of the future and Gymshark’s biggest disasters

Failure is not an option when it comes to the planet

How the world’s oldest sector is adapting to the 21st Century

How to fail and keep your mental health in check

Building from the yellow pages to £9billion

The importance of journalism and how to pitch your business to the media.

How does the Bank of England actually work?

What skills CEOs hire for and how to be an accessible leader

The story of how she founded a unicorn

How to build a home extension without the hassle.

The most interesting job I've ever come across

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 Izzy Obeng - Founder      Foundervine
Jimmy McLoughlin Jimmy McLoughlin

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.

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Kathryn Parsons - Founder  Decoded
Jimmy McLoughlin Jimmy McLoughlin

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.

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           Pip Jamieson - Founder                  The Dots
Jimmy McLoughlin Jimmy McLoughlin

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.

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          Hayden Wood - Founder               Bulb
Jimmy McLoughlin Jimmy McLoughlin

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.

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