Teri Ellington knows what it means to have nothing to lose. She also knows the power of time to heal, to change us and, if carefully spent, to transform our future. Battling with agoraphobia and anxiety as a teenager, she barely found her feet when she lost her job two months before Christmas. Having only a laptop and £80 in the bank, she decided to pursue her dream. She created Ellington Timepiece: an affordable luxury watch line that expresses our worth through timeless elegance.

Pole dancing is a highly beneficial and addictive form of fitness for a rapidly growing community of women and men across the world. Based in the North East of England, Beth Hamilton has become a renowned instructor and is empowering polers through her growing online presence on Instagram. With no background in dance, how did she do it? And why should everybody try pole fitness at least once?

How do you make a true impact on your industry? Nick Smith went from being a science teacher in the Channel Islands to opening up a highly successful craft beer brewery in the North East of England. Motivated by a love of creativity and a fascination with the science behind beer, he embarked on this journey of flavour explosions with wife Gulen, doubling production capacity on a yearly basis and changing the craft beer industry along the way.

Our lives are works of art. As we age, we develop into masterpieces. But what does it mean to grow old and how do we go on living full and active lives? Debbie Brown is the Deputy Homecare Manager at Supportive, a social care service promoting independence and choice for people in the North East. She became a caregiver 25 years ago and has never looked back in a career which she describes as addictive.

By combining cutting edge science, technology and wellbeing, companies like Sensate are pioneering solutions to the most pressing wellbeing issues of our time. Tech expert, Anna Gudmundson, took on the role of CEO at Sensate to help Co-Founder, Stefan Chmelik develop a device to help us manage stress. Their contribution to the wellbeing tech revolution is creating awareness of the devastating effect of stress and why we should embrace new solutions to create a healthier future.

Business owners have to develop many different skills. Marketing is one of them. Steve Brown is the Founder-CEO of ROI Online, a forward-looking online marketing agency, and author of The Golden Toilet, a hilarious book about the future of online marketing. We delve into Steve's journey in sales and why marketing is potentially a minefield of effectiveness (and return on investment) or disaster (and waste of resources).

Established in 2017, Wander Films is a fast-growing, award-winning, exhilarating film company in the UK. Co-founder and Creative Director, Chloë Clover, shares her positive vibes, start-up advice and extraordinary journey from being a dropout to kickass entrepreneur, helping businesses grab their audiences' attention through video that beats the scroll.

The effort it takes to be successful in the creative industries is often underrated. Artists can feel that what they do is not valued enough and therefore they pursue ordinary jobs. In fact, the route to being a freelancer is not obvious, however it is possible to become successful. Music producer, photographer and videographer, Rob Irish, shares his journey from working an ordinary 9-5 to becoming an indispensable freelance artist.

Having left his job in the corporate world, Founder of Rounton Coffee Roasters, Dave Beattie, embarked on a life-changing trip through various countries. During this trip he encountered coffee farmers which inspired him to start the first speciality coffee roaster in the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire. This is the story of the beginning, the struggles and the incredible growth of a coffee business that aims to bring the best selection of high-quality coffee to the public, while ensuring that everyone in the coffee supply chain gets rewarded fairly.

Intrigued by the dynamics of startup funding, success and failure, entrepreneur, Brian Mac Mahon, founded a training academy and accelerator for early stage entrepreneurs, Expert DOJO. Now, the largest training academy in Southern California, unlike any investment firm, they strive for a world where the greatness of the individual overrides the socio-economic complications that dictate who becomes wealth generators and who falls by the wayside.