Disruptors Podcast

Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng, is the Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London. He is also Director of the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering and Deputy Director of the London Medical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value Based Healthcare.

Alongside Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Seb is leading the establishment of a new MedTech Hub located at St Thomas’ campus. The Hub will bring academia, industry and the NHS together to develop healthcare technologies (including medical devices), resulting in workforce and operational improvements of global significance.

In this episode, we discuss the role that entrepreneurship can play in academia and explore why researchers, at all stages of their career, should become more entrepreneurial.

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💡The Idea Factory

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Emma is the founder of the Smile App which supports the mental health of families dealing with life threatening and long term health conditions.   

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🚀 King's20 Accelerator

Dr. Yotam Levy is an Investor Relations Manager at King’s Entrepreneurship Institute, Life Sciences PhD and Newton Venture Fellow. 

This episode is all about the investment landscape 💸💸💸

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Amy Lamé is an American-British writer, performer, TV and radio presenter known for her one-woman shows, her performance group Duckie, and LGBT-themed media works.

She was appointed by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, as the city's first "Night Czar" in November 2016, with the responsibility of promoting London's varied nightlife both in the UK and internationally, including safeguarding venues across the city.

🎤 In this episode:

· What being a Night Czar actually means

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Josh Clarke is the co-founder of Jacked Foods which is one of the King's 20 ventures. Jacked Foods infuses fruit with natural juices and spices in the drying process to create deliciously unique 100% natural dried fruit snacks. 

🎤 In this episode: 

• The unexpected origins of Jacked Foods

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David Walsh is the Entrepreneur in Residence at our Entrepreneurship Institute. He is a King’s alumnus (Human Environmental Science/Natural Sciences), leading entrepreneur, investor, technologist and founder and former CEO of KPMG Crimsonwing. After working at IBM, David founded Crimsonwing in 1996. The tech business made progress without capital or loans and built a solution centre in Malta in 1998 – virtually founding the IT industry there. In 2007 the group business, now operating in three countries, was floated and proceeds were used to expand the business through acquisitions and into new countries.

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KAYTEA is one of the King's 20 ventures founded by Kevin Tang. This low calorie, flavourful, organic ice tea, packaged in recyclable glass bottles was created for adventurous and health-conscious consumers, who want indulgent beverages using only natural ingredients. 🎤In this episode: • Intro to "the next ice-tea brand for the nation" • The early days, turns and pivots of Kaytea • Navigating through the pandemic • Going from retail to e-commerce • Building & nurturing an idea • Idea validation tools, initial product testing & iteration process • The value of Idea Factory • Finding the right people to work with & being a leader • Future plans for Kaytea • Advice on applying for Idea Factory • Learning how to pitch at EI Follow Kaytea 🌐https://kaytea.co.uk/ Instagram: @kayteadrinks To hear more about disruption at King's and the London entrepreneurial ecosystem, sign up to the Entrepreneurship Institute's newsletter ✉️ kcl.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6…id=4577dc181c Find out more: 🚀 King's20 Accelerator www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/s…ings20-accelerator 💡The Idea Factory www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/d…-idea/idea-factory 🙋🏾‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs Network www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/d…repreneurs-network 🌐 Our website www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship

Charlotte Gray and Becca Hallam are the founders of UniMate which is an app for University students that allows them to track, calculate and predict what grades they need to get. In this episode: • Intro to UniMate, what is it all about • Coming up with the idea • The process of Idea Validation • User testing and design prototypes • Idea Factory and how it helped to prioritise, obtain feedback and continue to validate • Embedding sustainability as a tech-based company • Different ways to be sustainable as a business • Managing time whilst working full-time and running a business • Winning Idea Factory and the value of the prize: Mentorship • Monetisation strategy • The premium version of UniMate • Future aspirations • Personal top tips for Idea Factory applicants Follow UniMate Instagram: @unimate_app WWW: https://www.unimateapp.co.uk/ To hear more about disruption at King's and the London entrepreneurial ecosystem, sign up to the Entrepreneurship Institute's newsletter ✉️ kcl.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6…id=4577dc181c Find out more: 🚀 King's20 Accelerator www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/s…ings20-accelerator 💡The Idea Factory www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/d…-idea/idea-factory 🙋🏾‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs Network www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/d…repreneurs-network 🌐 Our website www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship

The Biomedical Engineering students Nitya Dintakurti and Shreya Kalyanasundaram developed a novel wearable medical device, CoolZEN. CoolZEN is a non-invasive, wearable medical device for menopausal women suffering from hot flashes, which automatically detects the onset of a hot flash and leverages a natural physiological response to bring relief. It provides a solution to a problem where there are very few non-pharmaceutical solutions. In this episode, you will learn about: • Sustainable and ethical disruption • CoolZEN and their journey • Finding practical solutions to everyday problems • Addressing suffering in silence attitude • User centric approach • Medtech entrepreneurship • Navigating through conflicting pieces of advice as young entrepreneurs • Polishing and delivering a pitch • Working together as co-founders • The future of CoolZen • Advice on applying to Idea Factory as well as the value of the programme Follow CoolZEN on Instagram: @wearecoolzen WWW: https://www.coolzen.co.uk/ To hear more about disruption at King's and the London entrepreneurial ecosystem, sign up to the Entrepreneurship Institute's newsletter ✉️ kcl.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6…id=4577dc181c Find out more: 🚀 King's20 Accelerator www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/s…ings20-accelerator 💡The Idea Factory www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/d…-idea/idea-factory 🙋🏾‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs Network www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/d…repreneurs-network 🌐 Our website www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship

Erika Brodnock is the founder and CEO of Kami, PhD researcher at LSE, MBA and Sky News’ children’s wellbeing expert. She told us “I didn’t know what an entrepreneur was, I’ve just always been a problem solver”. In this episode Erika talks about: - Navigating through crisis and the unthinkable - Kami Coach and the virtual village around parents - Meeting the customers exactly where they are - Beginnings of her entrepreneurial journey and the learning path - Problem solving and growing up as a leader of people - Growing a thicker skin through a data driven perspective - Turning NOs into YESes - The power of coaching and wellbeing techniques - Being stranger to yourself from 10 years ago - Experience as a black, female founder - Black History Month, proud to be and the uniqueness of me - Not being afraid to be the only person like you in the room - Programmes for Black founders, unconscious bias and opening doors - Evidence based actions to change the system, nothing for us without us Follow Erika on Twitter: @ErikaBrodnock Also @BetterVenture, @Kami_Coach_, @karismakidz, @extendventures, @BetterVenture WWW: https://www.usekami.com/ To hear more about disruption at King's and the London entrepreneurial ecosystem, sign up to the Entrepreneurship Institute's newsletter ✉️ https://kcl.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6d3cc44d5852f187f28de2d6a&id=4577dc181c Find out more: 🚀 King's20 Accelerator https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/scale-your-venture/kings20-accelerator 💡The Idea Factory https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/develop-your-idea/idea-factory 🙋🏾‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs Network https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/develop-your-idea/women-entrepreneurs-network 🌐 Our website https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship

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