Whilst at Uni and working in Property Management Sam Zawadski felt frustrated at how time consuming it was to source tenants. Dun-dah-dah that’s why he co-founded Advance to GO – a website for private landlords where they can advertise their...
Brought up on an ice cream farm, it’s no surprise that Charlie Harry Francis has the sub zero dairy stuff running through his veins. However, it’s his liquid nitrogen ice cream making contraptions (Parlour or Buggy – the choice is yours) that...
Jules Quinn is part of one of our Patrons Shell LiveWire’s 2012 series. She is a fashion marketing graduate that developed her design led tea company as part of her degree. Double whammy or what-degree and business all rolled in to one. Born and...
So back in 2008 Jonathan May was doing a lot of thought mulling. He saw himself, and many other students, with a lot of time on their hands who didn’t have funding for the inspired and exciting projects that they wanted to make happen. They were...
Nithin Thomas has some seriously polished brain cells. He’s developed the technology to distribute videos securely over low bandwith networks; now christened SQR Systems. Designed originally for the music industry to help with their piracy problems,...
From a smogged office in the City to the crispiness of the Moroccan mountains, Dana Elemara’s quest to source the organic oil for Arganic has been quite a far flung one. As yet a fairly undiscovered product, Argan Oil only grows in Morocco and is...
From drawing and doodling from the age of 8, via a University animation course, Jide Johnson is the founder of Aniiboxx. It’s a production studio that helps organisations increase their online presence by the use of 2D animated videos. What...
So, Surfers. If one were to generalize; sea salty hair, crazy cool shades, super tan and probably some pretty “rad” threads (too much?). But how about chucking “founders of an adventure travel and lifestyle group” in there for good measure? If...
All things bicyclette are very much the name of the game these days so stumbling across two lovely lads in the shape of Adam Garrett (who cycles for practical means) and Kris Baran (who bikes about for pleasure) make them a pretty good team....
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On a mission to inspire and encourage young people to make a career from doing something they love, this is a series of weekly podcasts with creatives and start-ups. These chinwags include circus performers, musicians, food makers, writers, charity founders, actors, wine tasters, designers and are hosted by BBC Broadcaster Emily Chiswell - a name you may not recognise but a voice you’re almost certain to have heard!