The Smart Hustle

For another bonus episode of our podcast series The Smart Hustle, we caught up with Emily Hewertson, a young Conservative political activist with a combined platform of over 100k followers.

Emily rapidly landed in the spotlight after an impromptu cameo on the BBC flagship political show Question Time. We hear how Emily coped with going viral overnight, whilst she shares details of the horrific trolling and abuse she has suffered online as a result of being in the public eye.

For the first bonus episode of our podcast series The Smart Hustle, we sat down with Hannah Chappatte, founder of student rental platform HYBR.

Hannah was inspired to launch HYBR after her own experiences at the University of Bristol. We discuss dodgy landlords, rising house prices and learn how HYBR makes the rental journey that little bit easier for students…

For this bonus episode of The Smart Hustle, we spoke to the visionary founders of the portable and sustainable washing machine, Lava Aqua X, the winner of this year’s Red Bull Basement competition.

Joanna and Paramveer, two students at Brunel University, were determined to improve the washing options available for students: they hated expensive uni laundry systems and the fact that friends would take their dirty laundry home to mum and dad.

This problem inspired them to create Lava Aqua X, a portable and sustainable washing option for students. If every UK university student used their product, we’d save a whopping 16 billion litres of water a year.

Listen out to hear the duo discuss their aims for the future as well as the importance of making their product cost effective as well as fully sustainable.

We’re excited to announce a brand new episode of our podcast series, The Smart Hustle. This week, we sat down with Ekow and Keanu, student entrepreneurs currently building a new app called ‘foodable.’

The app sees users input an ingredient and receive a number of recipes utilising that same ingredient. Not only does this lead to delicious meals, but crucially it is also a means of addressing the issue of food waste that affects many student kitchens.

Ekow thought up the idea over lockdown, but only when he shared it with his mate over a game of FIFA were the wheels for the app put in motion. Since then, the idea came third in a UK wide Red Bull entrepreneurship competition and the boys have had mentoring from Google.

We hear how the boys are using TikTok to market their idea and discuss the challenges of building a team that share their vision and ideas for the brand. They also tell us how their network at university has allowed them to recruit a team packed with a range of skills, from computer scientists to marketeers.

Listen out and make sure to download Foodible when it drops!

This week’s episode of The Smart Hustle sees us sit down with Jack and Will, mates and co-founders of BNDL, the new way for students to buy household essentials.

Jack and Will, who are both currently studying business related degrees at Leeds University, felt that the process of buying household essentials was disorganised, sporadic and unfair with certain housemates paying more than others.

This experience led them to found BNDL, which delivers all essential household products to student houses and allows the recipients to split the price of the box evenly.

We discuss the importance of vibrant marketing to student start-ups, whilst we also hear how they have been able to keep their friendship strong whilst doing business together.

In this week’s episode of The Smart Hustle, we chat to Sonny Drinkwater, a recent graduate from University of Bristol and co-founder of Snackcess.

Sonny and two other friends came up with the idea for Snackcess during the first national lockdown, realising that there was a market for sending healthy snacks and care packages to employees working from home.

Initially, the trio saw the project as a stop-gap until the world returned to normal, but they are now fully invested in Snackcess and intend to continue running the company after the pandemic ends.

Sonny explains how his own negative experience as a fresher inspired him to launch a business revolving around healthy snacks, whilst he also tells us why he thinks work from home culture represents an opportunity for entrepreneurs and founders to get more done.

You can learn more about Snackcess here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54422464.

In this week’s episode of our podcast series, we chat to Sophie Dimond, a third year student at the University of Leicester and Brand Ambassador for lift sharing app Skoot.

Sophie tells us why she was inspired to team up with Skoot, the first carbon negative lift sharing app in the UK, and what it’s like combining a marketing job with her studies.

We also discuss the negative connotations associated with students asking friends to be paid back small sums of money they are owed, a problem that makes Skoot such an exciting idea!

You can check out Skoot here: https://www.skootride.com/.

In this week’s episode of our new podcast series, we chat to Rebecca Mabbett, founder of the app R Reflections.

Faced with an inability to try on clothes in store during lockdown, Rebecca thought up R Reflections, enabling users to model clothes virtually on their phones.

Now the app has over 20,000 users, who better to give tips than Rebecca on the best way to use social media to promote a new own brand. We also hear her reflections (pun not intended) on the challenges of creating a business just after leaving school.

#009: Daniel Roche - The Smart Hustle of Outnumbered

We’re excited to announce a brand new episode of our podcast series, The Smart Hustle. In this week’s episode, we sat down with actor Daniel Roche, best known for playing Ben Brockman in the sitcom Outnumbered.

Daniel is currently a student at King’s College London, whilst he also has experience as a semi-pro Rugby player.

He tells us how his mischievous nature helped him land the part in Outnumbered at the age of six, discusses his continued friendships with fellow siblings from the show and we ask whether his acting days are behind him…

In this week’s episode of our new podcast series, we chat to Julia Jaskulska, a student at the University of Leeds. Julia can be found on Instagram @httpjulia with over 80k followers, although she hates being called an influencer, preferring to be known as a content creator. 

We discuss why the term influencer has developed negative connotations, whilst Julia also opens up about her mental health journey and the importance of therapy to her recovery. 

Julia also recalls the time she turned down going on Love Island, and explains why she wasn’t tempted by the lifestyle that would have come along with it…