Joining us this week one of Iceland's leading figures in business and innovation - Ingvi Jökull Logason. Ingvi is a Tech start-up entrepreneur, investor and serial advertising agency founder. He owns and operates businesses from Iceland all the way to Indonesia with his current focus being in the Virtual and Augmented Reality space with his company, New Reality. We take a deep dive into how Ingvi's early life experiences have shaped him to be the person is today: strong, positive parental influe...
Jan 31, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 64
Ever wondered what 'engagement' in social media actually means? and what gets more video more views: a mouth-open or mouth-closed thumbnail? and who actually runs Gordon Ramsey's YouTube account? (hint, it's not Gordon Ramsey). All plus more is revealed in this week's episode of BWB Extra where we continue our conversation with the brilliant James Loveridge, Director of Entertainment at Little Dot Studios. We take a deeper dive into how the mechanics of running profitable social media actually w...
Jan 24, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 63
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Jan 19, 2022•57 sec
Joining us this week is the delightful James Loveridge, Director of Entertainment at Little Dot Studios, a leading digital agency and media network. James has worked in the Entertainment industry for over a decade for companies like Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. As Director of Entertainment at Little Dot Studios, James oversees client operations for some of the largest international broadcasters, producers and studios like NBCUniversal, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sony Pictures T...
Jan 17, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 62
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with former gamer and founder of Catalyst E-Sports Solutions, Drew Holt-Kentwell who is also a qualified mental health counsellor in Singapore and runs a youth charity which focuses on gaming and device addiction and general wellness issues that youths face in Singapore. Drew unpacks the reality of addiction and mental health issues in gaming where he talks about the difference between E-Sports and gaming, what it's like to be a professional E-Spo...
Jan 10, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 61
Happy New Year! we kick off 2022 with our 60th episode joined by our Singapore based guest, Drew Holt-Kentwell. Drew is the founder of Catalyst E-Sports Solutions, an end-to-end E-Sports marketing agency with past and present clients including Lenovo, Corsair and the Singapore Government. As a former professional gamer, Drew moved from the UK to Singapore 10 years ago as the former Head of Global E-Sports at Razer, and since has worked across nearly every facet of the E-Sports industry. He combi...
Jan 05, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 60
This week on BWB Extra we continue our conversation with Yeastie Boys Founder and Benevolent Dictator Stu McKinlay who unpacks the reality and intricacies of running what he and the team like to call "the world's smallest multi-national" craft beer business. We discuss big brewery competition, consumer loyalty versus promiscuity, the importance of good branding and how Yeastie Boys like to approach theirs to make it NOT boring, as well as shine a nostalgic light on the UK's beloved social instit...
Dec 11, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Joining us this week is Stu McKinlay, Founder and "Benevolent Dictator" at Yeastie Boys Beer. After working in Public Health for 15 years, Stu thought it was time for a career change in 2008 when he kick-started Yeastie Boys, originally in New Zealand and Australia and then in the UK in 2015. Yeastie Boys has now become what he and the team like to call “the world’s smallest multinational brewing deliciously irreverent beer”. The conversation takes us through Stu's epic life journey so far: from...
Dec 06, 2021•46 min•Season 2Ep. 58
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Ben Fogarty, Founder and CEO of Xpon Digital who jumps at the chance to off-load his annoyance about the time it can take clients to make a decision about a project, only to then expect work to get going immediately once agreed! He also shares his frustrations about the complexities of deciding whether it's a good idea anymore to move to the UK and set up a business, all things considered .. is it going to carry on getting harder and harder? ...
Nov 28, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 57
Joining us this week on BWB is our favourite digital strategist Ben Fogarty. Ben is a founder and CEO of several innovative startups focused on delivering digital strategies and applications that make customer experiences better. He has a proven track record in creating and launching products and services used by some of the best global brands, including The BBC, The Guardian, Nike, EA Sports and Amnesty International. Andy and Dominic take a deep dive into how Ben's life went from being a clean...
Nov 22, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 56
This week's episode of BWB Extra continues our conversation with William Lawrie, Co-Founder and Director of Dubai-based art gallery LawrieShabibi who talks about the UAE's socioeconomic changes over the last 15 years which ultimately gave rise to the creation of the middle-eastern art scene and culture. We discuss the fundamental differences between the UAE past and present, how its effected the region's emerging market economy as well as hear William demystify the intricate socio geographical r...
Nov 15, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 55
William Lawrie, Co-Founder and Director of Lawrie-Shabibi, a Dubai-based Art Gallery joins us this week on BWB. With a degree in Art History and a speciality in Islamic Art, William’s been involved in the Dubai art scene since 2005 with British Auction House Christie’s, organising the first international art auction there in 2006 and then becoming their first Art Specialist based in the Middle East which subsequently led Will onto co-founding Lawrie-Shabibi. We hear William tell us how he went f...
Nov 08, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 54
Hello and welcome to BWB Extra! This week we continue our conversation with Beluga Bean "well-being" enterprise founders Renee Elliott and Sam Wigan where we give them full permission to get in the hot seats, put their coaching hats on and shine their personal discovery mirrors at Dominic and Philippa to give them both a full treatment of self-awareness. Welcome, to The Beluga Bean Effect. And for new listeners, BWB Extra is our new weekly follow-up feature to each of our guest's main episodes w...
Nov 01, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Founders of Beluga Bean, Sam Wigan and Renee Elliott join us this week on BWB. Beluga Bean is a well-being enterprise pioneering new strategies for success in business and life. Through Corporate Training, Personal Coaching and Business Advisory services the team deliver powerful journeys of personal discovery that promote individual and team success. After all, Beluga Bean’s key belief is that “Self-awareness is good for business". In this episode we hear Sam and Renee talk about how they met, ...
Oct 26, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 52
Officially welcoming BWB Extra! our new extended feature which will follow on from each guest's main episode. The aim? to hand the reins over to our guests and let them lead the conversation with their biggest bug bear, most burning question in business, or even just a topic they'd like to discuss with our hosts. This week we follow on with Jason Gibb who speaks about how big businesses need to change from within to help drive more sustainable development goals and help tackle climate change. He...
Oct 18, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 51
Founder of Bread & Jam, Jason Gibb joins us this week on BWB. Jason is a food entrepreneur, community builder, climate activist and Vegan advocate who has a passion for mission driven businesses with sustainable development goals. Jason’s most recent venture is founding Bread & Jam - the UK's biggest food and drink founders' festival for emerging and scaling brands with the aim of bringing together entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, buyers, media and industry leaders. Alongside Andy a...
Oct 10, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 50
Welcome to part 2 - The Art of Whisky where we take a deeper dive into our conversation with Desiree Whitaker, CEO and Managing Director of The Cardrona Distillery who tells us her story about how she came to set up Cardrona and what it takes to create a truly unique and authentic signature brand of spirit: from the type of water used to the height of the Distillery location and even the type of flowers that grow in the area, it all adds to the flavour, layer by layer. BWB is powered by Oury Cla...
Oct 03, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Desiree Whitaker - CEO and Managing Director of The Cardrona Distillery joins us this week on BWB. Originally started in New Zealand, the family business now ships its exquisite range of hand-crafted Whiskies, Spirits and Liqueurs across Australia and the UK. Desiree’s fascinating journey to starting the business spans over years of research, planning and travelling globally to learn from the world’s craft masters. Desiree tells us about why and how she started the business, what it took to get ...
Sep 26, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Co-Founder of Greenroom Digital, Tom Huggins joins us this week on BWB. With offices in Australia and the UK, Greenroom Digital are a sports marketing business working with some of the largest global sporting organisations. Their aim is to create a positive change in the sports and entertainment industry by revolutionising the way we connect and engage the audience. Alongside Dominic and Andrew, Tom talks us through the state of the Sports industry amid Covid, the murky truths about fraudulence ...
Sep 12, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Coach, Consultant and Founder of Mennenia, Maxim Cramer joins Juliet Oury and Philippa Sturt this week on BWB. Maxim’s mission with Mennenia is to help women entrepreneurs start, launch, and grow their businesses by making technology as simple as everyday English. She’s also worked as a principal design technologist, technical consultant, mobile software engineer and was integral to the team that developed Swiftkey, a keyboard app that saw over a million downloads on its first day and since has ...
Aug 29, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Author and Vlogger Christine Armstrong joins Juliet Oury and Philippa Sturt this week on BWB. Christine is the author of The Mother of All Jobs: How To Have Children And A Career And Stay Sane(ish ) published by Bloomsbury, writes regularly for the Times and Telegraph, and is a contributing editor of Management Today. Christine’s work focuses on parenting, work-life balance, and the future of work. Her current focus is hybrid work and how we manage our home and work lives. The three discuss Chri...
Aug 13, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Sunna Van Kampen, Founder of Tonic Health joins Juliet Oury and Phillipa Sturt on this week’s episode of BWB. Sunna previously co-founded LVK Global - a sales and marketing agency and developed Piccolo Baby Food - the fastest growing baby food brand in the UK which led him to found Tonic Health - a start-up aiming to empower the world to work with and not against their immune system. Within the first year of trading, he’s secured half a million in funding and launched into the largest health ret...
Jul 30, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Ted Edwards of London & Partners joins Andrew and Juliet on this week’s episode of BWB. Born near Liverpool, UK, Ted joined London & Partners in 2011 - an agency focused on creating economic growth that is resilient, sustainable, and inclusive. Ted’s managed hundreds of successful investment projects from all corners of the globe, organized dozens of trade missions and Mayoral trips to the US and Europe, and worked closely with London & Partners network of commercial partners, The UK...
Jul 15, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Luke Sequeria, Founder and CEO of Numadic joins Andy and Dominic this week on BWB. With a background in Computer Science and Engineering, Luke's been a serial Entrepreneur since his mid-teens founding a number of companies, his latest being Numadic which builds apps and APIs that enable financial transactions for mobility and logistics in India. The three take a deep dive into Luke’s life and career and what he’s learned along the way. We hear about Luke’s experiences growing up in India, what d...
Jul 02, 2021•46 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Michael Branagan-Harris, CEO of Device Access UK joins Andrew and Dominic this week on BWB. With a background in Medical and Healthcare Sales, Business Development, and Management, in 2010 Micheal set up Device Access UK - a Med Tech consultancy firm specializing in market access, which basically means they help Medical Device and Diagnostic companies navigate their way into the NHS and ultimately accelerate patient access to great medical technology. The three speak about the realities of selli...
Jun 17, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Founder of Koalaa: Soft Prosthetics Service, Nathan Macabuag joins Dominic Frisby and Juliet Oury on this week’s episode of Business Without Bullsh-t. A born and bred East Londoner, Nathan’s career path started during his gap year as an Engineer at an automotive plant in Gloucestershire which led him onto eventually studying a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, after which he fell into the world of Prosthetics (fuelled by his nerd obsession with robotics and Ir...
Jun 04, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Award-winning Garden Designer Melissa Jolly joins Dominic Frisby and Juliet Oury on this week’s episode of Business Without Bullsh-t. Melissa’s work has won her the BBC Gardeners World Live competition and the People’s Choice Award. She's also built 3 consecutive show gardens for Royal Horticultural Society shows. As well as garden designing, Melissa likes to renovate houses that have been featured in TV shows ‘Period Homes’ and ‘Real Homes’. In 2007 Melissa set up her own garden design company ...
May 20, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Hannah Barrett joins Dominic and Juliet on this week’s episode of Business Without Bullsh-t. Hannah’s a Yoga Instructor, Business Women, and influential Instagram star with a following of over 360,000. Her transition from being a full-time Actuary to a Yoga Instructor began in 2014 when she became a mother. But it was when Hannah had her second child that things really changed for her. After a traumatic birth, Hannah experienced Post Natal Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, both of w...
May 06, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Melina Jacovou joins Dominic and Juliet on this week’s episode of Business Without Bullsh-t. Melina’s a very prominent figure in the UK digital industry. She founded Propel in 2001 and has grown it into one of the largest independent digital talent businesses in the UK, winning a MARA Award for “Best Large Agency” in 2012. Melina’s also a passionate Thought-Leader, Writer and Public Speaker, challenging debates around women in business, gender pay gaps, diversity, future technology, the effects ...
Apr 15, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Neil Smith, Chairman of Tower Transit is this week’s guest on Business Without Bullsh-t along with the return of Juliet Oury as co-host! With a career spanning over 40 years in Public Transport, Neil’s originally from Sydney, Australia where he built Tower Transit - Australia’s biggest passenger carrying company responsible for carrying a whopping 380,000,000 people per year and is also present in Singapore, London and LA. He also moved from Australia to London in 2013 when he initially bought i...
Apr 01, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 36
