Kicking off 2023 with a very special conversation with Martin Wolf CBE, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times. Martin has received honorary doctorates from six universities, including the London School of Economics and was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 for services to financial journalism. Martin's also won a raft of awards including the 2019 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award and was also a member of the UK’s Independent Commissi...
Jan 10, 2023•50 min•Season 5Ep. 154
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Phil Ives, Business Development Partner at BEAN Partners, a corporate finance and business intelligence advisory firm offering intelligence-led strategy to support growth, fund raising, and both 'buy and sell' side M&A. We get to know more about what makes Phil tick, how the future looks for him and BEAN Partners, as well as hearing about how he went from being a working actor to working in corporate finance, and polar leap to say the lea...
Dec 22, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 153
Meet Phil Ives, Business Development Partner at BEAN Partners, a corporate finance and business intelligence advisory firm that provides the middle market with a differentiated service offering intelligence-led strategy to support growth, fund raising, and both 'buy and sell' side M&A. For the past decade, Phil has travelled the globe as an award-winning speaker, including for Vistage (the world’s largest peer-to-peer learning platform for owners) and has been a strategic advisor to CEOs of ...
Dec 20, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 152
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Mallory Khalifa, Managing Director of Animated Storyboards a full-service Animatics company that specialising in high-quality storyboards, Animatics, Cinematics and Test Commercials. We get to know more about what makes Mallory tick, what drives her to be the business leader she is today, and we discuss the quirky differences between the Brits and the Yanks, for good and for bad. Check out Mallory Khalifa's recommendations: "A New Earth" by E...
Dec 15, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 151
Meet Mallory Khalifa, Managing Director of Animated Storyboards (ASB) a full-service Animatics company that specializes in high-quality storyboards, Animatics, Cinematics, MoCap, Pre-Vis Test Commercials Mallory started her career in America within the advertising sector working for the prestigious ad agency, Leo Burnett in Chicago where she decided to transition to the production side of things and moved to New York to join ASB. Mallory has contributed to the global expansion of ASB through set...
Dec 13, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 150
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with David Spickett, Founder of The Car Crowd - the UK's first fractional ownership platform dedicated to passion assets with the aim of democratising investment, starting with classic cars. We get to know more about what makes David tick, how he came to be doing what he does, the next top 3 cars he has his investment eye on and discuss what the future holds for The CarCrowd, plus more as usual. BWB is powered by Oury Clark.
Dec 08, 2022•27 min•Season 4Ep. 149
Meet David Spickett, Founder of TheCarCrowd - the UK's first fractional ownership platform dedicated to passion assets with the aim of democratising investment .... starting with classic cars. Initially based in financial services and consultancy, most recently as the managing director of a UK Fintech business lending company Liberis, David formed TheCarCrowd in 2019 with a vision to democratise the strongest performing investment classes and allow passionate people a way of joining togeth...
Dec 06, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 148
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Lewis Maleh, Founder & CEO of Bentley Lewis, an award winning global boutique executive search firm where we get to know more about what makes him tick and how he came to be one the leading global minds on what's next in the workplace, how hiring and attracting talent is evolving and what people are really looking for from work. Check out Lewis Maleh's recommendations: "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling (book recommendation) Joe Rogan's podcas...
Dec 01, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 147
Meet Lewis Maleh, Founder & CEO of Bentley Lewis, an award winning global boutique executive search firm with presence in London New York, Miami, Berlin, Lithuania and India. Lewis is one the leading global minds on what's next in the workplace, how hiring and attracting talent is evolving and what people are really looking for from work. He recognises trends early and helps others understand what they mean for recruiting talent and building a career. Lewis is also a podcaster and has contri...
Nov 29, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 146
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin, co-authors of Chokepoint Capitalism. Cory is a renowned science fiction author, activist and journalist who’s written a range of highly acclaimed books, and Rebecca is a Professor of Law at Melbourne University and Director of Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, and in this chat we get to know more about what makes them tick and how they came to be doing what they do today. Check out Cory &...
Nov 24, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 145
Meet Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin. Cory is a renowned science fiction author, activist and journalist who’s written a range of highly acclaimed books, his most recent being Chokepoint Capitalism co-written with Rebecca Giblin, a Professor of Law at Melbourne University, an Art Future Fellow and Director of Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia. If you've ever wanted to know how companies like Spotify and Audible make their money, and at whose cost, then today's your lucky day...
Nov 22, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 144
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Andrei Dolnikov, Founder & CEO of Binyan Studios, and president of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators. We dig deeper into Andrei's perspectives on what healthy company culture should look like, and hear about Binyan's core values which make up the bedrock of the company's ethos. And with Andrei being half Russian half Ukrainian, we also discuss his thoughts and feelings about the Russia Ukraine conflict. All of this alongs...
Nov 17, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 143
Meet an Andrei Dolnikov, is an Interior Architect, and the Founder & CEO of Binyan Studios, a leading 3D Animation Studio specialising in bespoke architectural images and films. Andrei founded BINYAN in his Sydney living room with the ambition to do nothing short of shaping the future of architecture, and based the company's vision on seven pillars: ● Ethical transparency ● Entrepreneurial experimentation ● Authentic relationships ● Lighthearted spirit ● Knowledge sharing ● Thought leadershi...
Nov 15, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 142
We continue our conversation with Michael B Hancock, the Mayor of Denver USA where we talk about how Michael got into politics and worked his way up to becoming Mayor, and ask what's next for him once he finishes serving his last term in office. All of this alongside our staple BWB questions where we dig a little deeper and get to know more about the man in Strong Mayor's suit. BWB is powered by Oury Clark.
Nov 10, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 141
Meet Michael B Hancock, the Mayor of Denver USA! We had the pleasure of spending time with Micheal while on his promotional visit to London where we talk to him about what it's like being a Mayor (and what it actually means to be one), his career legacy so far, the power of media, the US elections and so much more as part of our shiny new format where we get to know more about the man in the Strong Mayor's suit A special thanks to London & Partners and Denver Economic Development & Oppor...
Nov 08, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 140
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Henry Balani, a financial services executive and Global Head of Industry at Encompass. We further unpack the world of Anti-Money Laundering and Regulatory Technology, also known as RegTech, which Henry is passionately spearheading and discuss Henry's life history and what led him to the role. All that plus more. BWB is powered by Oury Clark.
Nov 03, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 139
Meet Dr Henry Balani, a financial services executive with over 27 years’ experience in the RegTech industries. His current role as Global Head of Industry & Regulatory Affairs at Encompass has him overseeing relationships with Industry Analysts and Regulatory Agencies with a focus on raising Encompass’ profile as a leader in addressing financial crime through RegTech solutions. Henry's basically a bit of a boss when it comes to advising banks, money service businesses and financial technolog...
Nov 01, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 138
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Jamelia Donaldson, Founder and CEO of Treasure Tress, a leading monthly product discovery box for women and girls with textured hair. We hear about Jamelia's experiences starting the business as a black female founder in a predominantly white and asian dominated industry as well more about the business model itself, the effect of Brexit, Treasure Tress's biggest markets and future plans for expansion. All that plus more. BWB is powered by Our...
Oct 27, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 137
Meet Jamelia Donaldson, Founder and CEO of Treasure Tress, the UK's, Europe's and Middle East's first monthly product discovery box for women and girls with textured hair. From the quality products included in each box, to regular hair tips and brand ambassador tutorials, Treasure Tress is not only transforming the way women with kinky-curly hair discover new products, but is also changing personal narratives on what beautiful natural hair really is, so much so that they've been featured in Harp...
Oct 25, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 136
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Liam Martin, tech entrepreneur and co-organiser of Running Remote where we take a deep dive into all things remote working. We discuss what makes cites attractive for remote workers and how Asynchronous management actually works, and talk about creating and maintaining company culture in a remote working environment as well as the tax and staff training implications that come with working as digital nomads. All that plus more. BWB is powered ...
Oct 20, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 135
Meet Liam Martin, a serial entrepreneur and co-organizer of the Running Remote Conference He's also the co-founder and CMO of Time Doctor and Staff.com — one of the most popular time tracking and productivity software platforms in use by top brands today. The mission statement that feeds all of Liam's products and services stems from empowering workers to work wherever they want, whenever they want. Liam is an avid proponent of remote work and has been published in Forbes, Inc, Mashable, TechCru...
Oct 18, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 134
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Paddy Willis, Founder and Exec Chairman of Mission Ventures where we talk more about his life and career in food, Mission Venture's partnership with Sainsbury's, his passion for helping entrepreneurs and educating future generations, as well as tackling the bigger questions we like to ask here on BWB - should there be more tax or philanthropy and is Capitalism broken? BWB is powered by Oury Clark.
Oct 13, 2022•36 min•Season 4Ep. 133
Meet Paddy Willis, an entrepreneur by nature and Founder/Exec Chairman of Mission Ventures, challenger brand-building company which is on a mission to create a better food system using entrepreneurial solutions to solve some of the industry's biggest challenges around health, diversity and sustainability. Paddy has a vast career history ranging from working in the wine trade to the telecoms industry and most notably inn baby food where he co-founded Plum Baby, an award-winning organic baby food ...
Oct 11, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 132
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Monica Harrington, Founder of Fit Form Fashion where we hear more about her life as a lingerie stylist. From the type of clientele Monica has, to the hospital and charity work she does for women who have been effected by breast cancer, to the professional training she provides for lingerie fitters and corporate events she puts on, we take a dive into what it's like being Monica Harrington. BWB is powered by Oury Clark.
Oct 06, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 131
Meet Monica Harrington, an industry-recognised lingerie stylist and brand consultant and Founder of Fit Form Fashion, her personal styling service offering a range of lingerie and sportswear styling for everyday and special occasions. Monica's worked with lingerie for over 30 years delivering brand and product consultancy, shoot styling, bra-fit training and workshops for major clients from Adidas to Triumph to Calvin Klein and Sloggi. Our conversation with Monica tells her life story, how she f...
Oct 04, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 130
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with William Wadsworth Founder of Exam Study Expert where we dive deeper into discussing the science of learning and talk about the different types of learning techniques, which ones William prefers to teach and discuss the differences in people's learning capabilities and how to best approach them. We also hear about William's client experiences and his plans to grow and scale the business. Check out William's recommendations: "The Rebel Entrepre...
Sep 29, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 129
Meet William Wadsworth, a first-class Cambridge University graduated memory psychologist and founder of Exam Study Expert who helps students study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress. Following top 0.01% exam results himself at school, William is now obsessed with helping others get the grades of their dreams as a study strategy coach for private clients, and as an in-demand workshop leader for schools and universities. His expertise has been widely fe...
Sep 27, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 128
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Oliver Bruce, CEO and Founder at PinPoint Media where we dive deeper into discussing the social media phenomenon that is TikTok, what makes it so powerful (and why Andy's particularly concerned about it), how the platform should be used and why businesses should be embracing it. We also discuss the future of Tech and the workplace, and how the next generation should be preparing to adapt to the shift we'll be seeing in the jobs market. BWB is...
Sep 22, 2022•18 min•Season 4Ep. 127
Meet Oliver Bruce, CEO and Founder of PinPoint Media, a no nonsense content agency based in Cheltenham, London and Manchester specialising in social content, campaign planning, virtual and augmented reality and video media. During University Oliver ended up growing PinPoint Media from his halls with the simple mission statement to ‘make film accessible to all’. He knew that video was so important to businesses and by using a model based on critical mass he was able to produce high volumes of con...
Sep 20, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 126
This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Carol Alexander, Professor of Finance at Sussex University Business School. We hear more about Carol's love for Mathematics and why she is now passionate about writing papers on Crypto and Blockchain instead of traditional financial markets (hint - she does like banks!). And you'll also hear us have a good chat about the state of UK politics in this new emerging world of digital currency and what we really think of Rishi Sunak. BWB is powered...
Sep 15, 2022•18 min•Season 4Ep. 125
