Lost And Founded

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In this week’s episode of Lost & Founded, we speak with Piere Godson-Amamoo, founder of Your Cinema, and co-founder of GRM Daily. Pierre shared his experiences of being a co-founder of a hugely successful entertainment company, and how this led him to go on and create his own business.

In episode 8 of Lost & Founded, we are joined by Rabia and Samar, founders of Soap N Skin. Rabia & Samar tell us more about how they have taken inspiration from multicultural society and why they chose to put a focus on diversity through their wellness brand. We spoke about their drive for female empowerment and the highs and lows of being female founders. Soap N Skin is a skincare and wel...

In episode 7 of Lost & Founded, we spoke with Brookes alumni Martin Holden-White, founder of Grubby. As a young start-up, Martin opens up on his first 2 years of setting up Grubby and all the success that has led him to launching Grubby’s first crowdfunding campaign. Martin speaks of his entrepreneurial ambitions and how he brought his ideas to life, sharing the biggest lessons he has learnt a...

This week on Lost & Founded, we are joined by James Elliot, founder of Pizza Pilgrims. James shared his story of how a trip around Italy and a new found skill in pizza making led to the creation of a restaurant chain which now has 15 branches across the UK. Battling the challenges of the hospitality industry over the past year, James shed light on how Pizza Pilgrims thought outside of the pizz...

In this week’s episode of Lost and Founded we are joined by Brontë King, founder of Gals Who Graduate. We discuss Brontë’s childhood and how growing up in an entrepreneurial family empowered her to become her own boss. She shares her experience of social media success, and how she capitalised on her online presence to create a booming community for other female graduates and small business owners....

In episode 4 of Lost and Founded, we are joined by Yasin, Taylor & Max, co-founders of gaming company, Orthors. The team shared with us how they turned their dreams into a reality, by capitalising on their individual talents, passions, and life experiences to create a fresh and unique approach to gaming. We learnt more about the highs and lows of their journey, and why creativity and collabora...

In this week’s Lost & Founded episode, we are joined by Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO of food sharing app OLIO. Tessa shared with us her unfiltered journey to setting up OLIO, including the struggles she faces as a female entrepreneur, and she goes on telling us more about why she chose to set up a business with a social purpose. She provided some great insight for anyone looking to set up...

This week on Lost & Founded, we welcome Kalkidan Legesse, founder of sustainable clothing brand Sanchos. Kalkidan opens up about her mission to create environmentally sound and socially inclusive businesses, addressing hard hitting, cultural topics. She shares her highs and lows of entrepreneurship and despite this how she went on to create a successful brand. Sanchos is the home of Sustainabl...

In our first episode of Lost & Founded, we spoke with Jamie Laing , social media personality, advocate for entrepreneurship, and founder of sweet brand Candy Kittens . We discuss his journey to success, and how he went about bringing his childhood dreams of creating a global confectionary brand to life. He shares with us his personal tales of perseverance against what he describes as every ent...

This is Lost and Founded hosted by the Enterprise Team of Oxford Brookes University. We are a podcast that will show you there are no limits to becoming an entrepreneur, follow us to hear about the successes and innovations of inspiring individuals. With each episode, you will learn all about the in-betweens of every business' success and failures, as well as coming away feeling more entrepreneuri...